WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing a resolution calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before any peace agreement is finalized ending the war against Ukraine.
The resolution condemns Russia’s abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children and notes...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are renewing calls for the Department of Defense (DOD) to finally address alleged misconduct by former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Mark Milley.
In a letter to the DOD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the senators cite reports Milley tampered with the statutory...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Farm Bill Update, Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience (FARMER) Act, Soybean Association President Questioning, Qatari Plane Gift, NFA Regulation on Firearm Suppressors and Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform.
Q: What is National Police Week?
A: Since 1962, U.S. presidents have proclaimed the second week of May as National Police Week to pay tribute to the men and women who put on the badge to serve and protect their community. As Americans go about their daily lives, law enforcement officers put their lives on the line to protect life and property from crime and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Whistleblower Protection Act to provide explicit whistleblower protections to those developing and deploying AI. Currently, AI companies’ restrictive severance and nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) create a chilling effect on current and former...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced eight law enforcement bills amid National Police Week. This is the Judiciary Committee’s largest Police Week package in over 15 years.
Additionally, the Committee voted 12-9 to advance Jason Reding Quinones’ nomination to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
“Day in and day out,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) staff will hold traveling office hours in 12 counties from May 22 to May 23. Iowans seeking assistance with a federal agency or wishing to share their views may stop by during the scheduled hours listed below.
NOTE: Senator Grassley will not be in attendance. He will be represented by his regional directors: Noah...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed an action by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to fill 10 available spaces in its Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) program. Citing the program’s efficacy and qualifying hospitals’ interest, Grassley has spent years pushing CMS to open RCHD applications and fill empty...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and 79 bipartisan senators welcomed the Senate’s unanimous passage of their resolution designating May 12 through 17 as National Police Week. The National Police Week resolution reiterates the Senate’s unwavering support for law enforcement officers...
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WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Healthy Dog Importation Act to combat the spread of foreign animal diseases entering the United States. The legislation would expand the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: U.S. Ownership of Panama Canal, 90 Day Tariff Reduction with China, Congressional Control of Tariffs, Uncovered Fraud at ATF, Putin and Zelenskyy Meeting and Current Iowan Concerns.
WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee Members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) reintroduced the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience (FARMER) Act to strengthen crop insurance and make higher levels of coverage more affordable for producers.
“A strong crop insurance program is vital to the success of America’s...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are demanding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) take immediate corrective action to hold accountable two senior ATF bureaucrats who cost taxpayers millions by illegally misclassifying administrative positions as “law...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act to expand Pell Grant eligibility to short-term, technical training programs. This legislation would make available financial assistance for low-income students looking to pursue in-demand and high-paying careers in skilled...
Q: What is National Nurses Week?
A: Efforts to honor and celebrate nurses in the United States first got underway during the Eisenhower administration. In 1974, President Nixon issued a proclamation to honor the expanding role nurses were taking on in the health care system, such as nurse practitioners and those specializing in pediatric, cardiac, oncology...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered to the Library of Congress recorded interviews detailing 12 Iowa veterans’ stories of service in the U.S. Armed Forces. Members of Grassley’s staff and students from Kirkwood Community College interviewed Iowa veterans last November at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids to document their...
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), a fellow Finance Committee member, reintroduced the Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act to provide efficient help for Americans whose social...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are introducing legislation to safeguard Americans’ Second Amendment rights and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. The Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act would take concrete steps to improve the National Instant...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is shining a light on the Polaris Project, which has received millions in taxpayer dollars from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to solely operate HHS’s National Human Trafficking Hotline for nearly 18 years.
In a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) to introduce the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act. The legislation would provide critical support to women during typically challenging phases of motherhood – including prenatal, postpartum and early childhood...
