BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Iowa airports will receive at least $24.5 million in federal infrastructure grant funds next year, thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure law that was passed earlier this year with support from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
“Aviation plays a crucial role in keeping Iowans connected with each other and with the rest of the nation. We...
Q&A: Consumer Alert for Holiday Shopping
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What should consumers know when shopping for gifts during the holiday season and beyond?
A: The pandemic fueled online shopping as more Americans turned to e-commerce to purchase everyday goods and gifts. Estimates project record-setting online shopping this holiday season,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Attorney General Garland calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate concerns raised by American farmers about possible anti-competitive activity and market manipulation in the fertilizer industry.
“Fertilizer is an essential input for farmers across the country. Without fertilizer,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following comment on the Senate Parliamentarian’s guidance finding the third iteration of the mass amnesty provisions of Democrats’ tax-and-spend reconciliation bill in violation of Senate budget rules.
“This guidance confirms, once again, what everyone...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led his colleagues in the Iowa Congressional delegation to urge U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to co-locate the Critical Materials Supply Chain research facility in the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA) with the existing Critical Materials Institute located at the DOE Ames...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act, cosponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 71 other Senators, unanimously passed the Senate. Grassley first learned about the Ghost Army legislation from his constituent, Caleb Sinnwell of Nashua, Iowa, when he won first place in the National History Day Project for his website about...
WASHINGTON – Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today are calling on Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to convene a full committee hearing on the rise in violent crime across the country. Their request comes the day after senators were prohibited from participating virtually in a Chicago-based...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the EPA from reducing the minimum applicable volume of biofuels into transportation fuel once the RVO levels are finalized for any given year. This would prevent the EPA from retroactively reducing 2020 or future finalized RVO levels. The...
WASHINGTON – The Senate last night passed the Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021,
legislation introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa). The bill designates methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat and
directs the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to implement a plan
to address the rising use of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) partnered with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to announce the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report outlining the need for better information sharing and collaboration to address Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML), the system criminal...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 12-13-21Topics include: Prescription drug pricing, debt limit, opioid crisis, Russian-Ukraine tension, end-of-year agenda and rural broadband.
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and Senator Joni Ernst, both of Iowa, have reconvened a Judicial Selection Commission to evaluate candidates for recommendation to fill an impending vacancy on the bench for the Sothern District of Iowa.
The commission, comprised of the same members that selected candidates for Grassley...
Q&A: Debt Limit
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is the debt limit?
A: The U.S. Treasury Department manages the revenue coming into the federal treasury and the money going out the door to pay the bills. Congress sets a debt ceiling that limits the amount of debt the U.S. Treasury is allowed to extend to finance government operations. From...
WASHINGTON – The Congressional Budget Office today estimated President Biden’s
signature social spending bill would cost $4.9 trillion
and add a staggering $3 trillion to the federal
deficit over ten years. The figure comes just hours after the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported that Inflation reached a 39-year
high in November. Sen. Chuck...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack sharing concerns with new scoring criteria for Rural Connectivity Pilot Program’s (ReConnect) Round 3 that will adversely affect many of Iowa’s broadband providers.
“It is vital for Iowans to have access to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), president pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after a meeting with Dr. Bisera Turkovi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“I had the honor of meeting with Dr. Turkovi this afternoon in my office. Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing a potential political...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), along with Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.-17) and Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa-01), today to lead a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize the funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding a procedural vote today that will allow the debt ceiling increase to be attached to otherwise non-controversial Medicare extenders.
“I have fought to protect Medicare provider reimbursement and led prior rounds of Medicare extenders in a bipartisan manner. These are...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last night passed a bipartisan bill to prevent opioid addiction, overdoses, and deaths in rural communities introduced earlier this year by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.).
The Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act, which was introduced in September, will help ensure that rural communities with a high level of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today supported a Senate resolution that would invalidate President Biden’s Vaccine mandates on American businesses. The resolution passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 52-48.
“I have always encouraged Iowans to get vaccinated to protect themselves and their families from the virus. If anyone has doubts about...
