Q&A: COVID-19 ScamsWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: How might scammers exploit the pandemic to steal Iowans’ recovery payments?A: As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, I led negotiations on the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that will deliver direct help to individuals. The public health...
Grassley Presses WHO on its Potential Reliance on Fabricated Chinese Data, Abetting China’s Downplaying of the Deadly Disease, Leaving the World Unprepared Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding its initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned...
Butler County, Iowa – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats this morning blocked additional necessary funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, which was established in the CARES Act to help small businesses keep employees on the payroll through the public health...
Letter to President Trump details Importance of IGs & removal procedures
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a longtime advocate for inspectors general and government oversight across political party and administration, today led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in calling on President Trump to provide a detailed written explanation for...
“We’re the engine that drives the world economy, and if the world economy is going to turn around, we’ve got to turn around the American economy.” WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today spoke with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network to discuss the congressional response to coronavirus...
Letter calls on Attorney General William Barr to vigorously enforce the Executive Order to help prevent the hoarding and price gouging of essential medical supplies
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take vigorous action to protect consumers from price gouging during...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a staunch advocate of inspectors general and congressional oversight, today released the following statement. “Inspectors General provide a critical check on an otherwise unaccountable bureaucracy. In other words, they help drain the swamp. Their duty is to provide nonpartisan recommendations and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and 12 of their Senate colleagues today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting additional funds be allocated to the biofuel industry through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) during the unprecedented economic circumstances brought on...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) renewed his inquiries into potential wasteful and inappropriate travel spending at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), specifically seeking full and complete answers to prior questions about multiple trips to Hawaii. “...it is my congressional duty to...
Washington – A group of policy leaders in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are seeking an inspector general review of the use of psychotropic and antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities across the United States. The request rises out of decades-old concerns that there are insufficient safeguards in place to protect against the...
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote to the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) encouraging the IRS watchdog to engage in a public awareness and education campaign informing Americans of scams and frauds related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the federal government’s response,...
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) called for an expedited investigation to identify the products that may be needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to U.S. International Trade Commission Chairman David Johanson, the lawmakers...
WASHINGTON – Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-author of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, answered a series of commonly asked questions about the historic, bipartisan legislation. Grassley was the lead author of the recovery check, business tax, retirement tax and unemployment insurance provisions, as well as the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s termination of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson: “Inspectors general play a critical role in protecting against fraud, waste, abuse and misconduct, and their work helps ensure the...
In our consumer-driven economy, we’re glad Iowa’s elected leaders recognize that small businesses serve as the backbone of our communities.Op-ed in the Des Moines Register by Matt MatthiesenThursday, April 2, 2020 …As Iowa navigates these uncharted waters, employers want to do what it takes to re-open their doors with full employment...
Q&A: CARES Act Helps Workers, Seniors, Student BorrowersWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What’s in the CARES Act to help Iowans who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic?A: The sacrifices and efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus have shut down the U.S. economy and life as we know it. As factories and businesses of all sizes adjust...
Senators made initial request to DOJ; Intel community now must weigh in
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are calling on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to work with the Justice Department to...
CARES Act Retirement Provisions FAQ I need to withdraw money from my retirement account to cover expenses related to the health emergency. Am I eligible? Generally, if the account is in an eligible retirement plan, the plan may permit you to take a coronavirus-related distribution if: You, your spouse, or dependent has been diagnosed with the...
CARES Act: Unemployment Insurance FAQWho is eligible for unemployment insurance? The Unemployment Compensation program (UC, usually referred to as Unemployment Insurance, or UI) makes insurance payments to workers who become involuntarily unemployed for economic reasons and meet state-established eligibility rules. The program generally does not provide...
