WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined ranking member of the Commerce Committee Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) in introducing the TORNADO Act, which seeks to simplify, update and improve forecasting technology and infrastructure. The legislation would also require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to...
WASHINGTON – The Methamphetamine Response Act, a bill introduced by Sens. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.), was signed into law yesterday. The new law, which passed
the Senate
in December and the House
in February with broad bipartisan support, directs the Office of National...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was one of 49 Republican Senators who today told the Biden Administration they will not support the revived Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran, which, according to public reports, will weaken sanctions and lessen restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program.
The full statement from the senators...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) led several of his colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to
continue utilizing liquid fuel vehicles in the federal fleet, including
vehicles used by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In a letter
to Biden, the senators take aim at the administration’s push to transition the
entire federal fleet to electric...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 03-14-22Topics include: Crop protection letter to EPA, high gas prices, Sunshine Week, False Claims Act, infrastructure, Rural Prosperity Act and fertilizer prices.
Q&A: Sunshine Week
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is Sunshine Week?
A: Open government is good government. Sunshine Week celebrates transparency and why it’s important to our system of self-government and U.S. economy. Transparency brings accountability. Throughout my service representing Iowans in the U.S. Senate, I’ve led a legislative...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), following the committee’s long-standing practice for vetting Supreme Court nominees, has requested documents from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s service in a federal agency. Specifically, the senator requests documents and emails authored by the nominee during her service on the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), both members of the Senate Agriculture
Committee, are seeking to cut red tape and streamline the sprawling federal
resources available to rural communities. Their new bipartisan legislation, which costs no new money, puts a rural-focused office inside the
White House — an Office of Rural...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and nearly 40 of his
colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to work with Poland and NATO to
immediately transfer much-needed airpower and other support to Ukraine. This
comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded with the U.S. and
NATO to send...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today denounced Democrats’ tactic to
tie a bloated government funding package to must-pass Ukrainian aid package. “Tonight, Democrat leaders in Congress held hostage critical support for
Ukraine in order to pass another massive spending package. Our choice was to vote
for increased federal spending or vote against...
WASHINGTON – Following a deadlocked Federal Trade Commission (FTC) vote in February over whether to initiate a study into the business practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is urging the FTC to find consensus and move forward on a study examining bipartisan concerns about competition within the PBM industry.
“…PBMs...
WASHINGTON – Sen.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and a bipartisan group of 29 lawmakers are urging
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help lower the cost
of prescription drugs for Part D beneficiaries through certain pharmacy direct
and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee reforms issued in a proposed regulation. In
a separate letter,
Grassley...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and several of his
colleagues in urging
President Joe Biden to permit the year-round sale of E15 fuel to restore
American energy independence. In their letter, the bipartisan group of
lawmakers note that biofuels are a clean and reliable energy solution that...
WASHINGTON – After speaking with
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in introducing legislation to provide
the Ukrainian military with immediate lethal aid – including aircraft as
requested by Zelenskyy, communications equipment and logistics support. “As Ukraine continues...
WASHINGTON – As gas prices hit all-time record highs, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are calling on
Pres. Joe Biden to unleash Iowa biofuels immediately by supporting their
bipartisan plan to replace banned Russian oil with clean-burning, American-made
renewable fuels that are available right now. The senators’ new bill — the...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) urged
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to provide the public with clear details as
to how nearly $200 billion in emergency COVID-19 relief for K-12 education is
being disbursed. As of the start of this year, 86 percent of these emergency
funds still had yet to be spent.“Some states like Iowa have focused...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) joined Rep. Randy Feenstra (IA-04) as well as Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
and Reps. Cindy Axne (IA-03), Ashley Hinson (IA-01) and Mariannette
Miller-Meeks (IA-02) in urging
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to prioritize
American energy independence. Specifically, the Iowa...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will be recognized later this month for his consistent support for family values throughout the first session of the 117th Congress. Grassley received a perfect 100 percent score from Family Research Council’s legislative arm, FRC Action.
“Throughout my time representing Iowans, I’ve prioritized supporting strong...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 03-07-22Topics include: Ukraine assistance, Russian oil imports, Iran nuclear deal, Supreme Court nomination process, H-1B visa reform and the RETURN Act.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking
member of the Committee on the Judiciary, today warned Democrats against
rushing the Senate’s constitutional “advice and consent” role to meet an
unnecessary artificial timeline to vote on President Biden’s Supreme Court
nominee. Committee chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced a truncated vetting...
