WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),
chair of the Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to the Department of
Justice (DOJ) urging the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to fully implement the
Earned Time Credit (ETC) provisions of their bipartisan First Step Act of 2018 (FSA).
The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s vote on interracial and same-sex marriage:
“Interracial and same-sex marriages are not under threat, and I don’t support reversing the federal recognition of these marriages. Of course I believe that all married couples should be able to continue to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), former chairman of the Finance Committee and a current member of the
Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, and John
Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS
Oversight, today led their Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance
Committee in introducing...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 11-14-22Topics include: priorities moving
forward, gas prices, Taiwan & China, the 2022 midterm election results, ATF
priorities, the Seeding Rural Resilience Act,
the fentanyl drug caucus hearing and thankfulness.
WASHINGTON – After hearing directly from
Iowa farmers, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), both
members of the Agriculture Committee, are urging U.S. Trade Representative
(USTR) Katherine Tai to intervene in Mexico’s plan to end genetically-modified
corn imports. The country’s proposed ban would effectively phase out the import
of 90...
WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Sioux City will hold traveling office hours in three counties around Iowa next Monday, November 21. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
Grassley will be...
Q&A: Veterans Day
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Can you tell us about the Veterans History Project?
A: The Veterans History Project is a collection of oral histories curated and archived at the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. The collection makes accessible to the public the personal accounts of American war veterans to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Ahead of Black Friday, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to make additional staffing preparations to handle the influx of legal gun purchases and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released internal FBI reports detailing its sordid response to sexual misconduct by FBI employees. The previously-undisclosed records, provided to Grassley by a whistleblower, accompany a letter Grassley sent to the Justice Department Inspector General, seeking an immediate review...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 11-08-22Topics include: term limits, women,
CRP in the Farm Bill, the Republican party, 2022 reelection and the future.
LINN COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and member of the Agriculture Committee,
is requesting an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on efforts to implement the Seeding
Rural Resilience Act.
In 2020, Grassley and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) successfully...
DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are demanding answers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after receiving reports that licensed firearm businesses across the country, including in Iowa, are being forced to forfeit their federal firearms...
DES MOINES COUNTY, IOWA
– Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen.
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide the
Quad Cities with additional resources to combat rising crime. The Iowa senators
urge DOJ to establish a violent crime task force and to assign agents to the
Quad Cities to support...
Q&A: More IRS Auditors?
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did Congress double the size of the IRS budget?
A: President Biden and big spenders in Congress want more revenue to pay for big government programs. Under this administration, the gross federal debt has reached an unprecedented $31 trillion. That’s $93,000 for every man, woman and child...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on a letter to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations the law firms’ clients may commit if they pursue Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives. The letter advises the law firms...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a family farmer, completed his two social media series called #CornWatch and #SoybeanWatch for 2022. The annual series gives followers an inside look at farming operations on the Grassley family farm in New Hartford, Iowa. Over the course of 28 weeks, he highlighted the progression, from planting to...
DENVER, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and the History Channel partnered to feature the service of Korean War veteran and Denver, Iowa, native Bill Rector. Rector, a retired Gunner’s Mate on the USS Los Angeles, captured images from the war on an 8mm video camera, which are now available to help future generations better understand that piece of...
POLK COUNTY, IOWA – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced that Iowa has been awarded $60 million in funding from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). This program, administered by the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is designed to help low-income individuals and...
POLK COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for
finalizing regulations for the new rural emergency hospital (REH) designation,
a voluntary Medicare payment for rural hospitals that ensures minimal administrative
burden, maximum flexibility and timely implementation while maintaining...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking clarification of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) decision not to charge FBI agents who repeatedly lied about their failure to adequately respond sexual abuse of young athletes in light of new information recently provided to the Senate. In a letter today to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Grassley...
