BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued a statement on the death of two members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed by an ISIS terrorist in Syria. Three additional Iowans were injured in the attack.
“Barbara and I are heartbroken by the loss of two brave Iowans on a counter-terrorism mission in Syria. These soldiers and the...
Q: How concerned should holiday shoppers be about counterfeit products?
A: Unfortunately, the season of giving is prime time for rip-off artists to worm their way into the wallets of American shoppers during the holidays. As co-chair of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, I lead an annual dialogue in December to raise public awareness about counterfeit...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the committee, Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and 20 of their Senate colleagues in a letter urging Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to move forward with the USDA’s avian...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, voted for the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act to lower health care costs for Iowans. Democrats blocked the measure, which required 60 votes to advance, by a vote of 51-48.
“Today, Republicans put forward a health care plan that provides real...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:
David Clay Fowlkes, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, by a vote of 15-7;
Nicholas Jon Ganjei, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, by a vote of 12-10;
Aaron Christian Peterson, to be United States...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is shining a light on widespread abuse in the Obamacare program and proposing legislation to stop fraud in its tracks. Grassley’s Fraud Risk Assessment of Obamacare Subsidies Accountability Act would require the Centers for Medicare and Medicare...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today chaired a hearing to examine emerging online threats against children and proposed legislative solutions. Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced three bipartisan bills to update federal sentencing guidelines, target violent online criminal networks and crack...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today are introducing three bipartisan bills to hold violent criminals accountable and combat the disturbing rise in online child exploitation. The Committee will also convene this morning for a hearing on child safety.
The Sentencing...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report is available HERE.
Topics include: farmer aid package, tariffs, Venezuela boat strikes, student loans and birthright citizenship.
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is placing Arctic Frost at the top of the committee’s oversight agenda in 2026. Under Grassley’s leadership, the committee plans to hold a series of hearings examining the constitutional and legal implications of the weaponized election case against President Donald Trump, which began...
Q: What prompted your oversight of Afghan evacuees paroled into the United States since 2021?
A: Following the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, 13 American families will mourn forever the loss of their loved one when a suicide bomber attacked the airport in Kabul on Aug. 26, 2021, killing 13 U.S. service members, including a 23-year-old...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the Medical Foods and Formulas Access Act to help Americans with digestive or inherited metabolic disorders access the nourishment they need.
The legislation would require Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is cosponsoring legislation alongside Finance Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and 18 senators to improve accountability and oversight of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and bring down the price of prescription...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) reintroduced the bipartisan Inspector General Access Act to allow the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) to investigate alleged DOJ attorney misconduct.
“Federal prosecutors have significant...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report is available HERE.
Topics include: the D.C. National Guard shooting, Arctic Frost, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the National Defense Authorization Act and staff traveling office hours.
Q: What is the Rural Health Transformation program?
A: Congress beefed up federal dollars to expand access to health care services in rural communities in the health and tax law signed in July by President Trump. The Rural Health Transformation program was designed to improve access to care, improve health outcomes, prioritize new and emergency technologies,...
Senator Grassley’s Capitol Hill Report is available HERE.
Topics include: Thanksgiving, federal judge’s dismissal of indictments against Letitia James and James Comey, the Senate’s focus since the government shutdown, confirming nominations, passing the remaining spending bills and rolling back Biden administration rules through the Congressional Review Act,...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) staff will hold traveling office hours in 28 Iowa counties next month, from December 1 to December 17. 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...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) is applauding U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA). The bipartisan bill, cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), would establish a multi-agency response to tackle evolving trends in retail...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today reintroduced the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act. The bipartisan bill would crack down on deadly drugs that are substantially similar to controlled substances but carefully engineered to slip into the U.S....
