WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today discussed the importance of sentencing reform as an essential part of any responsible criminal justice reform effort.“I’m glad that my colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee are working on criminal justice reform. As they work on a bipartisan basis to...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today announced that they have introduced legislation to aid victims by directing federal resources to emergency shelters, supportive programs, and the National...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa ranked among the most bipartisan senators in 2017, according to a new study that evaluates how often members of Congress work across party lines. The Bipartisan Index ranked Grassley as number seven of all senators.
“At my county meetings, Iowans regularly ask me, ‘why can’t politicians just get along?’ I often...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of Senators led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation expanding The U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center to help communities proactively mitigate threats of violence at schools. The EAGLES Act is cosponsored by senators Marco Rubio...
WASHINGTON – Current and former law enforcement leaders from around the United States today called on Congress and the White House to pass the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. In a letter today to congressional leaders, the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration warned that focusing solely on prison reform and reentry services will...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate yesterday affirmed its support for efforts to end international parental child abduction. In a resolution authored and cosponsored by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the Senate sought to raise public awareness of this tragedy and designated...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today released a message encouraging Iowans to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 28.
According to a National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription drugs in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today attended an address by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, before a joint meeting of Congress.“It’s always an honor to help welcome the leader of a foreign nation to speak before Congress,” Grassley said. “President Macron spoke about the future of U.S.-French...
WASHINGTON– U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined a bipartisan group of 66 senators, led by Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), in sending a letter to the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, demanding the release of wrongfully imprisoned American Pastor Andrew Brunson.Pastor Brunson has been imprisoned in Turkey since...
Bipartisan Senate Working Group on Health Care Price Transparency Receives Nearly 1,000 Pages of FeedbackWASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) announced they received nearly 1,000 pages of feedback from more than 130...
Grassley to Hold Two Town Meetings in Eastern IowaWASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold two town meetings on May 1 and May 4 as a part of his annual 99 county meetings.“Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have representative government...
Grassley: Iowans seeing benefits of tax reformBy Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaThe Waterloo-Cedar Falls CourierApril 23, 2018 Positive economic news continues to mount in the months since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. More than 500 employers throughout the country have announced they are reinvesting their tax cut savings into employees...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa was presented with the 2018 “Innovator in Biotechnology” award today by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). The award recognizes Members of Congress “who have been collaborative partners, advocates, and champions for the biotechnology and life sciences industries,”...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, along with Congressmen Steve King, David Young and Rod Blum, sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma urging CMS to repeal guidance that hinders states like Iowa with failing individual health insurance markets from applying for waivers to pursue...
Grassley, Ag Committee Senators Call for National Security Review of Brazilian Acquisition of U.S. Beef Company WASHINGTON— U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) to urge the...
Statement from the Grassleys on the Passing of Barbara BushWASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley and Mrs. Barbara Grassley of Iowa released the following statement on the passing of former First Lady Barbara Bush.“Former First Lady Barbara Bush was everything a country could ask for in a First Lady. Over the years, we’ve been fortunate enough to...
Grassley Pays Tribute to Iowa VeteransWASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today paid tribute to veterans from Eastern Iowa who were visiting the memorials dedicated to their service and sacrifice, including the World War II, Vietnam and Korean War Memorials, as well as the Arlington National Cemetery, as part of the Honor Flight Program. More than...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a bipartisan group of 13 senators in writing to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting the agency cease issuing so-called “hardship” waivers exempting obligated parties from the Renewable Fuel Standard, provide topline information about the waivers already issued, disclose...
