WASHINGTON – Senior Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), today led all committee Republicans calling on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to produce an unclassified FBI-generated document containing allegations of corruption against the Biden family.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), one of the Senate’s only corn farmers, today criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule setting minimum biofuels blending levels for the next three years below current production capabilities. While the plan makes modest increases to blend levels for certain biodiesel products, the overall...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings on Tuesday, June 27, in Red Oak, on Wednesday, June 28, in Clarinda and Mount Ayr and on Thursday, June 29, in Elkader as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today made the following statement regarding Hunter Biden’s reported plea deal, which was limited to federal tax violations and a firearm offense.
“Since the FBI’s investigation into Hunter Biden began nearly five years ago, I and my colleagues in Congress have uncovered extensive government and bank records...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: indictment of former President Donald Trump, California's Proposition 12 and its harmful impact on Iowa's pork industry, the EATS Act, the carbon pipeline, Iowa Supreme Court's ruling on the six week abortion ban and updates on the 2023 Farm Bill.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined 59 of his bipartisan colleagues, including Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health...
Q&A: Don’t Mess with Iowa Pork
With U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Q: What is Proposition 12?
A: In May the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a California law known as Proposition 12 that dictates how farmers raise their livestock to gain market access to consumers in the most populous state in the country. The ruling upheld the state ballot measure...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in reintroducing the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act. The legislation prohibits state and local governments from interfering with agricultural production nationwide, while preserving their...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to expand healthy milk options in schools. The bill would amend existing law to allow schools enrolled in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to offer students whole and 2% milk. Currently, participating...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, in reintroducing the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. This bipartisan legislation would restore competition online by establishing common sense rules of the road...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday joined Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), along with Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), in introducing the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023. The bipartisan legislation would update federal standards to align with the definition of sustainable aviation...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed the inclusion of his Understanding the True Cost of College Act in a legislative package introduced by Grassley and five Senate colleagues as a responsible alternative to the Biden administration’s student debt transfer proposal. Grassley joined Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Senate...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) expressed deep dissatisfaction with the Pentagon watchdog’s superficial explanation of its review of potential misconduct by General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). Their critique, lodged in a recent letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) Office of the...
Q: What is Flag Day?
A: Flag Day was designated in 1949 by act of Congress to commemorate the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the flag resolution in Philadelphia. On June 14, 1777, it approved the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States of America – “Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: Sen. Grassley's traveling staff office hours in Iowa, the rain shortage throughout the state and its impact on the agricultural community, an update on this year's Farm Bill and carbon capture pipelines.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the committee’s ranking member, in reintroducing the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Protection Act of 2023. The bill aims to address “smash-and-grab” thefts by increasing legal consequences for criminals who...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) to reintroduce the China Trade Cheating Restitution Act in a continued effort to counter the Chinese Communist Party and stand up for American farmers and agricultural producers. The bipartisan bill would...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) yesterday joined Jesse Watters on Fox News to discuss government oversight of the FBI. Grassley and Comer blasted FBI Director Christopher Wray’s refusal to produce a subpoenaed, unclassified...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are raising the alarm about a recent IRS email instructing employees on how to report potential wrongdoing. In a pair of letters, one to the Justice Department Inspector General...
WASHINGTON – During today’s Budget Committee hearing, Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed agricultural and energy innovation with two Iowa witnesses who testified at the senator’s invitation.
Grassley first questioned Brent Johnson, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau, on the use of precision agriculture to increase crop yields and protect the...
