WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), today called on President Joe Biden to swiftly grant Governor Kim Reynolds’ Emergency Declaration request following the devastating building collapse in Davenport. The...
WASHINGTON – The staff of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold traveling office hours in 19 counties throughout Iowa during the month of June. 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 represented by his regional...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: the debt ceiling agreement, anti-trust legislation, efforts to decrease the national debt, 2024 GOP presidential canditates and Iowa's status as the first in the nation caucus, the davenport building collapse and the two Iowa witnesses testifying at the Senate Budget...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced legislation to improve the public’s access to information and ability to hold the federal bureaucracy accountable.
The Open and Responsive Government Act aims to restore an appropriate legal interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act...
Q: What motivates your decades-long mission as a Pentagon watchdog?
A: The number one priority of the federal government is national security and keeping the American people safe. The Reagan doctrine identified “peace through strength” that guided foreign policy and military modernization efforts during the 1980s. However, military spending doesn’t guarantee...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), made the following statement after voting to avert a default on federal debt, which would cause widespread financial harm on American families, businesses and the broader economy.
“At my county meetings and in messages to my office, I hear from Iowans who are fed up with partisanship in Washington and fed up with...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of legislation that strengthened the False Claims Act (FCA), today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Schutte v. SuperValu. The ruling restores Congress’ original intent of the FCA by rejecting the lower court’s...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and 45 of his bipartisan colleagues in raising concerns about a Department of Energy (DOE) proposal to regulate standards for distribution transformers. Specifically, the rulemaking titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers would...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer on America’s Newsroom to discuss his support for the debt limit deal and the FBI's refusal to produce the subpoenaed unclassified record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. In a call with Grassley and House Oversight Committee...
WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statements after their discussion with FBI Director Christopher Wray about producing to Congress the unclassified, FBI-generated record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: the debt ceiling vote and government default, southern border security and comprehensive immigration legislation, 2024 presidential candidates visiting Iowa and the importance of Iowa being the first in the nation caucus.
Q: What are your most recent efforts in Congress to strengthen access to mental health care?
A: American society continues making strides to reduce the stigma long associated with mental illness. We have more work to do to raise awareness and expand access to behavioral health care services so people with mental health conditions can get treatment and get on...
Senator Graslsey's Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: the Supreme Court's ruling on Waters of the United States (WOTUS), IRS whistleblowers, the push for the Secretary of Defense to investigate defense contractors overcharging the Department of Defense (DOD), debt ceiling negotiations, federal employees working from home...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is continuing to push for transparency from the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services regarding members of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) who may bring serious conflicts of interest to their work on the committee.
Despite Grassley’s previous concerns...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) onerous Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) regulations. All nine justices agreed that the EPA’s expansive regulatory efforts in the case violate the Clean Water Act. The court instead limited the EPA’s authority in...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are calling on federal employees to return to their taxpayer-funded offices or get rid of unused office space that continues to lie vacant. In a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA), the senators request GSA to provide data on the daily occupancy rates of...
WASHINGTON – Following a CBS News investigation uncovering repeated instances of defense contractors overcharging the Department of Defense (DOD) to secure excess profits of 40 to 50 percent, costing the U.S. taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Elizabeth Warren...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today are blasting FBI Director Christopher Wray for defying a congressional subpoena for an unclassified record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The document, an FBI-generated...
CORALVILLE, IOWA – In continuation of National Police Week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today gave an address at the Iowa Police Chiefs Association’s 36th Annual Conference in Coralville. Grassley commended the police chiefs, sheriffs and leaders for their hard work and sacrifice to...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Special Counsel John Durham determined on getting to the bottom of the lack of cooperation by senior Justice Department officials and other witnesses central to his investigation.
“It seems odd that individuals would be allowed to avoid fully cooperating with your...
