BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued a statement after the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, two former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials accused of lying to Congress about their roles in the FBI’s Hunter Biden investigation and...
Q: When is Medicare’s open enrollment season?
A: More than 700,000 Iowans are enrolled in Medicare for their healthcare coverage. From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, Iowans have the opportunity to review and change their enrollment for the upcoming year in Prescription Drug plans (Part D), Medicare Advantage plans (Part C), change between Original Medicare and Medicare...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed news from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that Iowa will receive over $13.75 million in federal funding to benefit Iowans across the state, including Sioux, Clay and Lyon counties.
“Once again, President Trump is prioritizing the health and safety of Iowans. With this essential...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined “The Scott Jennings Show” to discuss his ongoing oversight of the Biden Justice Department (DOJ) and former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation, which mapped out the entire Republican political apparatus.
Over the last four years, Grassley...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed news from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that Iowa will receive over $1 million in federal funding to benefit infrastructure projects across the state.
Funding comes from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, which supports pre-disaster hazard...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to complete its long-running study of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) as soon as possible and publicly release a final report with recommendations to Congress.
While the FTC issued interim staff reports in July 2024 and January...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requesting DOD hold defense contractors accountable and bolster its August 18 directive on Supplier Cost and Pricing Transparency.
The senators are also urging...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) in releasing a bipartisan statement ahead of Serbia’s upcoming parliamentary elections on October 25, 2026, calling for Serbian authorities to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to award Iowa more federally-funded residency positions to help address the state’s doctor shortage.
In a letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, the lawmakers shared their...
Click HERE for audio of Grassley discussing the letter
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Iowa’s congressional delegation, led by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), is urging the Trump administration to consider the impact of its decision to terminate a trade agreement with Mexico that has threatened Iowa’s pork industry and contributed to higher tomato prices for...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: the Mesabi Metallics Steel Plant, Grassley’s legislative priorities for the upcoming Senate work period, the farm economy, health insurance affordability, the 2028 election cycle and Ukraine.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is welcoming over $62.7 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve the safety, efficiency and performance of the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC) and Iowa Interstate Railroad.
The funding comes from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety...
HARDIN COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) joined local law enforcement leaders from Hardin County today for a roundtable discussion in Eldora. The group discussed how the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is benefiting from the $3,054,209 federal grant Grassley...
Q: How important is manufacturing to Iowa’s economy?
A: Iowa ranks among the top five states in the country for our manufacturing sector’s impact on the state economy. It generates nearly $35 billion annually, accounting for 17% of our state’s gross domestic product and employs roughly 14% of workers in rural and metropolitan areas across 99 counties. In...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), working alongside U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), community leaders and the U.S. Department of Justice, has secured over $42,000,000 in federal public safety funding for Iowa during the 119th Congress, including over $6,811,000 for communities across northeastern Iowa.
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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) nominated Stefanie Kohn of Cedar Rapids to serve on the U.S. Senate Curatorial Advisory Board. Kohn is the Curator at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. Grassley nominated Kohn in his capacity as U.S. Senate President pro tempore.
“The Senate’s Curatorial Advisory...
POLK COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today welcomed students and educators from 11 central Iowa high schools to his seventh Federal Judiciary Youth Summit held in Des Moines.
The summit provides students the opportunity to get first-hand insights into the judicial branch of government and is part...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a memo updating Judiciary Committee members on his ongoing Arctic Frost and Jack Smith oversight based on new findings from lawful whistleblower disclosures.
Recently reviewed subpoena returns show Jack Smith’s Special Counsel Office (SCO) and the Biden...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – A bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to assist Iowans impacted by identity theft was signed into law last week. The Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act, cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), supports victims by strengthening and streamlining the process for Americans...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement in Iowa today that the EPA will reallocate 100% of all Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard for the difference between projected and actual exempted volumes for 2025 SREs.
“The Trump...
