BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting on Friday, March 21, in Franklin County 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 appreciate the opportunity to hold town meetings, answer...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week successfully secured the promotions of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, prompting widespread praise.
Here’s what they are saying (WTAS):
“Senator Grassley really should be made a saint. His support for whistleblowers, and the way that that’s...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are requesting Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel take immediate action to remove all redactions from interview transcripts relating to the Department of...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is shining a light on misconduct by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials and their efforts to evade public scrutiny.
In a letter to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Grassley requested unredacted copies of Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reports that outline...
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Topics include: Farm Bill, Social Security, Department of Education, Executive Orders, Government Transparency, and Tariffs.
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in introducing the Preventing Child Trafficking Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to strengthen federal child trafficking prevention initiatives by enhancing coordination between the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS). The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption (CCA), joined CCA co-chairs Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), along with Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Danny Davis (D-Ill.) in a letter urging President Trump to advocate for families impacted by China’s termination of its intercountry...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – At the urging of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the U.S. Department of Treasury has agreed to promote Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler to leadership positions at Treasury Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Under the Biden administration, Shapley and Ziegler were issued an illegal gag order...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act to help lower drug prices and prevent bad actors in the pharmaceutical industry from deliberately abusing the patent system.
“The steep price of life-saving medication puts a major...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the Drug Competition Enhancement Act to spur generic and biosimilar marketplace competition. By prohibiting branded drug manufacturers from engaging in ‘product hopping,’ the bipartisan legislation will help lower drug prices...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Amid Sunshine Week, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), is highlighting the historic scale of his recent oversight work, which secured victories for national security, government transparency, health care and more.
Grassley in the 118th Congress sent over 600 oversight letters to federal, state and private sector entities, as well as all...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, applauded President Donald Trump’s recent memorandum directing federal agencies to enforce the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c). Under Rule 65, federal courts must require parties seeking a preliminary injunction or temporary...
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) made public legally protected whistleblower disclosures showing the FBI, as part of its Arctic Frost...
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to pass the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act. The bipartisan legislation, led by Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), would permanently classify...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, laid out his health care priorities during a hearing to consider Dr. Mehmet Oz’s nomination to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Oz committed to supporting Grassley’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs,...
Q: What is “Be The One” campaign all about?
A: This grassroots effort raises public awareness about veteran suicide and facilitates training and prevention strategies using one-on-one connections with at-risk veterans in local communities across the country. The nationwide outreach is coordinated by the American Legion, the patriotic veterans organization...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued a statement regarding President Trump’s decision to close the Department of Defense (DOD)’s Office of Net Assessment (ONA). In a meeting in January, Grassley personally discussed his longtime oversight of ONA waste with then-Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and recommended DOD close the ONA.
“After years...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced the Foreign Agents Transparency Act to ensure unregistered foreign agents are unable to sidestep disclosure requirements by exploiting judicial misinterpretations of the Foreign...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, introduced the Baltic Security Initiative Act to enhance and strengthen U.S. security cooperation with the Baltics amid Putin’s aggressive action in the region. The bipartisan legislation would effectively codify the Baltic Security Initiative...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) applauded the unanimous Senate passage of their Justice for Murder Victims Act. The bipartisan bill would strike down the “year-and-a-day” rule, which prohibits murder prosecutions against individuals whose victims die more than a year-and-a-day after they...
