Q: What are your thoughts about the assassination attempt on former President Trump’s life?
A: Like many Americans, I was watching former President Trump’s political rally in Pennsylvania on television in real time. Grassroots participation in our electoral process is central to our system of self-government, and the former president draws massive crowds to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on local Pennsylvania law enforcement to provide security details, as well as audio and video recordings, related to the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Grassley’s letters, sent today to Butler and Beaver Counties and the Pennsylvania State Police, expand upon his...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is investigating the U.S. Secret Service (USSS)’s policies and procedures in light of the recent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Grassley is launching a multi-pronged investigatory effort, sending...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is digging into reports taxpayers this year have footed approximately $20 billion in improper Obamacare subsidies. Congressional Democrats’ decision to hike premium tax credits (PTCs) under the Affordable Care Act, which the Biden administration green-lighted in 2021, has contributed to the high cost of...
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, July 23, at 3 p.m. ET, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will host a roundtable entitled “Reckless Disregard: How the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Failure to Collect DNA at the Border Endangers Americans.”
The roundtable will examine DHS’s neglect to take or submit illegal immigrants’ DNA samples to...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential announcement, disaster aid in Iowa, interest rates and immigration.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold traveling office hours in 21 Iowa counties from July 22 – 31.
Grassley will not be in attendance. He will be represented by his regional directors: Matt Rector of Waterloo, Jonathan Bladt of Council Bluffs, Noah Schrad of Des Moines, Rochelle Fuller of Cedar Rapids and Penny...
Q: What prompted your oversight of the Biden administration’s handling of unaccompanied children who have arrived at the border alone?
A: During my annual 99 county meetings and when talking with constituents in Washington, Iowans have raised concerns about human trafficking. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), human trafficking is...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today applauded the enactment of the bipartisan Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act, a bill he championed alongside U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). The law will help curb infant mortality by enabling evidence-based...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), today called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve the State of Iowa’s request for Non-Congregate Sheltering (NCS) for Iowans...
WASHINGTON – As part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Holstein on July 18, Greenfield and Earlham on July 19, and Webster City on July 22.
“Representative government relies on open dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent. I welcome the opportunity to meet...
WASHINGTON – Amid NATO’s 75th Annual Summit, Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus Co-Chairs Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution reaffirming congressional support for the longstanding alliance between the United States and the Baltics.
“The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have served as beacons of freedom for over...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday submitted a statement for the record during a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee's hearing on emergency response and recovery in rural areas. Grassley in his statement highlighted the recent severe storms and flooding in Iowa while pointing out the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could further assist...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released internal records from the Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealing HHS knowingly sent two unaccompanied migrant children to a household with established connections to the violent MS-13 gang. Grassley is also making public the referral he shared with federal law...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced legislation to include Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) on the list of executive agencies whose employees are “further restricted” from engaging in partisan political activity under the Hatch Act.
“OIGs are the independent watchdogs protecting Americans’ taxpayer dollars and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), co-hosted a roundtable examining the abuse of unaccompanied migrant children and the failures of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Unaccompanied Children (UC)...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today questioned Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel about the dangers of Democrats’ tax proposals, high interest rates and the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s interim staff report on opaque pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices. The interim report is a direct result of Grassley’s request for a 6(b) study on potential anti-competition in the prescription drug industry, as well as his bipartisan demands for a status...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today welcomed Ryan Page, the Director of Child Care for the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to testify at a hearing on child care.
“I was glad to have Ryan Page share her expertise with the Senate Finance Committee this...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today participated in a hearing to examine federal policies on child care. Beforehand, Grassley met with Iowa Department of Health and Human Services’ Child Care Director, Ryan Page, who served as an expert witness on the panel.
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