Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
of IowaPresident Biden Needs to Support Iowa Biofuel
ProductionMonday, October 18, 2021VIDEO I’d
like to speak on an issue that is hurting the pocketbooks of hard-working
Americans, particularly in the state of Iowa. The
media has reported the White House has been in discussion with Big...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
of IowaDepartment of Justice Should Not Tell Parents to Watch
Their SpeechMonday, October 18, 2021VIDEO Earlier
this month, Attorney General Garland released a memo instructing DOJ employees
to respond to increasingly passionate school board meetings across the country.
That memo talks about working...
Prepared Opening Remarks by U.S. Senator
Chuck Grassley of IowaCo-Chairman, Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics ControlField Hearing: “Fighting for Iowans:
Examining Drug Control, Prevention and Treatment Efforts”Thursday, October 14, 2021VIDEO Today’s Senate Drug Caucus field hearing is meant to highlight and
discuss Iowa’s efforts in drug control...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCongratulates Iowa State Professor, Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore, on her
Exemplary Work on Behalf of Farmers and Rural CommunitiesThursday, October 7, 2021VIDEO I’d like to take this time to recognize an
impressive Iowan. Professor Lisa Schulte Moore, of Iowa State University is
doing important work on...
Prepared Remarks by
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaAt the House Agriculture Committee Hearing on the State of the Livestock IndustryThursday, October
7, 2021VIDEO Chairman
Scott, Ranking Member Thompson, and other distinguished members of the House
Agriculture Committee – it is an honor to testify today to discuss the state of
the livestock...
Prepared Floor Remarks
by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaTranscripts from
Judiciary Committee Investigation Don’t Comport with Democrats NarrativeThursday, October
7, 2021VIDEO I’d
like to address Chairman Durbin’s Trump investigation, examining the period of December
14, 2020 through January 3, 2021. We released our respective reports...
Prepared
Opening Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking
Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing
to Consider NominationsWednesday,
October 6, 2021VIDEO We have five judicial nominees today: one
for the Ninth Circuit, two for the district court in Michigan, and two for the
Claims Court. We also have an executive nominee for the Assistant...
Prepared Opening
Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member,
Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing
on Renewing and Strengthening the Violence Against Women ActTuesday, October
5, 2021VIDEO I
want to welcome everyone to our hearing on the Violence Against Women Act,
or VAWA. I supported the enactment of the original Violence Against...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
of IowaOn DOJ’s Failure to Investigate Leaks of American
Taxpayer InformationWednesday, September 29, 2021VIDEO More
than three months ago, ProPublica began publishing a series of stories based on
what they have described as a “vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on
the tax returns of...
Prepared
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaDemocrats
are Increasing Taxes for Everyone, Not Just the RichWednesday,
September 29, 2021VIDEO President Biden and Congressional
Democrats have repeatedly pledged not to raise taxes on anyone earning under
$400,000. They’ve said it so many times it’s begun to sound like a broken
record....
Prepared Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing titled “Texas’s Unconstitutional Abortion Ban and the Role
of the Shadow Docket”Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Today, we are having a hearing because the Supreme Court did
something very ordinary. Let that sink in: we are having a hearing because...
Prepared Floors
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaAfghanistan Collapse through
the Lens of the Inspector GeneralMonday, September 27,
2021VIDEO In recent days, much has been said about Afghanistan. I
spoke about it on the floor on September 15th. Today, I will look at it from a
different angle – through the inspector general lens. The sudden...
NOTE: The FY 2021 PDC
collection numbers for the 3rd quarter can be found: IRS PDC program FY 2021 quarterly update through June 2021.Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
of IowaThose Wanting to Close the Tax Gap Need Look No
Further than the Successful IRS Private Debt Collection ProgramThursday, September 23,...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
of IowaOn Special Counsel
Durham and the Democratic Party’s Impact on Crossfire HurricaneThursday, September 23, 2021VIDEO Last
week, Special Counsel Durham indicted Michael Sussmann, an attorney for the
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, for lying to the FBI. The
indictment gives example...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
of IowaChina is Blatantly Trying to Strong Arm the U.N.Thursday, September 23, 2021VIDEO With
North Korea test firing ballistic missiles last week, you might ask “Where’s
the United Nations?” There
are a series of international sanctions aimed at North Korea’s nuclear...
Prepared Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, September 23, 2021 Good morning everyone. Today we have five judicial branch nominees, one executive branch nominee, seven U.S. Attorneys, and two bills that are ripe for consideration. Before I say a few words...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaIncreased Estate
Taxes will Destroy Iowa’s Farm CultureWednesday,
September 22, 2021VIDEO I
make it a priority to keep in touch with Iowans and to listen to their thoughts
and concerns. Whether
at one of my 99 county meetings or during the a match-up of Iowa State versus my
alma mater,...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSocialism Didn’t Work
for Sweden. It Won’t Work for the U.S. Either.Wednesday,
September 22, 2021VIDEO Paraphrasing a philosopher of his era, Winston Churchill
once said, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat
it.” Churchill was himself a devoted student of...
Prepared
Opening Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Introduction
of Tristan Leavitt to serve on the Merit Systems Protection Board
Wednesday,
September 22, 2021
VIDEO
Thank you for this opportunity to
introduce to the Committee Tristan Leavitt, an individual who I believe...
Prepared
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn
the Democrats Shameless Tax ProposalTuesday,
September 21, 2021 In 2017, Republicans reformed the
tax code in the traditional sense. We broadened the tax base by reducing tax
preferences for special interests in favor of lower overall tax rates.
We also had several other...
