Chuck Grassley
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Senate Passes Grassley, Feinstein Bill To Combat Rising Methamphetamine Abuse
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The Senate last night passed the Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021, legislation introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
Grassley, Klobuchar Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Provide Certainty To Biofuel Producers
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the EPA from reducing the minimum applicable volume of biofuels into transportation fuel once the RVO levels are finalized for any given year.
Judiciary Committee Republicans Seek Hearing On Spike In Violent Crime
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Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today are calling on Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to convene a full committee hearing on the rise in violent crime across the country.
Grassley, Ernst Launch Commission To Evaluate Candidates For Recommendation For Judgeship In Southern District Of Iowa
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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and Senator Joni Ernst, both of Iowa, have reconvened a Judicial Selection Commission to evaluate candidates for recommendation to fill an impending vacancy on the bench for the Sothern District of Iowa.
Chuck Grassley: Capitol Hill Report, 12-13-21
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Chuck Grassley: Capitol Hill Report, 12-13-21
GAO Report Sheds Light On Trade-Based Money Laundering
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) partnered with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to announce the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report outlining the need for better information sharing and collaboration to address Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML), the system criminal organizations use to hijack international trade markets to launder money through rule-of-law countries.
Iowa Senators Call On Vilsack To Support Rural Broadband Programs, Remove Unnecessary Red Tape
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack sharing concerns with new scoring criteria for Rural Connectivity Pilot Program’s (ReConnect) Round 3 that will adversely affect many of Iowa’s broadband providers.
Biden’s $4.9 Trillion Reckless Tax & Spending Plan Is Powder Keg In Raging Inflation Inferno
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The Congressional Budget Office today estimated President Biden’s signature social spending bill would cost $4.9 trillion and add a staggering $3 trillion to the federal deficit over ten years.
Q&A: Debt Limit With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
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Q&A: Debt Limit With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
U.S. Senate Passes Ossoff-Grassley Bipartisan Bill To Tackle Opioid Epidemic
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The U.S. Senate last night passed a bipartisan bill to prevent opioid addiction, overdoses, and deaths in rural communities introduced earlier this year by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.).
Grassley Statement On Procedural Vote Tying Debt Limit To Medicare Extenders
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding a procedural vote today that will allow the debt ceiling increase to be attached to otherwise non-controversial Medicare extenders.
Grassley Joins Durbin, Blunt, Bustos And Hinson To Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort To Fund Modernization Of Upper Mississippi Locks And Dams
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), along with Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.-17) and Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa-01), today to lead a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize the funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) with the $2.5 billion for inland waterways provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Grassley Meets With Foreign Affairs Minister Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), president pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after a meeting with Dr. Bisera Turkovi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Introduces Legislation To Create National Liberty Memorial, Honor African American Revolutionary War Patriots
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) along with Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) today introduced legislation to extend authorization of the National Liberty Memorial, a monument to commemorate enslaved and free African Americans who fought in the United States Revolutionary War.
Grassley Votes To Reverse Biden’s Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today supported a Senate resolution that would invalidate President Biden’s Vaccine mandates on American businesses. The resolution passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 52-48.
Chuck Grassley: Capitol Hill Report, 12-07-21
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Chuck Grassley: Capitol Hill Report, 12-07-21
Biden Admin Abandons Cleaner, Cheaper Biofuels & Iowa Producers
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Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s unprecedented plan to cut 2020’s mandatory biofuels blending requirements while ostensibly returning to statutory blend levels by 2022, barring other retroactive changes.
Grassley, Colleagues Urge Foreign Relations Committee To Take Action On U.S.-Chile Tax Agreement
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and 16 other Republican members in sending a letter to Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, urging them to prioritize the U.S.-Chile bilateral tax treaty by scheduling a committee vote on this important agreement.
Judiciary Republicans To Garland: Are Concerned Parents Domestic Terrorists Or Not?
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In light of the disturbing revelation that the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division created a “threat tag” based on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s October 4 memorandum, Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding that Garland finally withdraw that memo and make clear that the law enforcement arms of the federal government do not equate concerned parents with domestic terrorists.
Grassley Statement On Passing Of Sen. Robert Dole
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement on the death of his close friend, former colleague and war hero, Senator Robert J. Dole.
