Greetings friends and neighbors! As I write, the air has turned from hot and humid to mild and fall-like. I love this time of year when families and communities get back into a routine around school, work, and community activities. August was another busy month for me, filled with town ...
Prepared Floor Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. I come to report to you on some of the activities I did during the August break and what Iowans were telling me. On August the 29th, I completed my annual 99 county meetings for the ...
Here we go again! Once again, we’re talking about putting pipelines across Iowa – and a private company is pursuing Iowa’s eminent domain power. Here in Boone County in 2015, we went through this with an oil pipeline — the Dakota Access Pipeline; it runs only a quarter mile from ...
One of the things I love about the Iowa State Fair is that you always run into someone you didn’t expect to meet. This year was no different: while refilling drinks for folks at the Iowa Pork Tent, I encountered an organ donor wearing a t-shirt promoting the importance of this selfless ...
Before long, harvest will be upon us. For farmers across the state, this year has been marked by weather events and strains, including drought. Despite their hard work, some farmers may see a decrease in their yields due to these conditions. If this is the case, they may need to rely on their ...
Access to reliable, affordable, high-speed internet continues to be a challenge in rural Iowa, and its absence denies residents, industries, and small businesses a vital service. Without broadband access, rural residents are often excluded from online educational opportunities, the ...
One year after President Biden signed into law Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), U.S. Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement on Aug. 16: “The most effective policymaking happens when legislators of different political ...
“From April to September an average of ten wild plants per week come into first bloom. July 15, I eagerly watch for a prairie birthday.” –Aldo Leopold There is a narrow elevation along the north shore of Big Sissabagama Lake in northwest Wisconsin – home to a road of the same name ...
Last Thursday, the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party hosted a roundtable in Dysart, Iowa to examine theft of U.S. agriculture technology. This is an important issue, and we applaud the members of this committee for taking the time to listen to farmers who have ...
Greetings, friends and neighbors! I hope you’re all enjoying your summer so far. It’s been a busy and fun month and a half since I last wrote, filled with town festivals, parades, the 4th of July, and hundreds of great conversations with constituents at their doors. Despite the rain ...