WASHINGTON DC (December 11, 2019) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley's tribute to former Iowa Congressman Berkley Bedell:

 

I come to the floor today to pay tribute to an extraordinary Iowan with whom I shared a decades-long friendship.

Over this past weekend, former Iowa congressman Berkley Bedell passed away at age 98.

WASHINGTON DC (December 11, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Chairman Rob Portman (R-OH), and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), issued the following joint statement after Finance Committee members received a bipartisan briefing on the health of multiemployer pensions plans.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps Dave Loebsack (IA-02), Abby Finkenauer (IA-01), and Cindy Axne (IA-03) sent a letter to Russell Vought, the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, and President Trump, about the EPA’s October supplemental proposed rule regarding the reallocation of Small Refinery Exemptions (SRE) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 11, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Department of Public Health (DPH), and the Iowa Department of Education (DOE) launched a new vaping awareness and prevention campaign aimed at informing teens about the reality of vaping and its consequences, and helping parents know how to address the issue and protect their kids.

WASHINGTON DC (December 10, 2019) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley on the Inspector General report on Russia investigation and FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]:

 

WASHINGTON DC (December 10, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) today released the following statement regarding the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body losing its quorum and therefore the ability to hear or rule on appeals.

WASHINGTON DC (December 10, 2019) — A national campaign on Facebook designed to empower people to break the stigma and shame associated with seeking treatment for opioid-use disorder begins today with a video campaign featuring Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley.

WASHINGTON DC (December 10, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after a deal was reached on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 10, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to the announced agreement in Congress that will move USMCA forward:

“Mexico and Canada are Iowa's top two trading partners and are critical to our economy. It’s why I have been calling on Congress to ratify USMCA for over a year.

WASHINGTON DC (December 10, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley today made the following statement regarding House Democrats’ announced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump:

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