WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Launches 5th Biannual 36 County Tour with Town Hall in Cherokee HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) launched his fifth biannual 36 County Tour with a town hall in Cherokee where he talked about his work in Congress for Iowa and took questions from constituents. "Today, I launched my fifth biannual 36 County Tour with a town hall in Cherokee to hear from Iowans and discuss   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Grassley Op-Ed: Congress Must Permanently Classify Fentanyl-Related Substances to Curb the Crisis Grassley makes the case for quickly passing the HALT Fentanyl Act during today's Senate Judiciary Committee markup. Congress must permanently classify fentanyl-related substances to curb the crisis. By Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Welcomes Senate Confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI Director WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a statement following the Senate's confirmation of Kash Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "Change is coming to the seventh floor of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, and that is a good thing. Over the past several year  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Welcomes Senate Confirmation of Kash Patel as FBI Director WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a statement following the Senate's confirmation of Kash Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "Change is coming to the seventh floor of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, and that   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Ernst, Fetterman Urge Rollins to Take Quick Action on Bird Flu Outbreak Download video here WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a lifelong family farmer, joined fellow Agriculture Committee members Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Penn.) in a letter urging Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to quic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Klobuchar Seek to Increase Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in reintroducing the Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act. The bipartisan bill would allow Americans to safely import prescription drugs from Canada - lowering costs, in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Feb. 19, 2025, on the nomination of Kash Patel to be FBI Director: * * * Soon, we'll begin voting on the nomination of Kash Patel to serve as the Director of the FBI. I've spoken on his nomination within the last couple days, but I wanted to spend a few more minutes urging my colleagues to vote for Mr. Patel's confirmation. Mr. Patel's career shows that h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 19, 2025, at a hearing entitled "Children's Safety in the Digital Era: Strengthening Protections and Addressing Legal Gaps": * * * Good morning. In today's digital era, our young people face risks that previous generations couldn't have imagined. Even though technology brings amazing opportunities for education and growth, it also opens the door to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Support Grows for Swift Passage of HALT Fentanyl Act WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed growing support for the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act ahead of the bill's markup in the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow morning. Grassley cosponsors the legislation, alongside Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), to per  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Ernst Lead Effort to Address Avian Flu Outbreak WASHINGTON - Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and a group of colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a roadmap and enhance the agency's response to the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This letter outlines solutions that can be collaborated  more