1 day agoQ&A: Protecting Taxpayers and Military ReadinessQ: What motivates your decades-long mission as a Pentagon watchdog? A: The number one priority of the federal government is national security and keeping the American people safe. The Reagan doctrine identified “peace through strength” that guided foreign policy and military modernization efforts during the 1980s. However, military spending doesn’t…3 min read3 min read
May 26Q&A: Take Stock of Mental HealthQ: What are your most recent efforts in Congress to strengthen access to mental health care? A: American society continues making strides to reduce the stigma long associated with mental illness. We have more work to do to raise awareness and expand access to behavioral health care services so people…4 min read4 min read
May 19Q&A: National Police WeekWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What is National Police Week? A: More than six decades ago, Congress passed a joint resolution to establish National Police Week to honor the men and women who answer the call to serve and protect the public. When these brave heroes put on the…4 min read4 min read
May 12Q&A: Secure the Border for U.S. SovereigntyWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What is Title 42? A: Title 42 refers to a section of U.S. immigration law that enables the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a public health order regulating the entry of people coming into the United States. During the previous…3 min read3 min read
May 5Q&A: Protecting Kids OnlineWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What can be done to address the mental health crisis among America’s youth? A: Even before the pandemic led to school closures and months of isolation away from their classmates, warning signs flagged a mental health crisis among America’s adolescents. Study after study shows…4 min read4 min read
Apr 27Q&A: Farm Kid Student Aid PenaltyWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What’s wrong with the changes made to the federal student aid program? A: Iowans across the state are preparing for the annual rite of passage as seniors prepare to graduate from high school and look ahead to the next chapter in their lives. It’s…3 min read3 min read
Apr 21Q&A: Looking Back 40 Years When Policy Trumped PoliticsWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: How was Social Security saved 40 years ago? A: A bipartisan commission created in 1981 by Congress and President Ronald Reagan set aside partisanship for the public good to save Social Security. Back then, the public retirement program was heading for fiscal insolvency. Specifically…4 min read4 min read
Apr 14Q&A: Stop Online Sales of Illicit FentanylWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What is the Cooper Davis Act? A: Counterfeit pills laced with illicit fentanyl are driving overdose deaths among our youngest generations. In addition to better public awareness, law enforcement needs more tools. On behalf of Iowans, I’m working in the U.S. Senate to strengthen…4 min read4 min read
Apr 7Q&A: Severe Weather Awareness & PreparednessWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What steps should Iowans take to prepare for severe weather? A: Iowans are no strangers to severe weather, from the historic derecho in 2020 to deadly tornados, damaging hail, thunderstorms that produce lightning and flash flooding, blizzards and more. With the volatile severe weather…4 min read4 min read
Mar 31Q&A: National Donate Life MonthWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: How are you working to improve the nation’s organ procurement system? A: Nearly two decades ago, I started looking under the hood of the system Congress created in 1984 to regulate the nation’s organ procurement system with passage of the National Organ Transplant Act…4 min read4 min read
