WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued a statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s new 10-year budget and economic outlook. "Congressional Democrats and the White House ought to read this report cover to cover. After reviewing the data, it'd be unthinkable for anyone to consider continuing down the current fiscal path," Grassley said. "The Biden administr  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today called out Biden's new mass amnesty plan, which proves Biden's political border order was purely for political cover. She pointed out examples of how Biden's open border has endangered American lives, including by allowing eight ISIS-linked terrorists to infiltrate our homeland. Watch her full remarks here. Background: To protect Iowans from Biden's border disaster, Ernst is l  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Raymon Enterprises of Marshall County. Throughout this Congress, Ranking Member Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "Raymon Enterprises is an incredible family-run business whose core values of caring for their employees  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are calling on Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General Eric J. Soskin to conduct an independent review to evaluate how telework and remote work impact the agency's services and subject taxpayers' money to waste, fraud, and abuse, including at the Federal Aviation Administration (FA  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to raise Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels to levels that are consistent with production and availability. "America's environmental and energy security depend on the widespread production, availability, and use of biofuels. Biofuels p  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are making public former Secretary of State John Kerry's pseudonym email and calling on the State Department to review Kerry's compliance with federal records laws while at the agency's helm. "Based on legally protected whistleblower disclosures to our offices, it's our understanding that then-Secretary of State John Kerry used the email address 'S  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are calling for 2026 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes that keep pace with biofuels production and availability. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the bipartisan senators, along with 16 colleagues, urged higher RFS levels for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels, with an equal increase in total volumes. "America'  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued a statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s new 10-year budget and economic outlook. "Congressional Democrats and the White House ought to read this report cover to cover. After reviewing the data, it'd be unthinkable for anyone to consider continuing down the curren  more