WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that he will have a new Chief of Staff in the new year as longtime aide Jill Kozeny departs and a member of his current Judiciary Committee staff steps into the role.Aaron Cummings will begin the position on January 2.Others on Grassley’s senior staff leadership team in Washington remain in...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement with respect to the substantive input from certain law enforcement organizations in the revised First Step Act released.“When we set out to update and reform our criminal justice system, we sought the expertise from a broad range of stakeholders...
Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Senate Finance Committee Tax Priorities for the 116th CongressWednesday, December 12, 2018VIDEO Mr. President,As the 115th Congress winds down, I’d like to reflect on the enactment of historic tax legislation and what’s ahead in the New Year.In December of 2017, Congress passed, and the...
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, to secure new protections for minors and improve accountability measures in the federal juvenile justice grant program.“Kids in our juvenile justice system need safety, fairness and treatment that...
Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Passage of the 2018 Farm BillTuesday, December 11, 2018VIDEO I’d like to begin by thanking Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow for their hard work in putting together the 2018 Farm Bill. It was a long and difficult process and they negotiated in...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to replace a 2015 rule put in place by the Obama Administration that gave authority to the federal government to regulate on nearly all of the land in Iowa.“I commend...
Grassley Op-ed: Iowans inspired legislation to hold drug manufacturers accountableU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaA couple years ago, I received a letter from an Iowan whose son had a severe peanut allergy. She wrote about how the price of an EpiPen, a popular anti-allergy prescription drug device, had skyrocketed. Though she and her family couldn’t...
Q&A: From Judiciary to FinanceWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: Did you achieve what you set out to do in four years as chairman of the Judiciary Committee?A: Serving as chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee was a hard-earned privilege I was honored to fulfill after climbing the rungs of the seniority ladder. I first landed an assignment...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Steve Daines of Montana, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Michael Bennet of Colorado have joined the growing list of cosponsors of the new First Step Act (S.3649). A balanced bipartisan crowd of 30 senators have now sponsored the legislation—endorsed by the President—to reform...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement on the recently reported arrest of Huawei’s Global Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou. “The arrest of Meng Wanzhou underscores a troubling trend of Chinese companies and state actors flouting the rule of law and stealing from U.S....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement on the President’s intent to nominate William Barr to be the next United States Attorney General. “I am pleased that the President has made the choice to nominate the next Attorney General of the United States. Bill Barr is a...
Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn EpiPen Misclassification Legislative FixThursday, December 6, 2018VIDEO Mr. President:Today, I’d like to raise an important issue that has impacted many families in Iowa and throughout the country: the high cost of prescription drugs.One contributing factor that has played a part in how much money...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa wrote separately to the Justice Department’s Inspector General and the FBI Director seeking answers about the bureau’s raid on the residence of a whistleblower who reportedly disclosed information about the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One transaction.Grassley...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Chuck Grassley of Iowa introduced the Right Rebate Act of 2018, which would close a loophole in Medicaid that has allowed pharmaceutical manufacturers to misclassify their drugs and overcharge taxpayers by billions of dollars and provide HHS with additional authorities to ensure drugs are properly...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Caucus on International Narcotics Control, made the following statement regarding China’s announced plans to tighten controls on the production and export of Fentanyl, which has been linked to thousands of overdose deaths in the ongoing opioid...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley received a letter from Assistant Secretary for Family Support Lynn Johnson in response to an October 15 inquiry urging Johnson to implement recommendations from a Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that would help foster children who are prescribed psychotropic medications.
“Ensuring...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Ben Cardin of Maryland have joined the growing list of cosponsors of the new First Step Act (S.3649). A crowd of 28 senators, fourteen Republicans and fourteen Democrats, have now sponsored the legislation—endorsed by the President—to reform America’s criminal justice system.“I...
NEW HARTFORD, IOWA — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the passing of the 41st President of the United States of America, George Herbert Walker Bush. “President George H. W. Bush led an incredible life. He served with distinction as a naval aviator in World War II, flying 58 combat missions. He...
