Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Stephanos Bibas to Serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of AppealsNovember 2, 2017VIDEO Today, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Professor Stephanos Bibas to serve on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Professor...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has exclusive Senate jurisdiction over tax policy, made the following comment on the release of the House Ways and Means Committee draft tax reform proposal.“The release of the House tax reform proposal is a critical step forward...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for answers about hospital accrediting organizations’ access to patient mistreatment complaint databases.
According to Grassley’s oversight work, it appears that accrediting organizations do not have access to the “Immediate...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the leaders of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration asking that committee to make sexual harassment training mandatory for all Senate offices. “No one should feel uncomfortable or unsafe at work because of a colleague’s...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Justice Allison Eid to Serve on the 10th U.S. Court of AppealsNovember 1, 2017VIDEO Tomorrow morning, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, to serve on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. She...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn “Sue-and-Settle” Changes at EPA November 1, 2017VIDEO Last month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive to all agency employees that prohibits so-called “sue and settle.” This is good news for...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is requesting background information on Sayfullo Saipov, the man responsible for hitting and killing eight people with his rental truck yesterday in lower Manhattan. Eleven others were also injured in the attack.
According to information received by the Judiciary Committee, Saipov...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today introduced bipartisan legislation to reduce single use drug waste. An October 2017 investigation by ProPublica found that many pharmaceutical companies produce eye-drops in over-sized doses, in some cases more than twice what the eye can hold, resulting in drug waste and...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOctober 31, 2017VIDEO Today, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Notre Dame Law Professor Amy Barrett to serve on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. She is an eminently qualified and exceptionally bright nominee who has received praise and support across...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee member Mike Johnson (R-La.) today introduced legislation to improve transparency and accountability of agents working on behalf of foreign principals to influence American policy. The
Disclosing Foreign Influence Act corrects longstanding loopholes...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has sought information about the process by which the Homeland Security Department reviews the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation.
TPS was established by Congress to provide a temporary shield from removal for foreign nationals from countries with extraordinarily adverse...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller seeking further details and accompanying documentation regarding the state’s receiving $1.5 million as part of a Justice Department settlement with Mylan over EpiPen’s apparent misclassification under Medicaid’s Drug Rebate Program.
“The cost of EpiPen hit home for a lot of...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst
received a response from Veterans Affairs Department Secretary David Shulkin regarding an
inquiry seeking information on
reported unauthorized waiting lists outside the VA patient tracking system for some mental health appointments at the VA facility in Omaha.
In his response to Grassley and Ernst,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding federal criminal charges filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller:
“As always, it’s important to let our legal system run its course. While we don’t have any more information regarding the current status of the special counsel’s...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) sponsored the Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017, which is now on its way to the President’s desk for his signature. The bipartisan bill would resolve a 2012 Supreme Court ruling on a previous bankruptcy reform law that saddled family farmers with additional...
23 Senators Join Bipartisan Letter Urging Administration to Weigh in on Supreme Court’s Review of Antiterrorism Act Case
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley led 23 Senate colleagues in calling on the administration to avoid any further, unnecessary delay in providing its views on an
Antiterrorism Act case. The case...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan measure making it easier for family farmers to reorganize debts when facing bankruptcy received final approval today in Congress and is headed to the president’s desk for signature. The Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017, sponsored by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Al Franken (D-Minn.), was...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on the State of Iowa’s withdrawal of its Section 1332 waiver, also known as the Iowa Stopgap Measure. “In Iowa and across the country, Americans are witnessing the ‘death spiral’ of Obamacare. Premiums are skyrocketing, provider options are disappearing and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today encouraged the administration to take the TN visa program into account while considering any changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) during negotiations.
In a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Grassley notes that the TN visa program...
