WASHINGTON – A Government Accountability Office report released today revealed challenges facing whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including limited protections for whistleblower disclosures and long delays in addressing retaliation claims. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, requested the GAO...
The IRS today announced a delay in the enforcement of a little-known penalty under the President’s health care law facing small business owners who help their employees pay for their health insurance. These small business owners are facing fines of as much as $100 per day per employee for helping their employees purchase health insurance. ...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has a new online tax survey for Iowans to share their views on changes they would like to see in the federal tax code. Grassley launched the survey from his position as a co-chair of a bipartisan working group on individual tax reform.“The tax code is too complicated,” Grassley said....
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to deter human trafficking in the United States. The Combatting Human Trafficking Act, which includes the text of three bills passed by the House of Representatives, would:clarify that federal grant resources can be used to meet...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeFederal Drug ProsecutionsThursday, February 12, 2015Mr. President, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, I’ve mentioned publicly that I’m open to certain federal sentencing, or prison reforms. But I’ve tried to make it clear that I’m...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the confirmation of Ashton Carter as secretary of the Department of Defense. Grassley is a long-time watchdog of Defense Department spending, including fixing the broken accounting system within the agency. He released a report on the accounting problems in November 2013.
“When I met...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Tobey Allison Yates and John “Jack” Linden Worthington have received appointments to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for the 2015-2016 school year.“Admission to the service academies is highly competitive and a great honor,” Grassley said. “Students...
WASHINGTON – Today, leaders on the international trade and judicial committees in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives called on the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Francis Gurry, to ensure all WIPO members have an equal voice in amending the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin....
Legislation Improves Accountability Standards and Reduces Health Care CostsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today introduced the bipartisan Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act of 2015 to improve maternity care for women and newborns, and reduce health care costs. The bill is also cosponsored by Senators...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today led Finance Committee passage of bipartisan legislation supported by Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Joe Donnelly of Indiana to increase the alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies. These small companies largely serve rural communities, which rely on this...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today supported the Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act, which passed in the Senate by a vote of 98-0. Grassley is a cosponsor of this bill, which he reported out of the Judiciary Committee on February 5, 2015.“Sexual...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is thankful that the Justice Department today addressed loopholes it created when it revised its practice of adoption and equitable sharing in asset forfeitures. The revised guidance requires law enforcement and Justice Department lawyers to certify a...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on Senate confirmation of Michael Botticelli as director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, a position informally known as the “drug czar.” The Senate on Monday...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Joni Ernst of Iowa today pressed the health care agency in charge of federally created health care co-ops for answers on helping the Iowans and Nebraskans who are caught in the bad timing of CoOportunity’s collapse. CoOportunity is the co-op serving Iowa and Nebraska that ran out of...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of Iowa, the National Association of Foster Grandparent Program Directors, the Iowa State Approving Agency, Southeastern Community...
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect taxpayers, hold corporate wrongdoers accountable, and deter future fraud and abuse, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) are introducing bipartisan legislation to rescind tax write-offs for illegal corporate behavior. The Government Settlement Transparency & Reform Act would close a...
Lacking Federal Mandates, 80 Percent of U.S. Biodiesel Producers Scaled Back Production in 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today led a bipartisan group of 32 Senators in pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to live up to its legal obligation to...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas, the former Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to reduce frivolous lawsuits that bog down the United States legal system and cost businesses billions of dollars every year.
The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bipartisan bill that strengthens the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the nation’s premier open government law. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa is an original cosponsor of the legislation. The bill was authored by Senator John Cornyn of...
