News Releases

Grassley Files Wind Energy Tax Credit Amendments M E M O R A N D U M   TO:      Reporters and Editors RE:      Tax extenders and the wind-energy production tax credit DA:     Wednesday, August 1, 2012               Senator...

Grassley, Issa Release First Part of Final Joint Report on Operation Fast and Furious Report Focuses on Role of ATF and Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office WASHINGTON, DC –House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Senator Chuck Grassley today released the first part of the final report on...

Leahy, Grassley Introduce Legislation To Protect Whistleblowers In Criminal Antitrust Cases WASHINGTON (Tuesday, July 31, 2012) –U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation today to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information...

Q&A on Taxes and Debt, Deficit Reduction Q:    Why not raise taxes on the high income to pay down the deficit and debt? A:    Professor Richard Vedder of Ohio University has studied tax increases and spending for more than two decades.  His research has found that over the entire post World War II era through 2009,...

  Cornyn, Grassley Celebrate ‘Meat Monday’     WASHINGTON – The offices of U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today celebrated ‘Meat Monday’ with barbeque beef brisket, ribs, and sausage from Hill Country BBQ restaurant.  The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees our nation’s ranchers and...

Grassley Releases Hold on Treasury Nominees After Receiving Agency Responses on Whistleblower Office WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has released his objection to proceeding to the nominations of two Treasury nominees after receiving responses to his inquiries urging action to correct slow progress on whistleblower claim processing and the issuance...

Grassley Floor Statement on the Nomination of Robert E. Bacharach To be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Mr. President, For the last few weeks, it has been routine practice in the Senate that we vote on consensus district court nominees on Monday evenings.  We have done so quite a number of times this Congress.  And we could have...

Grassley Releases Hold on Treasury Nominees After Receiving Agency Responses on Whistleblower Office WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has released his objection to proceeding to the nominations of two Treasury nominees after receiving responses to his inquiries urging action to correct slow progress on whistleblower claim processing and the issuance...

Grassley Asks Special Counsel, Inspector General to Investigate FDA’s Retaliatory Spying WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the Food and Drug Administration’s extensive email monitoring and retaliation of a group of...

Grassley plans additional August meetings in Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings with Iowans in Atlantic, Villisca, Bedford, Clarinda, Percival, Glenwood, Logan, Harlan, Audubon, and Carroll, speak with a service club in Corning and tour a business in Council Bluffs during the third week of the Senate’s August recess. “I look...

Grassley Floor Statement - Attacks on the First Amendment Freedom of Speech Mr. President, I rise to discuss a very disturbing trend that is occurring in this country.  A vicious attack is underway on the right to freedom of speech that is protected by the First Amendment.  It needs to be highlighted and stopped.   Free speech is one of the...

Grassley Statement at Senate Committee on the Judiciary Executive Meeting Mr. Chairman, Before we get to the agenda, I’d like to say a few words about the report issued by Former FBI Director William Webster regarding the FBI’s investigation of the attack at Ft. Hood by Major Nidal Hasan.   Major Hasan’s attack killed 12 U.S. soldiers, a Defense...

National crackdown on synthetic drugs M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    National crackdown on synthetic drugs Da:    Thursday, July 26, 2012 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is the sponsor of legislation enacted earlier this month that bans the chemicals used to make a dangerous synthetic drug...

Grassley: Education Tax Incentives Should Give Students, Families, Taxpayers Most Bang for the Buck As we consider how tax incentives help students and families pay for college, we should consider whether and how these incentives also increase costs.  A 2010 study by Nicholas Turner at the University of California-San Diego suggests that schools are...

Grassley Floor Statement - 2012 Farm Bill Mr. President, I come to the floor today to talk about the Farm and Nutrition bill.  If we can get this bill completed and to the President’s desk, it will be the eighth farm bill I have voted on. Every five years or so, Congress debates, changes, argues over, and ultimately passes a Farm and Nutrition...

Grassley Asks FDA to Explain Instructions to Contractor on Documents WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking the Food and Drug Administration to explain a purchase order with a contractor certifying that 80,000 pages of employee communications posted online did not contain sensitive or personally identifiable information.   “The documents...

Grassley: Senate Vote on Raising Taxes Comes During Struggling Economy M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Preventing a Tax Increase DA:    Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Sen. Chuck Grassley made the comment below about Senate votes this afternoon to extend expiring tax relief.  Sen. Grassley...

Grassley Statement at the Judiciary Hearing of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Strengthening the Integrity of the Student Visa System by Preventing and Detecting Sham Educational Institutions In 1993, the American people were confronted with a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.  One of the instigators of that...

Grassley plans August meetings in Southeast Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will meet with Iowans in Columbus Junction, Donnellson, Burlington, Agency, Bloomfield, Keosauqua, Mount Pleasant, Lockridge, and Cedar Rapids during the first week of the Senate’s August recess. “I look forward to these events and meetings to listen to comments and respond...

Floor Statement on the Nomination of Michael A. Shipp to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey Mr. President, I rise in support of the nomination of Michael A. Shipp, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.   Judge Shipp, currently serving as a U.S. Magistrate Judge, was reported out of committee...