WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will take part in a roundtable discussion on foster care prevention and child welfare with foster youth, parents and services providers in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 19. Grassley is co-founder and co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth and has made a priority of hearing directly from foster youth,...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is urging the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to collaborate where it’s appropriate as the agencies analyze several proposed mergers in the seed and chemical industry. Grassley also asked the two agencies to seek input from the Department of...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, twice wrote to the FBI director over the agency’s investigation of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Today the Senate received the FBI’s interview summaries from the investigation. Grassley made the following comment on the materials...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold a town meeting in Corydon on Friday, August 26, 2016, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With this meeting, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, today asked the Department of Justice to explain its reported decision to drop inquiries into Clinton Foundation and State Department interactions. The reported declinations came amid reports of favorable action from the State Department for foundation donors and concerns that...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Delaware, Clayton, Allamakee, Linn, Jones and Dubuque counties from September 6 to September 7. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Schuster’s schedule is as...
In June 2013, Sen. Chuck Grassley began seeking answers from the State Department on its use of the Special Government Employee designation. His questions came after revelations that a top aide, Huma Abedin, used the special status to work at the State Department and private sector entities at the same time. It appears the Special Government Employee...
“Bipartisanship has allowed us to make meaningful progress on good ideas from senators on both sides of the aisle… It’s a formula for representative government that puts us to work for you.”WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the Weekly Republican Address, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discusses his committee’s...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is concerned that Medicare may be steering beneficiaries to mail order firms rather than brick and mortar pharmacies for their diabetes testing supplies. The concern came to Grassley from an Iowa pharmacist who shared a letter sent to a beneficiary that seemed to encourage the use of the mail order option. “This...
The Obama Administration announced that it will make it easier for scientists to access marijuana for research and leave the scheduling of marijuana unchanged. Sen. Chuck Grassley, as chairman of the Judiciary and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, has worked with Sen. Dianne Feinstein to help persuade federal agencies to conduct a scientific and...
The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed it is reviewing the circumstances of a veteran’s recent suicide in Iowa. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Ron Johnson sought the review. Grassley made the following comment. “This is a good example of why we have independent watchdogs at federal...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Waterloo, Jason Mohr, will be holding open office hours in Butler, Bremer, Black Hawk and Buchannan counties on August 16. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Mohr’s schedule is as follows:Tuesday August 16,...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Sioux City, Jacob Bossman, will be holding open office hours in Clay, Sac, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Webster, Humboldt and Pocahontas counties from August 23 to August 24. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Bossman’s schedule is as...
WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to help ensure that historically significant films and sound recordings are preserved for the benefit of generations of Iowans was signed into law. Several Iowa libraries and organizations have taken advantage of these grants to preserve films and recordings...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold a town meeting in Sac County on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With this meeting, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is pursuing solutions to the problem of humiliating social media posts of nursing home residents by nursing home workers. The news outlet ProPublica has documented 47 incidents across the country since 2012 in which nursing home workers posted such photos of nursing home residents on social media. Three of the incidents were...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the Department of Housing and Urban Development to explain its policies for allowing wanted fugitive felons to live in public housing after a report suggested the agency takes a weaker approach than federal law requires.
“It is essential that the Federal Government ensures the safety and security of public housing...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the Department of Veterans Affairs why it has spent $20 million on art in recent years, despite backlogs for patient care.
“The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was created with the aim of caring for those who have served to protect the United States, by honoring their faithful service and...
