WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement after President Obama signed into law legislation securing new rights for survivors of sexual assault. The Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act was championed by Amanda Nguyen, a survivor and founder of RISE, which advocates on behalf of victims...
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Steve King, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Rod Blum, Rep. David Young, and Rep. Dave Loebsack sent a letter to Governor Terry Branstad supporting the State of Iowa in its response and recovery efforts underway for the severe weather and flooding event starting September 21st. The delegation states in the...
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General today released Report # 2017-001, "Report of Investigation: Ronald F. Lewis Major General, U.S. Army." The inspector general investigated allegations that the major general, who was the senior military assistant to the Secretary of Defense, misused his government travel charge card for personal...
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office compared newly released information about Medicaid and Medicare costs for EpiPens with Mylan filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Grassley analysis finds that the share of Mylan’s revenue for EpiPens from the taxpayers went up each year from 2011 to 2015, from 23.3 percent in 2011 to 53.4 percent in...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Jackson, Scott, Cedar and Muscatine counties on October 12. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Wednesday, October 12, 20168:00...
Newly uncovered letters raise concerns that DOJ agreed to substantial and inappropriate limitations on the scope of its investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and...
Grassley: Are Obama Admin. Policies or Sanctuary Cities to Blame?
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Obama Administration why an undocumented immigrant with a violent background was allowed to stay in the United States before setting an apartment fire that killed five people, including four Iowans. Despite...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is pressing the company that makes EpiPens and the federal agency that oversees Medicaid on whether the company over-charged states by misclassifying its product and for communications between Mylan and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the EpiPen’s apparent misclassification. “It’s...
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today commented on the preliminary results of an ongoing review issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning the costs to Medicare due to recalled or defective medical devices. The OIG...
A November 2015 report lists Boko Haram ahead of ISIS for world’s deadliest terror group. Hillary Clinton kept them off named terrorist list for years despite warnings, requests to add them.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney...
WASHINGTON – After repeated calls from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to pressure nations to cooperate with U.S. immigration authorities, the Obama Administration will begin suspending the issuance of certain categories of visas in Gambia because of the country’s refusal to repatriate its citizens who have been ordered to be deported from...
Report Outlines Committee’s Progress in the 114th Congress
WASHINGTON – Since returning from the state work period in September, the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, racked up several legislative and judicial accomplishments while continuing its work to improve government transparency and oversight. The committee’s latest Progress...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Dave Loebsack, Rep. Rod Blum, and Rep. David Young are asking the top House and Senate committee leaders to retain Iowa projects in the final version of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 for potential congressional consideration later this fall. ...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said President Barack Obama has issued a major disaster declaration for Iowa, triggering the release of FEMA funds to help Iowa recover from the severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding that occurred August 23-27, 2016. Additional designations may be made at a later date after further...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has a long history of poor management and oversight of its programs for paying informants. Sen. Chuck Grassley has done oversight on the DEA’s use and overpayment of confidential informants, and according to a new report, many problems still persist. The DOJ Office of Inspector...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today spoke on the Senate floor to acknowledge October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Earlier this month, the Senate unanimously passed Grassley’s bipartisan resolution supporting efforts to end domestic violence in the United States, to support victims, first responders...
WASHINGTON — Led by U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, 41 Senate Republicans today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew encouraging the Treasury Department to abandon proposed regulations that would significantly increase the estate...
Anti-Terrorism Legislation is 13th Judiciary Bill to Become Law under Chairman GrassleyWASHINGTON – The U.S. Congress today overwhelmingly overturned President Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is an original cosponsor of the legislation and, as chairman, led it...
