WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last night reaffirmed its support for efforts to end domestic violence in the United States. In a resolution authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, the Senate voiced its continued support for survivors of domestic violence, victim advocates, domestic violence victim service providers, and first...
WASHINGTON – As foreign governments ramp up purchases of private assets for commercial purposes in other countries, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa is working to make sure that these state-owned enterprises don’t attempt to skirt responsibility through the U.S. courts. Grassley introduced the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan Arsenal Installation Reutilization Authority Act to reauthorize the leasing authority at Department of Defense arsenals for unused office space to outside...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today praised Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 by a vote of 95 to 3. This bill addresses the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers and drinking water and wastewater funding programs through the Environmental Protection Agency. It contains references to flood...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed legislation to help reduce crimes against America’s seniors through expanded education, prevention and prosecution tools. The Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act, which was introduced by Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, passed the committee by a...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is requesting the immigration history of an individual charged in a Des Moines reckless driving incident that led to the death of 12-year-old Lea Phann and left several others seriously injured. Prior to the incident, the driver Fernando Lopez Aguilar, apparently received deferred deportation protection under the...
Grassley Des Moines Regional Director to Hold Office Hours September 26, 27 and 28 Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Des Moines, Alec Kennedy, will be holding open office hours in Decatur, Clarke, Madison, Wayne, Lucas, Warren, Polk, Appanoose, Monroe and Marion counties on September 26, 27 and 28. The office hours provide an...
After Initial Report of Fraud Risks in EB-5, Paper Records Continue to Hamper Detection WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is still unable to comprehensively identify and address fraud in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, according to a draft Government Accountability Office report that is due to be released this...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryComments on the FBI’s Refusal to Release Unclassified Clinton Investigation Filesto the Public and the CommitteeMonday, September 12, 2016Mr. President, today I want to discuss my serious concerns about the FBI’s selective release of Clinton...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement about legislation introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Ranking member John Conyers to reform the flawed EB-5 visa program, which expires on September 30.“Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers have put forth...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising concern about how the EB-5 immigrant investor program is allowing networks of foreign participants to syphon the economic benefits away from the American people living in areas that the program was created to assist. In a letter today to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson,...
Washington, D.C. – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about a criminal immigrant previously deported at least five times who is currently illegally present in the United States and...
WASHINGTON – The 60 Plus Association acknowledged Sen. Chuck Grassley as a “Guardian of Seniors’ Rights” with an award presented to him for his work to protect Medicare and Social Security.At the ceremony, the senior citizen advocacy organization endorsed Grassley’s bipartisan Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act, which...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following statement on the 15th anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.“On this anniversary, we remember the Americans whose lives ended in terror by forces that sought to attack not only our people, but also our identity as a nation. Those who attacked us that day meant to strike fear into our...
As part of his look at EpiPen costs to consumers and taxpayers, earlier this week, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to the Iowa attorney general, asking him to review whether Iowa taxpayers have overpaid for EpiPens under Medicaid. It appears Minnesota taxpayers may have overpaid for EpiPens by more than $4 million in a single year because the product might...
WASHINGTON – The National Tax Limitation Committee (NTLC) acknowledged Sen. Chuck Grassley with its 114th Congress “Tax Fighter Award” for his work to limit federal spending, fight tax increases and promote responsible budgetary and appropriations practices.“I’m glad to support policies that keep taxes low for Iowans and that...
On Aug. 22, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to Mylan, the maker of the EpiPen, with questions about the product’s price increases after hearing concerns from Iowans. On Sept. 8, Mylan responded with a seven-page letter. Grassley made the following comment on the response.
“I appreciate the information provided but it’s an incomplete response and...
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GRASSLEY UPS NURSING HOME SOCIAL MEDIA PROBE — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) continued to press Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat this week as he investigates how some nursing home workers have abused residents by posting explicit photos of them across social media platforms. Grassley sent each company a letter asking...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement regarding a Justice Department Inspector General report recommending sweeping changes to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) management of undercover storefront operations.
“For years, ATF has demonstrated a shocking lack of...
