WASHINGTON – An internal U.S. Marshals Service policy limiting communications with Congress does not clearly express legal protections for employees who disclose fraud, waste or misconduct. The policy can lead to confusion for staff, and impede oversight needed to improve government operations and guard taxpayer dollars.
In a letter to Attorney General...
WASHINGTON – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about the threat of ISIS members entering the United States through the porous southwest border. Recent news reports have...
WASHINGTON – Federal authorities responsible for vetting potential guardians of children who enter the country without an adult have been placing some with convicted criminals, according to whistleblower claims. The whistleblower, who is familiar with the vetting process, alleges that at least 3,400 sponsors out of a sample of 29,000 listed in a...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeRemaining Vigilant Against Terrorist AttacksDelivered Thursday, November 19, 2015
*Video of Grassley's speech can be found here.
Madam President, because of what happened in Paris last week, many speeches are going to be given on the floor of the Senate about...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Act to improve NOAA’s response to harassment or abuse in the workplace. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley helped craft key provisions of the version that won committee approval....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is asking why senior State Department officials halted an investigation of alleged sex solicitation by a U.S. Ambassador, opting instead to handle the case as a “management issue.” Grassley’s inquiry follows a State Department Inspector General report, which concluded that factors...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is seeking answers on allegations from an Army colonel that the Pentagon is slow-walking his performance review because he questioned the lack of accountability at the $800 million task force that oversaw an excessively expensive $43 million natural gas filling station in Afghanistan. Grassley wrote to Defense...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. John McCain of Arizona have urged the secretary of Health and Human Services to use her full authority to increase the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries for the benefit of U.S. consumers. Their action comes as the agency held a drug pricing forum on Friday and amid...
Democratic staff for the Senate minority leader and Democratic operatives appear to be circulating a false, misleading timeline with reporters suggesting incorrectly that a former staffer for Sen. Chuck Grassley is the “confidential source” for one of many Grassley inquiries into State Department personnel practices. The former Grassley staffer was not...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today announced the introduction of the bipartisan VA Patient Protection Act (S. 2291) to force the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on President Obama’s nomination of Swati Dandekar of Marion, Iowa, as United States Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, with the Rank of Ambassador. The White House announced the nomination today.“Swati Dandekar has served Iowa in many ways over a long period of time and...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley will receive the Guardian of Seniors’ Rights award from the 60 Plus Association on Friday, November 20, for his work to create financial stability for seniors through tax reform. The 60 Plus Association will present Grassley with the award at Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls. Following the award...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today said that many families are rightly confused and frustrated with the adoption situations in several countries around the world.
Members of the Judiciary Committee listened to emotional testimony during a committee...
Opening Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “National Adoption Month: Stories of Success and Meeting the Challenges of International Adoptions”Wednesday, November 18, 2015The family is the foundation of American society. For millions of Americans, the season of Thanksgiving gives us an...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on the 2015 National Drug Control Strategy released today by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.“The Administration has had some successes in reducing youth alcohol and tobacco use. ...
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 Iowa Citizens’ Climate Lobby, the Iowa Soybean Association, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, the Iowa Biodiesel Board, Coalition for Access Now, the University of Iowa...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 16, 2015Contacts: Lacey Rose (Warren), 202-224-2292Jill Gerber (Grassley), 202-224-6522
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Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter today to...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn Paris Attacks and Syrian RefugeesMonday, November 16, 2015Mr. President, I want to express my deepest sympathies to the people of Paris and all those affected by Friday’s terrible attacks by Islamic extremists. As we all know, hundreds of innocent...
