WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for more information on its spyware program.
The request comes amid the Justice Department’s push to amend Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in order to allow judges to grant warrants for remote searches of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that fall internships for college-age Iowans are available, and applications are due July 15.
Internships are available in Grassley’s Washington, D.C., office as well as his offices in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The semester-long internship will run...
WASHINGTON –Members of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees are questioning the Obama Administration’s unilateral decision to continue leasing a Northern Virginia building that was originally intended to process applications for one of President Obama’s most controversial executive actions that has now been halted by...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst’s request, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today announced it will hold a hearing on July 7th entitled “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: The Impact of the U.S. Poultry Sector and Protecting U.S. Poultry Flocks.” The announcement follows a letter sent by the two...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is investigating claims that failures by immigration agencies allowed a convicted statutory rapist to remain in the United States and receive immigration benefits, even while serving a two-year prison sentence. Whistleblowers allege that Abarca Torres Alvaro, who had received deferred...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is investigating new allegations of inappropriate spending within the U.S. Marshals Service, including the use of government resources for personal gain, unnecessary travel and inappropriate payment of salaries out of a fund established from forfeited assets.
According to agency whistleblowers,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today encouraged Iowans and others knowledgeable about biofuels to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Grassley made the following statement urging Iowans to comment.“The EPA doesn’t have a good idea of...
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment today after the Environment and Public Works Committee passed bipartisan legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to completely revise with stakeholder input, including from the states, the Waters of the United States rule. Grassley is a cosponsor of the bill.The Senate...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley expressed support for a proposal to clamp down on money laundering and tighten rules designed to prevent terrorists and other criminals from exploiting America’s financial system. Currently, financial institutions are required to verify the identities of customers, but not necessarily the...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has committed to carefully consider information on potentially deceptive third-party hotel booking websites to determine whether enforcement or other actions is appropriate, following a recent inquiry by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley.
“I share the Federal Trade Commission’s desire to protect consumer...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding the announced resignation of U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia Hylton:
“News of Ms. Hylton’s decision to resign comes as the Marshals Service faces serious allegations of misconduct within its senior ranks. The Justice Department has referred...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing for an update on the number of Public Safety Officers’ Benefits applications that have not been resolved.
In a letter to Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, Grassley wrote that a 2009 Government Accountability Office report said that families of...
WASHINGTON --- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa is expressing concern that the Obama administration is proposing expanding employment benefits to foreign students in the Optional Practical Training program despite the fact that the Government Accountability Office says it’s susceptible to abuse and requires additional oversight.
In...
Bipartisan, bicameral bill aimed at lowering health costs, preventing chronic diseases and increasing Medicare coverage of obesity treatments WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced legislation to help...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa last week expressed concern to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the security of a public filings database after the database apparently was used for fake company takeover bids involving Avon and the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. The SEC today named a Bulgarian man as being an architect behind the hoaxes...
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today noted that it is now posting certain investigative summaries on its website. The Office of Inspector General said, “These summaries will relate to cases of administrative misconduct involving: (i) members of the Senior Executive Service and employees at the GS-15 grade level or...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy have introduced legislation to reauthorize and reform the EB-5 Regional Center program.
The Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5, provides visas for foreign nationals who invest a certain amount of capital in the U.S. economy and create jobs. The EB-5...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today overwhelmingly passed the PATENT Act by a vote of 16-4. The bill was cosponsored by Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, and committee members John Cornyn, Chuck Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee.
The bipartisan PATENT Act takes concrete steps to stop abusive...
