Floor Speech by Senator Chuck Grassley on How the Senate Should Work
Delivered Monday, January 13, 2014
Senator McConnell has made a very important call to restore the Senate as the great deliberative body it was designed to be.
I would like to continue to add my voice to that call and expand on some observations I have made previously before the Senate.
The...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the nomination of Robert Wilkins,to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia CircuitMonday, January 13, 2014
Mr. President,
Today we’ll vote on the third of three nominees to the D.C. Circuit, Judge Robert Wilkins. I’ll oppose the Judge...
WASHINGTON – The Senate earlier this week passed legislation cosponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley that would allow veterinarians to legally carry and dispense controlled substances away from their brick and mortar facilities. The legislation now awaits action by the House of Representatives.
The Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act is in response to a Drug...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Kennedy Salow of Walker has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., for the 2014-2015 school year.
Salow is the daughter of Kim and Joel Salow. She will graduate in May from Center Point-Urbana High School. Salow participated in student council, basketball,...
WASHINGTON – The Senate earlier this week passed legislation cosponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley that would allow veterinarians to legally carry and dispense controlled substances away from their brick and mortar facilities. The legislation now awaits action by the House of Representatives.
The Veterinary Medicine Mobility...
Q: What does the Federal Reserve do?
A: The Fed was created to stem fault lines in the financial system that many argued bred depositor runs, interest rate spikes and market speculation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The case was made in Congress that the ebb and flow of a growing U.S. economy needed more certainty and that a system was...
WASHINGTON – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) sent a letter late yesterday asking Director B. Todd Jones of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to respond to new questions related to flawed ATF sting operations nationwide. Recent news reports indicate that ATF has conducted...
WASHINGTON – The Iowa congressional delegation today asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to revisit a decision to deny reconstruction assistance to several Northwest Iowa rural electric cooperatives following severe weather last spring.
The Iowa delegation is concerned that FEMA may have interpreted the law one way after already...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Congressman George Holding (NC-13) sent a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan requesting answers and documentation regarding the questionable salary and compensation practices of the Raleigh Housing Authority (RHA).
Senator Grassley:...
Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Nomination of Janet Yellen to be Fed ChairmanDelivered Monday, Jan. 6, 2014
Over the past five years the Federal Reserve has pursued unconventional and unprecedented monetary policy. As vice chair of the Fed, Janet Yellen has been a strong proponent of these policies. As chair, she is likely to continue these...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley will begin holding meetings with Iowans in every county again next year with meetings in Floyd and Chickasaw counties on Friday, Jan. 3.
“Representative government is a two-way street, and it’s strengthened by dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I look forward to...
WASHINGTON- Sen. Chuck Grassley has joined 42 other senators in requesting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to stop unlawful regulations on small family farms.
Since 1976, Congress has exempted small, family-run farms with 10 or fewer employees from OSHA regulations. However, in a 2011 memo, OSHA asserted that on-farm grain...
Homegrown Energy That Makes Sense
The U.S. Senate exhibits more bipartisanship than what makes the biggest headlines. This week, a bipartisan group of 16 senators met with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to deliver a single message: The agency’s proposed reduction of the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2014 would...
Budget Deal: Too Much Spending, Too Little Discipline
This week, the Senate gave final approval to the House-Senate budget deal that sets upcoming levels for government spending.
While I appreciate the bipartisan effort that brokered this budget deal, I couldn’t support the proposal. It spends an additional $63 billion over the next two...
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, one of two working family farmers in the Senate, made the following comment about the current status of the farm and nutrition bill negotiations and his provisions to place a hard cap on farm payments and the actively engaged loophole.
“As members of Congress head home for the holidays, farm bill negotiators still have a to-do...
EB-5 Visa Program Faces Tough Questions
The EB-5 visa program has been used for decades as a tool to encourage foreign investment and job creation in the United States in exchange for a U.S. visa. Over the past three years, there has been a remarkable increase in the amount of foreigners using this visa program. At first...
Grassley, Casey Promote Proposal to Allow Residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities to Receive Medicare Services in Integrated Arrangement
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said today they hope to advance their proposal to make it easier for the residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities to...
Report Card for 113th Congress
As the first session of the 113th Congress ends, year-end performance reviews are under way. Public opinion of Washington is remarkably low. The mismanaged roll out of the federal health insurance website and broken promises from the President have frustrated many Americans. A shortsighted decision by the...
Grassley Praises Data on Dually Eligibles in Medicare, Medicaid
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) have released a new data book, “Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.” The merging of data to help inform Congress on the critical issue of dually eligible...
Grassley Statement on the Abuse of Cloture Motions
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
“The Abuse of Cloture Motions”
Wednesday, December 19, 2013
The Senate is poised to vote on a final National Defense Authorization Act after considering only two amendments.
The Senate has not been functioning like it should for some time and the...
