WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today posted on its public website a subset of presidential records received and reviewed this week before the beginning of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination hearing. The release brings the total public executive branch material to more than 294,000 pages. Today’s release includes:Cover...
In Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings, here's what to expectBy Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa On Tuesday, September 4, I’ll gavel in the beginning of a days-long hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. It will be...
WASHINGTON – Representatives for President George W. Bush provided the Senate Judiciary Committee with a full accounting of its documents related to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s service as a White House lawyer. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, President Bush’s Presidential Records Act representative William...
WASHINGTON – Presidents Bush and Trump approved the release of confidential records provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee following a specific request by Sen. Amy Klobuchar. In a letter to his committee colleagues, Chairman Grassley offered to help facilitate access to specific confidential records that members wish to discuss during the open...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee has received the fifth production from President Bush of material from Judge Kavanaugh’s service as a White House lawyer. The committee also received Judge Kavanaugh’s D.C. Circuit nomination file from the National Archives and Records Administration. Subsets from both productions are now...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s regional directors based in Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo will hold traveling office hours in 45 counties across Iowa throughout September. Iowans are invited to stop by during the scheduled hours to seek assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or share...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee continues to receive a steady stream of letters supporting Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to serve as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The supporters range from legal professionals from across the political spectrum to faith and community leaders sharing first-hand accounts of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will complete his annual 99 county meetings of 2018 on September 10 by holding a town meeting in Clarke County.“My annual tradition of holding a question-and-answer session in each of Iowa’s 99 counties helps me better serve the people of Iowa,” Grassley said. “It gives me an opportunity to talk...
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Passing of Senator John McCain of ArizonaVIDEO I begin my remarks by paying my respect to our colleague and friend, Sen. John McCain. A great American has died. Sen. McCain represented the people of Arizona and the United States of America with great honor and always holding his...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today released more than 85,000 pages of material from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s service as a White House lawyer, bringing the total volume of Judge Kavanaugh’s public executive branch records to more than 287,000 pages. The previous high water mark for such material was roughly 180,000 pages...
WASHINGTON – In a recently published article, the Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes details U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s work as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman and the Supreme Court confirmation process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Barnes also highlights Grassley’s commitment to Iowans and love of the Iowa State Fair.“Senator Chuck...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has been a long proponent of transparency in the federal government, specifically in the area of prescription drug pricing.The Senate recently passed a bipartisan amendment introduced by Grassley and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois clarifying that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) use...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today sent a letter to Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary federal government agency responsible for medical and public health research. Today’s letter comes in response to a July 17 letter from Dr. Collins which responded to Grassley’s May 16th oversight...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley today sought a briefing and final report detailing any internal failures at the FBI that could have prevented the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Grassley also made the following comment.“If we want to prevent future tragedy, we must have an understanding of what mistakes may...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement today regarding the Trump administration’s announcement that it will be appropriating $12 billion to aid farmers impacted by current trade negotiations.“It’s important that the White House has recognized the difficult position farmers are in due to ongoing...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement today regarding the preliminary trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico.“Mexico has been an important trading partner of the United States for decades, and farmers in Iowa have felt the sting of increased tariffs on products like pork and cheese. While the details...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement on the passing of Sen. John McCain of Arizona.“Senator McCain was tough and tenacious. Both as a Naval officer and a Member of the United States Senate, he exemplified a spirit of public service. Senator McCain approached his illness the way he approached legislative...
WASHINGTON – Public material from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s executive branch legal service now exceeds that of any previous Supreme Court nominee. The Senate Judiciary Committee today released more than 25,400 pages from Judge Kavanaugh’s service as a White House lawyer, bringing the total volume of public executive branch materials to more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Thom Tillis of North Carolina in introducing the Ensuring Coverage for Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Act, legislation that would guarantee Americans have equal health care coverage, regardless of their health status or pre-existing conditions. Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa, Lamar Alexander of...
