WASHINGTON – U.S Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement on the announcement by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a task force to explore the importation of prescription drugs under certain circumstances as a way to reduce drug price increases in the United...
NOTE: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has sponsored the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation is supported by 32 senate cosponsors comprised of 16 Republicans and 16 Democrats and by scores of stakeholder and advocate groups. The bill was favorably reported out...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement regarding the committee review of documents relevant to the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.“This will be my 15th Supreme Court confirmation hearing. It will be the most...
WASHINGTON – Fact checkers have been busy doling out Pinocchios, context and corrections on Democratic attacks since President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court. Democratic leaders’ claims on Kavanaugh’s nomination and his record on precedent, health care, the rule of law and presidential power are...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today received a letter from Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary federal government agency responsible for medical and public health research. The letter is in response to a May 16 oversight letter that sought information about an NIH study on the long term...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Courts Are Not Where We Make PolicyJuly 17, 2018VIDEO I’d like to take a moment to discuss the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. I think the debate surrounding his confirmation has highlighted the...
“The indictment from the Special Counsel’s office includes allegations that Russian military officials were involved in an attempt to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election through cybersecurity hacking. U.S. intelligence officials continue to confirm that no vote tallies were changed as a result. Nevertheless, these are serious charges...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and the entire Iowa Congressional delegation invited U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to Iowa to meet with those who are counting on EPA to uphold the President’s commitments to maintain the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)."Renewable fuels are...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced bipartisan legislation that will let the federal government take action against price fixing by OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) have cosponsored...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa will join Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Joni Ernst in welcoming Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Linda McMahon to Iowa tomorrow, Friday, July 13, 2018. Grassley will join Reynolds, Ernst and McMahon for a women’s small business roundtable. Grassley will be available to local media from 11 a.m. to 11:15...
Editorial Boards Across America Praise Judge Kavanaugh “If one were to create an ideal résumé for the position of Supreme Court justice, it would not look terribly different from Brett Michael Kavanaugh’s” “Kavanaugh is a highly qualified ‘originalist’ who will help return the U.S. Supreme Court to its proper...
WASHINGTON – Today the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), approved the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018, which makes needed improvements to the Antiterrorism Act of 1992, which was also authored by Grassley. The legislation will better ensure that American victims of international terrorism can obtain justice...
WASHINGTON – Today the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), approved the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018, which makes needed improvements to the Antiterrorism Act of 1992, which was also authored by Grassley. The legislation will better ensure that American victims of international terrorism can obtain justice...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will host a briefing for committee members on the administration’s efforts to reunite families separated after illegally entering the country. Officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services will update the committee...
WASHINGTON – Building on previous Senate Budget Committee oversight work on the DoD audit, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, along with Chairman Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Ranking Member Bernard Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon today requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an independent review of the reasons behind Department...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Dean Heller of Nevada, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Tim Scott of South Carolina and Johnny Isakson of Georgia in reintroducing the IRS Accountability Act of 2018, which gives the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner clear authority to fire senior officials...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Need for Aggressive Oversight at the U.S. Department of DefenseJuly 11, 2018VIDEO Mr. President, I come to the floor today to discuss the continuing need for aggressive, hard-hitting oversight of the Department of Defense. That need is as great today as it ever was. Waste is alive and well...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, appeared on Fox News Channel, CNN, Fox Business Network and Bloomberg TV this morning to discuss President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Video clips of his appearances can be found below. Fox News...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa discusses in a video address a White House meeting he attended Tuesday, July 10, with Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. David Young, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, Linda McMahon, numerous administration officials and dozens of state and local Iowa elected leaders.Video of...
