Respect for the Confirmation Process, Judge Roll's Seat Filled, Other Judicial Nominees Clear Senate
Grassley Prepared Floor Statement
Mr. President:
Today, the Senate will confirm six more of President Obama’s judicial nominees. Four of these vacancies have been deemed to be judicial emergencies. With these votes, we will have confirmed over...
More Conference Expenditures Placed Under Microscope
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today inquired about taxpayer dollars being spent on yet another conference, this time in Tokyo, as part of an “International Series” of conferences according to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals...
Grassley, Baucus Uncover Medicare Gaming by Home Health Agencies
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and senior Finance Committee Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a Finance Committee staff report showing tactics used by major for-profit home health companies to game Medicare. The result has been waste...
Q & A on Chinese Currency and U.S. Exports with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s the effect on Americans when China undervalues its currency?
A: China’s policy of intervening in its currency markets to limit or halt the appreciation of its currency, the yuan,...
Prescription Medicine Abuse and Teen-agers by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse is increasing, especially by teen-agers. Parents should educate themselves and their teen-agers about this problem before it’s too late.
The expert findings are alarming. The 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health...
Grassley Seeks Answers on Taxpayer Role in LightSquared/GPS Interference Problems
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: LightSquared
Da: Friday, Sept. 30, 2011
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to the Federal Communications...
Grassley Asks Stimulus Watchdog About Solyndra
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has asked the top watchdog of stimulus money whether the office received any indications of problems regarding now-defunct energy company Solyndra and whether the watchdog office plans to take any action going forward to try to account for the $528 million in stimulus...
Grassley Questions Misuse of Taxpayer Money by Government Employees
Ranking Member Grassley letter to Attorney General Holder about misuse of a government credit card and taxpayer money at the Justice Department
Road to Recovery by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
As Americans stare down a road of economic uncertainty, the White House has issued yet another spending plan that it says will put Americans back to work. Shoveling more tax dollars out the door can’t make up for the President’s first stimulus plan that turned out not to be so shovel-ready after...
Grassley Presses President Obama for Answers to Backdoor Amnesty Policies
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley is leading 18 colleagues in questioning the administration’s immigration policies that go beyond the scope of the law and allow people who...
Grassley Presses for Additional Information on Conference Expenditures Review
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today asked Jacob Lew, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to provide further information about his review of conference expenditures throughout the federal...
Grassley, Feinstein Introduce Bill to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
Establishes new penalties for drug traffickers
Washington—U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, have introduced legislation to help combat the international drug trade. The...
Senate votes on continuing resolution
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Senate votes on continuing resolution
DA: Monday, September 26, 2011
Here is a comment from Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa regarding his votes tonight on temporary funding measures,...
Senate Designates October as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month”
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today adopted a resolution designating the month of October 2011 as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month” to raise attention to the problem of prescription medicine abuse, especially by teen-agers. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa co-sponsored the...
Q&A on the Securities and Exchange Commission with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
A: The SEC was created during the Great Depression, in the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, when the public’s faith in...
Feinstein, Grassley Release Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Report on Central America Violence
Outlines strategies for Congress, administration to help reduce violence, improve security in Central America
Washington—U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck...
Grassley, Hatch, Upton Seek Accounting of Oversight of Discount Drug Program
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Rep. Fred Upton today asked for a detailed accounting of how much oversight the federal government performs of a discount drug program that’s meant to provide prescription drug access for Medicaid beneficiaries but whose...
Grassley Presses for Answers on Terrorist Financing/Tax Evasion Settlement
WASHINGTON – In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee, Senator Chuck Grassley pressed for answers about the Justice Department’s handling of a multi-million dollar fraud case...
Grassley Presses for Answers on Terrorist Financing/Tax Evasion Settlement
WASHINGTON – In a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee, Senator Chuck Grassley pressed for answers about the Justice...
Grassley, Issa Send Letter to Acting Inspector General about Concerns with Release of Tapes
Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Darrell Issa send a letter to Acting Inspector General Cynthia Schneder about the release of tapes that may compromise the congressional investigation.
