News Releases

  Grassley Asks Napolitano About Student Visa Process in Light of Boston Bombing Arrests     Letter from Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about student visa process after arrests made in Boston bombing revealed one of Dzhokar Tsarnaev's friends was in the...

Grassley urges Administration to consider formal protest of European Commission action against U.S. ethanol exports WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has signed onto a letter urging the U.S. Trade Representative and the Acting Secretary of Commerce to consider initiating a challenge at the World Trade Organization regarding the recent decision by the...

WASHINGTON – A group of nine senators have asked leading Senate appropriators to restore state-level decision making about academic content in public schools when legislation is put together to fund the U.S. Department of Education for the next fiscal year. The appeal comes in response to the way federal incentives have interfered and put a heavy hand on...

Grassley supports Branstad’s request for federal disaster assistance WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the President to grant the request made by Governor Terry Branstad for a declaration of a major disaster in response to damaging winds, heavy rains, thunderstorms, freezing rain, and ice and snow this month. In a letter of request sent Friday,...

Q&A on Education Q:    Why is it important that education decisions be made at the state level? A:    When the U.S. Constitution was drafted, there was considerable popular debate about whether it was possible to have a republican form of government over a large and diverse country.  The solution, advocated principally...

Taking STOCK of “Political Intelligence” Information means everything. Students cramming for their final exams likely wouldn’t be so stressed out if they had access to the test answers beforehand.  Farmers wouldn’t lose so much sleep second-guessing their marketing decisions if they knew exactly when to lock in the top dollar for their grain.  And...

Intelligence Sharing in Wake of Boston Marathon Bombings Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Intelligence Sharing Thursday, April 25, 2013 There is a lot of finger pointing going on in Washington in the last two weeks.  It’s a lot like the weeks and months after 9/11.  What warning...

Iowan Jane Kelly Clears Senate to be Circuit Court Judge for Eighth Circuit 14 Obama judicial nominees have cleared Senate this year, compared to 1 Bush nominee in same time period Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee On the Nomination of Jane Kelly, to be United States Circuit Judge for the...

Medicare Advantage/stock incident, Tavenner nomination M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Medicare Advantage/stock incident, Tavenner nomination Da:    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released details of a timeline on a key Medicare policy decision earlier this month...

Napolitano Testifies on Immigration Reform Bill Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Welcome, Madam Secretary.   I appreciate...

Second Hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act Monday, April 22, 2013 Today, we continue our discussion on the immigration bill that was unveiled last Wednesday by a bipartisan group of...

Grassley on SEC Enforcement Co-director, Chairman Coming from Same Law Firm M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    SEC co-directors of enforcement Da:    Monday, April 22, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s announcement...

Grassley Presses Perez to Comply with Subpoena, Obey the Law WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, continued to press Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez to comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and to provide the documents to the Senate as it considers his...

Perez Chooses Not to Comply with Subpoena Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee made the following statement regarding a letter from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez.  The letter cites Perez’s non-compliance with a subpoena issued by the...

Grassley works to stop federal interference and restore state-level education decisions WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is leading an effort to ask leading Senate appropriators to restore state-level decision making about academic content in public schools in response to the way federal incentives have interfered and put a heavy hand on states to adopt...

Grassley, Cassidy Seek Answers from Georgia Hospital on Discount Drug Program WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana today asked a Georgia hospital for details of its use of a federal discount prescription drug program, known as 340B.  They wrote to the Columbus Regional Healthcare System after a hospital executive...

Labor Department Nominee Fails to Comply with Subpoena Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee made the following statement regarding a letter from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez.  The letter cites Perez’s non-compliance with a subpoena...

Judicial Nominations Update: Obama 13 - Bush 1  ***Video of Grassley’s speech can be found here. Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary On the Nomination of Analisa Torres, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York Derrick Kahala Watson, to be United States District...

GAO Report on Caribbean Anti-drug Trafficking Programs M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    GAO report on Caribbean anti-drug trafficking programs Da:    Thursday, April 18, 2013 Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairman, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-chairman, of the Caucus on International Narcotics...

  Grassley, Cruz Introduce Comprehensive Legislation That Targets Violent Criminals, Safeguards Second Amendment     WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ted Cruz of Texas are introducing an alternative amendment to gun legislation pending on the Senate floor.  Their “Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second...