Legislation to Strengthen, Update Whistleblower Protections Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that late last night legislation to strengthen and update the Whistleblower Protection Act passed the Senate and is now headed to the House for consideration.
Grassley is one of the primary authors of the bill, known as the Whistleblower...
Comment on President Obama's announcement in support of same-sex marriage
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Same-sex marriage
DA: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following comment regarding President Obama’s...
Daniel Eichman Selected for Admission to the Air Force Academy
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Daniel Eichman of Dubuque has been selected for admission to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 2012-2013 school year.
Eichman graduated in June 2011 from Dulwich College in...
Senate vote on the special student-loan rate
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Senate vote on the special student-loan rate
DA: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Senator Chuck Grassley...
Internship applications are due June 15
WASHINGTON — Applications for fall internships with Senator Chuck Grassley are due June 15.
Internships are available for college-age Iowans in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The internships last from August...
Grassley, Whitehouse Ask GAO to Study DEA Role in Drug Shortages, Potential Fixes
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island are asking the Government Accountability Office to study to what extent the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s attempts to curb dangerous controlled substances inadvertently contribute...
Delay in the Physician Payments Sunshine Act implementation
M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Re: Delay in the Physician Payments Sunshine Act implementation Da: Friday, May 4, 2012 Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Herb Kohl, authors of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, today made the...
Wrongdoing on the Taxpayers’ Dime
The taxpaying public’s confidence in the federal government suffered more setbacks recently with two scandals: excessive spending by the General Services Administration and allegations of misconduct within the Secret Service. The actions by employees in these agencies have led to internal and congressional...
Grassley Questions DEA about Alleged Mistreatment and Detainment of California College Student
Justice Department IG Expected to Investigate
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing for answers in the alleged mistreatment and...
Grassley joins effort to highlight U.S. trade issues with China
WASHINGTON -- Senator Chuck Grassley is urging the Obama administration to focus on resolution of ongoing trade and related disputes at the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue.
This dialogue began in 2006 as a framework for the two countries, which represent the largest and...
Grassley: Bettendorf Student Selected by Naval Academy
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Andrew Peterman of Bettendorf has been selected for admission to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2012-2013 school year.
Peterman is a May 2011 graduate of Bettendorf High School and currently attends...
Grassley Reacts to Issa Memo on Possible Contempt Charges Against Holder
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after information from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee indicated a possible vote about holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. ...
Grassley Seeks Detailed Accounting of IRS Whistleblower Office Obstacles
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to answer a detailed series of questions aimed at understanding why the IRS whistleblower office has been so slow in processing cases and making...
Grassley Joins Effort to Solicit Anti-Medicare, Medicaid Fraud Ideas from Practitioners
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined a bipartisan effort to solicit ideas from health care practitioners and others with firsthand knowledge of ways to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
“Every dollar that goes to waste, fraud or...
Grassley Concerned that Fraudulent Practices May be Used to Circumvent Protections of H-1B Visa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security to look into possible improper use of B-1 visas by certain companies looking to import cheaper foreign labor....
Q&A on Health Care Costs and Medical Liability Reform
Q: When will Congress reduce health care costs with medical liability reform?
A: There’s routine opposition to creating an environment where doctors don't have to engage in defensive medicine just to keep their practices open because somebody might sue them. ...
Grassley Continues Scrutiny of FCC on LightSquared, Lifts Holds on FCC Nominees
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement on his inquiry of the Federal Communications Commission’s handling of the LightSquared wireless project. Today is the one-year anniversary of Grassley’s first letter to the agency on its decision-making...
Grassley Reacts to New Secret Service Conduct Rules
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Secret Service released new conduct rules. Grassley has been pressing for an independent investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal and other misconduct that recently has...
ATF Releases New Firearms Data
For Immediate Release
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Senator Chuck Grassley gave the following statement after new data was released from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Last year Grassley said that selective data released by the ATF inaccurately reflected the scope and source of the problem of...
New Allegations of Secret Service Misconduct
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after a Seattle-based CBS television station revealed alarming information that Secret Service agents may have paid for escorts while working in El Salvador in advance of the President’s trip to the country in March 2011. Grassley is the Ranking Member...
