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Grassley Questions FBI Handling of Another Mafia Informant             WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley is pressing the FBI for information about its handling of a second confidential informant in the Boston area with alleged ties to organized crime....

Grassley Urges Attention to Charitable Loophole Subsidized by Taxpayers WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today urged the Administration and congressional colleagues to take action to limit or close a charitable loophole that taxpayers heavily subsidize yet results in financial gains for a few principals and very little money for charities. At a...

Grassley, Johnson Press for Farm Payment Limits to be Included in Deficit Reduction Talks     WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Tim Johnson have requested that the deficit reduction committee save more than $1.5 billion by including their legislation that places a hard cap on farm payments at $250,000 per married couple ($125,000 per...

Grassley Works to Close Loopholes and Strengthen Criminal Money Laundering Statutes WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today introduced comprehensive legislation that will strengthen money laundering statutes and will make it more difficult for terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminal organizations to finance their...

Justice Department Silent on Pornography Found on Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Computer             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that 100 days after he sent a letter to the Justice Department questioning why the department declined to prosecute an assistant United States attorney after...

Medicare Matters In Iowa and nationwide, Medicare dollars support hospitals, nursing homes, home health care services, pharmacies, medical equipment suppliers, and the private insurance industry, which offers supplemental coverage to beneficiaries who want additional protection.  Since its passage nearly a half-century ago, the public health insurer...

KOHL AND GRASSLEY URGE SUPER COMMITTEE TO SAVE BILLIONS BY ENCOURAGING COMPETITION FROM GENERIC DRUGS WASHINGTON – As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction works to adopt deficit reduction measures, Senators Herb Kohl and Chuck Grassley are urging the panel to include a bipartisan bill that cuts costs by encouraging competition from generic drugs....

Q&A on Education with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley What’s the federal government’s role in K-12 education? Under the Constitution, the federal government is not granted a direct role in education.  Nevertheless, Congress has carved out an increasing role in K-12 education over the years through various spending programs.  In 1965, Congress...

Grassley Wins Support for Amendment to Protect Judicial Branch Whistleblowers WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley yesterday won approval of his amendment to give whistleblower protection to employees in the Judicial Branch.  The amendment was added to a federal judgeships bill that was being debated in the Senate Judiciary Committee. While the...

Grassley: Plenty of Room for Saving Taxpayer Money in Judiciary Committee Jurisdiction Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Submits Ideas to Deficit Reduction Committee             WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today submitted 18 pages of ideas to the Deficit...

Trafficking Bill Clears Senate Grassley amends judgeships bill  Prepared Opening Statement of Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Senate Committee on the Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting Thursday, October 13, 2011 With regard to the judicial nominations, we are prepared to vote on the following nominations today: Jordán, Gerrard, Phillips,...

Seeking Quality, Not Quantity Grassley Floor Statement on Nathan, Forrest, Hickey Nominations   Prepared Floor Statement of Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Alison J. Nathan to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Katherine B. Forrest to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Susan Owens...

Free Trade Agreements with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Free Trade Agreements with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea Tuesday, October 12, 2011 The topic of the day is jobs.  The question gets asked a lot: What policies can we implement to create jobs?  With more than 9 percent unemployment in this...

Passage of free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment about Senate passage tonight of free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.   “Exports have an important part to play in the economic recovery effort.  Private sector employers need an international trade agenda...

More Fact on Judicial Nominations and Judge Triche-Milazzo Confirmed Prepared Floor Statement of Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Nomination of Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Mr. President:  Today we will consider the nomination of Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo...

Judicial Nominations: Setting the Record Straight Opinion writers and bloggers are parroting one another in churning out a message that is filled with unsubstantiated and unfounded charges of delays and obstruction. Not surprisingly much of this came from outside groups. However, in disappointing fashion, the White House joined in publishing a distorted...

Senate Vote on President Obama's Stimulus Proposal M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Senate vote on S.1660 DA:    Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about his vote against President Obama’s proposal to spend $447 billion for economic...

Q&A on The World Food Prize with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q:        How is The World Food Prize tied to Iowa? A:        Two Iowans were behind creation of the World Food Prize, the international award recognizing individuals who improve the quality, quantity and availability of...

  Attorney General Finally Responds to Fast and Furious Allegations     Following is a comment from Beth Levine, spokesperson for Ranking Member Grassley, in response to the letter sent to Senators Grassley and Leahy and Congressmen Issa, Smith, Cummings and Conyers from Attorney General Holder.   “The goals of Senator Grassley’s...

Grassley Questions Agency on Decision to Shut Down Public File on Disciplined Doctors WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the head of a federal agency to explain a decision to shut down public access to data on malpractice payouts, hospital discipline and regulatory sanctions against doctors and other health professionals.  The public...