Sen. Chuck Grassley sponsored the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act, enacted into law in 2012 as P.L. 112-194, after investigating instances of abuse of the cards for shopping, gambling and other purposes. The law mandates reforms and oversight to prevent and catch abuse. Grassley made the following comment on a news account of an...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today said that the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act cleared the Senate. As chairman, Grassley shepherded the bill through the committee. The bill included measures proposed by Grassley to increase program accountability and efficient use...
(Photo courtesy of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute) Every year, 400,000 children enter the foster care system. Less well-known is the large number of children who are removed from their homes but informally placed with loving grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives. About 2.485 million children are raised in...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called for a better explanation of certain spending practices within the U.S. Marshals Service’s (USMS) Asset Forfeiture Division. The request follows incomplete and potentially misleading responses to questions Grassley raised in March surrounding the alleged...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeWhistleblower Allegations of Misconduct at the U.S. Marshals ServiceTuesday, May 05, 2015Mr. President, the United States Marshals Service performs many important functions. Marshals protect Federal Judges, they transport Federal prisoners and they apprehend...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the leaders of the Caucus on Foster Youth, today introduced bipartisan legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. The legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing the approximately 400,000 children in the foster care system and resolves that the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration to answer questions that have gone unanswered for nearly three years regarding the agency’s detention of Daniel Chong.
Grassley began asking questions shortly after news reports surfaced that Mr. Chong was left without...
Recent OIG Report Warns Taxpayer Money at Risk for AbuseWASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt pressing the agency to further clarify guidance for how...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, leaders of the Caucus on Foster Youth, today announced a panel discussion on promoting policies that allow grandparents or other family members to care for foster youth. The panel discussion on Wednesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 215 Capitol Visitors Center will take place during National...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the Senate’s passage of a measure that helps law enforcement agencies apprehend criminals who have injured or killed police officers. The Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act also creates a nationwide system, known as a Blue...
WASHINGTON – A bill to help address the treatment of mentally ill offenders by the criminal justice system cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Chairman Chuck Grassley said. The bill was sponsored by Senator Al Franken and was cosponsored by Grassley along with Senators...
WASHINGTON – Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today are introducing legislation to ensure that at-risk youth are fairly and effectively served by juvenile justice grant programs. Their legislation updates existing law by promoting improved transparency and accountability at the state and federal level. It also...
WASHINGTON – Legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley to enhance the already successful Section 529 college savings plans program today passed out of the Finance Committee on a unanimous 26 to 0 vote.“These reforms will make it even more appealing for parents to use 529 college savings plans,” Grassley said. “The additions give more...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, along with senior committee members John Cornyn and Chuck Schumer today introduced legislation that would make necessary and commonsense reforms to restore integrity to the U.S. patent system. Judiciary Committee members Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch and Amy...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with North Carolina senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr, today introduced legislation prohibiting people with gang ties from receiving deferred deportation and other immigration benefits. The bill also makes gang members deportable and inadmissible for...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley today received the Congressional Advocate of the Year award from the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) for his work to protect children and support of child welfare programs.“Working to improve the lives of underprivileged and vulnerable youth is something I strongly support. The league does great work...
Breakdown Raises Questions about the Scope of Security FailuresWASHINGTON – At a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing chaired by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged that a lapse in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ background check procedures led the agency to erroneously grant...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs for answers on reported widespread mistreatment and punishment of whistleblowers. Grassley called the reported mistreatment “beyond unacceptable” in a letter to the agency secretary and inspector general. “Improvement of veteran health care is dependent, in...
