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...
Important Grassley Reforms Included in Committee Passed Farm and Nutrition Bill
Senator Chuck Grassley, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, made the following statement after the committee passed “The Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012.” Grassley is one of the only working family farmers in the United States Senate. ...
Support for Alternative VAWA Bill
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
The Hutchison-Grassley substitute to S.1925, Violence Against Women Act
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Mr. President, I wish to commend my colleague from Texas, Senator Hutchison, for offering her substitute amendment to the...
Support for the Hutchison-Grassley Substitute on the Violence Against Women Act
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
The Hutchison-Grassley substitute to S.1925, Violence Against Women Act
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Mr. President, I wish to commend my colleague from Texas, Senator Hutchison, for...
Labor Department Withdraws Ridiculous Regulations on Youth Labor on Family Farms
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after learning that the Department of Labor would be withdrawing the entirety of its proposed regulations that would have put stringent restrictions on young people working on family farms. Grassley, one of the only...
Violence Against Women Act, Opening Remarks of Floor Consideration
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Opening Remarks, The Violence Against Women Act
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Mr. President, I have seen the good that the law has done in providing victims services in Iowa. We all recognize the...
Grassley Comments on Postal Service Legislation Passage
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Postal Service legislation
DA: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about his vote for the 21st Century Postal Service Act, S.1789.
“This legislation isn’t...
Grassley Continues Review of Minnesota Medicaid, Calls for Consistent Reporting of Program Earnings at Medicaid Managed Care Plans Nationwide
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today said the state of Minnesota’s payment problems to managed care plans serving Medicaid beneficiaries, combined with inconsistent federal oversight of all state...
