WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa today held a joint press conference call to discuss their meeting with President Trump and others at the White House, as well as the confirmation of Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey to serve at USDA as Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation. Audio of the press call is...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, wrote White House Counsel Don McGahn and FBI Director Christopher Wray today seeking additional...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that summer internships for college-aged Iowans are available. Applications are due Thursday, March 15.Internships are available in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The summer internship program is divided into two separate...
After Grassley Request, FBI, Google Brief Staff on Response to Multiple Warnings WASHINGTON – Following questions from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, FBI officials today briefed congressional staff on how it handled multiple tips about the disturbed teenager that would later carry out the school shooting in Parkland, Fla....
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chair and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, alongside Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) recently wrote to four tech companies urging action to reduce illegal online drug sales and...
WASHINGTON – After public allegations and news reports of sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace conduct within the federal judiciary, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein wrote to James Duff, the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC). They wrote seeking detailed...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) joined 25 of his colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump supporting his recent comments about re-engaging in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.
The senators wrote, “Reducing barriers to trade and investment, protecting American intellectual property rights, and leveling the playing field for...
Op-ed: Iowans benefit from GOP tax cuts and reformU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCedar Rapids GazetteFebruary 17, 2018Last December, President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. Supporters promised that the new law would reform America’s broken tax code, make filing simpler and give a necessary break to middle-class families...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Google, Inc., which owns YouTube, to explain why warnings about threats by the man who later carried out the tragic mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., did not result in preventative...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst will host a reception for Iowans visiting the nation’s capital during spring break for many Iowa schools. What: Spring Break Reception for IowansWhen: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ETWhere: 325 Russell Senate Office Building Staff members from both offices are also...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after the Senate failed to pass the legislation to provide legal status for immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. The Secure and Succeed Act, the only proposal to be supported by the White House, would have also provided for...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker today cosponsored the Secure and Succeed Act, bringing its cosponsors to 10. The Secure and Succeed Act, which provides legal certainty for undocumented children brought to the United States by their parents and prevents others from falling into the same legal limbo in the future, is also sponsored by Senators...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted 16-5 to advance comprehensive legislation aimed at reducing mandatory minimums for certain non-violent offenders to help law enforcement devote their resources to targeting drug kingpins, manufacturers and violent criminals. Under this bill, judges would be better able to take individual...
WASHINGTON –U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)today requested specific information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding their oversight activities of nonprofit hospitals. The senators, in a letter, asked Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter for details regarding the agency’s monitoring and enforcement practices of the...
Two more senators and law enforcement group join criminal justice reform effort WASHINGTON – In the last 24 hours, two additional cosponsors have joined the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 22. The bill will receive a vote this morning in committee. Watch the Senate Judiciary...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Johnny Isakson today cosponsored the Secure and Succeed Act, which provides legal certainty for undocumented children brought to the United States by their parents and preventing others from falling into the same legal limbo in the future. The Secure and Succeed Act, the only immigration proposal to...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Senate Immigration DebateFebruary 14, 2018VIDEO I rise today to express my frustration with the current status of the immigration debate in the United States Senate. It amazes me that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle simply aren’t...
Public SupportHarvard-Harris Poll:65% versus 35% support a DACA deal that ends chain migration, eliminates the visa lottery, and secures a border with a wall79% think immigration should be based on skills, rather than family ties 61% think current border security is inadequate79% want secure borders rather than open borders68% oppose Diversity Visa...
WASHINGTON – Sponsors of the Secure and Succeed Act tonight are releasing legislative text of a framework aimed at providing legal certainty for undocumented children brought to the United States by their parents and preventing others from falling into the same legal limbo in the future. The legislative text includes technical updates from a prior...
American Association for Cancer Research Interview with Senator Chuck GrassleyAACR Interviews Members of CongressTuesday, February 13, 2018 Can you share with our readers, many of whom are cancer survivors, advocates, and researchers, your personal connection to cancer? My wife Barbara is a breast cancer survivor. Diagnosed 30 years ago, our family...
