Editorial: “Simpson’s ‘free tuition’: Why we need clearer college costs”Des Moines RegisterNovember 16, 2017 The Des Moines Register editorial board praised Sen. Grassley’s bipartisan work to rein in skyrocketing college costs and provide students with more transparency about prospective costs and future ability to...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the History of the Blue Slip Courtesy for Judicial NomineesNovember 13, 2017VIDEO Mr. President, in the last several weeks, there’s been a lot of discussion regarding the blue slip courtesy that applies to judicial nominations. So I want to take a...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the findings of a study into the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) implementation of regulations that create potential barriers to the participation of local pharmacies in federal drug take-back programs. The report was requested by Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined a bipartisan group of 30 senators led by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and John Cornyn (R-TX) in writing to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking him to provide Congress with information detailing how the Department of Justice (DOJ) is supporting and...
Klobuchar-Grassley legislation co-sponsored by Senators McConnell, Schumer, Shelby, Capito, and Cortez Masto as well as other Rules Committee members will require anti-harassment training for senators, staff and interns of the Senate
Training would need to be completed within 60 days from the date of passage of the resolution; Each employing office...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement for Veterans Day 2017. “As a nation, we owe America’s veterans a debt of gratitude. These men and women in uniform maintained the nation’s military readiness 24/7, 365 days a year. Whether working behind the scenes or fighting on the front lines, our...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will hold office hours in Jefferson and Henry counties on Wednesday, November 15 and in Cedar, Louisa and Muscatine counties on Tuesday, November 21. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Wednesday, November 15 Jefferson County9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m....
Senators Express Concern About Conflicting Statements, Urge CMS to Support Inclusion of UDIs on Claim Forms
Text of the letter available here (PDF)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting that CMS clarify its position on the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, received a response from the Department of the Treasury following several inquiries into wasteful spending of the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (TARP) Hardest Hit Fund (HHF), a $9.6 billion program meant to help homeowners who suffered during the housing crisis. In a...
Revisions strike terms that suggest legal jeopardy for mishandling Classified Info
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking more details on the formulation of former FBI director James Comey’s July 2016 remarks announcing that the FBI would not seek criminal charges following its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s...
WASHINGTON – A memo from the watchdog agency tasked with oversight of Defense Department spending on reconstruction in Afghanistan indicates that the U.S. Department of Defense suddenly classified data that was previously publicly available for years. The memo from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) can be...
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Eric D. Hargan, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), asked HHS to prioritize funding for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Center for Program Integrity (CPI), a program that enhances transparency in...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Stephanos Bibas to Serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of AppealsNovember 2, 2017VIDEO Today, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Professor Stephanos Bibas to serve on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Professor...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has exclusive Senate jurisdiction over tax policy, made the following comment on the release of the House Ways and Means Committee draft tax reform proposal.“The release of the House tax reform proposal is a critical step forward...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for answers about hospital accrediting organizations’ access to patient mistreatment complaint databases.
According to Grassley’s oversight work, it appears that accrediting organizations do not have access to the “Immediate...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the leaders of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration asking that committee to make sexual harassment training mandatory for all Senate offices. “No one should feel uncomfortable or unsafe at work because of a colleague’s...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Justice Allison Eid to Serve on the 10th U.S. Court of AppealsNovember 1, 2017VIDEO Tomorrow morning, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, to serve on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. She...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn “Sue-and-Settle” Changes at EPA November 1, 2017VIDEO Last month, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive to all agency employees that prohibits so-called “sue and settle.” This is good news for...
