WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) alongside Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are asking Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to address anticompetitive practices currently used by some brand-name pharmaceutical companies to delay the manufacture and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will hold office hours in Linn, Iowa and Johnson counties on Wednesday, July 26.Schuster’s schedule is as follows: Wednesday, July 26 Linn County9 a.m. to 10 a.m.Palo City Hall2800 Hollenbeck RoadPalo Iowa County11:15 a.m. to 12:15...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Sioux City, Jacob Bossman, will hold office hours in Woodbury, Plymouth, Sioux and Lyon counties on Thursday, August 3.Bossman’s schedule is as follows: Thursday, August 3 Woodbury County9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Anthon City Hall301 E Main StreetAnthon Plymouth...
VIDEO: Grassley Reacts to Unanimous Judiciary Committee Approval of FBI Director Nominee WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Senator Chuck Grassley, today advanced the nomination of Christopher Wray to serve as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Mr. Wray has an impressive legal resume, having...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement on Sen. John McCain. “Senator McCain is tough and tenacious, and I have no doubt that he will fight this with all his might. I ask that Iowans join Barbara and me as we pray for John’s recovery and for strength for his family.” -30-
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today scheduled a hearing titled “Oversight of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections: Lessons Learned from Current and Prior Administrations.” The Committee has formally invited the following witnesses to provide testimony at the hearing: Panel...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement regarding an announced Justice Department directive to reinstate a previously-discontinued piece of the civil asset forfeiture program. “Asset forfeiture can be a useful tool in preventing future crimes and helping to make victims whole,...
WASHINGTON – A group of lawmakers, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced legislation to restore checks and balances in the federal government by curbing the spread of executive branch power grabs made through agencies’ broad interpretation of congressional intent. The Separation of Powers...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley wrote to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly raising concerns about the O visa program, which is intended for use by those who have extraordinary abilities or a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement. Unlike most other visa categories, the O visa program has no numeric...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson requesting further information on Rinat Akhmetshin, the Russian-American lobbyist who was present at the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump, Jr.
Akhmetshin built a reputation for his pro-Russia...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on the health care debate and next steps to repair the damage done by Obamacare.“I’ve heard from many Iowans about how Obamacare has failed them. I’ll continue to work with my fellow senators on repairing the damage done by Obamacare. I’ll look at what options for votes...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Dick Durbin today made the following statement regarding the announced rule providing for 15,000 additional H-2B visas for temporary seasonal work during the remainder of fiscal year 2017. “While there may be legitimate needs among employers who rely on H-2B...
Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaFamily Leadership SummitDes Moines, IowaJuly 15, 2017 Good morning. It’s so good to be here with all of you this morning to share in our Worship, Fellowship, and Leadership. There’s no better way to start out my day. To give praise for our Lord and Savior. Every morning, I give thanks...
Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Richard Blumenthal are the co-sponsors of legislation to apply Physician Payments Sunshine Act disclosure requirements of drug company payments to doctors to nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Their bill came after a number of incidents involving questionable, dangerous prescribing practices by several such...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Chuck Grassley of Iowa are calling for answers from the Missouri National Guard on what it will do to address findings that one of its contractors retaliated against contractor employee Michael Sandknop after he made disclosures that were protected under whistleblower statutes. “We depend...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, senior member of the Finance Committee, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, chairman, today urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to recover as much as possible of more than $729.4 million in reported inappropriate Obama-era electronic health records incentive payments. A Department of Health and Human Services...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in order to ask how the Russian attorney who met with Donald Trump, Jr. at Trump Tower in June of 2016 was allowed to enter the United States.
According to her sworn declaration, former Russian...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Sen. Tom Cotton, Sen. Tom Udall, Sen. Martin Heinrich and Sen. Sherrod Brown today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve patient access to podiatrists in Medicaid and improve care for patients with diabetes who need therapeutic shoes via Medicare. “Foot and ankle health is important to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that fall internships for college-aged Iowans are available. Applications are due Friday, July 21.
These Senate internships are available in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The fall internship program runs from August 21 to December...
