WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) and Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would produce high quality data on where general surgeons are in short supply around the country. The need for general surgeons is especially high in rural or other under-served...
Justice Department recently ended practice, but scope & specifics of the arrangements remain unclear
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Justice Department to provide details on a now-discontinued practice that funneled money from settlement agreements to pre-selected and politically active...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today that the committee will pursue investigations into any efforts to influence FBI investigations. In a letter to Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Grassley also said that the committee needs a full understanding of the events that led to former FBI Director James...
Click here for Senator Grassley’s work exposing the VA’s misleading wait times for veterans at Des Moines and Iowa City facilities.Click here for information on Senator Grassley’s bipartisan bill to combat the spread of dangerous synthetic drugs.New approach to controlling dangerous drugs: Grassley, Feinstein proposal is a positive step to...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the announcement today that the state of Iowa is working with insurance plans and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a stopgap measure to help the 72,000 Iowans who otherwise will have nowhere to buy health insurance under Obamacare this fall.“I’ve spoken with the CMS...
Violations of security protocols could lead to revoked access to sensitive material
WASHINGTON – The State Department confirmed that it is continuing to review the mishandling of classified information that passed through Secretary Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized email server as she and seven former aides retain access to sensitive information. ...
Bill targets fast-paced evolution of deadly drugs that mimic controlled substances WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein are proposing a new approach to fight the spread of deadly synthetic drugs, which can be quickly re-engineered to circumvent federal laws designed to outlaw...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, called on Professor Daniel Richman, a friend of former FBI Director James Comey, to provide any memos Comey shared with him to be leaked to the media.
Comey testified before Congress yesterday that he provided copies of his memos regarding his interactions...
Vague Claims by Firm behind Unsubstantiated Dossier Don’t Justify Refusal to Cooperate
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on Fusion GPS, the firm behind the unsubstantiated anti-Trump dossier, to respond to
earlier questions about the history of the document, after it failed to provide sufficient explanations...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley called on President Donald Trump to “drain the swamp” and rescind an opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that attempted to insulate unelected government bureaucrats from questions by the people’s elected representatives in Congress.
In his
letter to the President,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before Congress today. “Former FBI Director Comey’s testimony today left many questions unanswered and even raised some new questions about the decisions he’s made in the course...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today received a commitment from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to work on implementation of an extension of a Medicare payment designation program that is critical to small, often rural hospitals. The “tweener” program is critical to hospitals in Grinnell, Carroll, Newton and Spirit Lake...
VIDEO: Grassley Discusses New Law That Helps First Responders Receive Benefits They Are Owed President Trump recently signed into law a Sen. Chuck Grassley-led bill to help families of fallen first responders and police officers get the assistance they’ve been promised. The bill updates the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act of 1976, which...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking answers about the use of secret, unauthorized funding mechanisms by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) officials that undermine oversight and potentially the integrity of investigations.
In his
letter, Grassley presses for information citing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that he plans to nominate Christopher Wray to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Christopher Wray’s legal credentials and law enforcement background certainly make...
Obama Admin. settlements ordered payments to third parties without oversight or congressional approval
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions’
announcement to end a practice by the Obama Administration that required portions of some settlement...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and lifelong family farmer, wrote to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an update of its 2013 report on farm program eligibility in advance of the next Farm Bill.
The 2013 GAO report outlined shortcomings of the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA)...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced actions to increase protections of American workers and more aggressively confront visa program fraud and abuse. “Secretary Acosta is taking a serious first step to address the rampant problem of visa...
