Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), leaders of the International Narcotics Control Caucus, Tuesday led a group of Senators in a call on the Trump Administration to prioritize the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. The letter cited the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley called on the Homeland Security Secretary to expedite proposed regulations targeting abuse and national security concerns in the EB-5 investor visa program, and to clarify that the department is processing EB-5 applications in a fair and transparent manner. The request follows a...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding the termination of FBI Director James Comey:“Over the course of the last several months, Director Comey's decisions on controversial matters have prompted concern from across the political spectrum and from career law enforcement...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Bureau of Investigation today provided a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee to supplement the testimony of Director James Comey before the committee at an FBI oversight hearing last week.
The FBI’s letter to the committee is available HERE.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement on Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s unanimous approval by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the U.S. ambassador to China. Grassley, along with Sen. Joni Ernst, introduced Branstad at his nomination hearing last week.“Governor Branstad’s...
Internal memo will expose whistleblowers to retaliation and is potentially illegal and unconstitutionalWASHINGTON – After obtaining an internal memo sent from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) instructing employees to inform the agency before communicating independently with Congress, congressional leaders sent a letter to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 14 fellow senators are urging the IRS and Treasury Department to make technical clarifications to rules on refinancing options for student debt amid the ongoing student debt problem. In a bipartisan letter to the agencies, the senators wrote that prior agency guidance on using non-profit bonds for...
In response to Senators’ letter, Department says it is reviewing existing authority to initiate investigations
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s response to a request by the senators to investigate the harm done to American workers by the rising...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives today and the process going forward. “Under the process, the House had to act first. House passage gives the Senate the opportunity to write a bill. Obamacare isn’t working for people, as the developments in Iowa...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced they are reintroducing bipartisan legislation to help states identify and meet the needs of children who come into contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, also known as dual status youth. The Childhood Outcomes Need New Efficient...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, and a bipartisan group of colleagues today introduced legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. The legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released the following statement after former National Security Adviser Susan Rice declined an invitation to testify at next week’s subcommittee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 United States Election.“I am deeply disappointed that Ambassador Rice has declined to...
Note: This statement was originally given by Senator Grassley on April 26, 2017.WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on President Trump’s travel to Mar-a-Lago.“Some of the expense for presidential travel is for his security and national security and beyond his control. Still, the President should always be...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania have introduced bipartisan legislation to give Medicaid and Medicare Part D providers access to more comprehensive information on prescription drugs. “The body of knowledge available to prescribers currently is limited by law,” Grassley said....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today called on the Deputy Attorney General to begin more closely supervising and reviewing the handling of politically charged and high-profile investigations and to respond to questions the FBI has thus far refused to answer.
In his letter to the recently-confirmed Deputy Attorney General, Rod...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a former chairman and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, urged the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce to ensure that the consequences of the multi-year U.S.-Mexico sugar dispute are contained to sugar and do not affect...
Bill makes Register a presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act, which makes the Register of...
Video of the Grassley statement is available here.Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyNomination Hearing for The Honorable Terry E. Branstad, Governor of IowaU.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic of ChinaU.S. Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeTuesday, May 2, 2017Thank you,Chairman Corker, ranking member Senator...
