WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein today made the following statement regarding a provision in a government funding resolution that allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant more seasonal work visas than the law allows.“The Constitution clearly provides that Congress shall...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa are set to introduce Gov. Terry Branstad at his nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Branstad is nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to China. Home state senators traditionally introduce senior nominees. What: Nomination hearing of Gov....
Bureau’s Scant Responses to Judiciary Probe Raise More Questions on Steele ties
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today pressed the FBI director ahead of next week’s oversight hearing for details of the FBI’s involvement with Christopher Steele, the British ex-spy who authored the unsubstantiated anti-Trump dossier on behalf of...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is a long-time advocate for whistleblowers and has a long record of improving veterans services. Grassley made the following comment on President Trump’s announcement of an executive order on accountability and whistleblower protections at the Department of Veterans Affairs. “The VA waiting list scandal exposed some...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to help improve healthcare for veterans. The Veterans Access to Care Act would help improve veterans’ medical facilities by allowing facilities with a need for additional healthcare professionals to apply to be designated as a Health...
Leaders of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Counter Rising Prescription Drug PricesWASHINGTON – Top leaders on the Senate and House Judiciary Committees led by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday introduced legislation to combat anticompetitive practices used by some brand-name pharmaceutical and...
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyDefense Department Inspector General Hotline BacklogDelivered Thursday, April 27, 2017VIDEOI come to the floor today to spotlight a potential failure of leadership at the Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General. A large number of Hotline cases have been set aside, neglected, and possibly...
Recent Media Reports & Court Records Conflict with FBI Statements to Congress
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is calling on the FBI to explain its advance knowledge and any plan to thwart a 2015 terrorist attack in Garland, Texas. Grassley’s questions follow recent media reports revealing that an undercover FBI...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa ranks fifth in the United States Senate for bipartisanship according to a new study that evaluates how often members of Congress work across party lines by bill sponsorship and co-sponsorship. The rankings for the 114th Congress (2015-2016) are from the Lugar Center, led by former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following comment after the Department of Homeland Security launched the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office.“I am heartened that the President is making good on his commitment to those who have been victimized by crimes committed by undocumented...
As chairman of the Finance Committee, with exclusive Senate jurisdiction over taxes, Sen. Chuck Grassley led through Congress $2 trillion in bipartisan tax relief, leaving more money in workers’ pockets, reducing tax rates across-the-board, including the first-ever 10 percent lowest bracket, and spurring economic growth and activity. Congress...
Bill Would Improve Biodiesel Incentive to Benefit American Producers, Advance Energy Independence
WASHINGTON – United States Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and 14 other senators today introduced bipartisan legislation to reform the biodiesel tax credit and...
Senate confirms Justice Department’s top deputy by vote of 94-6WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Rod Rosenstein of Maryland to be the Deputy Attorney General by a vote of 94-6.“Rod Rosenstein’s well-earned reputation for independence...
WASHINGTON – Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday reintroduced bipartisan legislation to encourage and reward the use of patented technology to address humanitarian needs. The bipartisan introduction comes on the eve of World Intellectual Property Day on Wednesday, a day to celebrate and learn about the role of...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has called on the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to hold employees accountable for misconduct and answer serious questions about costly, yet questionable contracts. Grassley’s questions follow reports that Marshals employees routinely direct subordinates to draft their personal...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, made the following statement after the confirmation of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.“I’m glad a broad, bipartisan majority of the United States Senate voted to confirm Gov....
WASHINGTON – In an effort to support the vital role trademarks play in the U.S. economy, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Senator Chris Coons, Congressman John Ratcliffe and Congressman Ted Deutch have relaunched the Congressional Trademark Caucus.“Purchasing fake and potentially unsafe products can be dangerous to consumers...
Member of ‘China’s Most Wanted’ among more than 100 granted visas in scheme
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Millions in investor funds spent on cars and homes; EB-5 projects never emerged
WASHINGTON – Recent news reports of an
elaborate EB-5 investor visa scheme are raising fresh concerns of the program’s national security vulnerabilities as a bipartisan, bicameral coalition...
Washington, D.C. -- In a signal of growing support for the bipartisan Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, Consumers Union, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare, and the Academy of Doctors of Audiology have released letters endorsing the legislation. These three groups joined a number of other leading organizations...
