WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has cosponsored the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, S. 870, a bipartisan bill to strengthen and improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries living with chronic conditions.
“It’s common sense that Medicare policies should help prevent a heart attack or...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein today introduced legislation to support computer forensics training opportunities for state and local law enforcement agencies. The
Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 authorizes for the first time the National Computer Forensics...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuchto Serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court“He will make a superb Justice.”VIDEO Before we vote on Judge Gorsuch, I'd like to discuss briefly why I’m so pleased that he’ll soon be Justice...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) led a bipartisan group of senators including Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis calling for the Department of Defense (DOD) to...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to Serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court“A Shield and a Sword”Thursday, April 6, 2017 Mr. President, we’re now well on our way to confirming Judge Gorsuch as the next Justice of the Supreme...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today continued his support of rural health care, introducing bipartisan legislation to permanently extend key Medicare rural hospital programs critical to five Iowa hospitals and many others around the country. “These programs bring a lot of value for rural residents and taxpayers,” Grassley said....
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the vote to return to historical precedent to confirm Supreme Court nominees by a simple majority vote margin after Senate Democrats performed the first successful partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee in the history of the United States. “Like 2013,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced legislation to support at-risk youth and those who enter the juvenile justice system. The
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017 takes steps to reduce unnecessary incarceration of youth, improves...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to Serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court“Nothing will Stick”Thursday, April 6, 2017VIDEO Within the next hour or so, we’ll learn whether the Minority will come to their senses, or...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan coalition of Senators today renewed the Campus Accountability and Safety Act—legislation to combat sexual assault on college and university campuses by protecting students, promoting equity, and strengthening accountability and transparency for institutions. The bill was reintroduced by U.S. Senators Claire...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined a bipartisan group of 39 senators in a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to prioritize reopening China’s market to U.S. beef in his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.
“Opening this market to U.S. producers would create substantial opportunities for farmers and...
WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding a Federal Trade Commission settlement requiring ChemChina and Syngenta to divest certain U.S. assets as a condition of its merger.“While this transaction has cleared the FTC, there remain concerns with the potential unfair competitive advantages state-owned enterprises have...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to Serveas Associate Justice of the Supreme Court“How We Got Here”Wednesday, April 5, 2017We’re continuing to debate the nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Patrick Leahy today reintroduced legislation to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations.
The
Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act seeks to protect whistleblowers in...
Prepared Floor Remarks of Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary Committeeon the Nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuchto Serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme CourtTuesday, April 4, 2017VIDEO Today we’ll continue to debate the nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today introduced a resolution in support of Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans. The resolution expresses the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period from January...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the bipartisan authors of legislation to reform visa programs for skilled foreign workers, made the following statement regarding U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ announcement to prevent fraud and abuse in the...
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect taxpayers, hold corporate wrongdoers accountable, and deter future fraud and abuse, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are introducing bipartisan legislation today to rescind tax write-offs for illegal corporate behavior. The Government Settlement Transparency & Reform Act would...
