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.
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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...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member and former chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of the Agriculture Committee, made the following comment on President Trump’s announcement of two executive orders on trade. One order directs an analysis of the causes of U.S. trade deficits by country with the goal of enforcing disallowed practices....
Fusion GPS & Russian ex-pat allegedly failed to register as foreign agents while working to dismantle Magnitsky Act
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking whether a suspected former Russian intelligence officer-turned U.S. lobbyist and the firm behind the unsubstantiated anti-Trump dossier should have...
Records Reveal Top Aides Retained Clearance After Leaving State Dept.
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is requesting an update on the State Department’s review of security clearances for former Secretary Hillary Clinton and her top aides involved in the mishandling and transmittal of classified information over her...
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect investors and strengthen oversight and accountability of Wall Street, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) today introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ability to crack down on...
Prepared Remarks of Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteePress Conference on the Steps of the Unites States Supreme CourtRegarding the Nomination of Judge Neil M. GorsuchWednesday, March 29, 2017VIDEOGood afternoon.Last week, the Judiciary Committee saw a brilliant display from Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. He...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released the following statement regarding Congress’ action to repeal a flawed Obama-era regulation that would have created confusion about how consumers’ online information is protected: “I understand the importance of privacy protections for internet users, and I...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is seeking answers from a Florida assisted living facility in the news over criminal charges filed against an employee alleging she violated the privacy of two residents using Snapchat. The case is the latest example of exploitive videos or photos involving elder care facilities on Snapchat, Instagram and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Wyden today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve IRS communication with tax fraud whistleblowers and protect those whistleblowers from workplace retaliation.
“Whistleblowers have helped the IRS recover more than $3 billion for the taxpayers that otherwise would have been lost to fraud,” Grassley said....
Deputy Director under review for political conflict in Clinton email case also in position to oversee inquiry into Trump campaign associates
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today called on the FBI to detail the involvement in the probe of alleged collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia of one senior...
“Gorsuch Deserves An Up-Or-Down Vote…A Filibuster Isn’t A Vote”“Democrats Can Only Lose By Blocking Gorsuch”New York Daily News: “An Extraordinarily Qualified, Whip-Smart Jurist With Exemplary Judicial Temperament” “Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee to the high court, withstood a murder board of...
WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today re-introduced the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act to increase the criminal penalties for marketing candy-flavored drugs to appeal to children. Law enforcement reports that drug dealers frequently combine drugs with chocolate or fruit flavors or package...
Fusion GPS worked for multiple Trump Opponents before FBI sought partnership
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is requesting information from the political opposition research firm Fusion GPS on the history of the controversial and unsubstantiated dossier compiled for its clients against then-presidential candidate...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on President Trump’s announcement of a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. “This is good news. A lot of jobs in this country are tied to energy and construction. This is a chance to add more of those jobs. It’s a chance to help meet the country’s...
