WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold four town meetings in Iowa on Jan. 3 and Jan. 5 as part of his annual 99-county tour. With these meetings, Grassley will begin his 35th year holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year since he was first elected to serve in...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on Senate passage of legislation to extend expired tax provisions. The provisions include a series of provisions for individuals, such as the college tuition deduction and deduction for teachers who buy classroom supplies out of their own pocket, which Grassley advanced as Finance Committee...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, today made the following comment on news reports that prosecutors are abandoning their seizure of assets belonging to an Iowa restaurant owner over whether she structured bank deposits to avoid federal bank reporting requirements. Grassley is expected to become chairman of the...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on his vote against the omnibus spending bill approved by the Senate over the weekend.“This bill continued a bad pattern the Senate has fallen into in recent years under the current leadership. Instead of hastily considering a 1,600-page, $1.1 trillion spending bill, we need to return...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Nomination ofStephen Bough to be District Judge for theUnited States District Court for theWestern District of MissouriMon., Dec. 15, 2014I’d like to speak today in opposition to the nomination of Stephen Bough to a seat on the district court for the...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the passing of Art Neu. “Art Neu was a dedicated public servant and leader for Iowa. As a fellow legislator, I knew him as a tough competitor who always put first the interests of Iowa and his community. Barbara and I send our thoughts and prayers to his...
WASHINGTON – Legislation requiring law enforcement to report to the federal government any deaths of people in its custody cleared the Senate late last night and will now be sent to the President to be signed into law. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Dec. 12, 2013. Grassley is Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee which...
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2014 (JJDPA), which updates and strengthens protections for young people in our criminal justice system and reauthorizes funding for key juvenile justice programs. The JJDPA has not been...
Floor Speech of Senator Chuck Grassley on Tax ExtendersDelivered Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014
This week, the Senate is finally poised to take up and pass a tax extenders bill. Congress’ procrastination on tax extenders has been causing a lot of headaches and indigestion for many of my constituents back home. Small business owners and farmers want to know...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the National Conference of State Legislatures, Iowa Community Development, and the Outreach Program.
Senator Grassley will be a guest on public affairs programs hosted by Greg Haubrich and...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on Senate passage last night of a bipartisan, bicameral bill to terminate Social Security benefits for suspected Nazi persecutors. Grassley is a sponsor of the Senate version of the bill, the No Social Security for Nazis Act. The Senate passage clears the bill for the President’s...
In September, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Rand Paul wrote to the National Science Foundation and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) to express concern over NEON’s spending of federal funds on parties, alcohol and lobbying and the National Science Foundation’s apparent sanction of that spending. The spending on highly questionable “management...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has received the first-ever Grandfamilies Champion Award from the advocacy group Generations United for his work to support grandparents raising their grandchildren. Helping to present the award was a West Des Moines woman who has informed congressional policy work through her own example. “It’s an...
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Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUnited States SenateZero Dark Thirty ReportThursday, December 4, 2014
Mr. President, I come to the floor today to talk about Zero Dark Thirty – not the movie but a report on the movie. The report was supposed to tell us how the movie’s producers obtained top...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and likely incoming Chairman, made the following statement after meeting with Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch.
“This was the first time I’d had the opportunity to meet Ms. Lynch. We had a very nice conversation that focused on my priorities as well as priorities she would...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today reiterated the need for an independent military justice system, citing the mounting evidence that the existing system continues to fail members of the military who are victims of sexual assault and other crimes.
“The longer we wait, the more we will fail the men and women who choose to serve in our country’s...
