WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is forcing employees to sign written pledges of secrecy, known as a nondisclosure agreements, without including the whistleblower exceptions mandated by law, according to a congressional review by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. These non-disclosure agreements restrict...
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questioned Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Director B. Todd Jones about the apparent lack of disciplinary actions taken against key players in the Operation Fast and Furious scandal,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Finance Committee chairman’s proposed package of tax extender provisions released today. The committee is expected to take up the measure on Thursday. Grassley is a senior member and former chairman and ranking member of the committee. Grassley is...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking the U.S. attorney general whether the Justice Department is planning any action on NASA inspector general findings on lax screening and control of foreign nationals’ access to U.S. technology at the NASA Ames Research Center in California. The inspector general report covers...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin today issued the following statements in response to the findings of a Veterans Affairs (VA) Inspector General Report on the Central Iowa Health Care facility in Des Moines. Grassley and Harkin requested that the Department investigate the facility after hearing...
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 Window and Door Manufacturers Association, the Iowa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Iowa Section of the American Water...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley welcomed Dr. Daniel McClure of Washington, Iowa, as the Senate Guest Chaplain today as McClure opened the Senate with a morning prayer.
Based in Iowa, McClure currently serves as the National Chaplain of the American Legion. He was appointed in August 2013 at the Legion’s...
Prepared Remarks of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUnveiling of the Dr. Norman Borlaug StatueU.S. Capitol, Statuary HallTuesday, March 25, 2014
There are very few people of such stature who could warrant two ceremonies in their honor in the United States Capitol. Just a few years ago we were presenting Dr. Borlaug with the Congressional Gold...
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 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, the Hungry Canyons Alliance, Conservation Districts of Iowa, the Pella Chamber of...
Production Tax Credit, Investment Tax Credit Would Support Thousands of Manufacturing Jobs, Bolster Nation's Pursuit of Energy Independence
U.S. Senators Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) pressed the U.S. Senate Finance Committee today to swiftly include extensions of the bipartisan and job-creating investment tax...
WASHINGTON – The unveiling of a new statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection of one of the greatest humanitarians and scientists will highlight two days of events to honor Iowan Norman Borlaug, the Iowa congressional delegation said today. The statue unveiling is on Tuesday, March 25, at 11 a.m. (ET).
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WASHINGTON – Intelligence agencies aren’t reporting as required by federal regulations the non-mission trips its employees take on federal aircraft according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, requested the report after questions were raised a year ago in...
WASHINGTON – The bipartisan sponsors of a Senate bill to combat corporate secrecy that provides anonymity to terrorists, money launderers and other international criminals today welcomed the announcement that the advocacy organization Global Witness will use the $1 million TED Prize to campaign for corporate transparency around the world.
Sen. Carl Levin,...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Katie Marie Gibson of Sioux Rapids has received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the 2014-2015 school year.
Gibson is the daughter of Carolyn and Thomas Gibson. She will graduate in May from Sioux Central High School. Gibson participated in volleyball,...
Sometimes the fight against illicit drugs seems to take one step forward, two steps backward. But we have to take inspiration from tragic consequences to work even harder.
The U.S. Senate just passed a resolution I co-sponsored designating National Youth Synthetic Drug Awareness Week.
Congress and law enforcement work to get synthetic drugs off the streets...
On March 25, the U.S. Capitol will host an extraordinary event. A new statue will be added to the National Statuary Hall Collection. A statue of Iowa’s own Norman Borlaug will be unveiled in National Statuary Hall in the south wing of the U.S. Capitol.
Dr. Borlaug was raised on a farm near Cresco. A humanitarian and renowned agricultural scientist, Dr....
Q: What is the Library of Congress?
A: Known as the nation’s library, the Library of Congress is located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. It serves as the primary research arm of Congress. Home to 36 million books and more than 121 million maps, films, audio and video recordings, photographs and other treasures of human knowledge and creativity, the...
The advocates, parents and legislators who work toward better results for kids in foster care have good news to report.
The U.S. Senate has given unanimous approval to a bipartisan amendment I co-authored that would help to get children in the foster care system enrolled in available child care programs as quickly as possible by making them eligible for a...
