Grassley Joins Effort to Solicit Anti-Medicare, Medicaid Fraud Ideas from Practitioners
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined a bipartisan effort to solicit ideas from health care practitioners and others with firsthand knowledge of ways to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
“Every dollar that goes to waste, fraud or...
Grassley Concerned that Fraudulent Practices May be Used to Circumvent Protections of H-1B Visa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security to look into possible improper use of B-1 visas by certain companies looking to import cheaper foreign labor....
Q&A on Health Care Costs and Medical Liability Reform
Q: When will Congress reduce health care costs with medical liability reform?
A: There’s routine opposition to creating an environment where doctors don't have to engage in defensive medicine just to keep their practices open because somebody might sue them. ...
Grassley Continues Scrutiny of FCC on LightSquared, Lifts Holds on FCC Nominees
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement on his inquiry of the Federal Communications Commission’s handling of the LightSquared wireless project. Today is the one-year anniversary of Grassley’s first letter to the agency on its decision-making...
Grassley Reacts to New Secret Service Conduct Rules
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Secret Service released new conduct rules. Grassley has been pressing for an independent investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal and other misconduct that recently has...
ATF Releases New Firearms Data
For Immediate Release
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Senator Chuck Grassley gave the following statement after new data was released from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Last year Grassley said that selective data released by the ATF inaccurately reflected the scope and source of the problem of...
New Allegations of Secret Service Misconduct
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after a Seattle-based CBS television station revealed alarming information that Secret Service agents may have paid for escorts while working in El Salvador in advance of the President’s trip to the country in March 2011. Grassley is the Ranking Member...
Important Grassley Reforms Included in Committee Passed Farm and Nutrition Bill
Senator Chuck Grassley, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, made the following statement after the committee passed “The Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012.” Grassley is one of the only working family farmers in the United States Senate. ...
Support for Alternative VAWA Bill
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
The Hutchison-Grassley substitute to S.1925, Violence Against Women Act
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Mr. President, I wish to commend my colleague from Texas, Senator Hutchison, for offering her substitute amendment to the...
Support for the Hutchison-Grassley Substitute on the Violence Against Women Act
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
The Hutchison-Grassley substitute to S.1925, Violence Against Women Act
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Mr. President, I wish to commend my colleague from Texas, Senator Hutchison, for...
Labor Department Withdraws Ridiculous Regulations on Youth Labor on Family Farms
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after learning that the Department of Labor would be withdrawing the entirety of its proposed regulations that would have put stringent restrictions on young people working on family farms. Grassley, one of the only...
Violence Against Women Act, Opening Remarks of Floor Consideration
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Opening Remarks, The Violence Against Women Act
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Mr. President, I have seen the good that the law has done in providing victims services in Iowa. We all recognize the...
Grassley Comments on Postal Service Legislation Passage
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Postal Service legislation
DA: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about his vote for the 21st Century Postal Service Act, S.1789.
“This legislation isn’t...
Grassley Continues Review of Minnesota Medicaid, Calls for Consistent Reporting of Program Earnings at Medicaid Managed Care Plans Nationwide
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today said the state of Minnesota’s payment problems to managed care plans serving Medicaid beneficiaries, combined with inconsistent federal oversight of all state...
Grassley votes support small business
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has earned a score of 100 percent in an interim report monitoring key small business votes during this session of the United States Senate. The report was issued by the National Federation of Independent Business, the largest advocacy organization representing small and independent...
Grassley Presses for More Details About White House Internal Investigation into Colombia Scandal
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the White House Counsel for details regarding the White House’s quick weekend internal investigation about any personnel involvement in the Colombia...
Grassley, Thune Seek Answers on Federal Loan to Luxury Car Maker
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. John Thune are asking the Energy Department to explain the selection of a luxury automaker – now described as “troubled” -- for a $529 million federal loan for advanced technology vehicles manufacturing. The federal government made part of the...
Grassley on Minnesota’s Decision to Return Part of $30 Million to the Federal Government
Sen. Chuck Grassley has been investigating the state of Minnesota’s receipt of a $30 million payment from a Medicaid contractor, a health care plan called UCare. State officials repeatedly characterized the payment as a “donation” and according to internal emails,...
Grassley Questions Secret Service And Inspector General About Investigating Other Advance Teams Involvement
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is questioning the United States Secret Service about possible involvement of staff from the White House Communications Agency, and the White House Office of...
Fall out Begins in Secret Service Agents' Prostitute Scandal
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee released the following statement after the Secret Service announced that one supervisory agent would retire, a second supervisory agent would be recommended for...
