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...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today is requesting the records of two teens who entered the country illegally and are now charged with brutal raping a high school classmate earlier this month.
Jose Montano, 17, of El Salvador, and Henry Sanchez Milian, 18, of Guatemala, are charged as adults with...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released the following statement after the committee completed the hearing for Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.“Anybody who watched the Judiciary Committee hearing this week would have seen a nominee who has a command of the law, an independent voice,...
Senators call on White House to re-nominate Lerner at U.S. Office of Special Counsel
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the founders of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, are calling on the Trump Administration to re-nominate Carolyn Lerner as leader of the government’s...
“Gorsuch Glides”: Judge Completes Testimony with “No Major Stumbles”“If Democrats Harbored Any Hope Of Raising Doubts About Judge Gorsuch…They Came Nowhere Close”Bloomberg: “Democrats Have A Difficult Choice To Make Now That U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Survived Two Days Of Questioning With No Major...
Democrats “Frustrated and Downright Cranky” as “Unscathed” Gorsuch “Sails Through” SCOTUS Hearing“Democrats Have Struggled To Find An Attack Line That Sticks”USA Today: “Gorsuch Appeared Headed For Eventual Confirmation To The Supreme Court” “Federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch appeared...
Man allegedly received work permit from the Obama Administration despite a history of human trafficking and assault
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking how a man illegally in the country with a long, violent criminal record and multiple encounters with immigration officials could be allowed not only to remain in...
“Unscathed”: Democrats “Hit A Dead End” in Gorsuch’s “Gaffe-Free” Testimony“Democrats Landed Few Blows”; “Left Gorsuch With Few Scratches”; “Few Missteps of Any Significance”Washington Post: “Democrats Seem To Be Coming Up Short In Finding That Overriding Reason On Which To...
Democrats “Don’t Have One, Cohesive Narrative”: Gorsuch Demonstrates Independence, Commitment to Rule of Law as Democrats Struggle to Mount Opposition“The Picture Of A Cool, Calm, Self-Assured Justice”NPR: “‘I Have One Client, It’s The Law.’ In Seven Words To A Senate Committee This Morning, Judge Neil...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding Senator Chuck Schumer’s call to delay a vote on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, “while this big gray cloud of an FBI investigation hangs over the presidency.”Here is Grassley’s quote.“Anybody watching the hearing of Judge Gorsuch can...
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect public investors, improve the oversight of corporate auditing, and ensure that the financial reports of publicly traded companies are accurate and reliable, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced the PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act. The Reed-Grassley bill would make...
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), today reintroduced legislation to make hearing aids for those with mild to moderate hearing loss available over the counter (OTC). A companion bill led by Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) and Marsha Blackburn...
Associated Press: “Gorsuch Emphasized ‘The Importance Of An Independent Judiciary’” “Judge Neil Gorsuch emphasized "the importance of an independent judiciary" on Monday in opening remarks to a Senate Judiciary Committee bitterly divided over his nomination to the Supreme Court.” (Erica Werner and Mark Sherman,...
