WASHINGTON – A sweeping addiction recovery bill aimed at addressing the nation’s growing heroin and opioid addiction epidemic led through the Senate by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa has been signed into law. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) also includes a number of provisions crafted by Grassley to...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement after President Obama signed the Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act into law.“Our brave men and women of law enforcement put themselves in harm’s way every day to keep us safe, as we’ve seen in their valiant...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing the Defense Department to clarify and respond to potentially misleading statements about the true cost of a compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan. In a four-page-plus letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Grassley outlined questionable statements by a top defense official, who asserted that the...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) led a bipartisan letter, signed by 36 of their Senate colleagues, urging the Obama administration to increase its proposed 2018 Renewable Volume Obligations for biodiesel to encourage continued growth in the industry and diversity in the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today urged the U.S. Department of Labor to help as much as possible if the state of Iowa seeks federal assistance for the 175 employees at Terex Cranes in Waverly who were told this week that the plant is ceasing operations. “If the state requests federal assistance, it is my hope that the Department of Labor...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Washington and Louisa Counties on Thursday, July 28, and Friday, July 29, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With these meetings, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley continues to pursue solutions to the problem of social media posts of nursing home residents by nursing home workers, most recently writing a follow-up letter to Snapchat and receiving a response. The news outlet ProPublica has documented 44 incidents across the country since 2012 in which nursing home workers posted...
TO: Iowa MediaFR: Beth LevineRE: Grassley 99 county meetingsDA: July 14, 2016Assertions have been once again been raised by political operatives about Sen. Grassley’s long tradition of county meetings with Iowans. I’m writing with information about these meetings, which...
There’s REID, and then there’s REALITY.REID: Senator Grassley's commitment to transparency is as shallow as the shallowest puddle you can find.REALITY: Senator Grassley holds five conference calls with Iowa reporters every week. He reserves time in his schedule every day he’s in Washington for eight, 15-minute...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Chuck Schumer led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation aimed at controlling dangerous synthetic substances marketed as alternatives to illicit drugs. The Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act bans 22 synthetic chemicals including 11 used to create...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is insisting on answers from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General on why that office has employees who have been on paid administrative leave for significantly longer than any other agency, including nine employees on administrative leave for more than one year since fiscal year 2014, costing more...
WASHINGTON – Legislation pushed by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to help ensure that historically significant films and sound recordings are preserved for the benefit of generations of Americans has passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives and is headed to the President to be signed into law. Grassley, along...
Washington – Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, led the Senate in passing a resolution designating July as National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month. The resolution also recognizes the 70th anniversary of the signing of...
Grassley Co-Sponsored, Advanced Kevin and Avonte’s Law through Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last night unanimously passed legislation to help families locate missing loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease, autism and related conditions. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Charles Schumer collaborated on the...
“…one of the most comprehensive and meaningful bills ever developed to address the rapidly increasing problem of elder financial abuse in America.”
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley introduced comprehensive legislation to combat the abuse and exploitation of America’s seniors. The bipartisan Elder Abuse Prevention and...
Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today introduced the Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, a bill to support research initiatives on the potential benefits of substances such as cannabidiol (CBD) that are derived from marijuana.In addition to...
On Monday, Sen. Chuck Grassley asked the head of Tyson Foods, Inc., to work with community leaders to restore jobs at the now-defunct Tyson meat processing plant in Cherokee. Grassley became involved after seeing coverage in the Cherokee Chronicle Times and the Des Moines Register and hearing from city officials who asked if he might weigh in....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation requiring federal immigration authorities to take action against undocumented immigrants arrested for driving drunk. The legislation follows several recent incidents in which immigration authorities failed to detain individuals for drunk driving following fatal...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold a town meeting in Emmetsburg on Friday, July 22, as part of his annual 99-county meetings.With this meeting, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year since...
