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 Health Care Association, the Iowa Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, the Iowa Pharmacy Association, the American Association of Crop Insurers, the American Society for Radiation...
WASHINGTON -- The National Retail Federation today acknowledged Sen. Chuck Grassley as a 2016 recipient of the “Hero of Main Street” award for his support of legislation critical to the retail industry.“I’m glad to support policies that help retailers create and sustain jobs,” Grassley said. “Retail is a major part of the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold four town meetings in Southeast and North Central Iowa June 1 to June 3 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With these meetings, Grassley will continue his practice of holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year since he was...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on remarks from Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald comparing wait times for VA treatment to waiting in line at Disneyland. Grassley has worked to improve veterans’ experience at the VA, including pushing for and receiving an acknowledgement from the VA that veterans have experienced...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement after a federal judge yesterday sanctioned Justice Department attorneys for misrepresenting facts to the court in a case regarding the Obama Administration’s deferred deportation actions:
“Unfortunately, I know what it’s like to be misled by false...
WASHINGTON – Language offered by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies from denying their watchdogs access to documents they need to root out fraud, waste and abuse passed the Senate Thursday. The amendments are consistent with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill from Sen. Chuck Grassley that would help four “tweener” hospitals in Iowa and many others nationwide received a boost via inclusion in a hospitals bill from the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee. The Iowa hospitals are St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Grinnell Regional Medical...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), co-authors of the bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that the legislation would save taxpayers $318 million over five years and $722 million over ten:“The...
WASHINGTON – Government whistleblowers allege that the U.S. Marshals Service is paying private prisons to house some of its prisoners even though space in less-expensive government facilities is unused. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking details on the alleged arrangements between the Marshals Service and private prisons that may...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to help law enforcement and first responders train for active shooter scenarios. The Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act, which was introduced by Senators John Cornyn and Patrick...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today passed a resolution offered by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and 55 of his Senate colleagues supporting America’s brave law enforcement officers. The bipartisan resolution designates May 15-21 as “National Police Week.”“The men and women of law enforcement make sacrifices...
WASHINGTON – As part of National Police Week, and in honor of fallen law enforcement officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, Senator Chuck Grassley is leading an effort to hold accountable the Justice Department for its handling of the benefits claims of fallen public safety officers.The Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act was signed into...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on Obamacare.“Obamacare came with the promise of lower health care costs and more health care options. Those promises looked like pie in the sky then, but now they’re simply broken promises. The number of plans in the vast majority of areas of the country are in single digits,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today highlighted language he championed that will ensure transparency and promote accountability in public housing authorities’ use of more than $350 million in federal tax dollars. The Grassley language requires that housing money provided for low income families will retain its federal designation even...
Sen. Chuck Grassley continually urges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to meet its statutory mandate on the levels of renewable biofuels that must be blended into the fuel supply under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In March, Grassley led a group of 19 senators in urging the agency to set high blending targets for 2017, in keeping with...
The Senate late Tuesday by voice vote confirmed Swati Dandekar of Marion, Iowa, as United States Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, with the Rank of Ambassador. President Obama nominated Dandekar for the position. Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the confirmation. “Swati Dandekar has served Iowa in many ways...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today expressed disgust that Senate Democrats were objecting to a vote on his amendment to ensure that veterans don’t lose their Second Amendment rights because of a constitutionally questionable process used by...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley reported to the full Senate in January.The bipartisan bill holds accountable in U.S. courts foreign sponsors of terrorism that target American by preventing them from invoking “sovereign...
WASHINGTON – Two bills led out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by Chairman Chuck Grassley were signed into law Monday to combat the flow of dangerous drugs into the United States and to protect America’s law enforcement officers.The Transnational Drug Trafficking Act, S. 32, grants the Justice Department new tools to prosecute international...
More information on Senator Grassley’s bill to help small business owners and farmers who offer their employees Health Reimbursement Arrangements is available here. --FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-- CAHC Recognizes U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley with 2015 Affordability Champion Award Washington, D.C., May 17, 2016 -- Yesterday, the Council...
