News Releases

  • 05.08.2012

      Internship applications are due June 15     WASHINGTON — Applications for fall internships with Senator Chuck Grassley are due June 15. Internships are available for college-age Iowans in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo.  The internships last from August...
  • 05.07.2012

    Grassley, Whitehouse Ask GAO to Study DEA Role in Drug Shortages, Potential Fixes WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island are asking the Government Accountability Office to study to what extent the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s attempts to curb dangerous controlled substances inadvertently contribute...
  • 05.04.2012

    Delay in the Physician Payments Sunshine Act implementation M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Delay in the Physician Payments Sunshine Act implementation Da:    Friday, May 4, 2012 Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Herb Kohl, authors of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, today made the...
  • 05.04.2012

    Wrongdoing on the Taxpayers’ Dime The taxpaying public’s confidence in the federal government suffered more setbacks recently with two scandals:  excessive spending by the General Services Administration and allegations of misconduct within the Secret Service.  The actions by employees in these agencies have led to internal and congressional...
  • 05.04.2012

    Grassley Questions DEA about Alleged Mistreatment and Detainment of California College Student Justice Department IG Expected to Investigate             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing for answers in the alleged mistreatment and...
  • 05.03.2012

    Grassley joins effort to highlight U.S. trade issues with China WASHINGTON -- Senator Chuck Grassley is urging the Obama administration to focus on resolution of ongoing trade and related disputes at the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue. This dialogue began in 2006 as a framework for the two countries, which represent the largest and...
  • 05.03.2012

      Grassley: Bettendorf Student Selected by Naval Academy     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Andrew Peterman of Bettendorf has been selected for admission to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2012-2013 school year.   Peterman is a May 2011 graduate of Bettendorf High School and currently attends...
  • 05.03.2012

    Grassley Reacts to Issa Memo on Possible Contempt Charges Against Holder Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after information from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee indicated a possible vote about holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. ...
  • 05.03.2012

      Grassley Seeks Detailed Accounting of IRS Whistleblower Office Obstacles     WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to answer a detailed series of questions aimed at understanding why the IRS whistleblower office has been so slow in processing cases and making...
  • 05.02.2012

      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...
  • 05.01.2012

    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....
  • 04.30.2012

    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. ...
  • 04.27.2012

    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...
  • 04.27.2012

    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...
  • 04.26.2012

    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...
  • 04.26.2012

    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...
  • 04.26.2012

    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. ...
  • 04.26.2012

    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...
  • 04.26.2012

    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...
  • 04.26.2012

    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...