Senators Urge Warrant Requirement for DHS Agencies
WASHINGTON (Tuesday, September 29, 2015) –Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) joined together Tuesday to press the Department of Homeland Security to safeguard Americans’ privacy when it comes to the use of cell-site simulators, also known as...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today said that the Justice Department was already backtracking on an agreed upon recommendation presented by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) about how FBI whistleblower complaints are handled. In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, Grassley reminded her...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to adopt a zero tolerance policy for employees who fuel the demand for human trafficking through the solicitation of prostitution. Grassley’s request follows recent news reports that at least two Federal Air Marshals were under...
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 Cedar Valley Cancer Committee’s Beyond Pink TEAM, the Oskaloosa Community School District, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Rock Island), the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the...
WASHINGTON – A bicameral group of lawmakers is questioning the constitutionality of the Department of Commerce’s plans to transition critical Internet infrastructure systems away from U.S. government stewardship and oversight. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, House Judiciary...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Aaron McKay has been named state director of the six Grassley offices located in Iowa. The state director is based in Des Moines. Grassley said his state offices – located in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo -- are central to...
Sen. Grassley made the following statement today regarding Pope Francis’ visit to Washington, D.C. The text of the statement can be found below and the video can be found here. “This week, I had the second opportunity in my life to be in the presence of a pope. This visit was an historic one. Pope Francis made...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley joined a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to raise directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping concerns about China’s delays in approving agricultural biotech products. President Xi will be meeting with President Obama yet this week. The U.S. is also hosting China in the inaugural...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Justice Department failed to provide a substantive response to a Sept. 14, 2015, letter sent by Grassley and Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson. Grassley and Johnson asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch for answers about whether...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowaon H.R. 36, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection ActMonday, September 21, 2015Mr. President, the Pope’s visit this week to the nation’s capital reminds us all of how important it is to show compassion and concern for the most innocent and vulnerable among us. Unborn children,...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing for answers about what appears to be an unusually low number of FBI employees disciplined for retaliating against whistleblowers. In contrast, whistleblowers are often disciplined as reprisal for reporting wrongdoing.
Grassley said that the difference in...
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 Hospital Association and the City of Rock Valley.Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa families from Newton, Monona, West Union and Harlan.Senator Grassley will be a guest on...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte made the following statement after Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States would accept ten thousand additional Syrian refugees on top of the 75,000 worldwide refugees the Secretary announced after a consultation, as required by law,...
Office Tasked with Review Reportedly Approved Improper Grant Actions
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising questions about a Justice Department office’s ability to be impartial in its investigation into grants practices. His concern follows new allegations that the office in charge of the internal review not only...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement that it will expand doctors’ access to buprenorphine, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction. Grassley and four fellow senators urged this step in a...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Muscatine and Louisa counties on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Tuesday, Sept. 29, 20158:30-9:30...
Report Follows Revelation of Sex Abuses of Housekeeper by Diplomat, Husband
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising concerns about the State Department’s commitment to holding itself to the same anti-human trafficking standards that it applies to other nations. The concerns stem from whistleblower allegations,...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has joined 46 senators to introduce a resolution of disapproval of the rule on the Waters of the United States put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers. A resolution of disapproval is a legislative procedure used to try to overturn regulations and rules put...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today praised Judiciary Committee passage of a bill he co-sponsored to help combat transnational drug trafficking.“Since drug cartels are continually evolving, this legislation ensures that our criminal laws keep...
