WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement today regarding the preliminary trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico.“Mexico has been an important trading partner of the United States for decades, and farmers in Iowa have felt the sting of increased tariffs on products like pork and cheese. While the details...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement on the passing of Sen. John McCain of Arizona.“Senator McCain was tough and tenacious. Both as a Naval officer and a Member of the United States Senate, he exemplified a spirit of public service. Senator McCain approached his illness the way he approached legislative...
WASHINGTON – Public material from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s executive branch legal service now exceeds that of any previous Supreme Court nominee. The Senate Judiciary Committee today released more than 25,400 pages from Judge Kavanaugh’s service as a White House lawyer, bringing the total volume of public executive branch materials to more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Thom Tillis of North Carolina in introducing the Ensuring Coverage for Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Act, legislation that would guarantee Americans have equal health care coverage, regardless of their health status or pre-existing conditions. Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa, Lamar Alexander of...
WASHINGTON – Several legislative efforts championed by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa will receive continued or additional funding in the recently passed Senate Appropriations bill, which is the first one of its kind passed in more than a decade.“This legislation will give a much-needed boost to many programs that directly impact the lives of...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement after discussions with the Senate Majority Leader and the President on advancing comprehensive criminal justice reform.“I’m very encouraged by the leadership shown today by President Trump to make prison and sentencing reform a...
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a bipartisan amendment introduced by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Dick Durbin of Illinois to the Defense-Labor-HHS-Education appropriations “minibus” package that provides the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with $1 million to implement rules requiring pharmaceutical companies to...
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released data showing that the Private Debt Collection (PDC) program, a public/private partnership that works to bolster the U.S. Treasury, strengthen the effectiveness of the IRS and ensure fairness in the federal tax system, is fully cash positive after just one year. Agency projections indicate that...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire have jointly requested the reauthorization of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program for Afghans who have supported U.S. military or diplomatic efforts in Afghanistan. The senators asked leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee to include language in a forthcoming...
Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Transparency in Prescription Drug AdvertisingThursday, August 23, 2018VIDEO I’m glad to join my friend in this effort because this fits in with a lot of things we’re trying to accomplish that Congress has done for decades. Trying to give consumers information.Remember maybe 40 years ago, I...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Patty Murray of Washington, Roy Blunt of Missouri and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota in leading a bipartisan group of 35 other senators urging EPA to increase volume obligations for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuel and ensure any small refiner economic hardship exemptions are appropriately...
Five Minutes With: Iowa Sen. Chuck GrassleyTheBlaze.comThursday, August 23, 2018 TheBlaze will feature regular interviews with newsmakers that we think would be of interest to our readers. As part of this ongoing series, we sat down Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).Grassley is currently the second longest-serving senator at 37 years and five months, after...
WASHINGTON – Fifty-five members of the Iowa House of Representatives wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein endorsing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
In their letter, the legislators wrote that “Americans deserve a Supreme Court Justice who is fair...
WASHINGTON – A recent poll, conducted by the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland, once again indicates overwhelming support for reforms to America’s criminal justice system. Questions put to poll respondents correspond to specific provisions currently under debate in Congress, like those contained in the Sentencing...
WASHINGTON – The Senate unanimously approved the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018, which improves access to justice in U.S. courts for Americans who are victimized by acts of terrorism while abroad. The legislation, introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, makes needed improvements to the Antiterrorism Act of 1992,...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeKavanaugh Hearing on Track for Sept 4August 22, 2018VIDEO Over the past day, several of my colleagues issued statements calling for Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing to be delayed. They claim it’s because President Trump’s former lawyer...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Murder of Iowan Mollie Tibbetts and Preventing Future TragedyAugust 22, 2018VIDEO Today, I’d like to speak about a recent tragedy that has deeply impacted my home state of Iowa. Yesterday, authorities announced they found the remains of 20...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sought information pertaining to Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the Mexican national illegally residing in the U.S. alleged to have murdered 20 year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts.In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the announcement from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation on the murder of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who disappeared on July 18, and the arrest of a suspect believed to be residing in the U.S. illegally.“We...
