WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today received nearly 170,000 pages of records from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s service as a White House lawyer as the committee continues to evaluate his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. This tranche of documents – by itself nearly equivalent to the volume of records received for Justice...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Dianne Feinstein of California, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Rob Portman of Ohio and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota introduced the bipartisan Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 2018. The bill would reauthorize the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and continue the fight against child...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairmen Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) requested input from the Justice Department’s antitrust division on a proposal to hold OPEC members accountable for antitrust violations. In a letter to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, the lawmakers...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee released roughly 10,000 pages of material from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s work in the Office of the Independent Counsel (OIC). The total volume of publicly available executive branch material for this nomination is now more than 176,000 pages, exceeding the volume of similar material available for the...
The Critical Importance of Congressional Oversight
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Over the course of my public service, I’ve found sunshine to be the most effective way to promote transparency and accountability in the federal government. A key source of that sunshine, and a formidable weapon in the fight against fraud, is the whistleblower....
WASHINGTON –Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today sought information about the immigration history and status of Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, an Iraqi national living in the United States as a refugee. Ameen, an alleged member of Al Qaeda in Iraq and ISIS, was recently arrested in California.“We need to better understand how someone...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement regarding the passing of former Rep. Leonard Boswell. “Leonard Boswell was a wonderful person who served his country with honor and tremendous success in the Army, the Statehouse and the Congress. I met Leonard Boswell when state and federal legislators joined...
WASHINGTON – After reviewing more than 35,000 emails sent by Judge Brett Kavanaugh during his service in the White House Counsel’s Office, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has concluded that the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) restrict nearly two-thirds of those records from public access.
After...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee released the fourth batch of records from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s service as a lawyer in the George W. Bush White House. The release includes more than 42,000 pages of executive branch material. The total volume of publicly available executive branch material for this nomination is now more than 166,000...
“[Kavanaugh] Will Be An Advocate For Freedom For The People Of The United States And An Outstanding Addition To The Supreme Court”
WASHINGTON – A majority of the Iowa State Senate, including every Republican senator, wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today endorsing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court of...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today wrote to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons requesting the FTC conduct an assessment of recent and ongoing consolidation in the pharmaceutical supply chain and its potential impact on prescription drug prices for U.S. consumers.“[I]t is critical for...
WASHINGTON– U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the first generic version of the EpiPen, an emergency auto-injector of epinephrine used to treat severe, life-threatening allergic reactions
“This announcement is great news for millions of Americans who depend on...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee last night received another production of documents related to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s service as a White House lawyer, as the committee continues to evaluate his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest production from the Office of President George W. Bush totals more than 64,312...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa will join House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia in speaking at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines on Friday, August, 17, 2018. The Chairmen’s session will begin at 1:30 p.m. CT and will be moderated by the Honorable James E. Gritzner, U.S. District Judge...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the upcoming hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett KavanaughAugust 15, 2018VIDEOLast week, I announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court starting on September 4. The hearing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today wrote to Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Makan Delrahim requesting that the Department of Justice conduct a vigorous review of the proposed mergers of Cigna Corp. with Express Scripts Holding Co., and CVS Health Corp. with Aetna Inc., each of which play significant roles in...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen seeking details on a man and 13 year-old girl who were apprehended by Customs and Border Patrol after illegally crossing the southern border. After the man fraudulently claimed the young girl as his daughter, both were released under...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee released another batch of records from Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s service as a lawyer in the George W. Bush White House. More than 103,000 pages of material from Judge Kavanaugh’s Executive Branch service is now public. That’s in addition to nearly 17,500 pages of material Judge Kavanaugh...
