WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement regarding China’s second wave of tariffs targeting U.S. commodities, including soybeans, which were announced in retaliation to the Administration’s tariffs on Chinese...
Grassley, Feinstein Seek Additional Records from Trump CampaignWASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) requested that the Trump Campaign search for and provide additional documents to assist in the Committee’s ongoing investigation into matters related to Russian...
WASHINGTON – Following
requests by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) today
announced it’s reviewing a recent application by DOJ and FBI to secretly surveil an American citizen, Carter Page, as well as...
Chairman Grassley Announces Hearing on the Future of Data Privacy in Social Media WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, will hold a hearing on data privacy on April 10, 2018.Grassley today invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify at the hearing to discuss Facebook’s past and future...
Grassley Examines Lax Oversight of ‘Visa Mills’ Offering Visas to Foreign Students
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking information on a federal program that allows private institutions to manage visas for foreign students seeking enrollment in a U.S.-based school with limited oversight. The program is susceptible to...
Grassley, Lee Review Alleged Prosecutorial Misconduct in Vascular Solutions CaseWASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter to Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Thursday, asking for an update on the Justice Department’s inquiry into alleged...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced legislation to improve and simplify the payment of royalties owed to music producers, mixers and engineers. The Allocation for Music Producers (AMP) Act (S.2625) codifies these music creators’ rights to collect certain...
WASHINGTON – Congress today passed bipartisan legislation to help families locate missing loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease, autism and related conditions. Kevin and Avonte’s Law (S. 2070), named in honor of two boys with autism who perished after wandering from safety, also supports training for caregivers to prevent and respond to...
Grassley, Goodlatte Call on DHS to Finalize EB-5 Regulations, End Unacceptable Status QuoWASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, today made the following statement on the failure of congress to reform the deeply flawed and fraud-ridden EB-5 Visa Regional...
Bipartisan, Bicameral Health Committee Leaders Push CMS on Stronger Oversight of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, joined fellow bipartisan leaders and members of the Senate Energy and Commerce and Finance Committees in sending...
Iowa families, farmers and businesses benefit from Dodd-Frank reformU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaThe Des Moines RegisterOver the past year, Congress and President Trump have taken a hard line on repealing burdensome regulations across all sectors in order to give long-overdue relief to hard-working Americans and put the economy back on track after...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa will join a delegation led by Sen. Steve Daines of Montana that also includes Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, David Perdue of Georgia and Ben Sasse of Nebraska on a congressional delegation trip to China, South Korea and the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The trip has been developed over the...
Grassley, Whitehouse Op-ed: The peculiarities of the US financial system make it ideal for money launderingU.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Sheldon WhitehouseQuartz Media The lifeblood of criminal enterprises all over the world is revenue. Money fuels terrorists, transnational criminal organizations, and crooked kleptocrats. These criminals need to launder...
Grassley, Leahy: It’s time to empower generic drug makers to bring down pricesU.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Patrick LeahySTAT News In Vermont, Iowa, and every other state across the country, people are fed up with the high cost of prescription drugs. Prices continue to skyrocket as companies making brand-name drugs restrict competition by refusing...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Troubled EB-5 Investor Visa ProgramMarch 19, 2018VIDEO I rise today to talk about an issue that is important to millions of individuals who understand that American citizenship is something to be treasured. The American people understand that our...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to implement the Marrakesh Treaty and facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind or have print disabilities. The
Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) sets into motion a treaty that would address the problem of the global “book famine” by providing, with...
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act, commonsense legislation that provides much-needed oversight of asbestos bankruptcy trusts to ensure victims receive just compensation. “Fraudsters and poor management cannot be allowed to cheat victims...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today are seeking the appointment of a special counsel to work with the Inspector General in reviewing how the Justice Department and FBI handled specific matters related to the Trump-Russia investigation up to the appointment of Special...
