WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined 35 of his colleagues led by Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) in sending a letter to President Donald Trump highlighting the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) benefits to the United States and outlining how the Administration can improve the agreement. “NAFTA supports 14 million...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ActJanuary 29, 2018VIDEO Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This commonsense measure recognizes that the government has an interest in protecting...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeIn support of the nomination of David Stras to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of AppealsJanuary 29, 2018VIDEO Over the next couple days, the Senate will vote on whether to invoke cloture and to confirm the nomination of Justice David Stras to serve on the Eighth...
Grassley Op-ed: Audit finds U.S. Defense Department wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollarsU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaThe HillJanuary 29, 2018 I can’t name a single person who likes having their money wasted. It’s even worse if the careless spending of your money is done by someone else – particularly the federal...
WASHINGTON – As part of their ongoing oversight efforts to ensure that the FBI’s law enforcement activities are free of improper political influence, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) yesterday sent six letters seeking information and...
Grassley Op-ed: “America First” Means a Modernized NAFTAU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa BreitbartJanuary 26, 2018 During his speech to the American Farm Bureau at its annual convention, President Trump said that “farmers deserve a government that serves their interest and empowers them to do the hard work that they love to do...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement regarding the White House’s plan to curb illegal immigration and provide legal status for people illegally brought to the United States by their parents.“We all agree that Congress needs to act to address those who were brought here...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is today pressing the FBI for answers about a series of concerns raised in recently produced text messages exchanged between FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok.
In his letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Grassley first notes that the two FBI officials shared a worry...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement on today’s confirmation of Alex Azar to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).“Mr. Azar is respected by both Republicans and Democrats and has been unanimously...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn Oversight of the Justice Department and the Need for TransparencyJanuary 24, 2018VIDEO I wanted to come to the floor today to talk about the Judiciary Committee’s important oversight and investigations work over the past year. There are a lot of issues...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson wrote a letter to the Justice Department Office of Inspector General Tuesday regarding the revelation that the FBI did not preserve text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for the time period between...
The Fort Dodge Messenger’s editorial board praised Senator Grassley’s work on the tax reform bill and his unique perspective in advocating for farmers. Grassley, a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Senate Finance Committee, is one of only two farmers serving in the U.S. Senate. Grassley penned an op-ed in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement after voting for legislation that would provide funds to re-open the federal government and end a three-day shutdown. The legislation includes a six-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which Grassley voted for in the Senate Finance Committee and spoke...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement after the failure to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded resulted in the shutdown of the federal government.“If the 2016 presidential election proved anything, it’s that Americans wanted a new way of doing things, and just want their...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement on the death of Deputy United States Marshal Christopher David Hill. Hill was killed in the line of duty today while executing an arrest warrant in Harrisburg, Penn., for a fugitive who had made terroristic threats. “Deputy Hill’s...
Following years-long work and leadership from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), bipartisan legislation to step up enforcement against perpetrators of crimes targeting senior citizens, the Elder Abuse Prevention and Protection Act, passed Congress and became law late last...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCHIP ReauthorizationJanuary 18, 2018VIDEOMr. President, should the Children’s Health Insurance Program be reauthorized? Of course it should.CHIP has a long history of strong bipartisan support. We need to get something passed so the government doesn’t shut down.In regards to CHIP being a...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, along with Senator Joni Ernst and Congressman Blum, once again met with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney to advocate for the inclusion of funding for the Cedar Rapids flood damage reduction and flood risk management project in the Administration’s budget for Fiscal Year...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue today made the following comments regarding the Durbin-Graham-Flake immigration proposal, which fails to adequately address border security, enforcement, chain migration and diversity visas, while expanding legal status to immigrants who knowingly...
