WASHINGTON – In a letter to the Committee’s Ranking Minority Member today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley outlined the process for preparing for the release of Committee transcripts of interviews with witnesses to the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, so that the American people know what the Committee knows in preparation for...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced bipartisan legislation along with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) to restore veterans’ Second Amendment rights. Under current practice, once the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assigns a fiduciary to help a veteran manage benefit payments, the VA will report...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeVeterans’ Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act of 2018February 6, 2018VIDEO Mr. President, I would like to raise a very important issue impacting our veteran population: the systematic denial of their Second Amendment rights. This comes up in...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to update instructions provided to Justice Department component agencies that did not appear to comply with the law. In a recent memorandum to the heads of Justice Department components, Sessions instructed department employees to not...
WASHINGTON – In their continued efforts to secure the previously authorized funding for the Cedar Rapids flood mitigation project, U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst and Congressman Rod Blum sent a letter to Lieutenant General of the Army Corps of Engineers Todd Semonite and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James requesting...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following internal memorandum produced by his energy policy staff who analyzed recent claims made by opponents of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), including Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), which attributed its recent bankruptcy filing in part to the RFS. The analysis finds that the biofuels...
WASHINGTON – A recent poll, commissioned by the Justice Action Network and conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, indicates overwhelming support for reforms to America’s criminal justice system. Many questions put to poll respondents align closely with the proposed reforms in the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, a bipartisan bill...
UPDATE | Feb. 06, 2018: Following Senator Grassley's request of 02/02/2018, the FBI today removed a number of redactions from the Steele referral referenced below. The less-redacted version released today is available HERE.
FBI Required Redactions of Unclassified Material; Grassley Seeks Full Declassification Review
WASHINGTON – The Federal...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued the following statement about investigations and scrutiny of the FBI. “With each passing day, it seems like there are new questions about the conduct of investigators and justice officials over the last few years. But to suggest that the bureau or the department...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, made the following comments upon the Attorney General’s announcement that the Drug Enforcement Administration will boost efforts to combat prescription drug diversion.“Every state across...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement today finalizing a rule to delay the applicability date of the “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule for two years while the agency permanently reconsiders the Obama-era...
Op-ed: How Sen. Chuck Grassley intends to work for Iowans in the year aheadU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaDes Moines RegisterJanuary 30, 2018 With Congress at work on key priorities and the President spelling out his goals in the annual State of the Union address, I’m focused on a number of initiatives for Iowans and the nation.Last year...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address. “President Trump rightly discussed the many accomplishments of the past year, as well as a long to-do list on behalf of the American people in the year ahead. “Once-in-a-generation tax...
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...
