WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed renewable volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program for 2018.“The EPA’s proposed renewable volume obligations under the RFS program is a mixed bag. While I’m glad the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley participated in an HBO special featuring former U.S. presidents, current Supreme Court justices, members of Congress and well-known actors reading the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The documentary, called “The Words That Built America,” will air Tuesday, July 4, at 7 p.m. Eastern....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement marking Independence Day 2017.“The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the greatest expression of political freedom ever devised by humankind. It plainly states our liberties come from God, not from the government. What government giveth, it can taketh away. Ratified...
Sen. Chuck Grassley co-authored the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, later enacted, after his oversight and news stories uncovered significant payments from the prescription drug and medical device industry to doctors that had not been disclosed. Rather than prohibit such payments, which in many cases might benefit patients as in through research, the...
SARAH’S MOTHER ON HAND IN U.S. CAPITOL TO WATCH DEBATE AND PASSAGE IN PERSONWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003) which included language from Sarah's Law, a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Iowa Congressmen David Young and Nebraska...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today met with Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, at his Senate office in Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee, which has legislative authority and oversight jurisdiction over the Department of Justice and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley rebuked the Justice Department’s Civil Division after a review by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed a lengthy record of unaccountability in addressing sexual misconduct and harassment in the Department while rewarding some of the perpetrators with promotions and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Justice Department to address more revelations of potential conflicts in the FBI’s handling of recent politically charged investigations. Grassley’s request follows new reports that the acting director engaged in a political campaign and is the subject of an ongoing sex...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after the Senate’s top Democrat objected to allowing a previously scheduled national security briefing hosted by the Judiciary Committee: “The federal government’s primary responsibility is to protect the American people, so...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham
requested all proposed and final applications for surveillance warrants that the FBI reportedly sought from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. This includes...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today expressed support for the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner’s actions to help expand access to lower-cost prescription medications through improved transparency and reduced red tape. “I’m encouraged by FDA Commissioner Gottlieb’s...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed rule to withdraw the controversial Waters of the U.S. rule. Grassley has been an ardent opponent of the rule, which would have defined 97 percent of the land in Iowa as a waterway. Among other actions, Grassley...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would review lower court decisions blocking portions of President Trump’s executive order temporarily pausing admission of refugees and halting visas issued to certain nations known to harbor...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on President Trump’s signing of a bill making it easier to fire poorly performing employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Grassley co-sponsored the legislation, the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017. Grassley has long worked to improve veterans care....
Sen. Chuck Grassley continues to investigate abuses of nursing home residents by workers involving humiliating photos on social media such as Snapchat. As a result of his work, the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services last year alerted 50 State Medicaid Fraud Control Units to be increasingly aware of the problem and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse sought information about alleged political interference by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch during the FBI’s investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary...
Commissioner Gottlieb recently stated that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will take measures to curb anticompetitive abuses of its regulatory process for the approval of generic drugs; This goal aligns with the objectives of legislation the senators introduced earlier this year, the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES)...
WASHINGTON – Sen Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Waterloo, Jason Mohr, will hold office hours in Buchanan, Fayette, Winneshiek, Chickasaw, Bremer, Butler, Floyd, Mitchell, Worth and Cerro Gordo counties on Wednesday, June 28, and Thursday, June 29. Mohr’s schedule is as follows: Wednesday, June 28 Buchanan County8...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement on the Minority’s obstruction of the Judiciary Committee’s work via a rarely-used procedural tool to curb committee work. “Three times this week, the Judiciary Committee has been obstructed by the Minority Leader’s refusal...
