Bill targets fast-paced evolution of deadly drugs that mimic controlled substances WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein are proposing a new approach to fight the spread of deadly synthetic drugs, which can be quickly re-engineered to circumvent federal laws designed to outlaw...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, called on Professor Daniel Richman, a friend of former FBI Director James Comey, to provide any memos Comey shared with him to be leaked to the media.
Comey testified before Congress yesterday that he provided copies of his memos regarding his interactions...
Vague Claims by Firm behind Unsubstantiated Dossier Don’t Justify Refusal to Cooperate
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on Fusion GPS, the firm behind the unsubstantiated anti-Trump dossier, to respond to
earlier questions about the history of the document, after it failed to provide sufficient explanations...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley called on President Donald Trump to “drain the swamp” and rescind an opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) that attempted to insulate unelected government bureaucrats from questions by the people’s elected representatives in Congress.
In his
letter to the President,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before Congress today. “Former FBI Director Comey’s testimony today left many questions unanswered and even raised some new questions about the decisions he’s made in the course...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today received a commitment from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to work on implementation of an extension of a Medicare payment designation program that is critical to small, often rural hospitals. The “tweener” program is critical to hospitals in Grinnell, Carroll, Newton and Spirit Lake...
VIDEO: Grassley Discusses New Law That Helps First Responders Receive Benefits They Are Owed President Trump recently signed into law a Sen. Chuck Grassley-led bill to help families of fallen first responders and police officers get the assistance they’ve been promised. The bill updates the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act of 1976, which...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking answers about the use of secret, unauthorized funding mechanisms by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) officials that undermine oversight and potentially the integrity of investigations.
In his
letter, Grassley presses for information citing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that he plans to nominate Christopher Wray to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Christopher Wray’s legal credentials and law enforcement background certainly make...
Obama Admin. settlements ordered payments to third parties without oversight or congressional approval
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions’
announcement to end a practice by the Obama Administration that required portions of some settlement...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and lifelong family farmer, wrote to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an update of its 2013 report on farm program eligibility in advance of the next Farm Bill.
The 2013 GAO report outlined shortcomings of the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA)...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced actions to increase protections of American workers and more aggressively confront visa program fraud and abuse. “Secretary Acosta is taking a serious first step to address the rampant problem of visa...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today made the following statement regarding a deal reached in principle by the United States and Mexico on sugar trade, a major step toward averting a potential trade war.“This is great...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs for accurate information on appointment wait times for Iowa veterans after agency officials appeared to mislead his staff about lengthy waits. The VA reiterated that no wait times beyond 90 days existed, when a whistleblower produced...
Public Safety Officers Benefits Improvement Act reduces delays in processing survivor benefits WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation aimed at helping families of fallen first responders receive the survivor benefits they’d been promised was signed into law today. The Public Safety Officers Benefits Improvement Act, led by Senate...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the State Department for information on whether then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her staff sought help through official channels for a Bangladeshi businessman who also was a donor to the Clinton Global Initiative and Clinton Foundation. The allegations of special treatment include reports of...
Text of the letter available here.
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today submitted comments to the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (X12) in support of an update to include the unique device identifier (UDI) of medical devices on health insurance claims forms. X12 released a draft claims form...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking information about whether U.S. Marshals who solicited prostitutes while on detail in Mexico ever faced consequences for their actions and whether the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has taken steps to mitigate security risks resulting from that conduct.
In his
letter to Acting...
