Grassley, Smith ask about the release of foreign nationals with deportation orders
Inquiry prompted by recent arrest of murder suspect
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Lamar Smith are asking for a full accounting from the Department of Homeland Security of the number of foreign nationals who have been released from federal and state...
Grassley requests independent review of a program for foreign students to work in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Government Accountability Office to assess the federal government’s management of the Optional Practical Training program, which allows foreign students to temporarily work in the United States in their major area of...
Grassley questions new federal grant to research physician who was previously suspended
Senator calls on the National Institutes of Health to set tone for disclosure, accountability
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the National Institutes of Health to explain why it has awarded a $400,000 medical research...
Grassley to meet with Eastern Iowans next week
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will meet with Iowans in Victor, Clinton, Muscatine, West Branch, Eldridge and Maquoketa starting Monday.
Grassley will speak at the Memorial Day service hosted by the Victor American Legion on Monday, May 28.
On Tuesday, he will tour LyondellBasell and meet...
Support of McCain Amendment #2107
I support Senator McCain’s amendment that would allow drug importation from approved pharmacies in Canada.
I have been a long-time proponent of drug importation. I am currently a co-sponsor of the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act, a bill I have worked on for many years with Senator Snowe and...
Senate Passes Grassley Bill to Ban Dangerous Synthetic Drugs
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today received full Senate passage of his legislation to impose a nationwide ban on the chemicals used to make the dangerous drugs known as “K2” or “Spice.” As Judiciary Committee Ranking Member, Grassley advanced the legislation, named for a young Iowa...
Sen. Grassley statement on Small Business Reorganization Efficiency and Clarity Act
Mr. Chairman, I’m pleased to have worked with Sen. Whitehouse on S.2370, the Small Business Reorganization Efficiency and Clarity Act. We worked hard on this language over the past year. The bill we put together eases some of the problems we heard about in...
Grassley: FDA legislation now better protects whistleblowers, charts path to posting of clinical trials.
WASHINGTON – Senators late yesterday agreed to add two provisions sponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley to legislation that will renew user fee agreements that fund the Food and Drug Administration.
The first addition is a whistleblower...
Grassley Welcomes Scrutiny of Justice Department's Handling of Stevens Case
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, today made the following comment on the Justice Department’s release of a report on the Ted Stevens prosecution. The committee chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, announced his intention to hold a hearing on the...
Introduction of Bipartisan Bill to Help Families and Students Understand the True Cost of College
WASHINGTON, D.C. [05/24/12]— U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said families and students will gain a more accurate picture of exactly how much college will cost them before deciding which school to attend under bipartisan legislation...
Judiciary Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Help Small Businesses
Washington, DC – With small businesses across the country struggling in the wake of the recession, the Senate Judiciary Committee today approved bipartisan legislation by U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that would help small businesses facing...
Grassley on the President’s Visit to Iowa on Wind Energy
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa authored and won enactment of the first-ever wind energy production tax credit in 1992. The incentive was designed to give wind energy the ability to compete against coal-fired and nuclear energy and helped to launch the wind energy industry. He has worked to...
Leahy-Grassley Bill To Increase Penalties For Counterfeit Drugs Adopted In FDA Bill
WASHINGTON (Wednesday, May 23, 2012) – Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to increase penalties for trafficking counterfeit drugs was adopted by the Senate Wednesday as part of a substitute amendment to the Food and Drug...
GIPC study titled “IP Creates Jobs for America”
Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary
GIPC study titled “IP Creates Jobs for America”
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
I’m pleased to be here for the release of the U.S. Chamber’s Global Intellectual Property Center’s (GIPC) 2012 state intellectual property jobs...
Senate debate on the FDA user fees bill
Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Prescription Drug User Fee Act Reauthorization
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Mr. President, today we will be considering a vital piece of legislation that not only includes all four user fee agreements, but also includes policy proposals to improve the Food and Drug...
Kohl, Grassley and Blumenthal Seek to Cut Misuse of Antipsychotics
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Herb Kohl, D-Wis., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., today filed an amendment seeking to combat the costly, widespread and inappropriate use of antipsychotics in nursing homes.
“The overuse of antipsychotics is a common and...
Grassley Outlines Disappointment with FCC Transparency on LightSquared
Statement of Senator Charles E. Grassley
Before the United States Senate
Federal Communications Commission/LightSquared
Delivered Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Mr. President, I am pleased to see that Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai have been confirmed to the Federal Communications Commission....
Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Celebrating the Life of Katie Beckett
Mr. President, I come to the floor today to celebrate the life of Katie Beckett. Never has the word “inspiration” been used more appropriately in describing someone, and today, I am grateful to be able to recognize the inspirational life of Katie Beckett.
Mary...
Grassley follows up with USDA about discrimination claims
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a status report on the agency’s effort to improve its process for resolving discrimination claims made by employees following independent assessments that recommended improvements in 2008 and 2011. “The...
Grassley, Sessions Express Concern Over Cost of 9th Circuit Judicial Conference in Maui
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, released a letter today to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski...
