****Hearing Notice****Drug Caucus to Hold Hearing on Drug Trafficking Across the Southwest Border, Oversight of U.S Counterdrug Assistance to MexicoWASHINGTON -- The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, will hold a hearing entitled, “Drug Trafficking Across the Southwest Border and...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSpecial Government Employees and Clinton Email InvestigationNovember 10, 2015Mr. President, oversight of the Executive Branch by the Congress is as old as our Constitution and it is a critical role.I believe oversight leads to better government, better laws and saves the taxpayers money.That is why I...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin, Assistant Democratic Leader, today are introducing bipartisan legislation that would reform the H-1B visa program, consistent with Congress’s original intent, by ensuring that qualified American workers are given the first opportunity at high-skilled job...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is sending a letter to Labor Department Secretary Tom Perez about a rule governing anhydrous ammonia retailers.
The letter is in response to a revised regulation where the Labor Department and OSHA re-interpreted a statute governing aspects of process safety of facilities after an ammonium nitrate explosion in West,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is drilling down on the Defense Department task force that led to the construction of an excessively expensive $43 million natural gas filling station in Afghanistan. The now-defunct Task Force for Stability and Business Operations (TFBSO) cost $800 million in its mission to facilitate economic development in...
Suspect had Prior Run-In with Immigration Officials & was Awaiting Removal Hearing
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte are seeking more information on a man with gang ties who allegedly attacked a police officer after being released by immigration officials.
Jose Misael...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold an injunction that temporarily stops the Obama administration’s implementation of its deferred action plan. “Thanks to the Fifth Circuit, the injunction on the President’s unlawful maneuvering...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that spring internships for college-age Iowans are available, and applications are due November 30.
Internships are available in Grassley’s Washington, D.C., office as well as his offices in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The semester-long internship will...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement in reaction to criticism from the Senate minority leader over Grassley’s hold on 22 State Department nominees over the State Department’s failure to respond thoroughly or at all to numerous inquiries beginning in 2013.
“My hold is on 22 nominees, not 600. I disclosed the reasons for...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate will be in session Monday and Tuesday this week and will likely recess in observance of Veterans Day on Wednesday. Details of Senator Grassley’s Veterans Day event schedule will be available as they’re confirmed. Senator Grassley will meet with...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.“It’s completely non-sensical. A lot of jobs in this country are tied to energy and construction. This was a chance to add more of those jobs. It was a chance to help meet the country’s energy needs...
Earlier this year, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa asked key government agencies what they’re doing to prevent and punish Medicaid dental fraud, including billing for unnecessary and painful treatments for children, in light of inspector general audits and related media reports documenting worrisome practices. This week, the Department of Health and Human...
DHS Considering Granting Work Permits to Illegal and Unqualified Immigrants
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee members are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to explain internal documents revealing plans to grant work permits to foreign workers in the country – potentially including illegal immigrants – who have been sponsored for a Green...
WASHINGTON – After refusing an invitation to testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, Chairman Chuck Grassley and subcommittee Chairman Jeff Sessions are pressing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to agree to testify before the full committee in the upcoming weeks about the...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that the committee cleared the Iowa nominees for the open judgeships in both of the state’s federal district courts.Judge Leonard Strand and Judge Rebecca Ebinger had been nominated by the President to fill federal judgeships on both the Northern and Southern District Courts of...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is urging Senate Appropriations Committee members to place firm restrictions on the expenditure of any money to resettle Syrian refugees in the United States until intelligence officials have agreed with the vetting process for these refugees.
Grassley has...
Sen. Chuck Grassley released the following statement after the Senate passed a resolution of disapproval of the Waters of the U.S. rule. Grassley is a cosponsor of the resolution, which was introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst. A resolution of disapproval is a legislative procedure used to try to overturn regulations and rules put forth by the executive...
WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking the Department of Homeland Security to explain its expanded use of immigration parole that reaches beyond the limits set by Congress. The Obama administration has established or plans to establish several parole programs that would allow entire groups of immigrants into the country to...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement on the announced retirement of Kimberly Beal, Assistant Director for the U.S. Marshals Service Asset Forfeiture Division. Grassley has been conducting oversight of the Marshals Service as more than 70 employees have disclosed inappropriate hiring...
