Comprehensive BSE Rule Released
Grassley Leads Effort to Move Stalled Rule
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget cleared the comprehensive BSE rule and the Department of Agriculture released the rule for public comment. Grassley, along with Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, led a bipartisan group of...
Grassley Asks Justice Department for Details on its “Thousands” of Cases Brought on Mortgage Fraud
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, today asked the Department of Justice for detailed information about the “thousands” of mortgage fraud cases the department has brought forward and about the claim...
Grassley discusses domestic trafficking of foster youth
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Senate Caucus on Foster Youth Speakers’ Series
Domestic Trafficking of Foster Youth
Thursday, March 8, 2012 – 2 p.m.
U.S. Capitol Visitors Center – SVC-209
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I’d like to thank everyone for coming today and participating in today’s event...
Grassley, Durbin Raise Concerns About “Specialized Knowledge” Standard in Visa Program
Grassley, Durbin Raise Concerns About “Specialized Knowledge” Standard in Visa Program
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin are raising concerns about potential changes being made to the L...
Senate Approves Leahy-Grassley Bill To Increase Penalties For Counterfeit Drugs
WASHINGTON – The Senate Tuesday night unanimously approved a bill authored by U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to increase penalties for trafficking counterfeit drugs. The legislation responds to recommendations made by the U.S....
Senate Foster Youth Caucus Panel to Focus on Sexual Trafficking of Girls in Foster Care
WASHINGTON – A Senate Foster Youth Caucus speakers’ series started by Senators Chuck Grassley and Mary Landrieu continues tomorrow morning with a discussion on the sexual trafficking of girls in the foster care system.
Landrieu and Grassley will host the March 8 event,...
Grassley Expresses Disappointment Over FCC’s Blocked Access to Key Staff
M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Re: Access to FCC staff member Da: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 In January, staff for Sen. Chuck Grassley on separate occasions asked the...
Force Structure Cuts by the Air Force
M E M O R A N D U M TO: Reporters and Editors RE: Force Structure Cuts by the Air Force DA: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Senator Chuck Grassley made the comment below about information released today by the U.S. Air Force regarding its fiscal year 2013 Total Force Manpower...
Grassley: Taiwan Decision on U.S. Beef Imports Should Apply to Pork
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on the Taiwanese government announcement that Taiwan plans to set an allowance level for U.S. beef that contains the feed additive ractopamine but not set a similar level for U.S. pork. Ractopamine has been approved by the Food and...
Sen. Grassley and Rep. Issa Request Assessment from OMB of Federal Guidelines for Employee Personal Email Monitoring
(WASHINGTON)—Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) have requested that the Obama Administration conduct a complete assessment of federal agency guidelines for the monitoring of employee’s personal email...
Grassley, Enzi, Hatch, Pitts Seek Details of Discount Drug Program
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Michael Enzi, Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Rep. Joe Pitts today asked a wide range of stakeholders for a detailed accounting of how they operate the 340B program, a discount drug program that’s meant to supply federally funded grantees and other safety...
Q&A on Gas Prices
Q: What’s the effect of rising gas prices? A: Affordable energy is a major economic issue. In 2011, consumers spent a greater percentage of their household income on gasoline than any other year since 1981. Since January 2009, the average U.S. price of a gallon of regular gasoline has...
Grassley, Kohl Release Nursing Home Quality Study
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Herb Kohl, D-Wis., today released a report urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve oversight of the new system being created to monitor the quality standards in nursing homes.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
Grassley and Smith to DOJ and DHS: Ninth Circuit Ignores Rule of Law
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressing concern about...
Senate vote on the Blunt amendment
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Senate vote on the Blunt amendment
DA: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Senator Grassley made the following comment about his vote today in support of the Blunt amendment. Senator Grassley is a co-sponsor of the Respect for...
Grassley Seeks Information on State Rate-setting for Medicaid Managed Care Plans
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has asked each state for information to help determine whether the states and the federal government are conducting enough oversight of their rate-setting for Medicaid managed care plans.
“In light of the billions of dollars...
Internship applications are due March 15
WASHINGTON — Applications for summer internships with Senator Chuck Grassley are due March 15.
Internships are available for college-age Iowans in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. There are two sessions for...
Grassley: Cedar Falls Youth Selected for the Air Force Academy
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Peighton Elizabeth MacLeod of Cedar Falls has been selected for admission to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 2012-2013 school year.
MacLeod graduated in May 2011 from Northern University...
Senators Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Cybersecurity
Proposal strengthens information sharing and encourages private sector innovation
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dan Coats (R-IN), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Richard Burr (R-NC) today...
Grassley Skeptical of Need for New Trade Enforcement Center
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the President’s executive order creating a new Interagency Trade Enforcement Center within the office of the United States Trade Representative.
“When U.S. trading partners violate their obligations, the U.S. trade representative’s...
