The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA OIG) today released the results of its review of the circumstances of veteran Brandon Ketchum’s suicide and whether Ketchum received adequate mental health treatment at the Iowa City VA Health Care System. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Ron Johnson, and Rep. Dave...
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today applauded final passage of the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aid Act as part of the...
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed bipartisan legislation to step up enforcement against perpetrators of crimes targeting senior citizens. The Elder Abuse Prevention and Protection Act of 2017, introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), passed by a voice vote Tuesday...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) alongside Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following statements after the Senate passed the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) Reauthorization Act...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Christopher Wray to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by a vote of 92-5. “I congratulate Mr. Wray on his confirmation to head the nation’s top investigative agency and am proud to...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNomination of Christopher Wray to be Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationAugust 1, 2017VIDEO I’m pleased today to support the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Wray possesses the...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, as a long-time advocate for whistleblowers, wrote to the Department of Veterans Affairs twice about VA retaliation against Brandon Coleman for pointing out poor treatment of suicidal veterans where he worked in Arizona. Coleman and the VA reached a settlement through the Office of Special...
Sunday, July 30, 2017 is National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is chairman and a co-founder of the 12-member bipartisan Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus. Earlier this week, Grassley introduced a resolution recognizing National Whistleblower Appreciation Day and gave a speech on the Senate floor...
White House pledges "best efforts" at timely and responsive answers to congressional oversight;
DOJ nominee to review erroneous legal opinion
WASHINGTON – In response to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s June 7 letter excoriating a Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion on the obligations of the Executive Branch in...
WASHINGTON – Leaders of both the Senate and House Judiciary Committees called on the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to work with the U.S. Trade Representative to make strong competition provisions a central part of upcoming trade negotiations. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the Obamacare repeal and replace outcome. “The result is disappointing. The health care situation is the same as before. Obamacare has not delivered on its promises and is failing. Those who have access to insurance often can’t afford to use it because of sky-high...
As chairman of the Finance Committee, with exclusive Senate jurisdiction over taxes, Sen. Chuck Grassley led through Congress $2 trillion in bipartisan tax relief, leaving more money in workers’ pockets, reducing tax rates across the board, including the first-ever 10 percent lowest bracket, and spurring economic growth and activity. Congress...
Lessons Learned from Welfare ReformFloor Statement by Senator Chuck GrassleyDelivered Thursday, July 27, 2017 I rise today to inject a dose of badly needed reality into this very important debate. Health care is a profoundly personal issue that matters to every single American. In fact, every single senator in this body ought to agree on...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-IL-12) today called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to complete its investigation into the mismanagement at the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, and Sen. Al Franken, Sen. Tim Kaine, Sen. Angus King and Sen. Tim Scott, have introduced bipartisan legislation to help youth aging out of foster care with housing needs. “One of the biggest challenges facing older foster youth is aging out...
WASHINGTON – In recognition of the crucial role played by whistleblowers in shining a light on fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government, the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus introduced a bipartisan
resolution designating July 30, 2017, as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. The resolution, sponsored by caucus members and colleagues, aims...
