Video of the speech delivery is available here.Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyThe Myth of Affordability Under the Affordable Care ActDelivered Wednesday, May 17, 2017I rise today to share real stories of real hardship from hard-working families in my home state of Iowa.Seven years ago, Americans were promised that the “Affordable” Care Act...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein along with Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse today called on the FBI to provide all memos relating to former FBI Director Comey’s interactions with his superiors in both the Trump and Obama...
Grassley, Gillibrand Bill to Assist Families of Fallen Officers Passes SenateWASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed legislation authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to reduce the backlog of families awaiting approval of survivor benefits of public safety officers killed in the line...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado today re-introduced legislation to help rural hospitals stay open while meeting the needs of rural residents for emergency room care and outpatient services.
“A car accident or a heart attack is dangerous under the best of circumstances, but...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“National Police Week”May 16, 2017VIDEOIn 1962, Congress passed a joint resolution proclaiming the week of May 15th as “National Police Week,” to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein along with 62 bipartisan colleagues today introduced a resolution to commemorate National Police Week.“The men and women of law enforcement make great sacrifices every day to protect our families and fellow citizens. They do so freely, not out of a...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) today led a letter from 18 senators, including U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer stressing the positive economic impacts of NAFTA as the administration considers taking a fresh look at the trade agreement.U.S. Sens. John...
Video of the speech delivery is available here.Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyThe Affordable Care Act is CollapsingDelivered Monday, May 15, 2017I rise today to speak some more about the Affordable Care Act. The law is collapsing before our eyes.After seven years, Obamacare continues to over-reach, over-promise and over-stay its welcome for the American...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John McCain (R-AZ), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have urged Office of Management (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney to use existing executive authority to bring down prescription drug costs, including by certifying importation of prescription drugs from Canada. According to media reports, Mulvaney said last...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley pressed for answers on how an FBI translator was reportedly able to travel to Syria and marry the ISIS operative who she was supposed to be investigating.
In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Grassley sought information about how the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein today requested follow-up briefings from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on matters the former Director committed the FBI to providing the committee.
Grassley and Feinstein also requested that Rosenstein,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the news that the United States and China are making progress toward China’s allowing imports of U.S. beef by July 16, 2017.“The United States is right to hold U.S. trading partners accountable and to the standards advanced economies should follow in the global economy. These standards...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) introduced the Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act, legislation to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse in federal agency travel and purchase cards spending.“This bill is a great example of Democrats...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a lifelong family farmer, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, made the following comment on the creation of a new congressionally-mandated Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the Department of...
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today applauded the inclusion of their bipartisan Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee markup of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017.Their legislation, the...
Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), leaders of the International Narcotics Control Caucus, Tuesday led a group of Senators in a call on the Trump Administration to prioritize the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. The letter cited the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley called on the Homeland Security Secretary to expedite proposed regulations targeting abuse and national security concerns in the EB-5 investor visa program, and to clarify that the department is processing EB-5 applications in a fair and transparent manner. The request follows a...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding the termination of FBI Director James Comey:“Over the course of the last several months, Director Comey's decisions on controversial matters have prompted concern from across the political spectrum and from career law enforcement...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Bureau of Investigation today provided a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee to supplement the testimony of Director James Comey before the committee at an FBI oversight hearing last week.
The FBI’s letter to the committee is available HERE.
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