WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced they are reintroducing bipartisan legislation to help states identify and meet the needs of children who come into contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, also known as dual status youth. The Childhood Outcomes Need New Efficient...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, and a bipartisan group of colleagues today introduced legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. The legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released the following statement after former National Security Adviser Susan Rice declined an invitation to testify at next week’s subcommittee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 United States Election.“I am deeply disappointed that Ambassador Rice has declined to...
Note: This statement was originally given by Senator Grassley on April 26, 2017.WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on President Trump’s travel to Mar-a-Lago.“Some of the expense for presidential travel is for his security and national security and beyond his control. Still, the President should always be...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania have introduced bipartisan legislation to give Medicaid and Medicare Part D providers access to more comprehensive information on prescription drugs. “The body of knowledge available to prescribers currently is limited by law,” Grassley said....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today called on the Deputy Attorney General to begin more closely supervising and reviewing the handling of politically charged and high-profile investigations and to respond to questions the FBI has thus far refused to answer.
In his letter to the recently-confirmed Deputy Attorney General, Rod...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a former chairman and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, urged the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce to ensure that the consequences of the multi-year U.S.-Mexico sugar dispute are contained to sugar and do not affect...
Bill makes Register a presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act, which makes the Register of...
Video of the Grassley statement is available here.Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyNomination Hearing for The Honorable Terry E. Branstad, Governor of IowaU.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic of ChinaU.S. Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeTuesday, May 2, 2017Thank you,Chairman Corker, ranking member Senator...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein today made the following statement regarding a provision in a government funding resolution that allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant more seasonal work visas than the law allows.“The Constitution clearly provides that Congress shall...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa are set to introduce Gov. Terry Branstad at his nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Branstad is nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to China. Home state senators traditionally introduce senior nominees. What: Nomination hearing of Gov....
Bureau’s Scant Responses to Judiciary Probe Raise More Questions on Steele ties
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today pressed the FBI director ahead of next week’s oversight hearing for details of the FBI’s involvement with Christopher Steele, the British ex-spy who authored the unsubstantiated anti-Trump dossier on behalf of...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is a long-time advocate for whistleblowers and has a long record of improving veterans services. Grassley made the following comment on President Trump’s announcement of an executive order on accountability and whistleblower protections at the Department of Veterans Affairs. “The VA waiting list scandal exposed some...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to help improve healthcare for veterans. The Veterans Access to Care Act would help improve veterans’ medical facilities by allowing facilities with a need for additional healthcare professionals to apply to be designated as a Health...
Leaders of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Counter Rising Prescription Drug PricesWASHINGTON – Top leaders on the Senate and House Judiciary Committees led by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday introduced legislation to combat anticompetitive practices used by some brand-name pharmaceutical and...
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyDefense Department Inspector General Hotline BacklogDelivered Thursday, April 27, 2017VIDEOI come to the floor today to spotlight a potential failure of leadership at the Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General. A large number of Hotline cases have been set aside, neglected, and possibly...
Recent Media Reports & Court Records Conflict with FBI Statements to Congress
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is calling on the FBI to explain its advance knowledge and any plan to thwart a 2015 terrorist attack in Garland, Texas. Grassley’s questions follow recent media reports revealing that an undercover FBI...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa ranks fifth in the United States Senate for bipartisanship according to a new study that evaluates how often members of Congress work across party lines by bill sponsorship and co-sponsorship. The rankings for the 114th Congress (2015-2016) are from the Lugar Center, led by former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar,...
