Prepared Floor Remarks of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Supreme Court VacancyThursday, September 8, 2016Mr. President,The minority leader has again come to the floor to make personal insults and threats, as he tends to do. But political stunts and childish tantrums aside, the minority leader knows that the...
WASHINGTON – As Congress resumes session this week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released an updated report on the committee's work in the 114th Congress. The progress report highlights legislative accomplishments as well as the committee’s work to process judicial nominations and conduct government oversight.
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Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman of the Senate Judiciary CommitteeTo the Aleph InstituteS. 2123, The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act Thank you, Rabbi Liskar and the Aleph Institute for organizing today’s event. The institute has been helpful for a long time in working to gain support for the Sentencing Reform...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released the following comment after the House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation establishing new rights for survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking offenses.“Those who endure heinous sexual crimes should not have to fight an uphill battle for justice they...
Last week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) pressed the Obama Administration on why it appears that billions of dollars in unobligated funds aren’t being directed to a Zika response. The Administration, via Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, responded but did not address the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the Iowa attorney general to review whether Iowa taxpayers have overpaid for EpiPens under Medicaid. It appears Minnesota taxpayers may have overpaid for EpiPens by more than $4 million in a single year because the product might have been misclassified under a rebate program. Grassley is concerned about...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding FBI’s partial release of its unclassified summary of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email arrangements while Secretary of State.“FBI Director Comey said ‘the American people deserve the details in a case of intense...
On Aug. 22, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to the manufacturer of the EpiPen, used for emergency treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions, seeking an explanation of the steep price increase in the product in recent years. Grassley’s letter came after Iowans expressed concern to him about the prices. Grassley then led a letter from five senators to...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Des Moines, Alec Kennedy, will be holding open office hours in Jasper, Marshall, Story, Boone, Hamilton, Greene, Guthrie, Dallas, Ringgold, Union and Adair counties on September 13, 14 and 15. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Waterloo, Jason Mohr, will be holding open office hours in Hardin, Franklin, Wright, Hancock and Cerro Gordo counties on September 12. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Mohr’s schedule is as follows: Monday, September...
On Monday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) pressed the Obama Administration on why it appears that billions of dollars in unobligated funds aren’t being directed to a Zika response. The Administration, via Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, responded but did not address the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has a veterans fellow based in his Des Moines office. Dave Allen is available to help fellow veterans and help bring their concerns to Grassley’s attention. “I’m glad to have Dave available to meet with veterans and join in community events with service organizations,” Grassley said....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today held his 99th county meeting as part of his annual 99 county meetings with an hour-long town meeting at the Jones County Courthouse in Anamosa.With this meeting, Grassley marks the conclusion of another year in his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties at...
DUBUQUE, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on the Justice Department to swiftly bring online a national law enforcement threat alert system that was established in law more than a year ago but has since been mired in department bureaucracy. Recent media reports indicate that despite an uptick in ambush-style attacks...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide information on the effect of Mylan’s price increases on the government’s prescription drug costs. The alarming price increase of Mylan Pharmaceutical’s EpiPen not only harms...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senators David Vitter and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana today are seeking background information on the driver of a bus that collided with emergency personnel who were responding to another incident on a Louisiana roadway, killing two individuals and injuring scores more. The driver,...
WASHINGTON -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter asking the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) about steps it is taking to include medical devices' unique device identifier (UDI) on health insurance claim forms. ASC X12 is the body responsible for setting standards for and recommending any...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) are pressing the Obama Administration on why it appears that billions of dollars in unobligated funds aren’t being directed to a Zika response. “We urge you to act and use funding available to ensure our nation is prepared,” Grassley and Lankford wrote to...
