WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy are working to enhance procedural protections for property owners whose assets are seized by the federal government. The DUE PROCESS Act is the result of several months of bipartisan, bicameral discussions. The bill has already...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking answers from several federal departments following reports that some U.S. companies and foreign contractors are abusing tourism visas to sidestep worker protections and visa requirements.
Recent media reports revealed that a foreign company contracting with an American...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the IRS for updates on implementing tax-exempt hospital accountability measures, citing two instances of non-profit hospitals in the news for aggressively suing patients.
“As Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), you should be made aware of problematic activity within the charitable hospital...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana on Tuesday sent a letter to China’s Ambassador to the United States to ask the Chinese government to prioritize the approval of eight biotech traits that have been pending in the Chinese regulatory system for years. The letter comes after the good faith...
Statement for the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest“The H-2B Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Examining the Effects on Americans’ Job Opportunities and Wages”June 8, 2016 I want to thank Chairman Sessions for having this hearing today....
In response to a request by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its second of three reports that review various aspects of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, including federal oversight of the program, to see whether the program is working as intended to help develop affordable rental housing....
The Senate last night gave final passage to the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. The legislation now goes to the President, who has said he plans to sign it into law. Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the bill.“This is a good example of where the business community and many members of the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today announced the appointment of 21 high school students whom he nominated to the United States service academies earlier this year. “Students work very hard to earn this kind of opportunity,” Grassley said. “Admission to the service academies is highly competitive and a great...
Here is information about Senator Grassley's schedule this week. The Senate is in session.Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the Iowa Corn Growers Association, Bread for the World, the Iowa Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Wire Producers Association,...
Washington, D.C. – In a letter to President Obama today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) requested an independent investigation into alleged efforts by the...
WASHINGTON – The father of an Indianola teen who died after using a legal synthetic drug will share his story at an upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on the dangers of synthetic drugs. The hearing, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, will take place Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. CT.Mike Rozga...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Des Moines, Alec Kennedy, will be holding open office hours in Hamilton, Story, Marshall, Jasper, Boone, Greene, Guthrie, Dallas, Ringgold, Union, Adair, Decatur, Clarke, Madison, Warren, Wayne, Lucas, Marion, Appanoose and Monroe counties June 14 to June 23. The office hours provide an opportunity...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing the Department of Health and Human Services to implement several recommendations to save billions of dollars and improve the quality of Medicare, Medicaid and other agency-run programs. Grassley also noted that the agency implemented greater safety checks of Head Start facilities after he cited the...
WASHINGTON – Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, all six members of the Iowa congressional delegation today expressed alarm to the Labor Department over a regulation that could limit a retirement income tool that is popular with American families. The Administration’s new fiduciary regulation subjects fixed indexed annuities to a level of stricter regulation...
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a resolution from Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, and a bipartisan group of colleagues, recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. Grassley also outlined the work of the caucus, the Finance Committee, and the Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, to address the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is reiterating the need for greater transparency regarding the Defense Department’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO) expenditures in Afghanistan and expressed concern that the Defense Department appears to continue to undermine the work of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Congressman Rod Blum (R-01) today released the following statements after legislation to rename a Cedar Rapids post office after Sergeant First Class (SFC) Terryl L. Pasker, an Iowa National Guardsman who was killed in Afghanistan, passed the Senate. “Sergeant...
Washington (May 26, 2016) -- Senators Edward J Markey (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today applauded the passage of a bipartisan resolution to designate May 2016 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. The resolution strives to bring attention to this tragic disease, acknowledges the tremendous investments and scientific achievements made to improve lives...
