Grassley on SAC Capital Advisors’ Guilty Plea
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the announcement that SAC Capital Advisors has agreed to plead guilty to insider trading violations. Grassley, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department to crack down...
Farm and Food Bill Negotiations Begin
The conference committee on the farm and food bill started in earnest last week. Provisions I authored to establish a farm payment cap of $250,000 and close loopholes used by non-farmers to game the system were included in both the Senate and House bills. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry sponsored the provisions...
D.C. Circuit Caseload Doesn’t Justify Additional Judges
The District of Columbia Circuit Court has one of the lowest, if not the lowest, caseloads of all the circuit courts in the country. An objective review of the court’s workload makes clear that the workload simply doesn’t justify adding judges to this court, particularly when additional...
Sesquicentennial Salute to Gettysburg Address
It was seven score and 10 years ago. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his now legendary Gettysburg Address. Four months after the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, the President returned to the site to remember the 51,000 Americans who lost their lives in the three-day...
Grassley on the Diversion of Non-profit Funds, Letter to American Legacy Foundation
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors Re: Diversion of funds from non-profits Da: Friday, Nov. 1, 2013
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a...
Final comprehensive BSE rule released
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment after U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released a final comprehensive rule on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The rule had been in the works for several years, but stalled within various agencies of the federal...
D.C. Circuit Caseload Doesn't Justify Additional Judges
Grassley Floor Statement on Patricia Millett Nomination
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
On the Motion to invoke Cloture on the nomination of
Patricia Ann Millett, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia...
Opening Statement Budget Conference Committee Meeting
I’m glad to be here to get to work with our House colleagues to reconcile our differences on the fiscal year 2014 budget resolution. This is regular order. This is how this process is meant to work.
Our country is on an unsustainable fiscal course, yet this is the first time since 2009 since...
Q&A: Budget Conference
Q: What are the next steps to resolve the budget impasse in Washington?
A: The 16-day partial government shutdown ended with a deal to appoint a budget conference that includes 29 lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The bicameral, bipartisan panel is tasked with reaching an agreement on government...
"Don't Touch Stamp" on Payment Limits Reform in Farm and Food Bill Conference Negotiations
Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry today made the following statements before the first official meeting of the farm and food bill conference committee later today. Grassley and Fortenberry authored provisions in the Senate and House bills...
Infosys to be Fined for Immigration Fraud
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after learning from multiple media reports that the federal government is expected to fine Infosys for immigration fraud and abuse of U.S. visa programs. Grassley has been working to root out waste, fraud and abuse of the H-1B visa program. As...
Grassley Weekly Schedule 10/28/13
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Iowa Hospital Association, the Cedar Rapids Physician Hospital Association, ProLiteracy, students from...
Grassley Internships Available, Applications Due Nov. 15
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that spring internships for college-age Iowans are available,and applications are due Nov. 15.
Internships are available in Grassley’s Washington, D.C.,office as well as his offices in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport,...
Q&A on the Farm and Food Bill?
Q: What is the status of the farm and food bill?
A: The clock is ticking for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to renew the federal farm and food bill that would set public policy for agriculture, nutrition, conservation, disaster assistance and rural development for the next five years. In...
Grassley, Hatch Seek Enrollment Data from Key Health Insurance Companies
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah are seeking enrollment data from four key health insurance companies participating in the President’s health care program amid news reports of technical problems inhibiting accurate, successful...
Hatch, Grassley Request Contractors Detail Role, Work on Healthcare.gov
In letter to 47 Federal Government Contractors, Senators Seek Detailed Information on Work, Cost & Deliverables Performed on Federal ObamaCare Exchange Website
WASHINGTON – Today, Finance and Judiciary Committee Ranking Members Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent...
Senators: Report Confirms Financial Incentives of Physician Owned Distributorships Leads to Increased Surgeries
HHS Inspector General Finds Doctors Perform More Surgeries Using Medical Devices They Have Financial Stake In, Putting Patients At Risk
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today...
False Claims Act Continues to Show Its Value
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund released a report showing that the False Claims Act provides a 20:1 benefit to cost ratio in fighting health care fraud for the federal government.
Grassley is the author of the 1986 law updating the...
EPA Won’t Appeal Court Decision on Wastewater Treatment Rule
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following statements regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision not to seek Supreme Court review of an...
Grassley Letter to Comey on Boston Bombing Communication
Ranking Member Chuck Grassley's letter to FBI Director Jim Comey about the Boston bombing and communication among law enforcement agencies.
