Grassley, Issa Question National Park Service on Poor Planning, Inconsistencies
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today questioned the National Park Service’s apparent lack of planning and inconsistent decisions that led to poor treatment of park patrons during the partial government shutdown.
“Our...
Grassley Advises Iowans on Postal Mail Delays to Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is advising Iowans to call or email his offices for a faster response than via postal mail to Washington during the partial government shutdown. Senate postal operations are largely closed, so Grassley’s office in Washington...
Grassley, Issa Letter to ATF Director Jones About Fast and Furious Whistleblower Book
Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and Chairman Darrell Issa letter to ATF Director B. Todd Jones about the ATF's denial of Whistleblower John Dodson's request to publish book about Operation Fast and Furious.
Grassley Releases Report Showing Continued Need for Tightening Farm Payment Loopholes
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released a Government Accountability Office report showing that additional changes are needed to the eligibility requirements for being “actively involved” in farming. The GAO also wrote in the...
Eye on the Prize: Feeding the World
by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
For generations, Iowans have answered the call to feed the world. That noble vocation continues today as farmers across the state haul in the fall harvest. Their labor will help curb the pangs of hunger and malnutrition in poverty-stricken communities around the world.
Today’s...
Grassley Seeks Clarification of DNI Clapper Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for further explanation as to why employees who are needed to ensure the national...
Congress Regularly Amends Laws, Obamacare is Not "Settled" Law
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck Grassley
Delivered Friday, October 04, 2013
Mr. President, I come to the floor to take issue with a remark made by the President on Tuesday regarding Obamacare. He said, and I quote: The Affordable Care Act is a law that passed the House, that passed...
Statement from the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley on the Capitol Hill shooting incident
Statement from the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley on the Capitol Hill shooting incident:
Senator Grassley was at the National World War II Memorial with veterans from the Quad Cities visiting through the Honor Flight program when the Capitol Hill shooting incident...
Grassley Comments on Director of National Intelligence Testimony before Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after the committee’s oversight hearing of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. During the hearing Director of National Intelligence James...
Grassley Presses Park Service to Open Memorials on National Mall
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is questioning why open air public memorials on the National Mall are being closed to the public due to the partial government shut-down....
Grassley Weekly Schedule 10/1/13
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Though the federal government is in a partial shutdown, Senator Grassley’s office will continue to answer calls in Iowa and Washington to receive input from Iowans and accept casework. Incoming email and postal mail...
Judge Rejects Obama Administration Bid to Have Fast and Furious Case Dismissed, Clears Way for Case to Move Forward
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement after Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the Obama administration’s arguments that the court had no jurisdiction to resolve the...
Grassley Seeks Top IRS Nominee’s Views on Private Debt Collection, Whistleblowers
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking the IRS commissioner nominee for his views on two key subjects prior to confirmation proceedings: the use of private contractors to collect tax debts the IRS doesn’t target and problems encouraging whistleblowers to...
Grassley on Votes Against Procedural Motions, Continuing Resolution on Government Funding
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on his votes against procedural motions and the continuing resolution to fund the government.
“My votes today were based on opposition to Obamacare. I’ve been committed to using every tool to...
Grassley Seeks Answers from Drug Companies on Providing Required Discounts
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has written to two drug companies on behalf of an Iowa hospital that is not receiving required discounts on two drugs, despite a federal program to help uninsured patients with deeply discounted drugs. Grassley is...
NSA Inspector General Responds to Grassley about Intentional Surveillance of Americans
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee made the following statement on the response he received from the National Security Agency Inspector General to his August 27 letter. Grassley asked the Inspector General...
Grassley Presses EPA to Increase Transparency and Address Reports that RIN Market is Being Exploited by Wall Street
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the transparency of the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) market and provide assurances...
Inspector General Report Heightens Need to Question Funds in Undercover Operations at Law Enforcement Agencies
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Justice released a scathing report about the lack of...
Q&A on the Federal Debt Ceiling
Q: Why is the federal government expected to reach the debt ceiling yet again?
A: The simple answer: Washington spends too much. Think of it this way. How long could your household operate by spending more money each day every day that outstrips your earnings, savings and investments? That’s...
Senate Judiciary Committee Members Call for IG Review of Surveillance Authorities
Senators Request “a full accounting of how these authorities are being implemented across the Intelligence Community”
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of nine Senate Judiciary Committee members, led by Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley of...
