WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s announced plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for terrorists and enemy combatants:“The facility at Guantanamo Bay houses terrorists and enemy combatants, many of whom are the ‘worst of the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicating that they will exercise their constitutional authority to withhold consent of a Supreme Court nomination and will not hold hearings on a Supreme Court nominee until the next President is sworn in. The letter, signed by all...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General today issued a report on HHS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ mismanagement of the launch of HealthCare.gov. Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the report.“There’s been wide agreement that the launch was disastrous....
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky today introduced legislation to re-authorize a program to help children who are in foster care or at risk of such placement because of parental abuse of methamphetamine or another substance. The new bill ensures that opioid abuse is also a key focus...
NEW HARTFORD – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that some families who have faced roadblocks to bringing home children they adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now receiving the proper immigration travel documents that will allow them to take their children home. “Through no fault of their own, these families have been...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeJustice Antonin Scalia and His Role in Protecting Individual LibertiesMonday, February 22, 2016Mr. President, we are all saddened by the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. I extend my sympathies to his family. His death is a great loss to the...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman Senate Judiciary CommitteeSupreme Court Vacancies In Presidential Election Years:“The Biden Rules”Monday, February 22, 2016Mr. President, we find ourselves in a very unusual situation. We are in a presidential election year. The campaign for our next commander-in-chief is in full...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch and Ron Johnson today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the steps the Department of Health and Human Services can take to monitor unaccompanied minors in the United States who illegally crossed the southern border.The report showed that the Obama administration isn’t...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to explain why the Director of Naval Intelligence, Vice Admiral Ted N. Branch, remains at his post even though he has not possessed the required security clearances for more than two years. The military leadership reportedly pulled Branch’s security clearance over a...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and member of the Agriculture Committee, made the following statement after DuPont and Dow announced the structure of the merged independent agriculture company. DuPont’s agriculture business had been headquartered in Johnston, Iowa.“The proposed DuPont-Dow merger left...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is tracking how well scientific researchers report clinical trial results to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in light of an investigative report showing lagging reporting. Researchers are required to report results to an NIH database, clinicaltrials.gov, for the benefit of patients and doctors. The news outlet STAT...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) earlier this week sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell seeking more information about the current screening processes for potential...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is continuing to press the Obama administration about its efforts to find a solution to the Going Dark problem that may be hindering law enforcement efforts to obtain important information to help stop future terrorist attacks. Grassley is concerned about maintaining the...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after learning of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.“Justice Scalia was an intellectual giant. His originalist interpretation of the Constitution set the standard for the court. He had an unwavering dedication to the founding...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after learning of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.“Justice Scalia was an intellectual giant. His originalist interpretation of the Constitution set the standard for the court. He had an unwavering dedication to the founding...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee members are pressing for information about a possible interview surge of thousands of Syrian refugees in an attempt by the Obama administration to expedite their entry into the United States.
The letter was led by Chairman Chuck Grassley and signed by committee members Orrin Hatch, David Vitter, Thom Tillis, Jeff...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the nomination of Judge Leonard Strand of Sioux City to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 93-0. “Judge Strand’s integrity, legal acumen and appreciation for the Constitution will make him an exception judge in the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Garrett L. Dunn, Zachary J. Gilbert, Alexander Joseph Gudenkauf and Patrick Vicente Ramirez, have received appointments to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for the 2016-2017 school year.“Students work very hard to earn this kind of opportunity. Admission to the service...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Ross Francis Otte of Clive has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., for the 2016-2017 school year. Otte is the son of Frann and Kevin Otte. He will graduate in May from Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines. Otte has participated in...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Michael Finbar Berry of Cedar Rapids has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., for the 2016-2017 school year. Berry is the son of Mary Anne and Sean Berry. He will graduate in May from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids. Berry has...
