WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold nine town meetings in Iowa Jan. 6 through Jan. 8 as part of his annual 99-county meetings. With these meetings, Grassley will begin his 36th year holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year since he was first elected to serve...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa marked a series of policy and government oversight accomplishments in 2015, continuing his tradition of grass roots involvement with Iowans and casting his 12,000th vote in the U.S. Senate. Grassley achieved many of his goals as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a member of the Finance, Agriculture and...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has nominated 41 Iowa students for consideration for appointments to the U.S. service academies. “Young Iowans who want to enter the academies and serve our country are a remarkable reflection on our state and signal continued excellence in the U.S. armed forces. These candidates’...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today recognized the 150th anniversary of the University of Iowa College of Law by passing a resolution commemorating some of the school’s achievements. The resolution was introduced by Iowa’s two U.S. senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst. The University of Iowa...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that two Iowans who have been nominated by President Barack Obama for federal judgeships will be voted on by the full Senate early next year. In an agreement between both the Republican and Democratic leaders announced on the Senate floor earlier this week, Iowans Leonard Strand of Sioux City, and...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeEB-5 and the OmnibusThursday, December 17, 2015Mr. President, At 1:30 am Wednesday morning, an omnibus appropriations bill was filed to keep the government operating for the remainder of the fiscal year. This bill, which will be voted on by the House on...
WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate approved a bipartisan bill to curb waste, fraud and abuse in federal agency travel and purchase cards spending. The Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015 (S. 1616), introduced by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on the National Institute of Health’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey of youth habits on illicit drug and tobacco use. The survey shows the decreasing use of a number of substances,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today praised the inclusion of a five-year extension of the wind energy production tax credit, his provisions to enhance Section 529 college savings plans, his measures to protect taxpayer rights and more welcome provisions in the newly released bipartisan, bicameral omnibus budget and tax package before...
Senator Chuck Grassley today on the Senate floor asked unanimous consent for the Senate to begin consideration of a bill to ensure that inspectors general across the federal bureaucracy have timely access to all records needed to complete a thorough and independent investigation. Grassley’s unanimous consent request was objected to by Senate minority...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the final rules on the actively engaged provisions of the 2014 farm bill. Grassley led the effort to get passed in both the Senate and the House provisions that would have established a farm payment cap of $250,000 and tightened loopholes that have...
As Part of a Comprehensive, Bipartisan Report on the High Cost of Hep C Drugs, Senior Finance Members Collected Data on Drug Costs, Prescription Volume, and Patients Treated in All 50 States, D.C.State Medicaid Programs Imposed Access Restrictions Due to Budget Constraints, Yet Sovaldi Still Dominated Drug SpendingWASHINGTON – An investigation released...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut have urged the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to consider the National Liberty Memorial Clarification Act of 2015, a bill that would keep the creation of the National Liberty Memorial – a monument to commemorate the tens of thousands of slaves and free black...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session and members are negotiating the omnibus appropriations bill as well as the renewal and extension of tax incentives, including those for wind energy, biodiesel and Section 179 equipment expensing that helps farmers and small businesses. The Senate...
WASHINGTON – In a letter sent today to Secretary of State John Kerry, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley wrote that cooperation from the State Department had increased, but the committee’s highest priority request remained unanswered.
Grassley said that the committee’s top priority, a request regarding Bryan Pagliano’s emails, had not been...
WASHINGTON – A bill to help address the treatment of mentally ill offenders by the criminal justice system cleared the Senate last night. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley shepherded the bill through the committee in April. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Senator Al Franken and was cosponsored by Grassley along with...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed bipartisan legislation that would strengthen the United States’ national security laws by ensuring that the government can successfully investigate and prosecute nuclear terrorists. The bill was introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement on the proposed merger of DuPont and Dow Chemical. The Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over antitrust policy.“DuPont and Dow are two titans of American industry and the proposed merger demands serious scrutiny. Federal regulators are responsible...
