WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed concern today about recent press reports that call into question the Obama administration’s commitment to balancing privacy and public safety with regard to encryption technology, and requested additional information on the administration’s efforts to address the...
Senator Grassley is an original cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation to improve telehealth services for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Travel to a VA facility can be a real hardship for some veterans for whom it isn’t easy to get to the nearest clinic or hospital that offers the care they need,” Grassley said. ...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Co-chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today praised Senate passage of their bill to help combat transnational drug trafficking. The Senate passed the bill last night by...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is hosting a field hearing next Tuesday in Des Moines to discuss the ongoing fight against methamphetamine in Iowa.“During my 99 county meetings I often hear from constituents and law enforcement officials about how severe the meth problem is in Iowa, and how it’s...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeUnited States SenateEB-5 Regional Center Investment Program Targeted Employment AreasWednesday, October 7, 2015Mr. President, I want to talk today about an immigration program, known as the EB-5 Regional Center Investment Program, and the serious...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of U.S. senators introduced the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, which would withhold certain federal funding from sanctuary states or cities that fail to comply with Department of Homeland Security issued detainer requests for for people in the country illegally. The bill would redirect these funds to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota today re-introduced two bills that would give students and their families better information about the costs of college. The bills continue the senators’ long-time collaboration to help college students avoid sticker shock and insurmountable debt.
“College sticker prices...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Chris Coons, and Representatives Randy Forbes and Suzan DelBene, co-chairs of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, are hosting the caucus’ inaugural event on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 2:30 p.m. in room 215 of the Senate Visitors Center....
New Embrace of the FilibusterFloor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyDelivered Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015I would like to comment on the extraordinary about-face we have seen from many of my colleagues across the aisle with respect to the filibuster. Like Paul on the road to Damascus, they have seen the light and have now embraced the filibuster wholeheartedly....
WASHINGTON – Senator Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley joined Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lee and Senator Orrin Hatch in introducing the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act (SMARTER Act). This legislation reforms and modernizes the application of our antitrust laws by harmonizing the rules governing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte today are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to back words with actions when dealing with state and local jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration requests. States, cities and counties that refuse to comply with...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising new questions about spending practices at the U.S. Marshals Service following new whistleblower allegations that contradict previous information provided by the agency.
In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Grassley raised concerns about the apparent cost associated with...
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 Unite to Face Addiction, the Iowa Nature Conservancy, Mid-Sioux Opportunity, the American Wind Energy Association, the Iowa Board of Medicine, the Healthcare Information and Management...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold four town meetings in Adair, Buena Vista, Ida and Monona counties on Friday, October 9, and Monday, October 12, as part of his annual 99-county tour. Grassley has held a meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once every year since he was first elected to the U.S. Senate. On Friday,...
WASHINGTON – The Senate this week passed a bipartisan resolution from Sen. Chuck Grassley and five colleagues designating the week of Oct. 18, 2015, “National Character Counts Week.” Character Counts! is an educational program available to help schools teach values and ethics to America’s youth.
“Getting a well-rounded education involves more than...
Note: This week, the Senate Banking Committee voted to lift the ban on U.S. oil exports. The committee defeated an amendment that would have eliminated the corn ethanol blending requirements under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. Sen. Chuck Grassley advocates for an all-of-the-above energy policy that treats all forms of energy fairly....
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has a long history of making sure tax-exempt organizations fulfill their obligations under the tax law, beginning with his leadership of the Finance Committee with jurisdiction over taxes. In addition to his oversight, Grassley authored additional accountability measures for nonprofit hospitals that were enacted into law in 2010....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report that revealed Secret Service personnel had improperly accessed personal information about House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz.“Unfortunately,...
For months, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise and increase its proposed volume obligations for renewable biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2014, 2015 and 2016. After hearing from Grassley and other senators, the EPA revised its initial proposal and released a proposed volume...
