Office Tasked with Review Reportedly Approved Improper Grant Actions
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising questions about a Justice Department office’s ability to be impartial in its investigation into grants practices. His concern follows new allegations that the office in charge of the internal review not only...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement that it will expand doctors’ access to buprenorphine, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction. Grassley and four fellow senators urged this step in a...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Muscatine and Louisa counties on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Tuesday, Sept. 29, 20158:30-9:30...
Report Follows Revelation of Sex Abuses of Housekeeper by Diplomat, Husband
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising concerns about the State Department’s commitment to holding itself to the same anti-human trafficking standards that it applies to other nations. The concerns stem from whistleblower allegations,...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has joined 46 senators to introduce a resolution of disapproval of the rule on the Waters of the United States put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers. A resolution of disapproval is a legislative procedure used to try to overturn regulations and rules put...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today praised Judiciary Committee passage of a bill he co-sponsored to help combat transnational drug trafficking.“Since drug cartels are continually evolving, this legislation ensures that our criminal laws keep...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking about the handling of multiple claims of sexual harassment, bullying, gender discrimination and witness intimidation by senior Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) managers dating back to 2012, including alleged attempts to prevent independent oversight by the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising questions about a new policy memorandum issued by the Obama administration that may, according to the President, allow for hundreds of thousands of foreign workers being admitted to the United States, which could...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is part of a bipartisan group of senators urging United States Trade Representative Michael Froman and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to more aggressively address currency issues in the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. In a letter to Froman and Lew, Grassley and his fellow senators...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, chairmen of the Judiciary and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees are seeking answers from U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch about whether the Justice Department would deem a proffer session as a waiver of a witness’s Fifth Amendment rights and whether the department has an ongoing...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa this week plans to introduce legislation to increase the amount of information students receive about federal student loans, including their potential ability to repay, before rather than after signing onto tens of thousands of dollars in debt to Uncle Sam.“A college education generally remains a good...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on America.“Every September 11 brings back a flood of memories, including how America stood strong while terrorists sought to destroy our way of life. Today we remember the horrific events and those who lost their lives that day, we honor the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today pressed Secretary of State John Kerry to clarify the administration’s plans to increase the number of refugees allowed into the United States in fiscal 2016, including up to 10,000 additional refugees from the war torn country of Syria. Grassley raised questions about the administration’s...
WASHINGTON – As the United States remembers the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, and honors the courageous first responders who ran toward the scene, Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, are expressing concern about continued delays in the Justice Department’s processing of benefits for the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing the Justice Department to provide an update on recent legal developments regarding encryption technology.
In July, Grassley led a hearing in the Judiciary Committee to jump-start a conversation in the Senate about whether recent changes in the use of encryption technology have...
WASHINGTON – The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan to make it easier for individuals with disabilities to set up a special needs trust for themselves. Under current law, these individuals cannot set up such a trust. This bill fixes that...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on the Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The survey shows illicit drug use is at a 13-year...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Senate procedural vote of 58 to 42 that fell short of cutting off a Democratic filibuster of a resolution to disapprove the Iran nuclear deal.“Just a few months ago, in May, the Senate voted 98 to 1 for the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. The bill was bipartisan in...
