WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing for more details about the State Department’s retrieval of classified documents that have been in the possession of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s personal attorney. Grassley is also seeking clarification from the FBI about an investigation...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn Whistleblower Retaliation at the U.S. Marshals ServiceAugust 5, 2015Mr. President, many of you know my belief in -- and respect for -- the efforts of whistleblowers.Men and women who -- often at great cost to their own careers and personal well-being -- raise...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today outlined in detail the failures of the Defense Department Office of Inspector General in issuing a clean bill of health on a Marine Corps financial audit. The clean opinion had to be withdrawn. The debacle is the subject of a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)....
WASHINGTON – Since media reports of videos describing in detail Planned Parenthood’s role in the harvesting of fetal tissue, Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary, has opened an inquiry into the organization’s facilitation of activities described in the videos.
Grassley previously made an inquiry to the Planned Parenthood Federation...
Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley on the vote to redirect funding from Planned Parenthood.“The questions surrounding Planned Parenthood’s role in the procurement of fetal tissue, in addition to questions surrounding the companies acquiring fetal tissue from the organization, is evidence of the need for oversight. And, the Justice...
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 the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, the National Society of Accountants and the University of Iowa Student Government. Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa families from...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley is continuing his inquiry into State Department personnel practices amid new information and allegations over a leave payment dispute involving a top aide and significant communications between the aide and an outside firm, potentially creating conflict of interest concerns. The employee, Huma Abedin, worked for the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold seven town meetings in Adams, Taylor, Fremont and Mills counties on Wednesday, August 19, and Shelby, Cass and Audubon counties on Thursday, August 20, 2015, as part of his annual 99-county meetings. Grassley has held a meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once every year since he was...
WASHINGTON—Today the Obama Administration’s declared a major disaster for the state of Iowa following severe weather that occurred during the period of June 20 to June 25, 2015. Grassley led the Iowa congressional delegation last week in writing a letter to President Barack Obama adding their support for Gov. Terry Branstad’s request for a federal...
WASHINGTON – A California camp counselor now charged with child molestation was considered to be a “potentially egregious public safety” risk months before his arrest, but was still allowed to keep his job and immigration benefits, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The information responds to questions raised by Senate...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is raising concerns with the executive branch’s handling of classified information that is known to be out of the control of the federal government.
“It’s a serious breach of national security if the United States government fails to secure classified material in the hands of...
Citizens Against Government Waste President Thomas Schatz presented Grassley with the Taxpayer Super Hero award on Thursday, July 30, 2015. WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today received the designation of “Taxpayer Super Hero” from the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. The title is awarded to lawmakers...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. Grassley is a senior member of the Finance Committee, where he served as chairman and ranking member. “These programs have served older Americans and those in need admirably for 50 years. I support these programs, and I’m...
The Senate today passed a long-term highway funding bill and a short-term highway funding bill. The short-term bill, already passed by the House of Representatives, funds programs for another three months. The House bill includes several veterans priorities that Sen. Chuck Grassley supports, including expanding eligibility for more veterans to...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the False Claims ActJuly 29, 2015Mr. President, On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress passed the very first whistleblower law in the United States. It read:[I]t is the duty of all persons in the service of the United States . . . to give the...
ISIS Ransacking Cities and Using Historical Artifacts to Finance Operations, Scheme Could be Terrorist Group’s Second Largest Source of Revenue Administration Needs Authority to Restrict Imports of Smuggled Antiquities from Syria Companion Legislation Already Passed House Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Bob...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Latest Supreme Court SessionJuly 28, 2015Mr. President, there is a misconception that our Supreme Court is conservative. But in the term that just ended, the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of Obamacare. It read the plain language of that...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter yesterday to the Department of Justice pressing the Antitrust Division to review JBS USA’s proposed acquisition of Cargill Inc.’s pork unit.
Grassley expressed concern that the merger will increase concentration and decrease competition in the U.S. pork industry. “If the JBS-Cargill deal is...
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives last night passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy and Senator Mike Lee to extend an expiring antitrust exemption that allows certain colleges and universities to collaborate on issues of need-based financial aid. The...
