Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the FBI acknowledged that inaccurate information was entered in the background check system and hindered follow-up analysis that should have prevented alleged Charleston shooter Dylann Roof from purchasing a firearm.“It’s disastrous that this bureaucratic...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee this week unanimously cleared bipartisan legislation to extend an expiring antitrust exemption that allows certain colleges and universities to collaborate on issues of need-based financial aid. The legislation, introduced last month by Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy and Senator...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley expressed frustration with the administration’s unwillingness to take action against communities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials’ efforts to deport criminal aliens.
Some state and local governments and law enforcement jurisdictions have adopted policies and...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee chaired by Senator Chuck Grassley today advanced legislation to provide financial reprieve to families who are unable to bring home children who have been adopted in other countries. The Adoptive Families Relief Act, which was authored by senators Dianne Feinstein and Ron Johnson, allows the State...
Bipartisan bill would raise SEC’s limits on securities fines, tie penalties to scope of harm, and crackdown on repeat offendersWASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect investors and strengthen oversight and accountability of Wall Street, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) are introducing bipartisan legislation to strengthen...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment after Gov. Terry Branstad’s request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration to assist with the impact of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was denied. “I’m disappointed that Governor Branstad’s request was denied by the Obama Administration....
WASHINGTON -- Senate Judiciary Committee members are pressing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on the department’s enforcement priorities which are, “Contrary to law and pose(s) direct threats to public safety,” the senators wrote in a letter to Johnson.
The members wrote about the deaths of Kathryn...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold three town meetings in Calhoun, Carroll, and Sac counties on Saturday, July 25, 2015, 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 July 25 Grassley will be in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today said a report from a bipartisan tax working group he co-chaired reflects input he received from Iowans on the need to consolidate or otherwise simplify the tax code.“Iowans are frustrated with the complexity of the tax code,” Grassley said. “Getting help from the IRS is often...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is urging fair treatment of the wind energy production tax credit whenever the committee of jurisdiction takes up expired or expiring tax provisions.
“Good tax policy requires certainty that can only come from long-term predictable tax laws,” Grassley wrote to Sen. Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Finance Committee....
WASHINGTON—Senator Grassley made the following statement after a hearing today held by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on the impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as avian influenza. “The hearing was productive and provided an opportunity to hear directly from producers impacted by this...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Internal Revenue Service’s 2014 whistleblower program report to Congress. Grassley authored the 2006 whistleblower office improvements.
“The point of the whistleblower office changes was to encourage the IRS to work as closely as possible with whistleblowers to rein in tax cheats and...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeFor the Congressional RecordThe nomination of Kara Stoll & the general judicial progressTuesday, July 7, 2015Tonight the Senate will vote on the nomination of Kara Stoll to be a Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.I offer my congratulations to Ms. Stoll on...
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Congressmen Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-LA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced bipartisan companion language in the House (H.R. 2911) and Senate (S. 1697) known as the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act to roll back existing Treasury Department guidance issued under...
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 Farm Credit Services of America, Iowa school superintendents, the Guthrie County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, the University of Iowa, and the Alliance for Retired...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking key government agencies what they’re doing to prevent and punish Medicaid dental fraud, including billing for unnecessary treatments for children, in light of inspector general audits and related media reports documenting worrisome practices.
“Some dentists are clearly performing unwanted and unneeded medical...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the key government agencies involved for a full accounting of their actions to approve a controversial uranium deal, despite disapproval of similar foreign takeovers and amid potential conflicts of interest concerns over millions of dollars in financial donations to the family foundation linked to one of the...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Benton, Tama, Poweshiek and Iowa counties on Monday, July 27, and Linn, Delaware, Clayton and Allamakee counties on Thursday, July 30. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express...
