Video of Sen. Grassley’s delivery is available here. On the 800th Anniversary of the Magna CartaFloor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyDelivered Monday, June 15, 2015Eight hundred years ago to this very day, at the field of Runnymede alongside the River Thames in England, King John granted the document that came to be known as the Magna Carta,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley today led a bipartisan group of senators pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure the avian flu outbreak receives the highest prioritization for the department. In a letter, Klobuchar, Grassley, and 13 other senators pressed leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter sent today, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst urged Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairman Sen. Pat Roberts to hold a hearing on the federal government’s response to the ongoing outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Senators Grassley and Ernst stressed the critical, timely nature of...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Johnson, Washington, Keokuk, and Mahaska counties on Thursday, July 9, 2015. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. ...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Des Moines, Aaron McKay, will be holding open office hours in Greene, Guthrie, Adair, Dallas, Marshall, Story, Polk, Lucas, Marion, and Jasper counties during the days of June 23-25, 2015. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. ...
Grassley, Sessions Call for Multi-Department Response to Failed Removals
WASHINGTON – One hundred twenty-one convicted criminals who faced deportation orders between 2010 and 2014 were never removed from the country and now face murder charges, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of them, 33 were released on bond following their...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold three town meetings in Eastern Iowa during the week of June 29 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 1 and July 2 Grassley will be in Washington, Wilton,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the House of Representatives’ votes on Trade Adjustment Assistance and Trade Promotion Authority. The House voted in favor of Trade Promotion Authority and against Trade Adjustment Assistance. Procedurally, the provisions were linked, so Trade Promotion Authority did not...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for more information on its spyware program.
The request comes amid the Justice Department’s push to amend Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in order to allow judges to grant warrants for remote searches of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that fall internships for college-age Iowans are available, and applications are due July 15.
Internships are available in Grassley’s Washington, D.C., office as well as his offices in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The semester-long internship will run...
WASHINGTON –Members of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees are questioning the Obama Administration’s unilateral decision to continue leasing a Northern Virginia building that was originally intended to process applications for one of President Obama’s most controversial executive actions that has now been halted by...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst’s request, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today announced it will hold a hearing on July 7th entitled “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: The Impact of the U.S. Poultry Sector and Protecting U.S. Poultry Flocks.” The announcement follows a letter sent by the two...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is investigating claims that failures by immigration agencies allowed a convicted statutory rapist to remain in the United States and receive immigration benefits, even while serving a two-year prison sentence. Whistleblowers allege that Abarca Torres Alvaro, who had received deferred...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is investigating new allegations of inappropriate spending within the U.S. Marshals Service, including the use of government resources for personal gain, unnecessary travel and inappropriate payment of salaries out of a fund established from forfeited assets.
According to agency whistleblowers,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today encouraged Iowans and others knowledgeable about biofuels to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Grassley made the following statement urging Iowans to comment.“The EPA doesn’t have a good idea of...
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment today after the Environment and Public Works Committee passed bipartisan legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to completely revise with stakeholder input, including from the states, the Waters of the United States rule. Grassley is a cosponsor of the bill.The Senate...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley expressed support for a proposal to clamp down on money laundering and tighten rules designed to prevent terrorists and other criminals from exploiting America’s financial system. Currently, financial institutions are required to verify the identities of customers, but not necessarily the...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has committed to carefully consider information on potentially deceptive third-party hotel booking websites to determine whether enforcement or other actions is appropriate, following a recent inquiry by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley.
“I share the Federal Trade Commission’s desire to protect consumer...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding the announced resignation of U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia Hylton:
“News of Ms. Hylton’s decision to resign comes as the Marshals Service faces serious allegations of misconduct within its senior ranks. The Justice Department has referred...
