WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing for an update on the number of Public Safety Officers’ Benefits applications that have not been resolved.
In a letter to Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, Grassley wrote that a 2009 Government Accountability Office report said that families of...
WASHINGTON --- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa is expressing concern that the Obama administration is proposing expanding employment benefits to foreign students in the Optional Practical Training program despite the fact that the Government Accountability Office says it’s susceptible to abuse and requires additional oversight.
In...
Bipartisan, bicameral bill aimed at lowering health costs, preventing chronic diseases and increasing Medicare coverage of obesity treatments WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced legislation to help...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa last week expressed concern to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the security of a public filings database after the database apparently was used for fake company takeover bids involving Avon and the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. The SEC today named a Bulgarian man as being an architect behind the hoaxes...
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today noted that it is now posting certain investigative summaries on its website. The Office of Inspector General said, “These summaries will relate to cases of administrative misconduct involving: (i) members of the Senior Executive Service and employees at the GS-15 grade level or...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy have introduced legislation to reauthorize and reform the EB-5 Regional Center program.
The Immigrant Investor Program, or EB-5, provides visas for foreign nationals who invest a certain amount of capital in the U.S. economy and create jobs. The EB-5...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today overwhelmingly passed the PATENT Act by a vote of 16-4. The bill was cosponsored by Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, and committee members John Cornyn, Chuck Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee.
The bipartisan PATENT Act takes concrete steps to stop abusive...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley vowed to continue his investigation into countless claims of misconduct by U.S. Marshals Service officials, while working with independent agency watchdogs on a separate examination of the claims. A review of previous investigations by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General...
Sen. Chuck Grassley has received a response from IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to questions for the record after the February hearing on the agency’s budget, including a response on the IRS whistleblower office. Grassley authored the provisions that beefed up the IRS’ whistleblower office and has monitored their implementation. Grassley made the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, and Judiciary Committee members John Cornyn, Chuck Schumer, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee and Amy Klobuchar ahead of the committee’s consideration of the bipartisan PATENT Act, today released a managers’ amendment that includes technical changes and, as discussed upon...
WASHINGTON – Leading members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees introduced legislation Tuesday to extend an antitrust exemption that allows certain colleges and universities to collaborate on issues of need-based financial aid.The Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015 allows colleges and universities that admit students on a need-blind basis...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after the Senate passed the USA FREEDOM Act. Grassley voted for several amendments to improve the bill that did not pass. He voted for the bill on final passage. “I’ve pointed out in the past the concerns I have with this bill. ...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide details on its largely secretive use of small aircraft to perform surveillance in certain circumstances. Some aircraft are reportedly equipped with technology that can monitor ground activity and even collect certain identifying cell...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today elicited a response from the IRS commissioner that the agency was slow to recognize a taxpayer data breach because the breach occurred during the high traffic tax season.“That’s troubling because you’d think the IRS would be especially vigilant on theft and fraud during the busiest part of the...
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is posting the third annual release of the Medicare hospital utilization and payment data (both inpatient and outpatient) and the second annual release of the physician and other supplier utilization and payment data. The announcement was made at the annual Health Datapalooza conference in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing the National Science Foundation inspector general to account for any response to what appears to be clear violations of laws prohibiting funding of lobbying by an agency grantee. Grassley cited significant lobbying expenses by the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), a National Science Foundation...
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 National Association of Manufacturers, the Iowa Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers, the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the American Pizza Community, the Dubuque...
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department recently acknowledged that it relies on publicly available material and “voluntary compliance” with records requests when determining whether representatives of foreign entities are required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The Justice Department said it lacks the authority to compel potential...
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after the Senate voted to begin consideration of the USA FREEDOM Act. Grassley voted against moving ahead on the bill. In addition to tonight’s statement below, click here to see a detailed statement Grassley inserted into the Congressional...
