WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a Senate resolution declaring May 10 through May 16, 2015, as National Police Week, which passed in the Senate by unanimous consent Monday evening. Grassley today issued the following statement commending law enforcement for their work to serve...
WASHINGTON – Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson are requesting an explanation for plans to process applications for deferred deportation in an electronic system that has been riddled with challenges and ballooning costs. The plan, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that for the period studied, the most expensive 5 percent of Medicaid-only enrollees accounted for almost half of the expenditures for all Medicaid-only enrollees. Sen. Chuck Grassley is one of the requesters of the report. Grassley is also one of the lead sponsors of bipartisan...
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 Iowa Automobile Dealers Association, Easter Seals, the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the Iowa ALS Association, the Iowa Association of REALTORS, the National Postal Mail Handlers...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, have introduced the Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act. This bipartisan legislation provides for the issuance and sale of a semi-postal stamp by the United States Postal Service to support effective programs targeted at...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee made the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that it granted 2,000 extended work permits to undocumented immigrants despite being barred by a preliminary court injunction.
“It’s remarkable that the Department of Homeland Security has...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, last month sought answers from the Administration on why it reportedly won’t disclose documents regarding the decision by the Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency to amend the terms of the government’s ownership stake in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The documents...
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is requesting an independent investigation of the U.S. Marshals Service following a series of concerns raised by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. News of the investigation comes just two days after Grassley spoke on the Senate floor about whistleblower allegations of improper...
Sen. Chuck Grassley sponsored the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act, enacted into law in 2012 as P.L. 112-194, after investigating instances of abuse of the cards for shopping, gambling and other purposes. The law mandates reforms and oversight to prevent and catch abuse. Grassley made the following comment on a news account of an...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today said that the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act cleared the Senate. As chairman, Grassley shepherded the bill through the committee. The bill included measures proposed by Grassley to increase program accountability and efficient use...
(Photo courtesy of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute) Every year, 400,000 children enter the foster care system. Less well-known is the large number of children who are removed from their homes but informally placed with loving grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives. About 2.485 million children are raised in...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called for a better explanation of certain spending practices within the U.S. Marshals Service’s (USMS) Asset Forfeiture Division. The request follows incomplete and potentially misleading responses to questions Grassley raised in March surrounding the alleged...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeWhistleblower Allegations of Misconduct at the U.S. Marshals ServiceTuesday, May 05, 2015Mr. President, the United States Marshals Service performs many important functions. Marshals protect Federal Judges, they transport Federal prisoners and they apprehend...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the leaders of the Caucus on Foster Youth, today introduced bipartisan legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. The legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing the approximately 400,000 children in the foster care system and resolves that the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration to answer questions that have gone unanswered for nearly three years regarding the agency’s detention of Daniel Chong.
Grassley began asking questions shortly after news reports surfaced that Mr. Chong was left without...
Recent OIG Report Warns Taxpayer Money at Risk for AbuseWASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt pressing the agency to further clarify guidance for how...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, leaders of the Caucus on Foster Youth, today announced a panel discussion on promoting policies that allow grandparents or other family members to care for foster youth. The panel discussion on Wednesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 215 Capitol Visitors Center will take place during National...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the Senate’s passage of a measure that helps law enforcement agencies apprehend criminals who have injured or killed police officers. The Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act also creates a nationwide system, known as a Blue...
WASHINGTON – A bill to help address the treatment of mentally ill offenders by the criminal justice system cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Chairman Chuck Grassley said. The bill was sponsored by Senator Al Franken and was cosponsored by Grassley along with Senators...
