WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, today asked the Justice Department and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration for an update on the investigation of alleged misconduct by IRS personnel, including Lois Lerner, in connection with their handling of applications for tax-exempt status by certain conservative...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators commended the Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board’s (ARB) interpretation of federal whistleblower protections provisions, clarifying the statutory burdens of proof in whistleblower cases. In two recent decisions, ARB found that employees should be allowed to have a fair chance to make their case before...
WASHINGTON – Following a review process that welcomed all interested Iowa lawyers for consideration, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is recommending to President Barak Obama two outstanding Iowans for open judgeships on the federal...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire are asking for more information on three former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were released pursuant to court orders and may have returned to the battlefield. One former detainee is confirmed to have...
WASHINGTON – The Whistleblower Protection Caucus is adding two new members, according to the Caucus’ Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Vice-Chairman Ron Wyden of Oregon. Senators John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) are joining the bipartisan caucus, a group of senators committed to raising awareness of the value and need to protect...
*****HEARING POSTPONED*****Please note the following hearing has been postponed because of an all-member briefing on Iran that has been scheduled for tomorrow morning. Chairman Grassley and Co-Chairman Feinstein will announce a new date for the hearing when one is selected. Grassley, Feinstein Announce Witnesses for Drug Caucus...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement regarding a Justice Department memo warning all employees and contractors to refrain from engaging in commercial sex. The memo, however, did not establish a zero-tolerance policy that Grassley requested requiring the dismissal...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa has asked the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to update the committee on its investigation into the alleged misconduct by federal judge Mark Fuller.
Fuller is a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He was arrested in August...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today welcomed confirmation from the State Department Office of Inspector General that the inspector general will review the department’s use of the Special Government Employee program.
“This program is meant to be used in a limited way to give the government special expertise it can’t get otherwise,” Grassley said. “Is...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa announced today that the committee will hold a hearing on the nation’s asset forfeiture laws. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 15, at 10 a.m. (ET) in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will also be streamed live on the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is seeking answers from the Administration on why it reportedly won’t disclose documents regarding the relationship between the Treasury Department and mortgage financing firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that resulted in billions of dollars going to Treasury. News...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is seeking more details surrounding the decision to hire a U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) contractor after the Justice Department failed to dispel concerns over claims of a quid pro quo agreement.
In March, Grassley asked the Justice Department about whistleblower claims...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is asking for details of disciplinary actions taken against Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) employees who were involved in Operation Fast and Furious. While some personnel have been disciplined for misconduct, some agents have not faced...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the leaders of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today announced the witness list for the caucus hearing on the quota system used to manage controlled substances in medicine in light of a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) showing problems in the way the...
Grassley provision benefits 529 plansWhere we stand. Changes to the college savings plans represent a common sense approach, thanks to Iowa's senior senator.Good news for parents looking to sock something away for the kids` tuition fund: 529 college savings plans are likely to get even better.The proposed budget under consideration by the Senate this...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has a long record of protecting and encouraging whistleblowers. He is the co-author of the whistleblower provisions beefing up the federal False Claims Act against taxpayer fraud and the author of the provisions improving the whistleblower office at the Internal Revenue Service. He also contributed to the law enacting...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following statement on the parameters toward a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.“A final agreement that would guarantee that Iran cannot develop a nuclear weapon would be cause for celebration, but we don’t have that today. We have what the White House calls parameters toward a final...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today praised a recent Office of Special Counsel (OSC) announcement that the Bureau of Prisons has reversed plans to retaliate against a whistleblower who exposed waste and wrongdoing. The bureau’s decision comes after inquiries were made by Grassley and the OSC...
