WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help coordinate care and improve health outcomes for children with medically complex conditions in Medicaid.“This bill is a creative idea to...
WASHINGTON – In a letter sent to Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy of Vermont questioned the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) use of a national database to track the movement of vehicles around the United States.
News reports this week revealed that the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is working to prevent small business owners from facing a little-known penalty under Obamacare for paying their employees’ health insurance premiums. “I’m hearing from Iowa small business owners who could face major fines from the IRS for doing what they’ve done for years to help their employees buy health...
As then-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over tax policy, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa improved key education savings provisions in the 2001 tax law, including one that encourages parents, grandparents and other family members to contribute to state-run college savings vehicles, called Section 529 plans. Previously, 529 plans...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, along with eight of their Republican colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, today sent this letter to current U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney...
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 Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, the Iowa Bankers Association, the National Breast Cancer Coalition, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the National...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on the government’s reported reversal on a health care privacy problem, as reported by the Associated Press.“The Administration is reversing itself only days after claiming consumers were protected and only after the Associated Press disclosed the problem and two U.S. senators weighed...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Nicholas Alan Fox of Clive has received an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Great Neck, N.Y., for the 2015-2016 school year.Fox is the son of Amy and John Fox. He will graduate in May from Valley High School. Fox is a member of the Greater Des Moines’ Youth...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa cosponsored legislation this week requiring greater congressional scrutiny of proposed rules and regulations issued by agencies within the executive branch. The Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, which was introduced by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Wednesday, requires...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is one of two leading senators asking the federal government to explain to what extent it allows private companies to use data from users of HealthCare.gov.
“This new information is extremely concerning, not only because it violates the privacy of millions of Americans, but because it may potentially compromise their...
WASHINGTON (Thursday, January 22, 2015) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) pressed Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday on the reported use of radar technology that may enable law enforcement agencies to track the movements of private citizens inside their homes.
Until now, possible law...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced the chairmen, ranking members and members for the six subcommittees for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Intellectual property issues will be addressed at the full committee level.Below is a list of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking questions of a Missouri non-profit hospital that reportedly sues large numbers of low-income people over treatment bills instead of working with patients to offer reasonable payment plans for medical care.
“Non-profit hospitals are obligated under law to have a financial assistance policy and...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today reinforced important protections for federal workers who call attention to failures or wrongdoing in the government. The Court ruled in a 7-2 decision in Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean that disclosures by federal whistleblowers are protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act unless the...
Statement for the Record of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryHearing on the Nominations of: Michelle K. Lee, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeDaniel Henry Marti, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa tonight made the following statement in reaction to the President’s State of the Union address and Sen. Joni Ernst’s response. Grassley is chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a senior member and former chairman and ranking member of the Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over taxes. “The...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Al Franken of Minnesota have introduced legislation that would reverse a Supreme Court ruling (Hall v. United States) that makes it harder for family farmers to reorganize their finances when they fall on hard times.The bill is expected to be referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee where Grassley is...
Washington – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa announced today that the hearing for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch will be held on Jan. 28 and 29. The first day will consist...
