WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is releasing five videos every day this week examining the history of oversight as a part of a summer-long initiative highlighting the importance of congressional oversight. Grassley has championed congressional oversight throughout his Senate career, keeping close tabs on the judicial and executive...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urged the Supreme Court of the United States to release same-day audio recordings of all arguments heard before the high court.“By releasing same-day audio recordings of all oral arguments, the Court has a unique opportunity to open up its proceedings...
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health & Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) released its annual report to Congress on its Open Payments database. Open Payments is a mandatory, national disclosure program created by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, legislation authored by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa. The program...
Q&A: ImmigrationWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What needs to be done to fix our nation’s immigration policies?A: By all accounts, the current immigration system is broken. The last major overhaul was adopted 32 years ago in 1986. Unfortunately, the Immigration Reform and Control Act did not live up to its promises.In exchange for amnesty, the...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill to implement the Marrakesh Treaty and facilitate access to printed works for persons who are blind or have print disabilities yesterday unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. The Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) would implement the treaty to address the problem of the global “book famine” by providing, with...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement on today’s Senate passage of the 2018 Farm Bill.“The bipartisan Farm Bill passed today by the Senate, with my support, gives American farmers a number of victories. It will help fund programs that promote American agricultural products abroad to increase exports,...
Grassley Speaks to Media Following Kennedy Retirement(Audio/Transcript)WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa spoke to members of the media outside of his office in Washington, D.C., following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. A transcription is available below and audio is available here. Grassley also...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded the passage of a bipartisan amendment he co-sponsored with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to release detailed information about the quality of its 133 nursing homes nationwide. The senators filed the amendment in response...
WASHINGTON – Following Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement today that he will soon retire from the Supreme Court of the United States, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made this statement: “For more than three decades, Justice Kennedy served with great distinction on the Supreme Court of the United...
It’s Time for Action on E-Verify
Making the E-Verify system mandatory would protect American workers and deter document fraud.By Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
& Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas
Bloomberg
When Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, it was hailed as a victory for border security in exchange for an...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement regarding EPA’s proposed volume obligations for 2019 under the Renewable Fuel Standard.“Buried in this proposal is the alarming admission that Administrator Pruitt has already cut at least 2.25...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan proposal to empower and protect whistleblowers across the federal bureaucracy was signed into law yesterday. The Whistleblower Protection Coordination Act permanently extends a program requiring each inspector general office to designate an official focused on whistleblower protection issues. The law was introduced by Senate...
*NOTE: Senator Grassley kicked off a summer-long initiative highlighting the importance of congressional oversight with a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Grassley has championed congressional oversight throughout his congressional career, keeping close tabs on the judicial and executive branch to make sure the government of the people and by...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa will give an address on congressional oversight at the Heritage Foundation, a think tank in Washington, D.C. Grassley has championed congressional oversight throughout his congressional career, keeping close tabs on the judicial and executive branch to make sure the government of the people and by the people...
Q: How has the U.S. patent system contributed to American prosperity?A: The genius of America’s system of free enterprise rewards risk-taking. The nation’s founders embraced the power of ingenuity, innovation, invention and investment to drive progress, opportunity and prosperity. The architects of the Constitution engineered a framework to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to examine whether makers of biologic medicines are using strategies like...
WASHINGTON – Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this week joined the growing list of bipartisan supporters for the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The comprehensive criminal justice reform package is supported by a balance of 29 Republican and Democratic senators. The bill was introduced last...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold two town meetings on July 2 and July 3 as a part of his annual 99 county meetings. Grassley will be in Webster County on July 2 and Fayette County on July 3.“Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) penned a bipartisan letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin urging the Administration to take action to review all Chinese investments in the U.S. for their long-term economic impact. Treasury is currently reviewing Chinese investment patterns and impact as part the Section 301...
