WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced Dr. Keith Mueller of Iowa City and Ms. Susan Thompson of Des Moines this morning at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on “Rural Health Care in America: Challenges and Opportunities.” Video of Dr. Mueller’s...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn Whistleblower Protections at the FBIMay 24, 2018VIDEO Mr. President, I want to clear up a few things. I have been seeing reports that individuals within our federal law enforcement agencies want to talk to Congress about problems they have seen on the job....
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of Senators led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation to protect American victims of international terrorism and ensure access to compensation for those impacted by acts of terror. The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 makes needed improvements to the Antiterrorism Act...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a family farmer, signed onto bipartisan legislation introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, the Facilitating Accessible Resources for Mental Health and Encouraging Rural Solutions For Immediate Response to Stressful Times (FARMERS FIRST) Act, which provides the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, along with Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, introduced the bipartisan Building Capacity for Family Focused Residential Treatment Act, a grant program to help child welfare agencies, treatment centers or non-profit organizations establish evidence-based, family-focused residential treatment programs.As longtime...
WASHINGTON – Today, the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018, or VA MISSION Act for short, passed in the Senate. The legislation, introduced by Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia, includes a provision cosponsored by Sen....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called on the Justice Department to provide unredacted copies of text messages between two FBI officials whose politically-tinged missives called into question their impartiality during their work on politically sensitive investigations. Reviews of less-redacted versions of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, in sending a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative, urging the Administration to protect national security interests when negotiating the U.S.-China trade...
WASHINGTON –Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined a group of 30 senators led by Sen. John Cornyn of Texas in sending a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer urging the Administration to work closely with Members of Congress to ensure the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has the congressional support necessary to be...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today praised the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works’ approval of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act, which includes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018. Sen. Joni Ernst is a member of the EPW committee in the Senate.This committee-passed bill addresses the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, along with Democratic Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, introduced bipartisan legislation that will increase transparency in the prescription drug payment process. Too often, an opioid addiction starts with the prescription pad. The transparency introduced in this legislation is...
For Immediate ReleaseMonday, May 21, 2018 Grassley to Hold Town Meetings in Wright and Sioux Counties WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold two town meetings on May 30 and May 31 as a part of his annual 99 county meetings.“Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are...
Memorial Day is a Time for Personal Reflection and RemembranceBy Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa The first Memorial Day observances were spontaneous expressions of gratitude and remembrance from Civil War veterans for their fallen friends, organized by veterans groups in local communities. It was recognized as an official holiday after it became an honored...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is seeking documents relating to Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr’s communications with Christopher Steele and others concerning his DNC-funded work to gather derogatory information on Donald Trump from Russian sources.In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod...
NOTE: Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has sponsored the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation is supported by 28 senate cosponsors evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, by scores of stakeholder and advocate groups and was favorably reported out of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding Gina Haspel’s confirmation to be the next Director of the CIA. Haspel will be the first woman to lead the agency in its 70-year history.“As a career intelligence officer in the CIA, Gina Haspel has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to her country,...
Restoring integrity to the immigration systemBy Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa& House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte of VirginiaWashington Times In 1990, Congress created the investor visa green card program to bring entrepreneurial talent to the United States, create new jobs and infuse new capital...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary federal government agency responsible for medical and public health research, seeking answers about a recent New York Times report about an NIH study on the long term effects of daily alcohol...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, today released materials from its inquiry into the June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower between Trump Campaign officials, Russians and a British music promoter who had offered derogatory information on Hillary Clinton.“Since revelations of the June 9, 2016,...
