WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley joined 11 colleagues led by Senator Rob Portman to introduce a Senate resolution calling for an investigation into the release of five high-level Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay.
The resolution states that President Obama violated the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 when he transferred the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, a law known as “STELA” that provides certain consumers access to distant broadcast television content by...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today introduced legislation to increase the amount of information students receive about federal student loans, including their potential ability to repay, before rather than after signing onto tens of thousands of dollars in debt to Uncle Sam.
“The federal government is good at giving out student loans but poor at...
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 National Institute for Excellence in, Bread for the World, the American Medical Group Association, the International Justice Mission, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association,...
WASHINGTON – A new report requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley on a tip from an Iowa whistleblower confirms the U.S. Postal Service mishandled $18.4 million in contract payments to maintain and change the locks on Postal Service-owned mailboxes in the Western Area including Iowa. “The whistleblower came forward with his concerns, I asked for an...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Nomination of Peter Kadzikto be Assistant Attorney General,Department of Justice Legislative Affairs Office
I’d like to address the nomination of Peter Kadzik to be the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the Justice...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing for details about the release of 116 individuals who had been convicted of a homicide and were awaiting deportation...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the announcement that the U.S. Office of Special Counsel is investigating allegations of whistleblower reprisal from 37 Department of Veterans Affairs employees over disclosing improper scheduling practices and other threats to patient care. Grassley is a long-time advocate for...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following comment after the Obama administration released its revised application for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
“The Obama administration has never been totally forthcoming about the DACA program. The administration has failed to work with Congress, and refuses...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today he welcomes the reported ongoing negotiations toward a bipartisan bill to increase timely health care for veterans and improve accountability at the federal Department of Veterans...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today is pressing the Obama administration to release the legal analysis for disregarding the legislation the President signed into law that required a 30 day congressional notification before release or transfer of any detainee at Guantanamo Bay.
Grassley previously asked the Obama administration to release the Justice...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is an original co-sponsor of legislation introduced today to give veterans more choice and flexibility in health care and increase accountability and transparency at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
“No veteran should have to wait for weeks and months for care,” Grassley said. “This legislation would give...
Fourth and Final Report in Series on Self-Referrals
WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released its fourth and final report on medical self-referrals at the request of Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and House Energy and Commerce...
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 Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers, the Iowa Propane Gas Association, the American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Young...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s agreement to hold a 120-day public comment period for the federal government’s proposed regulation of greenhouse gases from existing coal-fired power plants. Grassley was part of a bipartisan group of 47 senators who asked for the extended comment...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki over medical care wait times at veterans facilities. Grassley has co-sponsored legislation that would make it easier to fire senior employees at the department for poor performance. He also urged the Veterans Affairs...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the interim report from the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general on medical care wait times at veterans facilities. Grassley has co-sponsored legislation that would make it easier to fire senior employees at the department for poor performance. He also urged the Veterans...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa looks at the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s oversight of how local housing authorities around the country spend billions of taxpayer dollars. Grassley has found HUD’s oversight sorely lacking, leading to significant misspent funding, uncovered in large part by diligent local news reporters across the...
