WASHINGTON – As financial crimes against seniors are on the rise, and America’s senior population continues to grow, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking details on the Justice Department’s efforts to prevent the financial exploitation of America’s elders.
Financial crimes against America’s elders strip them of $2.9 billion per year,...
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 ALS Association; United Egg Producers; Iowa Sister States; the Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association; One Voice Against Cancer; the Iowa Association of Realtors; the Iowa Motor...
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst requested more information from the United States Department of Agriculture regarding the methodology for determining county yields for the Agriculture Risk Coverage or ARC County program.The majority of Iowa corn and soybean farmers signed up for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Rep. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) are leading a bipartisan, bicameral group in urging the IRS and Treasury Department to lift barriers preventing nonprofit student lenders from offering refinancing options for student debt amid the growing student debt problem....
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, as a long-time advocate for whistleblowers, wrote to the Department of Veterans Affairs twice about VA retaliation against Brandon Coleman for pointing out poor treatment of suicidal veterans where he worked in Arizona. Grassley made the following comment on the announcement of a settlement...
Photos from the forum are available here. RED OAK -- Sen. Chuck Grassley today took part in a public forum with National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson including a panel of Iowans advising what taxpayers want and need from the IRS to comply with their tax obligations. “Taxpayers work hard to fulfill their tax obligations,”...
Grassley Questions Immigration Officials’ Commitment to Cooperation with Local Police
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Obama Administration about how it’s encouraging assistance from local law enforcement to crack down on undocumented criminals. Grassley’s request comes as the administration announced the...
Photos at the event are available here. Background on wind energy in Newton is available here. NEWTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today took questions from workers at TPI Composites, a wind turbine blade maker, and marked the success of wind energy both in Iowa and nationwide. Employees of TPI Composites and Trinity Structural Towers are...
The Senate Caucus on Foster Youth today held Part Three of the Briefing Series: The Impact of Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders on Children and Families Involved in the Child Welfare System. Details about the event can be found below.Part Three: Promising Solutions for the Future What Can Be Done to Meet Child and Family Substance Abuse and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy are working to help ensure that historically significant films and sound recordings are preserved for the benefit of generations of Americans. Together, they introduced legislation to reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of...
WASHINGTON – The Senate last night passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley commemorating April as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The Resolution, which unanimously passed the Senate, is co-sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Joni...
Sen. Chuck Grassley has received hundreds of letters and calls from Iowans, the majority from patients, with concerns about the Obama Administration’s proposed rule to test new models on how Medicare Part B pays for prescription drugs. The number of letters and calls is expected to increase as more people learn of this policy. This is an...
Statement for the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAt a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the constitution and Civil Justice Hearing on“Oversight of the False Claims Act”April 28, 2016 Two years ago, I testified at a hearing before this subcommittee, also entitled “Oversight of the False Claims...
This Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is the latest National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Local collections sites are available here. A photo of the Drug Take Back site in the Hart Senate Office Building this week is available here. Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck GrassleyNational Prescription Drug Take Back DaySubmitted to the...
Washington, D.C. – In a letter to Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) today requested a meeting to discuss new reports that allege...
WASHINGTON – The bipartisan authors of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S. 2123) today announced revisions to the legislation to broaden bipartisan support for criminal justice reform. The bill is led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin, Assistant Majority Leader John Cornyn, Judiciary...
In February, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter about Carter’s use of personal email for official business. Grassley has been looking into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a non-government server for personal email and official business, including whether the arrangement interfered with Freedom of...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold three town meetings in southwest and south central Iowa on May 5 and May 6 as part of his annual 99-county meetings.With these meetings, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of 36th year holding constituent meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held a...
WASHINGTON – The House today passed the bipartisan Senate bill, the Defend Trade Secrets Act by a vote of 410-2. Chairman Chuck Grassley shepherded the legislation through the Senate Judiciary Committee on its way to Senate passage by a vote of 87-0. Authored by Senators Orrin Hatch and Chris Coons, the Defend Trade Secrets Act is aimed at...
Fugitive Charged in Death of Sarah Root was placed under Brother’s Supervision
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate delegations from Iowa and Nebraska are seeking details on the Obama Administration’s decision to place an unaccompanied minor immigrant in the care of his older brother, who was illegally residing in the United States. Edwin Mejia entered the...
