WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today said that a nomination hearing has been scheduled for Judge Leonard Strand and Judge Rebecca Ebinger, individuals recommended by Grassley for federal judgeships in the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.The hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee will be...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte are seeking details on how federal immigration officials will address two alien sex offenders. In a letter today to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the lawmakers raise concerns that local sanctuary policies and new federal...
Des Moines, Iowa – A panel of Iowans shared their first-hand experience in the fight against meth, raising the profile of the drug’s evolving threat to communities today at a Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing hosted by Chairman Chuck Grassley. Testimony from law enforcement officials, public policy experts and drug treatment providers shed...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have introduced legislation to apply the disclosure of drug company and medical device maker payments to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.“There ought to be a complete record for consumer benefit,” Grassley said. “The goal of sunshine for...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide stay against the enforcement of the controversial Waters of the U.S. regulation. Grassley is a cosponsor of a bipartisan bill in the Senate to require that the Waters of the United States rule be completely revised with stakeholder...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed concern today about recent press reports that call into question the Obama administration’s commitment to balancing privacy and public safety with regard to encryption technology, and requested additional information on the administration’s efforts to address the...
Senator Grassley is an original cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation to improve telehealth services for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Travel to a VA facility can be a real hardship for some veterans for whom it isn’t easy to get to the nearest clinic or hospital that offers the care they need,” Grassley said. ...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Co-chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today praised Senate passage of their bill to help combat transnational drug trafficking. The Senate passed the bill last night by...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is hosting a field hearing next Tuesday in Des Moines to discuss the ongoing fight against methamphetamine in Iowa.“During my 99 county meetings I often hear from constituents and law enforcement officials about how severe the meth problem is in Iowa, and how it’s...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeUnited States SenateEB-5 Regional Center Investment Program Targeted Employment AreasWednesday, October 7, 2015Mr. President, I want to talk today about an immigration program, known as the EB-5 Regional Center Investment Program, and the serious...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of U.S. senators introduced the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, which would withhold certain federal funding from sanctuary states or cities that fail to comply with Department of Homeland Security issued detainer requests for for people in the country illegally. The bill would redirect these funds to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota today re-introduced two bills that would give students and their families better information about the costs of college. The bills continue the senators’ long-time collaboration to help college students avoid sticker shock and insurmountable debt.
“College sticker prices...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Chris Coons, and Representatives Randy Forbes and Suzan DelBene, co-chairs of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, are hosting the caucus’ inaugural event on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 2:30 p.m. in room 215 of the Senate Visitors Center....
New Embrace of the FilibusterFloor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyDelivered Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015I would like to comment on the extraordinary about-face we have seen from many of my colleagues across the aisle with respect to the filibuster. Like Paul on the road to Damascus, they have seen the light and have now embraced the filibuster wholeheartedly....
WASHINGTON – Senator Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley joined Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lee and Senator Orrin Hatch in introducing the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act (SMARTER Act). This legislation reforms and modernizes the application of our antitrust laws by harmonizing the rules governing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte today are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to back words with actions when dealing with state and local jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration requests. States, cities and counties that refuse to comply with...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is raising new questions about spending practices at the U.S. Marshals Service following new whistleblower allegations that contradict previous information provided by the agency.
In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Grassley raised concerns about the apparent cost associated with...
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 Unite to Face Addiction, the Iowa Nature Conservancy, Mid-Sioux Opportunity, the American Wind Energy Association, the Iowa Board of Medicine, the Healthcare Information and Management...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold four town meetings in Adair, Buena Vista, Ida and Monona counties on Friday, October 9, and Monday, October 12, as part of his annual 99-county tour. Grassley has held a meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once every year since he was first elected to the U.S. Senate. On Friday,...
