WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa this week plans to introduce 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.“A college education generally remains a good...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on America.“Every September 11 brings back a flood of memories, including how America stood strong while terrorists sought to destroy our way of life. Today we remember the horrific events and those who lost their lives that day, we honor the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today pressed Secretary of State John Kerry to clarify the administration’s plans to increase the number of refugees allowed into the United States in fiscal 2016, including up to 10,000 additional refugees from the war torn country of Syria. Grassley raised questions about the administration’s...
WASHINGTON – As the United States remembers the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, and honors the courageous first responders who ran toward the scene, Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, are expressing concern about continued delays in the Justice Department’s processing of benefits for the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing the Justice Department to provide an update on recent legal developments regarding encryption technology.
In July, Grassley led a hearing in the Judiciary Committee to jump-start a conversation in the Senate about whether recent changes in the use of encryption technology have...
WASHINGTON – The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan to make it easier for individuals with disabilities to set up a special needs trust for themselves. Under current law, these individuals cannot set up such a trust. This bill fixes that...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on the Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The survey shows illicit drug use is at a 13-year...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Senate procedural vote of 58 to 42 that fell short of cutting off a Democratic filibuster of a resolution to disapprove the Iran nuclear deal.“Just a few months ago, in May, the Senate voted 98 to 1 for the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. The bill was bipartisan in...
Video of the speech is available here. Floor Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyIran Nuclear Agreement ResolutionThursday September 10, 2015This is a critically important debate on a nuclear deal that will have long-lasting impacts on our national security and the security of our friends and allies. This debate is happening because ninety-eight...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minn., and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, today renewed their efforts to crack down on anti-competitive pay-for-delay pharmaceutical deals. The senators reintroduced the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, which would increase consumers’ access to the cost-saving generic drugs they need by helping...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry and Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration. The consultation regarding the number of refugees that the United States will admit into the country is required by law. In the event of an...
WASHINGTON – Citing the unique information he may possess, Senate Judiciary Committee and Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee chairmen Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson are considering next steps to obtain the testimony of former State Department and Clinton family employee Bryan Pagliano, who was reportedly paid to maintain Clinton’s personal...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department today issued new policy on the use of cell-site simulators after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley raised concerns about a lack of transparency and of oversight controls.“It’s good that, in response to my inquiries, the Department of Justice has now committed to a transparent and...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sen. Chuck Grassley today was awarded the Dr. Harold D. Prior “Friend of Iowa Wind Energy” award by the Iowa Wind Energy Association in appreciation for his efforts in championing the wind industry. “I’m honored to receive this award. In Iowa, wind produces 28 percent of the state’s...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is requesting an update on the ongoing investigation into the drowning death of a 20-year-old Iowan while in police custody more than a year ago.
Brandon Ellingson of Clive, Iowa, drowned on the Lake of the Ozarks while in the custody of the Missouri Highway Patrol on May 31, 2014....
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Jefferson, Wapello, Van Buren and Davis counties on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. ...
WASHINGTON – State Department ethics officials were not included on recently-released emails in which top Clinton aides debated potential conflicts that former President Bill Clinton’s speaking engagements may have posed for Hillary Clinton in her role as the nation’s top diplomat. In some emails, Bill Clinton aides and State Department officials agree...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on the passing of David Stanley, a former member of the Iowa House of Representatives and the founder of Iowans for Tax Relief. “Dave and I served together in the state House. He was a close ally on the issues and a good friend. He was a prominent leader on fiscal concerns and had a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the State Department and a lead agency watchdog group to provide all records that would document how and why the State Department went more than five years without a permanent inspector general. Grassley cited several examples in which a later, permanent inspector general found the lapse compromised agency...
