WASHINGTON – Following an admission that it failed to complete a background check on a religious services contractor who had advocated violence against critics of Islamic extremism, the Bureau of Prisons told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that it’s performing an agency-wide audit of its religious services contractor policy. The...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina at the Emanuel AME Church.“The Bill of Rights is a core set of liberties and freedoms, none greater than the other, but all of importance in their own right. The Second Amendment ensures citizens the ability to protect themselves, but nobody...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) was joined by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to introduce the Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015, legislation that targets waste, fraud and abuse through stronger oversight of federal agency travel...
The U.S. House of Representatives today voted 218-208 in favor of Trade Promotion Authority, the process seen as necessary for entering new trade agreements, including the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership. The vote sends the proposal back to the Senate for consideration. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today introduced bipartisan legislation that would create a demonstration project to encourage states to improve opportunities for individuals with disabilities to obtain employment in the community, gaining self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion. Grassley cited supportive...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania today introduced bipartisan legislation that would create a demonstration project to encourage states to improve opportunities for individuals with disabilities to obtain employment in the community, gaining self-determination, independence, productivity,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy today introduced legislation to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations. The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act seeks to protect whistleblowers in...
Report Found Billions Doled Out With No Confirmation for AccuracyWASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt raising a number questions about how the agency...
156 Criminals were Released Twice Instead of Deported Following Convictions
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Immigration and the National Interest Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Sessions and Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake are asking for more information surrounding cases in which foreign nationals with criminal records...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today is sending a letter to the Food and Drug Administration to gather information and gain a better understanding about how the United States treats biotechnology imports from other countries.
After contacting five different federal agencies and several trade groups to get more information about U.S. policy...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley met with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the Lupus Foundation;...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota today introduced comprehensive legislation to improve customer service at the IRS, create new taxpayer protections, and update and strengthen existing taxpayer protections. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 comes amid gross mismanagement and inappropriate...
Please note: Sen. Grassley plans to join Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and fellow senators for a news conference in the Radio and TV Gallery, S-325, immediately after the vote on the Military Justice Improvement Act, an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would establish an independent military justice system to address the crisis of...
Video of Sen. Grassley’s delivery is available here. On the 800th Anniversary of the Magna CartaFloor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyDelivered Monday, June 15, 2015Eight hundred years ago to this very day, at the field of Runnymede alongside the River Thames in England, King John granted the document that came to be known as the Magna Carta,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley today led a bipartisan group of senators pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure the avian flu outbreak receives the highest prioritization for the department. In a letter, Klobuchar, Grassley, and 13 other senators pressed leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter sent today, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst urged Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairman Sen. Pat Roberts to hold a hearing on the federal government’s response to the ongoing outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Senators Grassley and Ernst stressed the critical, timely nature of...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Johnson, Washington, Keokuk, and Mahaska counties on Thursday, July 9, 2015. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. ...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Des Moines, Aaron McKay, will be holding open office hours in Greene, Guthrie, Adair, Dallas, Marshall, Story, Polk, Lucas, Marion, and Jasper counties during the days of June 23-25, 2015. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. ...
Grassley, Sessions Call for Multi-Department Response to Failed Removals
WASHINGTON – One hundred twenty-one convicted criminals who faced deportation orders between 2010 and 2014 were never removed from the country and now face murder charges, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of them, 33 were released on bond following their...
