Senators reintroduced bill to make it easier to prosecute the sale and distribution of “analogue” drugs, which are synthetic substances that are substantially similar to illegal drugs Current law makes it difficult to prosecute new synthetic drugs as analogues, because they are often not marketed as intended for human consumption despite...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing the Department of Health and Human Services to implement recommendations that would save taxpayer money and stop problems including Medicare payments to prisoners and safety risks to children in Head Start programs.
“Agency watchdogs spend a lot of time and effort coming up with recommendations to save taxpayer...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding a proposal being marked up Thursday by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science that would eliminate funding for juvenile justice intervention programs.“Juvenile justice intervention programs are...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley this week joined a bipartisan letter calling on the Federal Communications Commission to address outdated broadband rules that negatively impact rural consumers.
The current rules prevent rural consumers from having access to choices that are available in urban areas. In most cases, rural customers are required to...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeCommemorating National Police WeekMay 13, 2015Mr. President, this week, I introduced a bipartisan resolution to commemorate National Police Week, which this year began on Monday, May 10th, and ends on Saturday, May 16th. Senator Leahy and 32 others have joined...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Sally Yates to be the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Grassley's full statement during the Judiciary Committee's consideration of the nomination can be found here.
“Today, the Senate confirmed...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today introduced bipartisan legislation that amends various provisions of the federal criminal code to implement several important multilateral treaties that modernize and strengthen the international and domestic counterterrorism and counter-proliferation legal frameworks. The bill...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, leaders of the Caucus on Foster Youth, today announced a panel discussion on homelessness among foster youth. Homelessness and unstable housing are serious problems for the approximately 23,000 youth who age out of the foster care system each year. The panel discussion will take...
WASHINGTON— Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack encouraging the department to ensure that resources have been properly deployed to Iowa to fight the ongoing outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The disease has been detected at more than 30 poultry farms across Iowa....
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Senate’s vote against turning to debate on legislation to restore Trade Promotion Authority. Grassley is a senior member and former chairman of the Finance Committee, which oversees trade.“It’s disappointing for senators to refuse to allow a trade bill to come...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold five town meetings in Southeast Iowa during the week of May 25 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 May 28 and May 29 Grassley will be in Tipton, West...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a Senate resolution declaring May 10 through May 16, 2015, as National Police Week, which passed in the Senate by unanimous consent Monday evening. Grassley today issued the following statement commending law enforcement for their work to serve...
WASHINGTON – Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson are requesting an explanation for plans to process applications for deferred deportation in an electronic system that has been riddled with challenges and ballooning costs. The plan, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that for the period studied, the most expensive 5 percent of Medicaid-only enrollees accounted for almost half of the expenditures for all Medicaid-only enrollees. Sen. Chuck Grassley is one of the requesters of the report. Grassley is also one of the lead sponsors of bipartisan...
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 Automobile Dealers Association, Easter Seals, the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the Iowa ALS Association, the Iowa Association of REALTORS, the National Postal Mail Handlers...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, have introduced the Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act. This bipartisan legislation provides for the issuance and sale of a semi-postal stamp by the United States Postal Service to support effective programs targeted at...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee made the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that it granted 2,000 extended work permits to undocumented immigrants despite being barred by a preliminary court injunction.
“It’s remarkable that the Department of Homeland Security has...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, last month sought answers from the Administration on why it reportedly won’t disclose documents regarding the decision by the Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency to amend the terms of the government’s ownership stake in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The documents...
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is requesting an independent investigation of the U.S. Marshals Service following a series of concerns raised by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. News of the investigation comes just two days after Grassley spoke on the Senate floor about whistleblower allegations of improper...
