Ernst, Grassley, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in introducing the Access to Increased Drug Disposal (AIDD) Act of 2018. The bipartisan AIDD Act is designed to increase participation in the...
Sen. Chuck Grassley: What I Need to Hear From Mark Zuckerberg TodayBy Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of IowaFortune MagazineApril 10, 2018 Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before my committee on Tuesday. It’s garnering a lot of fanfare, but it’s important to stay focused on the reason for...
Grassley Youth Summit Engages Students in Federal JudiciaryCEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today hosted a youth summit in Cedar Rapids which focused on the federal judiciary and its impact on daily lives. Students and educators from more than 20 schools throughout Northeast Iowa were in attendance...
Grassley, Goodlatte, Leahy Urge Trump Administration to Finalize EB-5 Regulatory ReformsWASHINGTON – In a joint letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Senate and House Judiciary Committee chairmen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urged the swift implementation...
Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees Announce Joint Hearing with Facebook CEOWASHINGTON – Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) will convene a hearing titled “Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement regarding China’s second wave of tariffs targeting U.S. commodities, including soybeans, which were announced in retaliation to the Administration’s tariffs on Chinese...
Grassley, Feinstein Seek Additional Records from Trump CampaignWASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) requested that the Trump Campaign search for and provide additional documents to assist in the Committee’s ongoing investigation into matters related to Russian...
WASHINGTON – Following
requests by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) today
announced it’s reviewing a recent application by DOJ and FBI to secretly surveil an American citizen, Carter Page, as well as...
Chairman Grassley Announces Hearing on the Future of Data Privacy in Social Media WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, will hold a hearing on data privacy on April 10, 2018.Grassley today invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify at the hearing to discuss Facebook’s past and future...
Grassley Examines Lax Oversight of ‘Visa Mills’ Offering Visas to Foreign Students
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking information on a federal program that allows private institutions to manage visas for foreign students seeking enrollment in a U.S.-based school with limited oversight. The program is susceptible to...
Grassley, Lee Review Alleged Prosecutorial Misconduct in Vascular Solutions CaseWASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter to Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Thursday, asking for an update on the Justice Department’s inquiry into alleged...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced legislation to improve and simplify the payment of royalties owed to music producers, mixers and engineers. The Allocation for Music Producers (AMP) Act (S.2625) codifies these music creators’ rights to collect certain...
WASHINGTON – Congress today passed bipartisan legislation to help families locate missing loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease, autism and related conditions. Kevin and Avonte’s Law (S. 2070), named in honor of two boys with autism who perished after wandering from safety, also supports training for caregivers to prevent and respond to...
Grassley, Goodlatte Call on DHS to Finalize EB-5 Regulations, End Unacceptable Status QuoWASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, today made the following statement on the failure of congress to reform the deeply flawed and fraud-ridden EB-5 Visa Regional...
Bipartisan, Bicameral Health Committee Leaders Push CMS on Stronger Oversight of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, joined fellow bipartisan leaders and members of the Senate Energy and Commerce and Finance Committees in sending...
Iowa families, farmers and businesses benefit from Dodd-Frank reformU.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaThe Des Moines RegisterOver the past year, Congress and President Trump have taken a hard line on repealing burdensome regulations across all sectors in order to give long-overdue relief to hard-working Americans and put the economy back on track after...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa will join a delegation led by Sen. Steve Daines of Montana that also includes Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, David Perdue of Georgia and Ben Sasse of Nebraska on a congressional delegation trip to China, South Korea and the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The trip has been developed over the...
Grassley, Whitehouse Op-ed: The peculiarities of the US financial system make it ideal for money launderingU.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Sheldon WhitehouseQuartz Media The lifeblood of criminal enterprises all over the world is revenue. Money fuels terrorists, transnational criminal organizations, and crooked kleptocrats. These criminals need to launder...
