WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, received the results of an audit he requested in 2016, along with then-Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The audit is the result of conscientious oversight efforts conducted by...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a lifelong family farmer and member of Senate Agriculture Committee, made the following comment on President Trump’s speech today on the future of the U.S. agricultural economy at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee.“I appreciate President...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Status of DACA NegotiationsJanuary 8, 2018VIDEO Madame President, I rise today with my colleagues to offer remarks about the current status of negotiations on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program. Unfortunately, this body...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today announced that Carol Olson, of Des Moines, will join his staff this month as State Director. In this position, Olson will represent Grassley and oversee the work of regional directors and constituent service specialists in Grassley offices statewide, including Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley will begin holding meetings with Iowans in every county this year starting on Friday, January 12 in Harrison County and Saturday, January 13 in Sac County. These meetings will kick off Grassley’s 38th year of holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has...
Information reviewed by committee investigators revealed significant inconsistencies in statements that Steele provided to authorities WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) referred the author of the “Trump...
Serious Noncompliance Put Individuals at Extreme Health Risk
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to Acting Secretary Eric Hargan of the Department of the Health and Human Services (HHS), Commissioner Scott Gottlieb of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Director Jerry Menikoff of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and lifelong family farmer, joined a group of bipartisan senators led by Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) in sending a letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney urging the Administration to include sufficient funding in...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is today raising questions about when the memos memorializing interactions between former FBI Director James Comey and President Trump were classified and the chain of custody for the classified memos. After a review of the seven memoranda created by former Director Comey, it is now...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa marked a series of policy and oversight accomplishments in 2017.
“Serving the people of Iowa as their United States Senator is my first priority and it’s an honor that I take seriously,” Grassley said. “As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and through my extensive oversight efforts, my work focuses...
“The President’s signature on this historic tax reform legislation means more money in the pockets of hardworking Iowans.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, voted for landmark tax reform legislation, which was...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa delivered a Christmas message in a video address to Iowans. “Christmas is a time to come together with family and friends and to celebrate the great blessings of life and the birth of our Lord and Savior. From my family to yours: Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a happy New Year,”...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley joined a bipartisan
letter urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to update regulations and guidance related to the partial filling of Schedule II controlled substances. Doing so would give prescribers and pharmacists additional clarity about the new provisions of federal law and other steps that can be taken to...
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation to help families locate missing loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease, autism and related conditions has unanimously passed the U.S. Senate.
Kevin and Avonte’s Law (
S. 2070), named in honor of two boys with autism who perished after wandering from safety, would also support training for caregivers to prevent and respond to...
WASHINGTON – Responding to a December 4, 2017, letter from Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today
said that the Iowa City VA doctor in question is no longer a VA employee and that they have “issued a new policy to ensure full compliance with the law and a national review to verify that this policy is being...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) sent a
letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb seeking information regarding FDA policies on imported prescription drugs from Canada.
A recent
Kaiser Health News
article reported that FDA sent criminal investigation agents to nine Florida stores...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement on a report released by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) that showed 885 drugs were potentially misclassified under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicaid Drug Rebate Program,...
Grassley Successfully Protects Wind Energy Production Tax Credit and Student Loan Interest Deduction in Final Version of Tax Reform; Grassley Gains Inclusion of Taxpayer Rights and Good Government Measures WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over...
ICYMI: A Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist praised Senator Grassley’s oversight of wasteful spending of the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (TARP) Hardest Hit Fund, a $9.6 billion program meant to help homeowners who suffered during the housing crisis. Grassley has pressed for better management of the program amid reports that the Nevada state...
