WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa spoke about the importance of Thanksgiving in a video address to Iowans. “Despite the trials and tribulations the pilgrims faced to be free, they took time to be thankful for the blessings they had. On this day of thanksgiving, let’s follow their example and take time to count our own...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) today sent a
letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding a recent
report in the Omaha World-Herald that details unauthorized waiting lists outside of the VA patient tracking system for some mental health appointments that date back to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) joined a bipartisan letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross asking the Administration to conduct a robust economic analysis to evaluate how changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would affect changes to the nation’s crop and livestock sectors. “It is imperative that...
WASHINGTON – The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an annual bill that sets authorized spending for military programs and personnel as wells as updates defense policies, passed the full Senate yesterday and will now go to President Trump to be signed into law. It included two commonsense provisions pushed by Senator Chuck Grassley and the rest...
WASHINGTON—In case you missed it, yesterday the Senate approved the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse in federal agency travel and purchase card spending. The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, voted for landmark tax reform legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which was approved Thursday by the committee and now goes to the full Senate for consideration. “Iowans are one step closer to keeping more...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Wednesday night unanimously passed the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), coauthors of the legislation, hailed...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined a bipartisan group of senators led by Sen. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in reintroducing the Military Justice Improvement Act. Despite years of effort and small reforms, sexual assault and harassment remain pervasive in the military. Top officials in the military continue to assert that they alone will fix this,...
Editorial: “Simpson’s ‘free tuition’: Why we need clearer college costs”Des Moines RegisterNovember 16, 2017 The Des Moines Register editorial board praised Sen. Grassley’s bipartisan work to rein in skyrocketing college costs and provide students with more transparency about prospective costs and future ability to...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the History of the Blue Slip Courtesy for Judicial NomineesNovember 13, 2017VIDEO Mr. President, in the last several weeks, there’s been a lot of discussion regarding the blue slip courtesy that applies to judicial nominations. So I want to take a...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the findings of a study into the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) implementation of regulations that create potential barriers to the participation of local pharmacies in federal drug take-back programs. The report was requested by Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined a bipartisan group of 30 senators led by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and John Cornyn (R-TX) in writing to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking him to provide Congress with information detailing how the Department of Justice (DOJ) is supporting and...
Klobuchar-Grassley legislation co-sponsored by Senators McConnell, Schumer, Shelby, Capito, and Cortez Masto as well as other Rules Committee members will require anti-harassment training for senators, staff and interns of the Senate
Training would need to be completed within 60 days from the date of passage of the resolution; Each employing office...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement for Veterans Day 2017. “As a nation, we owe America’s veterans a debt of gratitude. These men and women in uniform maintained the nation’s military readiness 24/7, 365 days a year. Whether working behind the scenes or fighting on the front lines, our...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will hold office hours in Jefferson and Henry counties on Wednesday, November 15 and in Cedar, Louisa and Muscatine counties on Tuesday, November 21. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Wednesday, November 15 Jefferson County9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m....
Senators Express Concern About Conflicting Statements, Urge CMS to Support Inclusion of UDIs on Claim Forms
Text of the letter available here (PDF)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting that CMS clarify its position on the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, received a response from the Department of the Treasury following several inquiries into wasteful spending of the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (TARP) Hardest Hit Fund (HHF), a $9.6 billion program meant to help homeowners who suffered during the housing crisis. In a...
Revisions strike terms that suggest legal jeopardy for mishandling Classified Info
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking more details on the formulation of former FBI director James Comey’s July 2016 remarks announcing that the FBI would not seek criminal charges following its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s...
