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Payment Limits Reform Included in Chairwoman's "Mark" Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after the Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee today released her “mark” that will be the baseline for debate when the committee begins consideration of the bill on Tuesday.  The bill includes payment limit reforms proposed by...

Grassley Statement On Immigration Reform Debate Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley made the following comment after his amendments to the immigration reform bill were circulated to Judiciary Committee members and made available to the public.  The committee is set to begin marking up the bill on Thursday.  The mark up is...

Efforts to add 1,050 megawatts of wind generation in Iowa by year-end 2015 M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    efforts to add 1,050 megawatts of wind generation in Iowa by year-end 2015 DA:    Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Senator Chuck Grassley today commented on the announcement by MidAmerican...

Grassley: Questions Continue About 340B Discount Drug Program M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and editors Re:    Discount prescription drug program Da:    Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is looking into how hospitals are using a discount prescription drug program, known as 340B. ...

Floor Statement on Political Intelligence and the STOCK Act Mr. President, with the passage of the STOCK Act last year, Congress made an important statement:   When it comes to insider trading laws, there is no special exemption for Congress. If anyone in government provides confidential information to someone for the purpose of trading on it, that’s...

  Grassley Leads Effort to Encourage USTR, USDA to Break Down Ag Biotech Barriers with Trading Partners         WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative to engage U.S. trading partners in high-level discussions on breaking down barriers to...

Grassley Schedule M E M O R A N D U M   TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Grassley Schedule DA:    Monday, May 6, 2013   Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week.  The Senate is in session.   Senator Grassley is scheduled to meet with Iowans in Washington for the...

Marketplace Fairness Act M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Marketplace Fairness Act DA:    Monday, May 6, 2013 Senator Chuck Grassley issued this comment about his vote against the Marketplace Fairness Act, S.743, which would allow states to require online retailers to collect state sales...

Grassley Asks More Questions About Student Visa Process WASHINGTON – Senator Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley is asking additional questions about the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System and how the friend of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s visa wasn’t revoked when his student status was terminated. “It’s surprising...

Grassley comment on Pritzker nomination M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Pritzker nomination DA:    Thursday, May 2, 2013 Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment about President Obama nominating Penny Pritzker to serve as Secretary of Commerce. “Every nominee's offshore tax...

  Grassley Asks Napolitano About Student Visa Process in Light of Boston Bombing Arrests     Letter from Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about student visa process after arrests made in Boston bombing revealed one of Dzhokar Tsarnaev's friends was in the...

Grassley urges Administration to consider formal protest of European Commission action against U.S. ethanol exports WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has signed onto a letter urging the U.S. Trade Representative and the Acting Secretary of Commerce to consider initiating a challenge at the World Trade Organization regarding the recent decision by the...

WASHINGTON – A group of nine senators have asked leading Senate appropriators to restore state-level decision making about academic content in public schools when legislation is put together to fund the U.S. Department of Education for the next fiscal year. The appeal comes in response to the way federal incentives have interfered and put a heavy hand on...

Grassley supports Branstad’s request for federal disaster assistance WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the President to grant the request made by Governor Terry Branstad for a declaration of a major disaster in response to damaging winds, heavy rains, thunderstorms, freezing rain, and ice and snow this month. In a letter of request sent Friday,...

Q&A on Education Q:    Why is it important that education decisions be made at the state level? A:    When the U.S. Constitution was drafted, there was considerable popular debate about whether it was possible to have a republican form of government over a large and diverse country.  The solution, advocated principally...

Taking STOCK of “Political Intelligence” Information means everything. Students cramming for their final exams likely wouldn’t be so stressed out if they had access to the test answers beforehand.  Farmers wouldn’t lose so much sleep second-guessing their marketing decisions if they knew exactly when to lock in the top dollar for their grain.  And...

Intelligence Sharing in Wake of Boston Marathon Bombings Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Intelligence Sharing Thursday, April 25, 2013 There is a lot of finger pointing going on in Washington in the last two weeks.  It’s a lot like the weeks and months after 9/11.  What warning...

Iowan Jane Kelly Clears Senate to be Circuit Court Judge for Eighth Circuit 14 Obama judicial nominees have cleared Senate this year, compared to 1 Bush nominee in same time period Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee On the Nomination of Jane Kelly, to be United States Circuit Judge for the...

Medicare Advantage/stock incident, Tavenner nomination M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Medicare Advantage/stock incident, Tavenner nomination Da:    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released details of a timeline on a key Medicare policy decision earlier this month...

Napolitano Testifies on Immigration Reform Bill Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Welcome, Madam Secretary.   I appreciate...