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Second Hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act Monday, April 22, 2013 Today, we continue our discussion on the immigration bill that was unveiled last Wednesday by a bipartisan group of...

Grassley on SEC Enforcement Co-director, Chairman Coming from Same Law Firm M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    SEC co-directors of enforcement Da:    Monday, April 22, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s announcement...

Grassley Presses Perez to Comply with Subpoena, Obey the Law WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, continued to press Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez to comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and to provide the documents to the Senate as it considers his...

Perez Chooses Not to Comply with Subpoena Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee made the following statement regarding a letter from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez.  The letter cites Perez’s non-compliance with a subpoena issued by the...

Grassley works to stop federal interference and restore state-level education decisions WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is leading an effort to ask leading Senate appropriators to restore state-level decision making about academic content in public schools in response to the way federal incentives have interfered and put a heavy hand on states to adopt...

Grassley, Cassidy Seek Answers from Georgia Hospital on Discount Drug Program WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana today asked a Georgia hospital for details of its use of a federal discount prescription drug program, known as 340B.  They wrote to the Columbus Regional Healthcare System after a hospital executive...

Labor Department Nominee Fails to Comply with Subpoena Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee made the following statement regarding a letter from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez.  The letter cites Perez’s non-compliance with a subpoena...

Judicial Nominations Update: Obama 13 - Bush 1  ***Video of Grassley’s speech can be found here. Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary On the Nomination of Analisa Torres, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York Derrick Kahala Watson, to be United States District...

GAO Report on Caribbean Anti-drug Trafficking Programs M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    GAO report on Caribbean anti-drug trafficking programs Da:    Thursday, April 18, 2013 Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairman, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-chairman, of the Caucus on International Narcotics...

  Grassley, Cruz Introduce Comprehensive Legislation That Targets Violent Criminals, Safeguards Second Amendment     WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ted Cruz of Texas are introducing an alternative amendment to gun legislation pending on the Senate floor.  Their “Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second...

Secret holds reform in the U.S. Senate. M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Secret holds reform in the U.S. Senate. DA:    Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Senator Chuck Grassley, co-author of the resolution adopted in 2011 to end the practice of secret holds in the U.S. Senate, made this comment about...

IRS on accessing taxpayer emails M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    IRS on accessing taxpayer emails Da:    Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today pressed the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to account for recent media reports stating that agency internal...

Tax Filing Day M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Tax Filing Day DA:    Monday, April 15, 2013 Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment on Tax Filing Day, the annual federal income tax deadline. “Tax Filing Day is a good day to remember that, on average, every American taxpayer works...

Q&A on the Keystone XL Pipeline Q:    Why do you support the Keystone XL Pipeline? A:    The crude oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast called the Keystone XL pipeline would provide 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day and help to counteract insufficient domestic oil supplies and reduce America’s dependence on less...

Grassley plans meetings in Central Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold constituent meetings in Central Iowa on May 2. Grassley said he has planned town meetings in Eldora, Marshalltown and Boone.  He also will tour Burke Corporation in Nevada and have an hour-long meeting with employees there. “Representative government is a two-way...

Grassley statement regarding the launch of the official website for the National Physician Payment Transparency Program M E M O R A N D U M   To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Sunshine Act website up Da:    Thursday, April 11, 2013   Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the comment below about today’s...

  Grassley Unveils Legislation to Lessen Burden on Second and Eleventh Circuit Courts                 WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley introduced legislation to ease pressure on the heavy workloads on the Second and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, which are two of the busiest...

Regulatory Reform Initiative Seeks Sunshine, Accountability, and Pro-Jobs Environment WASHINGTON – Working to create an environment for private-sector employers to create jobs and to increase transparency, Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Doug Collins are introducing legislation that would end the practice of enacting federal regulations through...

Questions to Consider on the Group of Eight Immigration Bill  Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary Questions to Consider About Group of Eight Immigration Proposal Thursday, April 11, 2013 Mr. President, For months, members on both sides of the aisle have been working to find common ground...

Tribute to Margaret Thatcher Mr. President,     I would like to take a moment to pay tribute to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who passed away Monday. In the 1970s, Britain was mired in debt and even had to go to the IMF for a bailout.   Britain was known then as “The Sick Man of Europe” – how we think of Greece...