News Releases

Sens. Franken, Grassley, Lead Bipartisan Group in Pressing for Investigation of Mobile Phone “Stalking Apps” that Allow Abusers to Secretly Track Victims Senators Ask Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission to Look Into Legality of Apps WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led a bipartisan group of...

Q&A on the Social Security COLA and Medicare Part B Premiums with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q:        How does the government determine cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for Social Security? A:        Since 1978, the annual Social Security COLA has been determined by the...

  Grassley Presses for Accountability in Justice Department Grant Programs, Notes Special Interests That Oppose Reform   WASHINGTON – In an effort to ensure greater accountability in the Justice Department’s distribution of money to grant recipients, Sen. Chuck Grassley offered an amendment to the appropriations bill being debated in the United...

Legislation to Strengthen, Update Whistleblower Protections Clears Committee             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that legislation to strengthen and update the Whistleblower Protection Act unanimously passed the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs...

FEMA decision on Individual Assistance M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors FR:    Jill Kozeny, Grassley Office, 202-224-1308 RE:    FEMA decision on Individual Assistance DA:    Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment about the decision by the...

  Grassley Expresses Concern Over Sunshine for Doctor Payments Delays     M E M O R A N D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       Continued delays from CMS on Sunshine Act Da:      Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the...

Grassley Questions FBI Handling of Another Mafia Informant             WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley is pressing the FBI for information about its handling of a second confidential informant in the Boston area with alleged ties to organized crime....

Grassley Urges Attention to Charitable Loophole Subsidized by Taxpayers WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today urged the Administration and congressional colleagues to take action to limit or close a charitable loophole that taxpayers heavily subsidize yet results in financial gains for a few principals and very little money for charities. At a...

Grassley, Johnson Press for Farm Payment Limits to be Included in Deficit Reduction Talks     WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Tim Johnson have requested that the deficit reduction committee save more than $1.5 billion by including their legislation that places a hard cap on farm payments at $250,000 per married couple ($125,000 per...

Grassley Works to Close Loopholes and Strengthen Criminal Money Laundering Statutes WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today introduced comprehensive legislation that will strengthen money laundering statutes and will make it more difficult for terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminal organizations to finance their...

Justice Department Silent on Pornography Found on Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Computer             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that 100 days after he sent a letter to the Justice Department questioning why the department declined to prosecute an assistant United States attorney after...

Medicare Matters In Iowa and nationwide, Medicare dollars support hospitals, nursing homes, home health care services, pharmacies, medical equipment suppliers, and the private insurance industry, which offers supplemental coverage to beneficiaries who want additional protection.  Since its passage nearly a half-century ago, the public health insurer...

KOHL AND GRASSLEY URGE SUPER COMMITTEE TO SAVE BILLIONS BY ENCOURAGING COMPETITION FROM GENERIC DRUGS WASHINGTON – As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction works to adopt deficit reduction measures, Senators Herb Kohl and Chuck Grassley are urging the panel to include a bipartisan bill that cuts costs by encouraging competition from generic drugs....

Q&A on Education with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley What’s the federal government’s role in K-12 education? Under the Constitution, the federal government is not granted a direct role in education.  Nevertheless, Congress has carved out an increasing role in K-12 education over the years through various spending programs.  In 1965, Congress...

Grassley Wins Support for Amendment to Protect Judicial Branch Whistleblowers WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley yesterday won approval of his amendment to give whistleblower protection to employees in the Judicial Branch.  The amendment was added to a federal judgeships bill that was being debated in the Senate Judiciary Committee. While the...

Grassley: Plenty of Room for Saving Taxpayer Money in Judiciary Committee Jurisdiction Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Submits Ideas to Deficit Reduction Committee             WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today submitted 18 pages of ideas to the Deficit...

Trafficking Bill Clears Senate Grassley amends judgeships bill  Prepared Opening Statement of Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Senate Committee on the Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting Thursday, October 13, 2011 With regard to the judicial nominations, we are prepared to vote on the following nominations today: Jordán, Gerrard, Phillips,...

Seeking Quality, Not Quantity Grassley Floor Statement on Nathan, Forrest, Hickey Nominations   Prepared Floor Statement of Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Alison J. Nathan to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Katherine B. Forrest to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Susan Owens...

Free Trade Agreements with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Free Trade Agreements with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea Tuesday, October 12, 2011 The topic of the day is jobs.  The question gets asked a lot: What policies can we implement to create jobs?  With more than 9 percent unemployment in this...

Passage of free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment about Senate passage tonight of free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.   “Exports have an important part to play in the economic recovery effort.  Private sector employers need an international trade agenda...