More than $48 Billion Restored to Treasury Following Grassley PolicyWASHINGTON – The federal government recovered more than $3.5 billion in taxpayer dollars lost to fraud in fiscal 2015, thanks in large part to reforms championed by Senator Chuck Grassley. The Justice Department announced the recoveries, which came from judgments and settlements...
WASHINGTON – The job-creating immigrant investor visa program, known as the EB-5 Regional Center program, is set to expire in just one week if Congress does not move to reauthorize it. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) are urging Congressional leaders to support a bipartisan, bicameral...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is the lead Republican on a bipartisan investigative report released today that gives rare insight into how a company prices a landmark prescription drug. In this case, the company anticipated it would face public outcry over a high price for a Hepatitis C drug but went forward anyway. “This...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington today introduced legislation to reform and extend the biodiesel tax credit. The legislation is similar to the provision that passed out of the Finance Committee in July.
“This provision should be included in the tax extenders package under discussion,” Grassley said. ...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Scott, Cedar, Clinton and Jackson counties on Monday, Dec. 14, and Thursday, Dec. 17. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. ...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaFederal Farm Policy and Reopening the Farm BillThursday, December 3, 2015Mr. President, I rise to speak about the 2014 farm bill and attempts to change it by members of this Congress. The farm bill process was a long, hard and frustrating exercise. Nobody got everything they wanted, but in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah are asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to account for how much federal money it has given to each state health care exchange, how much money it has identified as misused, what it can do to recover money for unallowable activities, and how much money for unallowable...
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck Grassley on Obamacare and the Reconciliation DebateDelivered Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015Several years ago, I gave a speech about Obamacare. As we begin debate, I harken back to that speech. Obamacare wasn’t working then; it’s not working now. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “success”...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released a report from his oversight and investigative staff analyzing 18 federal agencies’ responses to his inquiries on paid administrative leave and endorsed the report’s recommendations for reining in this largely unproductive, expensive practice. “Everything I’ve seen shows a Wild West environment...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley will meet with an Iowa family from Bettendorf.Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa students from Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over a Judiciary...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa drafted the 2006 provisions that improved the IRS whistleblower office to stop tax fraud. A new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office shows the IRS whistleblower office has collected almost $2 billion since 2011 that otherwise would have been lost to fraud. The report describes several major...
For months, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise and increase its proposed volume obligations for renewable biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2014, 2015 and 2016. After hearing from Grassley and other senators, the EPA released a final rule today that improves the volume...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, is pressing the attorneys for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and several of her former staff members at the department about possible joint defense agreements or other coordination to respond to questions from Congress and other legal inquiries.
Grassley’s letter...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeCybersecurity Information Sharing ActWednesday, October 21, 2015 Mr. President, I rise to express my strong support for S.754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, and to thank the bill’s managers for their leadership and hard work on the bill.The...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is investigating the compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan that cost the U.S. taxpayers $43 million, as much as $42.5 million more than it should have, and the Pentagon task force that oversaw the construction. The task force spent $800 million in total on the gas station and other similar projects. The Special...
WASHINGTON – An internal U.S. Marshals Service policy limiting communications with Congress does not clearly express legal protections for employees who disclose fraud, waste or misconduct. The policy can lead to confusion for staff, and impede oversight needed to improve government operations and guard taxpayer dollars.
In a letter to Attorney General...
WASHINGTON – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about the threat of ISIS members entering the United States through the porous southwest border. Recent news reports have...
WASHINGTON – Federal authorities responsible for vetting potential guardians of children who enter the country without an adult have been placing some with convicted criminals, according to whistleblower claims. The whistleblower, who is familiar with the vetting process, alleges that at least 3,400 sponsors out of a sample of 29,000 listed in a...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeRemaining Vigilant Against Terrorist AttacksDelivered Thursday, November 19, 2015
*Video of Grassley's speech can be found here.
Madam President, because of what happened in Paris last week, many speeches are going to be given on the floor of the Senate about...
