WASHINGTON – ?Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is exploring allegations that U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) officials hired unqualified personnel in a high-level contract position in order to receive favorable consideration for a promotion.
According to claims received by the Senate Judiciary Committee, then-Deputy...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve public access to the federal judiciary by granting judges the ability to allow cameras in federal courtrooms. The Sunshine in the Courtroom Act permits media coverage of trial and appellate cases to...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment today regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) extension of the public comment period for a recent Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee report.
“It’s right for USDA and HHS to extend the public comment period. I joined many of my...
Any effort to prevent human trafficking must focus on demand for commercial sex?
WASHINGTON – ?As the Senate debates legislation to curb human trafficking in the United States, Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of 17 congressional colleagues in expressing concern about lax State Department policies...
WASHINGTON – ?Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is investigating claims that U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) officials wasted Asset Forfeiture Fund (AFF) resources to purchase extravagant offices decorations such as custom wall paper and window treatments. In a letter to USMS Director Hylton, Grassley also raised...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) this week reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help end breast cancer by creating a clearinghouse and catalyst for research,...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley has met with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and Safe States Alliance and will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the Pella Chamber of Commerce, the Iowa Soybean...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa announced today that Iowans who request American flags flown over the U.S. Capitol now can order them online.
Flags are available in both nylon and cotton in multiple sizes. Nylon flags are available in 3x5, 4x6, 5x8; and cotton flags are available in 3x5 and 5x8. Each flag is accompanied by a certificate...
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Thursday joined 29 of his colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell pressing the secretaries to stay within statutory guidelines, consider the most relevant scientific...
WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today re-introduced the Saving Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act to increase the criminal penalties for marketing candy-flavored drugs to appeal to children. Coincidentally, the issue of stronger penalties for distributing candy-flavored drugs is before the United...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland today introduced bipartisan legislation allowing older Americans to receive individualized care that would help them continue to stay in their own homes rather than nursing homes.“I’ve never met anyone who can’t wait to move into a nursing home,” Grassley...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, David Perdue of Georgia, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Pat Roberts of Kansas, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Jim Risch of Idaho, John Boozman of Arkansas and John Cornyn of Texas today introduced legislation to disallow the Earned Income Tax Credit...
WASHINGTON – One day after Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 52 Republican colleagues in condemning a proposal limiting access to rifle ammunition, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) today announced it would not finalize the plan. All senators were invited to join the...
WASHINGTON – ?The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs allegedly made personnel decisions in an attempt to discourage cooperation with ongoing inquiries from Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, regarding claims that the office awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to states that incarcerated youth in violation of...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley has met with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the First Citizens Heritage Club and will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Urological Association, Missouri...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed support for a pair of nominees who were confirmed by the Senate for two executive branch intellectual property positions today. Daniel Marti was confirmed to be the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator in the Executive Office of the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led 52 colleagues in expressing concern for a new proposal that would severely limit access to rifle ammunition primarily used for sporting purposes. This class of ammunition is protected from prohibition under a 1986 Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act exemption....
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa previews legislation the Senate will consider next week that targets human traffickers who force children and teenagers into servitude for cheap labor and as sex workers. “Too often we hear that this sort of thing just ‘doesn’t happen where I...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio have introduced legislation to require that Medicare prescription drug plans carry six categories of prescription drugs offered to participating beneficiaries. The legislation comes after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services tried to limit the categories by...
