In September, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Rand Paul wrote to the National Science Foundation and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) to express concern over NEON’s spending of federal funds on parties, alcohol and lobbying and the National Science Foundation’s apparent sanction of that spending. The spending on highly questionable “management...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has received the first-ever Grandfamilies Champion Award from the advocacy group Generations United for his work to support grandparents raising their grandchildren. Helping to present the award was a West Des Moines woman who has informed congressional policy work through her own example. “It’s an...
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Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUnited States SenateZero Dark Thirty ReportThursday, December 4, 2014
Mr. President, I come to the floor today to talk about Zero Dark Thirty – not the movie but a report on the movie. The report was supposed to tell us how the movie’s producers obtained top...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and likely incoming Chairman, made the following statement after meeting with Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch.
“This was the first time I’d had the opportunity to meet Ms. Lynch. We had a very nice conversation that focused on my priorities as well as priorities she would...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today reiterated the need for an independent military justice system, citing the mounting evidence that the existing system continues to fail members of the military who are victims of sexual assault and other crimes.
“The longer we wait, the more we will fail the men and women who choose to serve in our country’s...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Orrin Hatch are seeking details from the Social Security Administration and the Justice Department on Social Security benefits given to suspected ex-Nazis. It’s unclear why the federal government allowed millions of dollars to flow to these individuals, including those who have left the country. Record-keeping...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency that it will delay finalization of the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) until 2015.
“The reprieve is mixed news for the farmers and biofuel producers who have responded to the call for more homegrown,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, today made the following comment on Senate passage last night of a House of Representatives-passed bill to amend the federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the U.S. Armed Forces. The bill was called up for expedited...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today released a response from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to his letter, with Sen. Mark Kirk, on the department’s oversight of billions of dollars of federal Moving to Work program funds given to local housing authorities in Chicago and elsewhere across the country. Grassley is concerned that HUD appears to be...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today that a bill reauthorizing for five years the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, more broadly known as STELA, cleared the Senate last night.
The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act provides consumers access to distant television content...
More than $44 billion has been recovered through the federal False Claims Act
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today that the federal False Claims Law has recovered $5.69 billion in the fiscal year 2014, nearly $3 billion of which was related to lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today joined Senators Marco Rubio, Pat Roberts, John Thune and Mark Kirk to introduce legislation that would create a temporary visa ban for people who have resided in a country that the Centers for Disease Control has designated as a country with “widespread transmission of Ebola.” Aid...
Floor Statement by Senator Charles E. GrassleyThe Need to Act on Tax ExtendersDelivered Thursday, November 20, 2014
Here we are in another lame duck session of Congress working to finish the business that we’ve failed to complete during the previous year or two.
One of those critical pieces of legislation that must be enacted is a tax extender bill....
Senator Chuck GrassleyFloor Statement on Rural HealthDelivered Thursday, November 20, 2014
Today I rise to recognize National Rural Health Day. I would like to take a moment to recognize our rural healthcare providers and all that they do for this country.
Approximately 62 million Americans live in rural areas, and they depend on an ever shrinking...
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement after President Barack Obama’s announcement tonight that he will make a series of executive actions thwarting the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Grassley has sent letters questioning the President’s planned executive action, and his actions to enforce current...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteePresident Obama’s Abuse of Executive Action and Mass AmnestyWednesday, November 19, 2014
In his State of the Union address last January, President Obama announced what he called a year of action. Armed with a pen and a phone, he promised to take action...
Floor Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyNational Adoption Day on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014Delivered Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014
On Saturday, many children and families around the country will celebrate National Adoption Day. It’s a day that many adoptions are finalized and youth find their forever families.
It’s very comforting and fitting that this day...
