WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley tonight said that an alternative solution on the southern border issue was not allowed a vote by the full Senate. He said the Senate majority tonight continued its practice of not allowing debate on amendments to legislation being considered by the body.
Tonight, the Senate finished consideration of a bill to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation that addresses sexual assaults on college and university campuses by protecting and empowering students and strengthening accountability and transparency for institutions, including penalties for non-compliance with the legislation’s new standards for...
WASHINGTON – A Senate Resolution designating July 30, 2014 as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day has passed the Senate. The resolution was sponsored by Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden, who will be the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus when it begins next year. The resolution comes on the anniversary of...
Senator Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee held a hearing on the False Claims Act. Grassley is the author of the 1986 qui tam amendments to the False Claims Act which empower private citizens who have information about fraudulent activity by government...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn a Constitutional Amendment to Limit Campaign SpeechTuesday, July 29, 2014
Mr. President, today I want to discuss a constitutional amendment that the Judiciary Committee has just reported to the Senate. The amendment would amend the Bill of...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeDetention of Daniel Chong by the Drug Enforcement AdministrationTuesday, July 29, 2014
Mr. President, today I want to speak about the unconscionable way in which the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) treated Daniel Chong, a San Diego college student, back...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold eight town meetings in Iowa during the week of August 11 as part of his annual 99-county tour.
Grassley has held a meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once every year since he was first elected to the U.S. Senate.
On August 12 and 13 Grassley will be in Sioux Center, Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sheldon,...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden today released Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s response to their questions about how new monitoring programs will impact legislative branch staff and federal whistleblowers.
The senators called Clapper’s pledge to maintain the constitutional separation of powers and refrain from monitoring...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is trying to make the so-called “jobs” bill before the Senate into a real jobs bill with the addition of provisions to renew the expired wind energy and biodiesel tax incentives. “Renewable energy supports thousands of jobs and generates billions of dollars in investment across the country,” Grassley said. ...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeStatement Opposing the Nomination of Pamela Harristo be Circuit Judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitMonday, July 28, 2014
Last week, I explained why I oppose the nomination of Pamela Harris to the Fourth Circuit. I’d like to...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOpposing the Nomination of Pamela Harristo be Circuit Judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitThursday, July 24, 2014
Today I’d like to discuss my opposition to the nomination of Professor Pamela Harris to the Fourth Circuit. ...
Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyCommittee on Finance Hearing, “The U.S. Tax Code: Love It, Leave It or Reform It!”Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Like most of my colleagues here today, I have deep concerns about the practice of companies moving overseas for the primary purpose of avoiding U.S. taxes. Average Americans and companies that remain in...
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after a meeting today between Senate Agriculture Committee Republicans and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The senators asked for the meeting in a letter on May 23.
“No question this administration has a poor track record with agricultural interests on any number of issues. I...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Amy Klobuchar of Minn. have asked the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to further study possible anti-competitive practices regarding certain oil companies.
Grassley and Klobuchar forwarded a comprehensive analysis from the Renewable Fuels Association...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from Christians United for Israel, the Iowa Turkey Federation, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Girls and Boys Nation, and the Iowa FFA Association. Senator...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Darrell Issa have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to update a 1996 report by re-examining all current systems and subsystems maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that contain retail firearms purchaser data in order to ensure compliance with legal...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is asking the Director of the FBI about an alleged method of retaliation being used against whistleblowers at the FBI.
In a letter sent yesterday, Grassley pressed FBI Director James Comey for information about Loss of Effectiveness orders. In May, during a regular...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Secretary of Health and Human Services to explain and justify apparent outrageous spending on housing for the influx of undocumented migrants crossing the United States’ southern...
