Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck GrassleyDelivered Thursday, May 15, 2014Facts on Wind Energy Tax Incentives
Mr. President, I am pleased that the Senate is finally getting serious about passing tax extenders this year.
Congress has put off the extension of expired tax provisions until the last minute all too frequently. In 2012, provisions remained...
WASHINGTON —U.S. Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, have introduced Senate Resolution 442, recognizing May 2014 as National Foster Care Month.
In honor of foster care youth and in support of the resolution, Landrieu and...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman and ranking member of the Finance Committee, today asked the President’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services whether she will have a more accountable, visible presence than others in the Obama Administration who seem to have retreated...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Smarter Sentencing ActTuesday, March 13, 2014
Mr. President, there are new reports that the Majority Leader is considering bringing the so-called Smarter Sentencing Act to the Senate floor for a vote.
I rise again today to express my strong...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking for a full accounting of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general’s investigation into the emerging allegations of excessive delays in medical care at veterans facilities in at least three states. The allegations are that some veterans died while awaiting treatment.
“I would like to...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after receiving a response from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to his inquiry about the guidance it offered financial institutions on providing services to illegal drug...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
On the Nomination of
David Jeremiah Barron, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Mr. President,
I come to the floor to speak today on the nomination of Harvard Law School Professor David Barron to a...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s crackdown on illegal synthetic drugs in states across the country. Grassley worked toward the enactment of the Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012, banning many iterations of synthetic drugs, including one associated with the death of an...
WASHINGTON – In a hearing today before the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley urged U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to use his authority to make changes to stop the abuse of the farm program which enables 10 percent of the wealthiest farmers to receive 70 percent of the benefit from the farm program.
Grassley asked Agriculture...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the House of Representatives’ creation of a select committee to look into the attack on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.
“I support the House of Representatives’ creation of a select committee to look into Benghazi. I’m a co-sponsor of S. Res. 225, a resolution...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaFor the RecordRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeProposed Rule Extending Employment Authorizationsto Spouses of Certain H-1B Workers
Today, the Departments of Homeland Security and Commerce announced a proposed rule change that would extend employment authorizations to spouses of certain...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today released internal Department of Homeland Security emails discussing an alleged terrorist “hands off” list allowing individuals with potential terrorist ties into the United States. The emails were attached to a letter he sent to the Department...
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress are pressing the Peace Corps to cooperate with the agency’s inspector general so the office can appropriately respond to reports of sexual assault.
The members’ concerns come from a January congressional hearing where the Peace Corps Inspector General detailed difficulties she has...
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 the Iowa Hospital Association, the Iowa Library Association, the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, the Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists, the National Breast Cancer Coalition,...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Nominations of Nancy L. Moritz to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 10th Circuit
Mr. President,
Tonight we will vote on the nomination of Justice Moritz, a nominee for the Tenth Circuit. During her legal career, Justice Moritz handled a wide variety of...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the nomination of Theodore David Chuang,to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland
Mr. President,I’d like to speak for a few minutes on the nomination of Theodore Chuang to be District Judge in the District of Maryland.
I’ll oppose the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa continues to press Northwestern University on whether the university withheld key documents in an earlier inquiry into whether a cardiologist used an unapproved heart-valve repair device on patients without their proper consent. “Moreover, the … documents which you belatedly disclosed bear directly on...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Lamar Alexander today are pressing the Assistant Secretary of Labor charged with overseeing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about reforms to the Labor Department’s whistleblower protection program.
In a letter to Assistant Secretary David Michaels, the senators are questioning why...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to continue to explain how underage victims are treated once they are rescued from forced prostitution as he works to gauge whether additional protections are needed, including how to protect foster care minors from exploitation. ...
