News Releases

New Report on Smithsonian Employee Travel M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and editors Re:    Smithsonian employee travel Da:    Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on a report from the Smithsonian Institution inspector general on employee travel. ...

Grassley plans meetings in Iowa during Easter recess of Senate WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said he will hold constituent meetings in 30 Iowa communities during the last week of March and the first week of April, when the Senate is scheduled to break for Easter. Grassley’s meetings include 19 town meetings, Q&A with students in five high schools,...

Grassley Introduces Bill to Restore Consumer Choice for Cellphone Users             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation with Chairman Patrick Leahy and others to restore the ability of consumers to more easily transfer their cell...

USDA responds to Senators on Meat Inspector Furloughs Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment after receiving a response from Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about meat inspectors being furloughed as a result of sequestration.  Last week, Senator Chuck Grassley and eight other senators sent a letter to Vilsack expressing...

Menendez, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Measure to Strengthen Child Support Enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) yesterday reintroduced the “Strengthen and Vitalize Enforcement of Child Support (SAVE Child Support) Act (S.508.)”  This legislation will give states the tools they need to collect...

  Administrative Office of the Courts Responds to Grassley on Sequester       Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after receiving a response from the Administrative Office of the Courts about its plans for sequestration.  Grassley Here is a copy of Grassley’s first letter to the Judicial Conference.  Here...

Grassley statement at Judiciary Committee Business Meeting, Mark-up of Gun Violence Bills Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting Thursday, March 7, 2013 Mr. Chairman, what happened at Newtown shocked the entire nation.  We will never forget where we were and how we reacted when we learned that 20 very young children and 6...

Senators Work to Close Loophole that Allows Terrorists to Stay in U.S. WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Saxby Chambliss have introduced legislation to close a loophole in U.S. visa policy that could allow foreign nationals to remain in the United States after they have had their visa revoked. Since 2003, Congress’ investigative arm, the Government...

Vitter, Grassley, Issa Want Answers on FOIA Process Failures Members of Congress cite multiple problems with Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), top Republican of the Senate Judiciary...

  Grassley: Naval Academy Selects Ames Student     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Bernard Forney of Ames has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2013-2014 school year. Forney is the son of Barbara and Craig Forney.  He is homeschooled and will graduate from high school in...

Q&A on “Too Big to Jail” Q.    What does “too big to jail” mean?   A.    “Too big to jail” refers to the federal government’s recent philosophy to decline to pursue criminal prosecution of Wall Street megabanks for financial fraud and other wrongdoing.  The Obama administration has not sought aggressively to...

Grassley schedule this week M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Grassley Schedule DA:    Monday, March 4, 2013 Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week.  The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington with the National Association for...

Legacy of Deficits and Debt as Far as the Eye Can See Every wage-earning American started the new year with less take-home pay.  The payroll tax holiday ended on January 1, which meant breadwinners across the country were forced to figure out how to make ends meet with two percent less. Now Washington is getting a taste of its own medicine: making do...

Unsatisfactory Response from Justice Department on “Too Big to Jail” M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Justice Department on “too big to jail” Da:    Friday, March 1, 2013 Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa received a response from the Justice Department to their “too...

Grassley plans meeting in Floyd County WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold a town meeting in Charles City on Saturday, March 9. “Representative government is a two-way street, and it’s strengthened by dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent.  Going to every county every year for face-to-face meetings like this one in...

  Senate internships available, applications due March 22     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that summer internships for college-age Iowans are available and applications are due March 22. These Senate internships are available in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines,...

Grassley: New GAO Report Shows FBI Luxury Jets Used for Executive Travel, Not Counterterrorism Efforts             WASHINGTON – A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows that two FBI Gulfstream V jets that were justified to Congress by the FBI as critical to counterterrorism operations...

Grassley, Goodlatte Press Napolitano for Answers on Release of Illegal Immigrants from Detention Facilities     WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte late yesterday questioned Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano using the current budget crisis as...

Bicameral, Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Bring More Transparency to Federal Courtrooms WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Steve King, both of Iowa, are leading an effort to bring more transparency into federal courtrooms by introducing the “Sunshine in the Courtroom Act.”  The legislation allows judges at all federal court...

Sequestration Should Force Responsible Action Floor Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley  regarding sequestration Thursday, February 28, 2013 Click here for the video. Mr. President, In August 2011, a deal was reached to grant President Obama’s request to raise the debt ceiling by $2.1 trillion.   In exchange for the debt ceiling increase,...