WASHINGTON – Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Charles Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry requesting details about the State Department’s proposed changes to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The...
WASHINGTON— Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, all members of the Iowa congressional delegation have added their support for Gov. Terry Branstad’s request for a federal declaration of a major disaster for the state as a result of severe weather during that occurred during the period of June 20, 2015 and June 25, 2015. The letter was signed by Grassley, Sen....
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, and Congressmen Bob Goodlatte and John Conyers today expressed great concern with an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel that allows the Justice Department to deny access to records sought by the Inspector General.The Inspector General Act of 1978 authorizes the Inspector General to access...
Sen. Chuck Grassley has received a response from the American Red Cross related to his inquiry on spending on earthquake relief in Haiti. He made the following comment on the response.
“I still have a lot more questions for the Red Cross. It’s unclear why the Red Cross enters into contracts with other organizations stipulating that details of...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed legislation from Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse that would ensure that at-risk youth are fairly and effectively served by juvenile justice grant programs. Their legislation updates existing law by promoting improved transparency and accountability at the...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review various aspects of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, including federal oversight of the program. According to the GAO, this program is the largest source of federal assistance for developing affordable rental housing with an estimated cost of $8 billion in...
WASHINGTON – The Senate tonight unanimously passed legislation to extend whistleblower protections for employees who provide information to their employer or the Department of Justice regarding criminal antitrust violations. The Criminal Antitrust Anti-retaliation Act was introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the National Treasury Employees Union’s opposition to the use of private contractors to collect tax debt. The provision is part of the proposed highway bill in the Senate.“The IRS union is already opposing the use of private contractors to collect taxes that’s part of the...
Sentencing Commission amendment allows for the release of thousands of federal inmates this November Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch for information about the thousands of federal prison inmates who will be...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after the White House nominated Judge Leonard Strand to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.Grassley recommended Strand to the White House after an extensive effort by a Judicial Selection Commission that Grassley formed...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today secured Finance Committee passage of tax incentives for wind energy, biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol in a bipartisan tax extenders bill. The bill also contains long-time Grassley-sponsored provisions on tax deductions for higher education tuition and school supplies bought by teachers. The inclusion...
Nearly a year ago, in August 2014, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa asked the Drug Enforcement Administration why it paid an Amtrak secretary $854,460 over 19 years for train passenger information it could have received for free, according to an inspector general report. Grassley was and is concerned that the DEA might have paid for the information instead...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) today led a bipartisan group of 36 senators in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the proposed volumes it set for biodiesel production under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
“While the proposal is a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the leaders of the Finance Committee to hold a hearing on the 340B prescription drug pricing program in light of a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) showing there is a financial incentive at participating hospitals to maximize revenue through the difference between the cost of the drug...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa secured the inclusion of tax incentives for wind energy, biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol in the bipartisan tax extenders bill the Finance Committee will consider on Tuesday. The bill also contains long-time Grassley-sponsored provisions on tax deductions for higher education tuition and school supplies bought...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa included provisions in the education bill passed by the Senate today on gifted and talented students, school stability for foster youth, and civics education involving the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. “The bill returns much control of how best to teach children to states and local school...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee this week unanimously passed legislation to extend whistleblower protections for employees who provide information to their employer or the Department of Justice regarding criminal antitrust violations. The Criminal Antitrust Anti-retaliation Act was introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck...
The Finance Committee today held a hearing on an undercover operation from Congress’ auditing and investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), that found that the government-run health care program enrolled 11 of 12 fake applicants in 2014, then automatically re-enrolled them for 2015. In response to a question from Sen....
