Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeWhistleblower Allegations of Misconduct at the U.S. Marshals ServiceTuesday, May 05, 2015Mr. President, the United States Marshals Service performs many important functions. Marshals protect Federal Judges, they transport Federal prisoners and they apprehend...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the leaders of the Caucus on Foster Youth, today introduced bipartisan legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. The legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing the approximately 400,000 children in the foster care system and resolves that the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration to answer questions that have gone unanswered for nearly three years regarding the agency’s detention of Daniel Chong.
Grassley began asking questions shortly after news reports surfaced that Mr. Chong was left without...
Recent OIG Report Warns Taxpayer Money at Risk for AbuseWASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt pressing the agency to further clarify guidance for how...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, leaders of the Caucus on Foster Youth, today announced a panel discussion on promoting policies that allow grandparents or other family members to care for foster youth. The panel discussion on Wednesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 215 Capitol Visitors Center will take place during National...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the Senate’s passage of a measure that helps law enforcement agencies apprehend criminals who have injured or killed police officers. The Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act also creates a nationwide system, known as a Blue...
WASHINGTON – A bill to help address the treatment of mentally ill offenders by the criminal justice system cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Chairman Chuck Grassley said. The bill was sponsored by Senator Al Franken and was cosponsored by Grassley along with Senators...
WASHINGTON – Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today are introducing legislation to 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 state and federal level. It also...
WASHINGTON – Legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley to enhance the already successful Section 529 college savings plans program today passed out of the Finance Committee on a unanimous 26 to 0 vote.“These reforms will make it even more appealing for parents to use 529 college savings plans,” Grassley said. “The additions give more...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, along with senior committee members John Cornyn and Chuck Schumer today introduced legislation that would make necessary and commonsense reforms to restore integrity to the U.S. patent system. Judiciary Committee members Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch and Amy...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with North Carolina senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr, today introduced legislation prohibiting people with gang ties from receiving deferred deportation and other immigration benefits. The bill also makes gang members deportable and inadmissible for...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley today received the Congressional Advocate of the Year award from the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) for his work to protect children and support of child welfare programs.“Working to improve the lives of underprivileged and vulnerable youth is something I strongly support. The league does great work...
Breakdown Raises Questions about the Scope of Security FailuresWASHINGTON – At a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing chaired by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged that a lapse in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ background check procedures led the agency to erroneously grant...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs for answers on reported widespread mistreatment and punishment of whistleblowers. Grassley called the reported mistreatment “beyond unacceptable” in a letter to the agency secretary and inspector general. “Improvement of veteran health care is dependent, in...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Harrison Patrick Gudorf has received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for the 2015-2016 school year.Gudorf is the son of Shelley and Joe Gudorf of West Des Moines. He will graduate in May from Dowling Catholic High School. Gudorf participated in concert...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Luis Angel Martinez of Des Moines has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., for the 2015-2016 school year.Martinez is the son of Ma and Rafael Martinez of Des Moines. He will graduate in May from Abraham Lincoln High School. Martinez served as captain...
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 American Dental Association; the Iowa Wholesale Beer Distribution Association; the Government Accounting Standards Board; the Quality Construction Alliance; the Iowa Renewable Fuels...
WASHINGTON – Legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley to enhance the already successful Section 529 college savings plans program will receive Finance Committee consideration on Wednesday.“These reforms will make it even more appealing for parents to use 529 college savings plans,” Grassley said. “The additions give more flexibility...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adapts its health care programs to meet the needs of the expanding female veteran population.“The Department of Veterans Affairs should offer health care that fits the population it serves,” Grassley said....
