Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on the introduction of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to reinstate Trade Promotion authority. Grassley is a senior member and former chairman of the Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over trade.“The introduction of Trade Promotion Authority legislation is welcome. The development of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today praised key Senate committee passage of legislation to identify and serve high ability students from underserved groups. Grassley is the lead sponsor of the TALENT Act, or the To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act. Much of the TALENT Act was included in the...
In September 2014, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to the National Science Foundation and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), a federal grant recipient, to express concern over NEON’s spending of federal funds on parties, alcohol and lobbying and the National Science Foundation’s apparent sanction of that spending. Grassley...
Prepared Remarks of Sen. Chuck GrassleySpeech to the National Pork Producers Council, Washington, D.C.Thursday, April 16, 2015 I am glad to be here with you, and I hope you had a good breakfast that included either ham or bacon to get your day started. Thank you for inviting me here. I think it is really important that you’re in...
WASHINGTON – Following a review process that welcomed all interested Iowa lawyers for consideration, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is recommending to President Barack Obama two outstanding Iowans for open judgeships on the federal...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is requesting an explanation for why nearly all of the names on the Justice Department’s gun ban list in the “mental defective” category belong to veterans or their dependents.
“It’s disturbing to think that the men and women who dedicated themselves to defending...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, today asked the Justice Department and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration for an update on the investigation of alleged misconduct by IRS personnel, including Lois Lerner, in connection with their handling of applications for tax-exempt status by certain conservative...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators commended the Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board’s (ARB) interpretation of federal whistleblower protections provisions, clarifying the statutory burdens of proof in whistleblower cases. In two recent decisions, ARB found that employees should be allowed to have a fair chance to make their case before...
WASHINGTON – Following a review process that welcomed all interested Iowa lawyers for consideration, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is recommending to President Barak Obama two outstanding Iowans for open judgeships on the federal...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire are asking for more information on three former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were released pursuant to court orders and may have returned to the battlefield. One former detainee is confirmed to have...
WASHINGTON – The Whistleblower Protection Caucus is adding two new members, according to the Caucus’ Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Vice-Chairman Ron Wyden of Oregon. Senators John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) are joining the bipartisan caucus, a group of senators committed to raising awareness of the value and need to protect...
*****HEARING POSTPONED*****Please note the following hearing has been postponed because of an all-member briefing on Iran that has been scheduled for tomorrow morning. Chairman Grassley and Co-Chairman Feinstein will announce a new date for the hearing when one is selected. Grassley, Feinstein Announce Witnesses for Drug Caucus...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement regarding a Justice Department memo warning all employees and contractors to refrain from engaging in commercial sex. The memo, however, did not establish a zero-tolerance policy that Grassley requested requiring the dismissal...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa has asked the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to update the committee on its investigation into the alleged misconduct by federal judge Mark Fuller.
Fuller is a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He was arrested in August...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today welcomed confirmation from the State Department Office of Inspector General that the inspector general will review the department’s use of the Special Government Employee program.
“This program is meant to be used in a limited way to give the government special expertise it can’t get otherwise,” Grassley said. “Is...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa announced today that the committee will hold a hearing on the nation’s asset forfeiture laws. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 15, at 10 a.m. (ET) in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will also be streamed live on the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is seeking answers from the Administration on why it reportedly won’t disclose documents regarding the relationship between the Treasury Department and mortgage financing firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that resulted in billions of dollars going to Treasury. News...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is seeking more details surrounding the decision to hire a U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) contractor after the Justice Department failed to dispel concerns over claims of a quid pro quo agreement.
In March, Grassley asked the Justice Department about whistleblower claims...
