WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is reiterating the need for greater transparency regarding the Defense Department’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO) expenditures in Afghanistan and expressed concern that the Defense Department appears to continue to undermine the work of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Congressman Rod Blum (R-01) today released the following statements after legislation to rename a Cedar Rapids post office after Sergeant First Class (SFC) Terryl L. Pasker, an Iowa National Guardsman who was killed in Afghanistan, passed the Senate. “Sergeant...
Washington (May 26, 2016) -- Senators Edward J Markey (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today applauded the passage of a bipartisan resolution to designate May 2016 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. The resolution strives to bring attention to this tragic disease, acknowledges the tremendous investments and scientific achievements made to improve lives...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on a news report on a Defense Department inspector general report finding that an Army brigadier general retaliated against a National Guard officer for reporting her sexual assault. Grassley is a main sponsor of the bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Grassley...
Please note: Mosaic amended its submission of final results to Senator Grassley’s office on May 27, stating that the $16.9 million in debt relief applies to 3,342 patients rather than 5,070 patients. Here is Mosaic’s note:
“We received 5,070 applications for financial assistance between October 1 and December 31. Of those 5,070, we attribute...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Johnson, Washington, Keokuk, Mahaska, Benton, Iowa, Tama and Poweshiek counties on June 15 and June 24. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Schuster’s...
Photos from the news conference are available here. Video of Senator Grassley’s remarks is available here.WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today called on the Senate to pass the Military Justice Improvement Act to help make sure sexual assault is treated as the serious crime it is. Grassley joined Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, fellow...
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 Health Care Association, the Iowa Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, the Iowa Pharmacy Association, the American Association of Crop Insurers, the American Society for Radiation...
WASHINGTON -- The National Retail Federation today acknowledged Sen. Chuck Grassley as a 2016 recipient of the “Hero of Main Street” award for his support of legislation critical to the retail industry.“I’m glad to support policies that help retailers create and sustain jobs,” Grassley said. “Retail is a major part of the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold four town meetings in Southeast and North Central Iowa June 1 to June 3 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With these meetings, Grassley will continue his practice of holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year since he was...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on remarks from Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald comparing wait times for VA treatment to waiting in line at Disneyland. Grassley has worked to improve veterans’ experience at the VA, including pushing for and receiving an acknowledgement from the VA that veterans have experienced...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement after a federal judge yesterday sanctioned Justice Department attorneys for misrepresenting facts to the court in a case regarding the Obama Administration’s deferred deportation actions:
“Unfortunately, I know what it’s like to be misled by false...
WASHINGTON – Language offered by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies from denying their watchdogs access to documents they need to root out fraud, waste and abuse passed the Senate Thursday. The amendments are consistent with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill from Sen. Chuck Grassley that would help four “tweener” hospitals in Iowa and many others nationwide received a boost via inclusion in a hospitals bill from the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee. The Iowa hospitals are St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Grinnell Regional Medical...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), co-authors of the bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that the legislation would save taxpayers $318 million over five years and $722 million over ten:“The...
WASHINGTON – Government whistleblowers allege that the U.S. Marshals Service is paying private prisons to house some of its prisoners even though space in less-expensive government facilities is unused. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking details on the alleged arrangements between the Marshals Service and private prisons that may...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to help law enforcement and first responders train for active shooter scenarios. The Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act, which was introduced by Senators John Cornyn and Patrick...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today passed a resolution offered by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and 55 of his Senate colleagues supporting America’s brave law enforcement officers. The bipartisan resolution designates May 15-21 as “National Police Week.”“The men and women of law enforcement make sacrifices...
WASHINGTON – As part of National Police Week, and in honor of fallen law enforcement officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, Senator Chuck Grassley is leading an effort to hold accountable the Justice Department for its handling of the benefits claims of fallen public safety officers.The Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act was signed into...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on Obamacare.“Obamacare came with the promise of lower health care costs and more health care options. Those promises looked like pie in the sky then, but now they’re simply broken promises. The number of plans in the vast majority of areas of the country are in single digits,...
