WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today highlighted language he championed that will ensure transparency and promote accountability in public housing authorities’ use of more than $350 million in federal tax dollars. The Grassley language requires that housing money provided for low income families will retain its federal designation even...
Sen. Chuck Grassley continually urges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to meet its statutory mandate on the levels of renewable biofuels that must be blended into the fuel supply under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In March, Grassley led a group of 19 senators in urging the agency to set high blending targets for 2017, in keeping with...
The Senate late Tuesday by voice vote confirmed Swati Dandekar of Marion, Iowa, as United States Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, with the Rank of Ambassador. President Obama nominated Dandekar for the position. Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the confirmation. “Swati Dandekar has served Iowa in many ways...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today expressed disgust that Senate Democrats were objecting to a vote on his amendment to ensure that veterans don’t lose their Second Amendment rights because of a constitutionally questionable process used by...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley reported to the full Senate in January.The bipartisan bill holds accountable in U.S. courts foreign sponsors of terrorism that target American by preventing them from invoking “sovereign...
WASHINGTON – Two bills led out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by Chairman Chuck Grassley were signed into law Monday to combat the flow of dangerous drugs into the United States and to protect America’s law enforcement officers.The Transnational Drug Trafficking Act, S. 32, grants the Justice Department new tools to prosecute international...
More information on Senator Grassley’s bill to help small business owners and farmers who offer their employees Health Reimbursement Arrangements is available here. --FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-- CAHC Recognizes U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley with 2015 Affordability Champion Award Washington, D.C., May 17, 2016 -- Yesterday, the Council...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, is asking for answers on why government agencies spent $86 million on a plane for drug interdiction in Afghanistan that has never flown for that purpose.
“The Washington Post called this grounded plane ‘the boondoggle of the week,’ ”...
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 Society of Anesthesiologists, the Lung Cancer Alliance, the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Land Title Association, the American...
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyIncome Inequality Solutions Should Focus on Increased OpportunitiesDelivered Monday, May 16, 2016Income inequality has been a hot topic this campaign season. It has become the rallying cry of the left to support their economic agenda, whether it’s taxing the rich, raising the minimum wage, combating global...
Below is a statement from Senator Chuck Grassley regarding the Obama Administration’s recently released directive to public schools regarding the use of bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender students. The matter falls under the jurisdiction of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. “The guidance is overreach by...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, and a bipartisan group of colleagues today introduced legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. The legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing the approximately 415,000 children in the foster care system. It...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, co-chairman of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control and a member of the Judiciary Committee, today asked the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice for an update on their...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Riley Jacob Lowe has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Spring, Colo., for the 2016-2017 school year.Lowe is the son of Stacy and Curt Lowe of Swisher. He will graduate this month from College Community High School. Lowe is a member of the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today said that the General Services Administration (GSA) will begin posting on its website the reports it compiles on the travel of senior federal officials who use government aircraft. Grassley was notified of the change yesterday. The policy change is in response to recent...
Year After Officer’s Death in the Line of Duty, Fischer-Sasse-Grassley-Ernst Resolution Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – This evening, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Officer Kerrie Orozco of the Omaha Police Department. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Joni Ernst...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on a U.S. district court judge ruling that the Obama Administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money on Obamacare without approval from Congress.“The Constitution provides for three co-equal branches of government. The court decision affirms the role of the legislative branch....
WASHINGTON – The Senate today passed a bipartisan provision from Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Jeff Merkley to restore funding for wind energy research for fiscal year 2017 to the level provided for the current fiscal year. The measure allocates an additional $15.4 million to wind energy research from within existing research programs at the...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, today reported to the full Senate three bipartisan bills to support law enforcement’s use of forensic evidence and expand training for active shooter scenarios.The Rapid DNA Act, S. 2348, would allow law enforcement to utilize new technology to process and index DNA...
