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...
Support for the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act continues to grow. Today, during National Police Week, the bill gained endorsements from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Major County Sheriffs' Association (MCSA), two of the most influential law-enforcement organizations in the country. IACP is the world’s...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has introduced legislation to ban packer ownership of livestock after seeing continued consolidation within the livestock industry. “An effective and efficient marketplace is one where packers that control all harvest capacity of the industry do not also own a majority of the animals to be processed,” Grassley...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act, which Grassley led out of the Judiciary Committee:“Trade Secrets are an increasingly important form of Intellectual Property and play a significant role in driving American innovation....
Progress ReportSenate Judiciary CommitteeChairman Chuck Grassley SummaryUpon becoming Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the start of the 114th Congress, Senator Chuck Grassley pledged that he would strive to be fair while restoring the committee’s role as a “true check on the massive and powerful federal bureaucracy.” In...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, 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 praised House passage of their bill to help combat transnational drug trafficking. The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Caucus on International Narcotics Control, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota today introduced a bill that would close a loophole that is jeopardizing U.S. ability to designate individuals as international narcotics traffickers and impose sanctions on...
WASHINGTON – As financial crimes against seniors are on the rise, and America’s senior population continues to grow, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking details on the Justice Department’s efforts to prevent the financial exploitation of America’s elders.
Financial crimes against America’s elders strip them of $2.9 billion per year,...
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 ALS Association; United Egg Producers; Iowa Sister States; the Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association; One Voice Against Cancer; the Iowa Association of Realtors; the Iowa Motor...
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst requested more information from the United States Department of Agriculture regarding the methodology for determining county yields for the Agriculture Risk Coverage or ARC County program.The majority of Iowa corn and soybean farmers signed up for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Rep. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) are leading a bipartisan, bicameral group in urging the IRS and Treasury Department to lift barriers preventing nonprofit student lenders from offering refinancing options for student debt amid the growing student debt problem....
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, as a long-time advocate for whistleblowers, wrote to the Department of Veterans Affairs twice about VA retaliation against Brandon Coleman for pointing out poor treatment of suicidal veterans where he worked in Arizona. Grassley made the following comment on the announcement of a settlement...
Photos from the forum are available here. RED OAK -- Sen. Chuck Grassley today took part in a public forum with National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson including a panel of Iowans advising what taxpayers want and need from the IRS to comply with their tax obligations. “Taxpayers work hard to fulfill their tax obligations,”...
Grassley Questions Immigration Officials’ Commitment to Cooperation with Local Police
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Obama Administration about how it’s encouraging assistance from local law enforcement to crack down on undocumented criminals. Grassley’s request comes as the administration announced the...
Photos at the event are available here. Background on wind energy in Newton is available here. NEWTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today took questions from workers at TPI Composites, a wind turbine blade maker, and marked the success of wind energy both in Iowa and nationwide. Employees of TPI Composites and Trinity Structural Towers are...
The Senate Caucus on Foster Youth today held Part Three of the Briefing Series: The Impact of Substance Abuse and Mental Disorders on Children and Families Involved in the Child Welfare System. Details about the event can be found below.Part Three: Promising Solutions for the Future What Can Be Done to Meet Child and Family Substance Abuse and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy are working to help ensure that historically significant films and sound recordings are preserved for the benefit of generations of Americans. Together, they introduced legislation to reauthorize the sound recording and film preservation programs of...
WASHINGTON – The Senate last night passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley commemorating April as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The Resolution, which unanimously passed the Senate, is co-sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Joni...
