WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley continues to seek details from an accrediting organization over a youth psychiatric hospital that is in the news over reported troubling conduct. Grassley followed up with The Joint Commission over the Shadow Mountain facility run by Universal Health Services (UHS), the country’s largest psychiatric hospital chain....
WASHINGTON – In response to a recent bipartisan inquiry led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) outlined steps it is taking to address abuses in the H-1B visa program, which has jeopardized jobs for American workers.
On March 29, Grassley, along with Senators Dick Durbin,...
Companies touting ties to administration claim they can guarantee visas and investment, a potential violation of federal law and securities regulations
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley asked the Department of Homeland Security and the Securities and Exchange Commission to review potentially fraudulent claims by a...
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyRecognizing National Foster Care MonthDelivered Thursday, May 25, 2017I rise today to thank my colleagues for unanimously supporting a resolution recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. National Foster Care Month has been recognized for over 20 years as a time to celebrate the voices of foster youth and to bring...
The chart Sen. Grassley used is available here.
Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck GrassleyThe Affordable Care Act’s Broken PromisesDelivered Thursday, May 25, 2017
I rise today to share real stories from real Iowans who have been harmed, not helped, by the Affordable Care Act. The other side talks about the benefits of the ACA without mentioning the...
Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), leaders of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today introduced the Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, a bill to support research initiatives on the potential benefits of substances such as cannabidiol (CBD) that are derived from marijuana.
In addition to...
Washington DC – Today, Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) led a bipartisan effort to modernize the foster care placement process. Their effort takes steps to alleviate our overwhelmed adoption system, which has only become more strained as the opiate abuse crisis worsens. Senators Young, Gillibrand,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today received support from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for a Grassley co-authored reform of the biodiesel tax credit. The bipartisan bill, the American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act of 2017, extends this important clean-fuel incentive for three years and reforms the incentive by transferring the...
Grassley-Feinstein-Cornyn-Whitehouse legislation hits criminals in the wallet
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, along with Senators John Cornyn and Sheldon Whitehouse, today introduced legislation that modernizes and strengthens criminal laws against money laundering – a critical...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding the appointment of Adam Gregg to be Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.“Congratulations to Adam Gregg on becoming Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor. Governor Reynolds understands firsthand the importance of having a full team in the governor’s office working for Iowans,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island today re-introduced a bill to give states more flexibility to use federal funds to support foster youth aging out of the system.
“A lot of good ideas come from the state level,” Grassley said. “States ought to be encouraged to continue their innovative practices to help foster...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today released the results of his inquiry into the Wounded Warrior Project, documenting problems with the veterans charity and noting that the organization has taken steps to fix the shortcomings initially exposed in news reports last year. “It’s good news that the Wounded Warrior Project used negative findings to try to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement on the swearing-in of Kim Reynolds as the 43rd Governor of Iowa.“Congratulations to Kim Reynolds on becoming Iowa’s newest governor and for making history as its first female governor. From her public service at the grassroots of Iowa as a county treasurer then to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold two town meetings in Iowa May 30 and June 2 as part of his annual 99 county meetings. “Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have representative government without dialogue between...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, earlier this month was the lead Republican on a bipartisan letter urging the White House to reconsider a proposal to virtually eliminate funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The President’s budget proposal for...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on President Trump’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018.“The President is right to take a close look at spending. Taxpayers deserve and expect the most bang for the buck from programs at every agency. In our system of government, the President proposes and Congress disposes....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is an original co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation introduced this week that would extend insurance coverage of foods necessary for the safe and effective management of digestive and inherited metabolic disorders. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is one example of a rare inherited metabolic disorder. Untreated, PKU can...
