WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday, September 27. This will occur as a continuation of the hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Following Dr. Ford’s testimony, Judge...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier today offered to move next week’s hearing to receive testimony from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh to Wednesday, in order to accommodate one of several requests made by Ford’s legal team. The Committee also offered to accommodate certain other terms while respecting...
UPDATE: FDA's response to Grassley can be found HERE.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb seeking answers regarding the agency’s oversight efforts of e-cigarette manufacturers and their marketing efforts to minors....
Congress is working to combat opioid addiction By Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaOpioid addiction often starts inadvertently. An accident on the farm, a sports-related injury or a routine dental procedure can result in prolonged pain that requires prescription pain medication. During the late 1990s, medical professionals prescribed prescription drugs at higher...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made a formal request for a copy of the letter Ranking Member Feinstein received in July alleging misconduct by Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a teenager. While Feinstein eventually referred the letter to the FBI last week, which was then redacted and added to Judge...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today outlined the Committee’s responsibility to evaluate judicial nominees and any claims against them. In a letter to Committee Democrats, Grassley notes that the FBI’s role in providing confidential background information to the Committee is a courtesy to...
Grassley Continues Seeking Answers on Nursing Home Oversight Failures
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, continues to press for answers from the federal agency charged with overseeing the quality of care in nursing homes and to question findings of preventable harm to nursing home residents. Today he...
Grassley Continues Seeking Answers on Nursing Home Oversight Failures
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, continues to press for answers from the federal agency charged with overseeing the quality of care in nursing homes and to question findings of preventable harm to nursing home residents. Today he...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today reiterated the Committee’s invitation to hear from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford in whatever format she deems appropriate. In a letter today to Dr. Ford’s attorney, Grassley noted that the Committee is investigating claims Dr. Ford made in a July letter to Ranking...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued the following statement after lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford sent a letter to the Judiciary Committee responding to its invitations for her to share her story with committee members.“Nobody should be subject to threats and intimidation, and Dr. Ford is no exception. ...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today lambasted the lack of engagement from the State Department on legally-required annual consultation with Congress about the number of refugees admitted in the upcoming year. Grassley issued the following statement after yesterday’s State Department announcement of a new...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and a bipartisan group of senators of the bipartisan Senate health care price transparency working group, in releasing draft legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills. The draft bill is intended to jumpstart discussions in Congress about how to best...
Prepared Remarks Submitted to the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeChairman, Caucus on International Narcotics ControlOn the Passage of the Opioid Crisis Response ActSeptember 18, 2018Mr. President, last night was a great moment for the Senate. We’ve been able to pass a broad legislative package that will...
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate today passed a broad, anti-opioid abuse package that includes 12 bipartisan legislative efforts led and co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today announced that the Committee will hold a public hearing with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.“As I said earlier, anyone who comes forward as Dr. Ford has done deserves to be heard. My staff has reached out to Dr. Ford to...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. “Anyone who comes forward as Dr. Ford has deserves to be heard, so I will continue working on a way to hear her out in an appropriate, precedented and respectful...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), approved by voice vote the Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 2018. The bill, authored by Grassley, would reauthorize the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and continue the fight against child abduction and exploitation.“This...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement regarding the omission of a bipartisan amendment he introduced with Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Angus King of Maine in the upcoming appropriations bill to support the Department of Health and Human Services in requiring prescription drug prices in direct-to-consumer...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018, a bill authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa to improve access to justice in U.S. courts for Americans who are victimized by acts of terrorism while abroad. The legislation addresses flawed...
WASHINGTON – After their bipartisan amendment to require disclosure of prescription drug prices in television ads was removed from the Fiscal Year 2019 Defense-Labor-HHS-Education appropriations “minibus” bill in a last-minute, back room deal, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Angus King of Maine urged their...
