Grassley: Are Obama Admin. Policies or Sanctuary Cities to Blame?
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Obama Administration why an undocumented immigrant with a violent background was allowed to stay in the United States before setting an apartment fire that killed five people, including four Iowans. Despite...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is pressing the company that makes EpiPens and the federal agency that oversees Medicaid on whether the company over-charged states by misclassifying its product and for communications between Mylan and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the EpiPen’s apparent misclassification. “It’s...
Washington, D.C. -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today commented on the preliminary results of an ongoing review issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning the costs to Medicare due to recalled or defective medical devices. The OIG...
A November 2015 report lists Boko Haram ahead of ISIS for world’s deadliest terror group. Hillary Clinton kept them off named terrorist list for years despite warnings, requests to add them.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney...
WASHINGTON – After repeated calls from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to pressure nations to cooperate with U.S. immigration authorities, the Obama Administration will begin suspending the issuance of certain categories of visas in Gambia because of the country’s refusal to repatriate its citizens who have been ordered to be deported from...
Report Outlines Committee’s Progress in the 114th Congress
WASHINGTON – Since returning from the state work period in September, the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, racked up several legislative and judicial accomplishments while continuing its work to improve government transparency and oversight. The committee’s latest Progress...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Dave Loebsack, Rep. Rod Blum, and Rep. David Young are asking the top House and Senate committee leaders to retain Iowa projects in the final version of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 for potential congressional consideration later this fall. ...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said President Barack Obama has issued a major disaster declaration for Iowa, triggering the release of FEMA funds to help Iowa recover from the severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding that occurred August 23-27, 2016. Additional designations may be made at a later date after further...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has a long history of poor management and oversight of its programs for paying informants. Sen. Chuck Grassley has done oversight on the DEA’s use and overpayment of confidential informants, and according to a new report, many problems still persist. The DOJ Office of Inspector...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today spoke on the Senate floor to acknowledge October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Earlier this month, the Senate unanimously passed Grassley’s bipartisan resolution supporting efforts to end domestic violence in the United States, to support victims, first responders...
WASHINGTON — Led by U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, 41 Senate Republicans today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew encouraging the Treasury Department to abandon proposed regulations that would significantly increase the estate...
Anti-Terrorism Legislation is 13th Judiciary Bill to Become Law under Chairman GrassleyWASHINGTON – The U.S. Congress today overwhelmingly overturned President Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is an original cosponsor of the legislation and, as chairman, led it...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, today called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to consider investigating...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“Delay of the Survivors’ Bill of Rights”Tuesday, September 27, 2016Mr. President, I had hoped to be on the floor today to celebrate the passage of the Survivors’ Bill of Rights. However, as is the case far too often in Washington, political...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers demanding answers on why they have neglected to complete flood mitigation projects in the Cedar Rapids region and have put the public’s safety at risk.As the Senators noted, “In 2014, the Water...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional office in Cedar Rapids and the federal building in which the office is located are closed due to flooding and are expected to remain closed for the duration of this week ending on Friday, September 30, 2016.The regional staff continue to be available to provide assistance to Iowans with any casework...
Today, the independent Office of Special Counsel announced that it helped restore a scientist to his position at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after his agency sidelined him for speaking out on Zika testing effectiveness. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a leading advocate for whistleblowers, made the following comment on today’s...
Over the weekend, Sen. Grassley received numerous updates and talked with Iowans in several cities in Eastern Iowa preparing for floods. Photos are available here. Senator Chuck Grassley Flood SpeechFloods of 2016Delivered Monday, Sept. 26, 2016Iowa is once again faced with severe flooding throughout Eastern Iowa. It was only eight...
Last month, Sen. Chuck Grassley asked the Department of Veterans Affairs why it spent $20 million on art in recent years, despite backlogs for patient care. The Palo Alto VA facility spent a particularly high amount, according to reporting of OpenTheBooks.com. Grassley received responses from the VA. He made the following comment on the...
