The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed it is reviewing the circumstances of a veteran’s recent suicide in Iowa. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Ron Johnson sought the review. Grassley made the following comment. “This is a good example of why we have independent watchdogs at federal...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Waterloo, Jason Mohr, will be holding open office hours in Butler, Bremer, Black Hawk and Buchannan counties on August 16. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Mohr’s schedule is as follows:Tuesday August 16,...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Sioux City, Jacob Bossman, will be holding open office hours in Clay, Sac, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Webster, Humboldt and Pocahontas counties from August 23 to August 24. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Bossman’s schedule is as...
WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to help ensure that historically significant films and sound recordings are preserved for the benefit of generations of Iowans was signed into law. Several Iowa libraries and organizations have taken advantage of these grants to preserve films and recordings...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold a town meeting in Sac County on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With this meeting, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is pursuing solutions to the problem of humiliating social media posts of nursing home residents by nursing home workers. The news outlet ProPublica has documented 47 incidents across the country since 2012 in which nursing home workers posted such photos of nursing home residents on social media. Three of the incidents were...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the Department of Housing and Urban Development to explain its policies for allowing wanted fugitive felons to live in public housing after a report suggested the agency takes a weaker approach than federal law requires.
“It is essential that the Federal Government ensures the safety and security of public housing...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the Department of Veterans Affairs why it has spent $20 million on art in recent years, despite backlogs for patient care.
“The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was created with the aim of caring for those who have served to protect the United States, by honoring their faithful service and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing for answers about the Justice Department’s involvement in the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment to Iran that coincided with the release of four Americans who were detained in the country.
In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Grassley cited recent Wall Street...
In amicus brief, members urge Department of Labor to avoid making it harder for whistleblowers to defend their cases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., filed an amicus brief this week with the Department of Labor (DOL) urging the agency to not weaken existing whistleblower...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) wrote to Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Chuck...
According to Reuters, the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has sought advice from California regulators on whether that state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard could apply nationwide, possibly to replace the existing Renewable Fuel Standard. In an op-ed in the Cedar Rapids Gazette in May 2015, Clinton appeared to support the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa today urged the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs to review the case of a combat veteran who committed suicide after seeking help at the Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Brandon Ketchum reportedly...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Shelby, Harrison and Guthrie counties on August 10-11, 2016, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With these meetings, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a meeting in...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment regarding the Khan family and the sacrifices of Gold Star families.“We ought to honor anybody who fought to maintain our freedoms, no matter what race, religion or background. We owe them and their families the utmost respect. I’m proud to be friends with a family of Muslim faith from...
On July 8, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to two federal agencies, seeking answers on why they have been slow to distribute $589 million to fight Zika. They identified the funding as available on April 6 but the money was still largely unspent as of the time of his letter. Grassley asked for a response from the Centers for Disease Control and...
DEBUNKING SCOTUS MYTHS o MYTH: As the duly elected President of the United States, President Obama has the constitutional right to appoint judges.? TRUTH: There are three steps for a new Supreme Court justice to be seated:1. “[The president] shall nominate [a prospective...
In April, Sen. Chuck Grassley convened a hearing to explore whether the Justice Department is effectively gathering data to evaluate how state recreational marijuana legalization is impacting its federal enforcement priorities. These priorities include protecting minors from harm and preventing other adverse public health consequences. The...
