The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to finalize the proposed rule on biofuels volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2017; in a bipartisan letter to the EPA the senators urged the agency for a strong RFS that will support U.S. jobs and economy, reduce the environmental impact of our transportation and energy sectors, and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement after voting to prevent terrorists from purchasing firearms, while preserving fundamental due process protections guaranteed by the Constitution.“Nobody wants terrorists to get their hands on guns and put Americans in harm’s way. We...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling to keep in place the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling that halted the Obama administration’s implementation of its deferred action plan.“The Supreme Court’s decision that keeps in place the Fifth Circuit...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment after Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow reached an agreement on a GMO labeling bill.“I know this agreement wasn’t reached easily, and I appreciate the work by the Agriculture Committee leadership. The new language solves the immediate...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Sioux City, Jacob Bossman, will be holding open office hours in Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth and Cherokee counties on Thursday, June 30, 2016. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Bossman’s schedule is as follows:Thursday, June 30,...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Council Bluffs, Donna Barry, will be holding open office hours in Pottawattamie, Shelby, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page and Fremont counties on Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Barry’s...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after his amendment received a majority of votes in the Senate, but failed to gain the 60 votes needed for passage. The vote was 53-47.“The terrorist attack on innocent people in Orlando represents a great tragedy and an affront to our way of life and very existence as...
Senator Murphy just stated on the Senate floor that Senator Grassley's amendment “would take people off the background checks list.”The TRUTH of the matter is that Senator Grassley’s amendment simply demands that the federal government provide constitutional due process in order to protect the Second Amendment rights of Americans, just...
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 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Black Hawk County Economic Development, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Iowa, Iowa Mutual Insurance Companies, the National Federation of Independent...
Sen. Chuck Grassley has a long history of exposing the abuse of government charge cards and working to fix the abuses. In 2012, a bill he drafted called the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act became law. The law required federal agencies to beef up oversight of purchases on government-issued credit cards. Last year, an audit found...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, as co-founder and co-chair of the new Senate Caucus on Cystic Fibrosis, will welcome advocates at a panel discussion this Thursday. Attending the event will be Iowans who encouraged Grassley to form the caucus: Jaclyn Strube of Waukee and Chaney Kurtz of Clive, who both have children with cystic...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, has several priorities included in the bipartisan, bicameral foster care bill introduced last week, including fighting the opioid addiction crisis and easing the placement of children across state lines. The Family First Prevention Services Act is the...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week in Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar that staying silent about noncompliance with government rules or agreements when billing the government for goods or services can constitute fraud under the False Claims Act. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who authored the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today released the results of his inquiry into the American Red Cross’ response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The inquiry finds that the Red Cross spent one-fourth of the $487.6 million raised for the relief effort on program management, fund-raising and other expenses. The inquiry also found that the Red Cross...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp today introduced an updated version of their bipartisan legislation allowing small businesses to resume helping their employees buy individual health insurance. Grassley and Heitkamp introduced the same version of the Small Business Health Care Relief Act approved today by the House of...
In the U.S. Senate today, in an attempt to change the subject away from the Obama Administration’s lack of a strategy to stop radical Islam and the hatred aimed at America and Americans, Minority Leader Harry Reid is leading an effort to use the Orlando terrorist attack to further his gun control agenda by filibustering the Commerce, Justice, State...
WASHINGTON – In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and several Senate colleagues today introduced a bipartisan resolution to bring attention to crimes against the aging community. June 15th marks the 11th anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
An estimated six million Americans...
Washington, D.C. -- Senator Chuck Grassley joined with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and a bipartisan group of colleagues to praise the passage of provisions in the Senate National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will strengthen protections for military whistleblowers, including sexual assault survivors, and reform the military correction boards to...
