Grassley: U.S. Military Academy Selects Council Bluffs StudentWASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Harrison Christian Jones has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point for the 2016-2017 school year.Jones is the son of Kelly and Christian Jones of Council Bluffs. He...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is an original co-sponsor of the bipartisan Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2015, which would help make sure Medicare addresses diabetes prevention rather than simply manage the disease. The bill includes authorizing expanded enrollment in preventive programs such as those run by the Young Men’s Christian Associations of...
Grassley: U.S. Military Academy Selects Ames StudentWASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Hannah Hart Schwartz has received a conditional offer of appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King Point for the 2016-2017 school year.Schwartz is the daughter of Dr. Colleen Schwartz and Dr. Adam Schwartz of Ames. She...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and 17 other senators today urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set high blending targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2017, in keeping with congressional intent and to follow through on agency commitments to get the RFS back on track. The senators...
Grassley: U.S. Military Academy Selects Bettendorf StudentWASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Robert Martin Beardsley has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at King Point for the 2016-2017 school year.Beardsley is the son of Kim and Bob Beardsley of Bettendorf. He will...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is working to correct a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) practice that interferes with the Second Amendment rights of former military service members. The agency is reporting veterans and dependents who need help managing their VA benefits to the National Instant Criminal Background Check...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging the Obama Administration to fully utilize a trade enforcement tool enacted last year.
“Trade violators ought to be held accountable,” Grassley said. “The Obama Administration should use every tool Congress has provided to crack down on foreign companies or...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is asking the Justice Department why it appears to have prosecuted so few IRS impersonation scams, despite the vast prevalence of such crimes.
“This is a serious issue that demands a strong response,” Grassley wrote to Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates. “Robust federal...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has asked the Wounded Warrior Project for a detailed account of its spending amid news reports that the organization spent money excessively on priorities other than serving veterans.
“If true, these allegations are a breach of faith with donors, taxpayers, and, more importantly, veterans,” Grassley wrote to the chairman of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today received formal confirmation that the watchdog for U.S. military spending in Afghanistan will audit the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the Defense Department’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO). Grassley requested a formal, comprehensive audit after the watchdog, the Special...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is a co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation that would help preserve Medicare beneficiary access to necessary medical equipment such as oxygen, blood glucose monitors, and sleep apnea machines in rural areas.“Medical care ought to be both affordable and accessible,” Grassley said. “We’re...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley received an acknowledgement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that veterans have experienced problems with the Veterans Choice program and a pledge to improve services to Iowa veterans and veterans across the country. Grassley wrote to the VA in January, citing examples of the extreme frustration conveyed to...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold three town meetings in Northwest Iowa on March 28 and 29 as part of his annual 99-county meetings. With these meetings, Grassley will continue his 36th year holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year since he was first...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has introduced legislation to require political intelligence firms and political intelligence consultants to register and list their clients as lobbyists are required to do.“There are benefits to transparency just about wherever it’s applied,” Grassley said. “We’ve seen how the...
WASHINGTON – A bicameral group of lawmakers, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, yesterday introduced legislation to curb executive power grabs made through agencies’ broad interpretation of congressional intent. The Separation of Powers Restoration Act clarifies that the courts, not agencies, have the authority to...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking questions about the Justice Department’s refusal to defend the actions of the Election Assistance Commission, an independent federal agency without litigation authority, despite the law requiring the department to represent the commission in court. The Justice Department’s...
Grassley Welcomes FEMA’s Decision on Appeal on Disaster Assistance in Northwest IowaSen. Chuck Grassley today welcomed the decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reverse an earlier denial of disaster assistance to three rural electric cooperatives and one municipal utility in northwest Iowa. Grassley helped the state...
WASHINGTON – In celebration of Sunshine Week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to shield congressional employees from retaliation when they call attention to fraud, waste or mismanagement. The bill extends whistleblower protections in place at many...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today that Christian Brecht Flege has received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for the 2016-2017 school year.Flege is the son of Kelly and William Flege of Waverly. He will graduate in May from Waverly-Shell Rock High School. Flege participates in the engineering...
