WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy today introduced legislation to improve the response to FBI employees who call attention to fraud, waste or misconduct within the bureau. The FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act brings the FBI’s whistleblower disclosure protocols in line with all...
Video of the floor speech is available here.Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck GrassleyOn Terry Branstad as the Longest-serving Governor in U.S. HistoryDelivered Thursday, December 10, 2015Mr. President, I’d like to recognize the Iowa governor, Terry Branstad, on a significant milestone. On December 14, 2015, Governor Branstad will become the...
WASHINGTON – As part of their ongoing effort to provide a fiscally responsible solution to the growing financial, debt and economic crises in Puerto Rico, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the Puerto Rico...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is looking into a $43 million compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan, the task force that spent $800 million, including the gas station cost, and allegations that the Defense Department may have retaliated against an Army colonel for expressing concern about a lack of accountability at the task force. The Defense...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa included provisions in the education bill given final Senate approval today on gifted and talented students, school stability for foster youth, and an emphasis on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in any federally funded civics education program. Senate approval of the conference committee report on...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), joined by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), introduced bipartisan legislation to improve Medicare coverage for lymphedema patients. The bill would provide for Medicare coverage of physician-prescribed compression therapy equipment used to treat...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the re-instatement of private firms to collect tax debt for the IRS. The provision was enacted as part of the five-year highway bill given final congressional approval and signed into law late last week. The provision takes effect immediately and requires the IRS to enter into...
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 Iowa Bankers Association. Senator Grassley will be a guest on public affairs programs hosted by Sally Hart on KCII radio in Washington, Theresa Rose on KILJ radio in Mt....
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on a bipartisan highway bill that Congress passed this week and that the President signed into law.“It was important for Congress to get back to regular business on transportation funding, and I was glad to help pass a five-year highway bill. The Republican majority deserves credit for...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is investigating the compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan that cost the U.S. taxpayers $43 million, as much as $42.5 million more than it should have, and the $800 million Pentagon task force that oversaw the construction. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction is releasing a letter to the...
More than $48 Billion Restored to Treasury Following Grassley PolicyWASHINGTON – The federal government recovered more than $3.5 billion in taxpayer dollars lost to fraud in fiscal 2015, thanks in large part to reforms championed by Senator Chuck Grassley. The Justice Department announced the recoveries, which came from judgments and settlements...
WASHINGTON – The job-creating immigrant investor visa program, known as the EB-5 Regional Center program, is set to expire in just one week if Congress does not move to reauthorize it. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) are urging Congressional leaders to support a bipartisan, bicameral...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is the lead Republican on a bipartisan investigative report released today that gives rare insight into how a company prices a landmark prescription drug. In this case, the company anticipated it would face public outcry over a high price for a Hepatitis C drug but went forward anyway. “This...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington today introduced legislation to reform and extend the biodiesel tax credit. The legislation is similar to the provision that passed out of the Finance Committee in July.
“This provision should be included in the tax extenders package under discussion,” Grassley said. ...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Scott, Cedar, Clinton and Jackson counties on Monday, Dec. 14, and Thursday, Dec. 17. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. ...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaFederal Farm Policy and Reopening the Farm BillThursday, December 3, 2015Mr. President, I rise to speak about the 2014 farm bill and attempts to change it by members of this Congress. The farm bill process was a long, hard and frustrating exercise. Nobody got everything they wanted, but in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah are asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to account for how much federal money it has given to each state health care exchange, how much money it has identified as misused, what it can do to recover money for unallowable activities, and how much money for unallowable...
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck Grassley on Obamacare and the Reconciliation DebateDelivered Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015Several years ago, I gave a speech about Obamacare. As we begin debate, I harken back to that speech. Obamacare wasn’t working then; it’s not working now. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “success”...
