WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released a report from his oversight and investigative staff analyzing 18 federal agencies’ responses to his inquiries on paid administrative leave and endorsed the report’s recommendations for reining in this largely unproductive, expensive practice. “Everything I’ve seen shows a Wild West environment...
Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session. Senator Grassley will meet with an Iowa family from Bettendorf.Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa students from Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over a Judiciary...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa drafted the 2006 provisions that improved the IRS whistleblower office to stop tax fraud. A new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office shows the IRS whistleblower office has collected almost $2 billion since 2011 that otherwise would have been lost to fraud. The report describes several major...
For months, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise and increase its proposed volume obligations for renewable biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2014, 2015 and 2016. After hearing from Grassley and other senators, the EPA released a final rule today that improves the volume...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, is pressing the attorneys for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and several of her former staff members at the department about possible joint defense agreements or other coordination to respond to questions from Congress and other legal inquiries.
Grassley’s letter...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeCybersecurity Information Sharing ActWednesday, October 21, 2015 Mr. President, I rise to express my strong support for S.754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, and to thank the bill’s managers for their leadership and hard work on the bill.The...
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 Pentagon task force that oversaw the construction. The task force spent $800 million in total on the gas station and other similar projects. The Special...
WASHINGTON – An internal U.S. Marshals Service policy limiting communications with Congress does not clearly express legal protections for employees who disclose fraud, waste or misconduct. The policy can lead to confusion for staff, and impede oversight needed to improve government operations and guard taxpayer dollars.
In a letter to Attorney General...
WASHINGTON – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about the threat of ISIS members entering the United States through the porous southwest border. Recent news reports have...
WASHINGTON – Federal authorities responsible for vetting potential guardians of children who enter the country without an adult have been placing some with convicted criminals, according to whistleblower claims. The whistleblower, who is familiar with the vetting process, alleges that at least 3,400 sponsors out of a sample of 29,000 listed in a...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeRemaining Vigilant Against Terrorist AttacksDelivered Thursday, November 19, 2015
*Video of Grassley's speech can be found here.
Madam President, because of what happened in Paris last week, many speeches are going to be given on the floor of the Senate about...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Act to improve NOAA’s response to harassment or abuse in the workplace. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley helped craft key provisions of the version that won committee approval....
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is asking why senior State Department officials halted an investigation of alleged sex solicitation by a U.S. Ambassador, opting instead to handle the case as a “management issue.” Grassley’s inquiry follows a State Department Inspector General report, which concluded that factors...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is seeking answers on allegations from an Army colonel that the Pentagon is slow-walking his performance review because he questioned the lack of accountability at the $800 million task force that oversaw an excessively expensive $43 million natural gas filling station in Afghanistan. Grassley wrote to Defense...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. John McCain of Arizona have urged the secretary of Health and Human Services to use her full authority to increase the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries for the benefit of U.S. consumers. Their action comes as the agency held a drug pricing forum on Friday and amid...
Democratic staff for the Senate minority leader and Democratic operatives appear to be circulating a false, misleading timeline with reporters suggesting incorrectly that a former staffer for Sen. Chuck Grassley is the “confidential source” for one of many Grassley inquiries into State Department personnel practices. The former Grassley staffer was not...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today announced the introduction of the bipartisan VA Patient Protection Act (S. 2291) to force the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on President Obama’s nomination of Swati Dandekar of Marion, Iowa, as United States Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, with the Rank of Ambassador. The White House announced the nomination today.“Swati Dandekar has served Iowa in many ways over a long period of time and...
WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley will receive the Guardian of Seniors’ Rights award from the 60 Plus Association on Friday, November 20, for his work to create financial stability for seniors through tax reform. The 60 Plus Association will present Grassley with the award at Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls. Following the award...
