Raise Awareness and Work Toward a Cure
This month my wife Barbara celebrated her birthday. These celebrations offer a special time to appreciate each other’s company and count one’s blessings. Traditions and warm wishes from friends and family help make the annual milestone memorable. In addition, one of Barbara’s birthday rituals is...
Grassley Questions Justice Department’s Proposed FOIA Regulations
Open government advocates say “lying” diminishes integrity of federal government
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley is pressing the Department of Justice to explain its proposal to make false statements to Americans submitting Freedom of...
Q&A about the CLASS Act and long-term care
Q: How did a big component of the 2012 health care law get jettisoned without Congress taking action?
A: The health care law enacted last year included a provision called the Community Living Assistance Services and...
Grassley, Issa Press for Additional Information on Death of ICE Agent Zapata, Tactics Used in Texas
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Darrell Issa are pressing for additional information into the murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata and the tactics used while conducting surveillance on known...
Dealmaking in Pay-for-Delay Settlements Continues between Brand Name and Generic Prescription Drug Makers
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a staff report that found drug companies entered into 28 potential pay-for-delay deals between October 1, 2010 and...
Grassley: Agency Should Use New Medicare Anti-fraud Tool
WASHINGTON –In a letter today, the top Republicans on the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is not utilizing some...
Sens. Franken, Grassley, Lead Bipartisan Group in Pressing for Investigation of Mobile Phone “Stalking Apps” that Allow Abusers to Secretly Track Victims
Senators Ask Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission to Look Into Legality of Apps
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led a bipartisan group of...
Q&A on the Social Security COLA and Medicare Part B Premiums with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How does the government determine cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for Social Security?
A: Since 1978, the annual Social Security COLA has been determined by the...
Grassley Presses for Accountability in Justice Department Grant Programs, Notes Special Interests That Oppose Reform
WASHINGTON – In an effort to ensure greater accountability in the Justice Department’s distribution of money to grant recipients, Sen. Chuck Grassley offered an amendment to the appropriations bill being debated in the United...
Legislation to Strengthen, Update Whistleblower Protections Clears Committee
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that legislation to strengthen and update the Whistleblower Protection Act unanimously passed the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs...
FEMA decision on Individual Assistance
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
FR: Jill Kozeny, Grassley Office, 202-224-1308
RE: FEMA decision on Individual Assistance
DA: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment about the decision by the...
Grassley Expresses Concern Over Sunshine for Doctor Payments Delays
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors Re: Continued delays from CMS on Sunshine Act Da: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the...
Grassley Questions FBI Handling of Another Mafia Informant
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley is pressing the FBI for information about its handling of a second confidential informant in the Boston area with alleged ties to organized crime....
Grassley Urges Attention to Charitable Loophole Subsidized by Taxpayers
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today urged the Administration and congressional colleagues to take action to limit or close a charitable loophole that taxpayers heavily subsidize yet results in financial gains for a few principals and very little money for charities. At a...
Grassley, Johnson Press for Farm Payment Limits to be Included in Deficit Reduction Talks
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Tim Johnson have requested that the deficit reduction committee save more than $1.5 billion by including their legislation that places a hard cap on farm payments at $250,000 per married couple ($125,000 per...
Grassley Works to Close Loopholes and Strengthen Criminal Money Laundering Statutes
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today introduced comprehensive legislation that will strengthen money laundering statutes and will make it more difficult for terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminal organizations to finance their...
Justice Department Silent on Pornography Found on Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Computer
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that 100 days after he sent a letter to the Justice Department questioning why the department declined to prosecute an assistant United States attorney after...
Medicare Matters
In Iowa and nationwide, Medicare dollars support hospitals, nursing homes, home health care services, pharmacies, medical equipment suppliers, and the private insurance industry, which offers supplemental coverage to beneficiaries who want additional protection. Since its passage nearly a half-century ago, the public health insurer...
KOHL AND GRASSLEY URGE SUPER COMMITTEE TO SAVE BILLIONS BY ENCOURAGING COMPETITION FROM GENERIC DRUGS
WASHINGTON – As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction works to adopt deficit reduction measures, Senators Herb Kohl and Chuck Grassley are urging the panel to include a bipartisan bill that cuts costs by encouraging competition from generic drugs....
Q&A on Education with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
What’s the federal government’s role in K-12 education?
Under the Constitution, the federal government is not granted a direct role in education. Nevertheless, Congress has carved out an increasing role in K-12 education over the years through various spending programs. In 1965, Congress...
