Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJanuary 18, 2018VIDEO Good morning. We have a full agenda today, and I understand we’ll need to have roll call votes on most of the nominees before us. Of course, most of these nominees already received Committee votes last year,...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOversight of the Department of Homeland Security January 16, 2018VIDEO Secretary Nielsen, welcome. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to be here for this oversight hearing. I know it’s being held the day after a federal holiday, which makes...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJanuary 11, 2018VIDEO Good morning. First, I’d like to welcome the new members to the Committee, Senators Booker and Harris. I understand that Senator Booker is unable to be here this morning due to a prior commitment, but I extend my...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Finance CommitteeTax Cuts and Jobs ActDecember 19, 2017VIDEOTonight we will have the opportunity to pass the most sweeping changes to our tax code in more than 30 years. This historic moment is long overdue.Since the last tax reform effort in 1986, the tax code...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingDecember 14, 2017VIDEO Good morning. Today, we’re considering several nominees and one bill. The judicial nominees are on the agenda for the first time, and the minority has requested that they be held over, so the following...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeJudicial Nominations HearingDecember 13, 2017VIDEO Welcome everyone, especially the nominees and their families, to today’s nominations hearing. Today, we’ll hear from two panels. On the first panel we’ll hear from Georgia Court of Appeals...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“Oversight of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act” December 12, 2017VIDEO This hearing is on oversight of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act. I’ll refer to it as “the Law” or...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingDecember 7, 2017VIDEO Good morning. Today, we have 10 judicial nominees on today’s agenda and all are ready for a vote. Of note, if confirmed, Terry Moorer would be the first African-American to serve as a United States...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeBipartisan Congressional OversightDecember 6, 2017VIDEO Mr. President, I have been doing oversight of the executive branch for a very long time. I’ve done it as a Ranking Member. I’ve done it as a Chairman. I’ve done it when my...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeFirearm Accessory Regulation and Enforcing Federal and State Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)December 6, 2017VIDEO Good morning and thank you for attending today’s hearing.We gather here today in the wake of violent acts...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“The Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts (SECURE) Act of 2017”December 5, 2017VIDEO I rise today to offer brief remarks regarding the introduction of the Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingNovember 30, 2017VIDEO Good morning. Last night, Senator Feinstein told me that her Members had a meeting that would last until 10:30, so I moved today’s markup half an hour back. Because of the accommodation, I’d ask that after...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Finance CommitteeTax Cuts and Jobs ActNovember 29, 2017VIDEO Mr. President, the last time Congress modernized the tax code, it was 1986. That’s more than 30 years ago. In the generation since, the tax code has grown out of...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCo-Founder and Co-Chair of Senate Caucus on Foster YouthNational Adoption MonthNovember 29, 2017VIDEO Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate November as National Adoption Month. During this month, we’re reminded of the importance of adoption to so many families and children in Iowa, and...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on NominationsNovember 29, 2017VIDEO Good morning. Congratulations to all the nominees and to your families and welcome to the Committee. Two weeks ago, I announced in a speech on the Senate floor that I’d hold a hearing for Minnesota Supreme...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on S.1241: Modernizing AML Laws to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist FinancingNovember 28, 2017VIDEO Today’s global economy stretches to every corner of the world and touches every country on earth. Still, the U.S. dollar dominates as the preferred...
Note: Please find a
memo,
fact sheet and
op-ed that examine how the blue slip courtesy has been applied by Judiciary Committee chairmen throughout its 100-year history. Here are the highlights:
In the last 100 years, only two chairman of the past 18 chairmen (Eastland and Leahy) have adopted policies requiring two positive blue slips as a prerequisite for...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingNovember 16, 2017VIDEO Good morning. We have a number of nominees on today’s agenda for the first time and the Minority has requested that they be held over. They are: - Steve Grasz, 8th...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Finance CommitteeMarkup of Tax Cuts and Jobs ActNovember 13, 2017VIDEO I want to thank the Chairman and his staff for their tireless work in putting together the Chairman’s mark before us today. We now have a once in a generation opportunity to...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Finance CommitteeSenate Finance Committee Tax Reform LegislationNovember 9, 2017VIDEO The last time Congress modernized the tax code, it was 1986. That’s more than 30 years ago. In the generation since, the tax code has grown out of...
