Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeMore Unclassified Documents Hidden from Public ScrutinySeptember 22, 2016Last week, I spoke about the danger of allowing agencies to improperly use the Office of Senate Security to keep information secret even when it is unclassified.I said that if we let the...
Prepared Statement for the Record of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Consolidation and Competition in the U.S. Seed and Agrochemical Industry,”Tuesday, September 20, 2016Good morning everyone. Today’s hearing will focus on mergers and acquisitions in the seed and agrochemical...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Judicial NominationsSeptember 7, 2016Today, the Committee is holding a hearing for five individuals nominated to be federal district court judges for districts in Texas. Welcome and congratulations to all the nominees and to their families. As everyone...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingSeptember 15, 2016 Today we have three bills and two judicial nominees on the agenda.The nominees on the agenda are ripe for a vote. They are:- Lucy Koh, 9th...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal CourtsHearing on “Protecting Internet Freedom: Implications of Ending U.S. Oversight of the Internet”September 14, 2016The openness, security and stability of the Internet are of...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingSeptember 8, 2016Today we have a number of bills and judicial nominees on the agenda.The nominees on the agenda are:- Kathleen Sweet, Western District of New York- Lucy Koh, 9th Circuit- ...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJuly 14, 2016Good morning. Today we have a number of bills and judicial nominees on the agenda. The nominees on the agenda are:- Jennifer Puhl, Eighth Circuit- Don Coggins, South...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee on Crime and TerrorismHearing on “Researching the Potential Medical Benefits and Risks of Marijuana”Wednesday, July 13, 2016Today’s hearing continues an important and timely discussion about researching the potential medical benefits of the...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Judicial NominationsJuly 13, 2016Good morning and welcome to today’s nominations hearing. Today we will hear from a Circuit court nominee, a District Court nominee and a nominee to be a Member of the US Sentencing Commission. • ...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeComprehensive Addition and Recovery Act (S. 524)July 12, 2016Mr. President, we all want safety, security, health and well-being for all of our fellow Americans. But it sometimes seems impossible for us to agree on how best to achieve them. So when...
NOTE: The FOIA Improvement Act, which Senator Chuck Grassley helped lead through the Judiciary Committee and the full Senate, was signed into law in late June, 2016. Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “FOIA at Fifty: Has the Sunshine Law’s Promise Been Fulfilled?”July 12,...
WASHINGTON -- Just over one year ago, Kate Steinle was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant who had been deported five times prior to the murder. Shortly before the murder, he was released from custody for another crime despite a federal request that he be detained because local authorities choose not to cooperate with federal immigration requests....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeConference Committee Meeting on S.524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery ActJuly 6, 2016It’s estimated that 129 Americans a day die from drug overdoses – 129 of our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, parents, spouses, co-workers, friends and...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security”Thursday, June 30, 2016Almost one year ago to the day, a young woman was walking arm in arm with her father along a pier in San Francisco. She had hopes and dreams, and a bright future ahead....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryHearing on “Protecting Older Americans from Financial Exploitation”June 29, 2016
Today’s hearing will examine the growing threat of elder financial exploitation. It gives us an opportunity to ask whether the federal government is doing all it can to protect...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal CourtsHearing on “Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts To Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism”June 28, 2016The Orlando nightclub attack a few weeks ago was the most...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing: “One Year After Enactment: Implementation of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015”June 28, 2016Good morning and welcome to today’s Judiciary Committee hearing. Today we will examine whether the Justice Department is doing all...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Oversight of the Drug Enforcement Administration”Wednesday, June 22, 2016I am pleased to welcome Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to testify today. But first we will hear testimony about DEA...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is working to raise awareness of crimes targeting senior citizens, including financial exploitation, physical abuse and neglect and privacy violations against vulnerable nursing home residents. Last week, the Senate passed a resolution cosponsored by Grassley designating June 15 as...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAntitrust Subcommittee Hearing on“The CREATES Act: Ending Regulatory Abuse, Protecting Consumers, and Ensuring Drug Price Competition,”Tuesday, June 21, 2016Unfortunately I have other appointments scheduled for this afternoon, so I won’t be able to stay...
