WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and long-time advocate for whistleblowers said that a modified version of his FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act cleared the Senate today and is now headed to the President for signature.“This is a really important provision for the patriotic men and women at the FBI who...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeReversing Obama administration’s Harmful Executive Actions on Day OneDecember 9, 2016For the last eight years, we’ve seen President Obama’s administration take action after action and do it without regard for concerns expressed by the...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeEB-5 Regional Center Program ReformsThursday, December 08, 2016Mr. President, One year ago, Ranking Member Leahy and I came to the floor to express frustration that the EB-5 regional center program was extended without reforms. I could easily read the...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeMarking the 200th Anniversary of the Senate Judiciary CommitteeDecember 7, 2016This Saturday, December 10th, marks the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. I’m very proud to be the Chairman of this...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAntitrust Subcommittee Hearing: “Examining the Competitive Impact of the AT&T-Time Warner Transaction”December 7, 2016Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing on the biggest transaction of the year, the proposed AT&T-Time Warner merger....
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCeremony Marking “Red Ribbon Week”Joint Forces Headquarters, Iowa National GuardCamp Dodge, Johnston, IowaTuesday, October 18, 2016 Thank you for the opportunity to join you in commemorating Red Ribbon Week. This is the thirty-first year we in the anti-drug community will wear...
Grassley Led Effort to Secure Legislation in SenateWASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed legislation securing new rights for survivors of sexual assault following a unanimous consent request by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. Grassley included the Survivors’ Bill of Rights in a legislative proposal, which...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee on Immigration and the national InterestHearing on Oversight of the Administration’s FY 2017 Refugee Resettlement ProgramSeptember 28, 2016The Immigration and Nat0ionality Act requires that a representative of the President consult with members of the...
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....
