Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingI. NominationsPamela Harris, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth CircuitPamela Pepper, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of WisconsinBrenda K. Sannes, to be United States District Judge for the Northern...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on the Voting Rights ActWednesday, June 25, 2014
Mr. Chairman, today the Committee considers whether the Voting Rights Act needs to be amended.
For almost 50 years, the Voting Rights Act has made effective the commands of the Fourteenth...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryHearing on the Nominations of: Pamela Harris, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth CircuitPamela Pepper, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of WisconsinBrenda K. Sannes, to be United States District Judge for the...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeStatement Opposing the Nomination of Peter Kadzikto be Assistant Attorney General,Department of Justice Legislative Affairs OfficeTuesday, June 17, 2014
Last week, I addressed the Senate regarding my opposition to Peter Kadzik’s nomination to the Department of...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingNominationsAndre Birotte, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Central District of CaliforniaGeoffrey W. Crawford, to be United States District Judge for the District of VermontJohn W. deGravelles, to be United States District...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeStatement Opposing the Nomination of Peter Kadzikto be Assistant Attorney General,Department of Justice Legislative Affairs OfficeThursday, June 12, 2014
On Monday, I explained my opposition to the nomination of Peter Kadzik to be the Assistant Attorney General for...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Chuck Grassley today joined senators Jim Inhofe, Jeff Sessions, David Vitter and Ted Cruz to introduce the Keep Our Communities Safe Act 2014. The legislation would close the legal loophole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) that requires immigration authorities to release back into the United...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on the Oversight of the Department of Homeland SecurityWednesday, June 11, 2014
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate Secretary Johnson’s presence here today. Hearings like this are essential to Congress’s oversight of the Executive Branch. Secretary...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Chuck Grassley today joined senators Jim Inhofe, Jeff Sessions, David Vitter and Ted Cruz to introduce the Keep Our Communities Safe Act 2014. The legislation would close the legal loophole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) that requires immigration authorities to release back into the United...
Prepared Statement for the Record of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Nomination of Carolyn Radelet to be Director of the Peace CorpsThursday, June 5, 2014
Mr. President, I will vote to confirm the President’s nominee for Director of the Peace Corps. However, I want explain why I objected to any unanimous consent request relating to this nomination...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on: “Examining a Constitutional Amendment toRestore Democracy to the American People”Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Mr. Chairman, I can’t think of a more important hearing that the committee could hold. This hearing shows as clearly as...
Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlHearing on “America’s Addiction to Opioids: Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse”Wednesday, May 14, 2014Prepared Statement of Co-Chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Madam Chairman, today’s hearing is extremely timely and important. The United States is experiencing an epidemic of opioid addiction,...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing.
I appreciate the opportunity during National Police Week to highlight a program that has over the years saved so many lives. One of...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryBefore the Committee on the Judiciary regarding the nominations of: Julie E. Carnes, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh CircuitJill A. Pryor, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh CircuitLeslie Joyce Abrams, to be United...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Hearing on Oversight of the Drug Enforcement Administration
Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding today’s oversight hearing focusing on the Drug Enforcement Administration. I welcome Administrator Leonhart. There are many issues to...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on the Proposed Comcast-Time Warner MergerWednesday, April 9, 2014
Good morning and welcome to all of the witnesses. Thank you for being here. I’m looking forward to hearing your testimony on what impacts, both positive and negative, the proposed...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryExecutive Business MeetingNominations:Cheryl Ann Krause, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third CircuitRichard Franklin Boulware II, to be United States District Judge for the District of NevadaSalvador Mendoza, Jr., to be United States District...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryExecutive Business MeetingOn the Nominations of: Gregg Jeffrey Costa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth CircuitCheryl Ann Krause, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third CircuitTanya S. Chutkan, to be United States District Judge...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Reauthorization Of The Satellite Television Extension And Localism Act”
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your holding this hearing, and I also thank the witnesses for their testimony today.
The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act,...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryHearing on “Open Government and Freedom of Information:Reinvigorating the Freedom of Information Act for the Digital Age”Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I always enjoy this hearing. It provides us an opportunity to focus on how...
