Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing titled “Election Interference: Ensuring Law Enforcement is Equipped to Target Those Seeking to Do Harm”June 12, 2018VIDEOThank you to everyone for being here today.For many months now, we have been aware that foreign actors attempted to interfere in...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJune 7, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today we’ll vote on several nominees and pieces of legislation. Three judicial nominees are on the agenda for the first time. These nominees will be held over a week, at the minority’s request.The...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingMay 24, 2018VIDEO Before we begin, I want to say a few words about the tragic events of last Friday at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Ten died and thirteen others were wounded in a cowardly display of violence against innocent and unarmed...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Minority Leader’s Comments about the Judiciary Committee’s Trump Tower Meeting InquiryMay 16, 2018VIDEO I come to the floor to respond to the false statements made by the Minority Leader this morning. He criticized the Judiciary...
Prepared Statement by Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaCo-Founder and Co-Chair of Senate Caucus on Foster YouthNational Foster Care MonthMay 16, 2018VIDEO Mr. President, The Senate will soon be taking up my resolution recognizing May as National Foster Care Month.For over 20 years, National Foster Care Month has been recognized as a time to raise awareness...
Prepared Statement by Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Cambridge Analytica and the Future of Data PrivacyMay 16, 2018VIDEO The Facebook matter involving Aleksander Kogan and Cambridge Analytica shed a bright light on the data practices of some of our largest technology companies. Although advertisers and...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingMay 10, 2018 Good morning. Today we have several nominees and one bill on the agenda.Six judicial nominees are on the agenda for the first time. They are:Andy Oldham, 5th CircuitAlan Albright, Western District of TexasThomas Kleeh, Northern...
Statement for the Senate Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Occasion of World Intellectual Property DayApril 26, 2018Mr. President, today, April 26th 2018, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, and recognize the important role intellectual property plays in the fabric of society. We take time to...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAt an Executive Business MeetingApril 26, 2018VIDEO Good morning. We have two bills and several nominees on today’s agenda. I’m also going to take a point of personal privilege this morning.Today, we have a number of judicial nominees on the agenda, all...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Abducted Abroad: Exploring the Plight of International Parental Child Abduction and its Effect on American Families” April 24, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Thank you all for coming here today to share your stories of how international parental...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingApril 19, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today, we have a number of nominees and two bills on the agenda.Among the nominees we’ll consider today is Magistrate Judge C.J. Williams, nominated to the Northern District of Iowa. Judge Williams is...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaNomination of Mike Pompeo to be Secretary of StateWednesday, April 25, 2018VIDEO In a time when we are facing serious international challenges, from Russian meddling, to North Korean saber-rattling, to an increasingly assertive China, it is essential that the President have a qualified Secretary of...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleySenior Member and Former Chairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeEarly Impressions of the New Tax LawTuesday, April 24, 2018VIDEOPositive economic news continues to mount in the months since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. More than 500 employers and counting throughout the country have announced they are...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeJoint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Commerce CommitteeFacebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of DataApril 10, 2018VIDEO The history and growth of Facebook mirrors that of many of our technology giants. Founded by Mr....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on NominationsMarch 21, 2018Watch VideoGood morning. Welcome to the fifth nominations hearing of this year.Today, we’ll hear from two panels. On the first panel we’ll hear from Michael Scudder and Judge Amy St. Eve, both nominated to serve...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing: “The Need to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act”March 20, 2018VIDEO I want to welcome everyone to our hearing on the need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA. I supported the enactment of the original Violence Against...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingMarch 15, 2018VIDEO Today, we will consider several nominations. We have a nominee to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, three district court nominees, a nominee to chair the Administrative Conference of the United States, a nominee to the...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing Titled: “See Something, Say Something: Oversight of the Parkland Shooting and legislative Proposals to Improve School Safety”March 14, 2018VIDEO Good morning. We are here this morning to discuss a national tragedy and to mourn the loss of 17...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryHearing on “The Freedom of Information Act:Examining the Administration’s Progress on Reforms and Looking Ahead”March 13, 2018VIDEOToday, the Committee focuses its attention on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We have a responsibility to...
Prepared Statement for the Senate Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCo-Chairman of the Senate Baltic Freedom CaucusSubmitted on March 7, 2018 The Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus has been without a Republican co-chair. This is a critical time to show solidarity with our Baltic allies given Russian aggression against Ukraine starting in 2014,...
