Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on the Failures and Future of the EB-5 Regional Center Program: Can it be Fixed?February 2, 2016In 1990, Congress created an employment preference category known as EB-5 which was “intended to create new employment for U.S. workers and to infuse new...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJanuary 28, 2016Good morning. Today we have a number of bills and nominees on the agenda. Regarding the bills, S. 247 will be held over at the request of Senator Cruz and S. 483 will be held over at the request of Senator Hatch. S....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Attacking America’s Epidemic ofHeroin and Prescription Drug Abuse”January 27, 2016The United States is experiencing an historic epidemic of drug overdose deaths. Over 47,000 Americans died from overdoses in 2014, an all-time high....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJanuary 21, 2016Good morning and welcome to the first markup of 2016. Today we have a number of bills and nominees on the agenda. Regarding the bills, we’re going to hold over S. 247 at the request of Senator Cruz, H.R. 1428, and S....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on The Adequacy of Criminal Intent Standards in Federal ProsecutionsJanuary 20, 2016The American people are calling out for sentencing reform. In October, the Judiciary Committee reported a bipartisan reform bill by a vote of 15-5. That bill focuses on...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaFor the Congressional RecordChairman, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryJudicial Nominations, Luis RestrepoMonday, January 11, 2016 Today, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Luis Restrepo to be a circuit judge for the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. If he is confirmed, he will be the...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, December 10, 2015Good morning everyone. Today we have a number of bills and nominees on the agenda. We’ll consider the bills that are ripe for consideration first and then turn to nominees. We’ll hold over H.R. 1428,...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Oversight of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationWednesday, December 9, 2015Director Comey, welcome and thank you for being here today. The FBI’s mission is to protect us from the most dangerous threats facing our nation. The deadly attacks in...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Committee on the JudiciaryHearing on Oversight of the Obama Administration’s Criminal Alien Removal PoliciesWednesday, December 2, 2015Over the last several years, the Obama administration has made many public statements about focusing immigration enforcement resources on...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Protecting Trade Secrets: the Impact of Trade Secret Theft on American Competitiveness and Potential Solutions to Remedy This Harm.”December 2, 2015The United States is the world’s leader in innovation, creating cutting-edge technologies and...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Problems: Examining the Source and Exploring the Solution”December 1, 2015 Good morning. The purpose of today’s hearing is to learn more about the origin of Puerto Rico’s fiscal problems, and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is escalating his holds on State Department nominees over the State Department’s continued failure to respond in a timely, reasonable manner to numerous inquiries beginning in June 2013. Grassley has added a hold on the nomination of Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., to be an Under...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, November 19, 2015Good morning. Today we have two bills on the agenda, they’ll both be held over if we get a quorum. Both of these bills would help strengthen our national security at a time when doing so is critically...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today received the “Honest Abe Integrity in Government” award from the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund for his work to shield taxpayers from fraud against the government.Inscribed on the award is, “Senator Chuck Grassley – the father of the modern False...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck GrassleyFor the Congressional RecordThe Nomination of LaShann DeArcy Hall,to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New YorkInserted into the Record on November 16, 2015Today, the Senate confirmed the 317th judicial nominee during President Obama’s presidency, so I wanted to take this opportunity to...
Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control“Drug Trafficking Across the Southwest Border and Oversight of U.S Counterdrug Assistance to Mexico”Tuesday, November 17, 2015Prepared Statement of Chairman Chuck Grassley of IowaJust over eight years ago, the United States and Mexico announced the creation of the Merida Initiative, a bilateral...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on NominationsNovember 4, 2015Good morning. I want to welcome everyone to the 10th nominations hearing this year. Today, we’ll consider the nomination of Stuart Delery to be Associate Attorney General, the third highest ranking official at the Justice...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, October 22, 2015Good morning. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will markup on a historic piece of legislation, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The bill is cosponsored by Senators Durbin, Cornyn, Whitehouse,...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Judicial NominationsWednesday, October 21, 2015Good morning and welcome to the 9th nominations hearing this year. Today we will hear from four nominees to federal district courts: Gary Brown, for the Eastern District of New YorkRebecca Ebinger, for...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015Monday, October 19, 2015Good afternoon. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on an important bill, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. I was pleased to introduce this bill...
