This statement was revised to better characterize recent drug-related prison admissions.Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeField Hearing on “A New Era in the Fight Against Methamphetamine in Iowa”Tuesday, October 13, 2015Welcome to everyone here this morning. Today’s Senate...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingOctober 8, 2015Today we have one bill and one nominee on the agenda.We’ll hold over S. 2123 the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act.This bill represents a broad bipartisan agreement that quite a few members of this Committee entered into....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest Hearing on“Oversight of the Administration’s FY 2016 Refugee Resettlement Program: Fiscal and Security Implications”October 1, 2015I appreciate the Chairman of this subcommittee for holding a...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaU.S. Senate Committee on FinanceHearing on“Financial and Economic Challenges in Puerto Rico”Tuesday, September 29, 2015Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to take a moment to say just a few things and then maybe ask some questions if there’s time.Puerto Rico’s debt crisis didn’t...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee Hearing on Examining Consolidation in the Health Insurance Industry and its Impact on ConsumersTuesday, September 22, 2015Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing to examine the proposed mergers in the health insurance industry....
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, September 17, 2015Today we have two bills and three judicial nominees on the agenda.We’ll hold over S. 1814, the Stop Sanctuary Cities Act.We also have on the agenda S. 32, the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015.This is a...
Photos of the award can be found here and here. WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa on Tuesday received the 2015 Fueling Growth Award from Growth Energy for his work to develop policies that support clean-burning, domestically produced ethanol. Grassley was presented the award at the Growth Energy Advocacy Conference in Washington,...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on “Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act”September 16, 2015Today’s hearing is intended to help inform the Committee about the most recent views of a wide variety of stakeholders concerning the need to reform the Electronic...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has added to the number of State Department nominees on whom he intends to place a hold, citing a continued lack of responsiveness to his inquiries regarding what should be the public’s business. “I will object because, in addition to the multiple inquiries I’ve made that are still unanswered, I sent...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said he intends to object to unanimous consent to consider a State Department nominee, commonly known as placing a hold, over the agency’s poor responsiveness to questions about personnel practices and conflict of interest management and proper email use and management. Grassley said that in addition to...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAt a Hearing Titled: “‘All’ Means ‘All’: The Justice Department’s Failure to Comply with Its Legal Obligation to Ensure Inspector General Access to All Records Needed for Independent Oversight"August 5, 2015The Inspector...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJuly 30, 2015On the agenda today is S. 1814, a bill by Senator Vitter that deals with sanctuary policies. Last week, this committee heard from a number of relatives who lost loved ones because of illegal immigration. And this week,...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn National Whistleblower Appreciation DayJuly 30, 2015I am honored to share the podium with so many friends like Fred [Whitehurst], and my colleagues on the Whistleblower Protection Caucus. I’m also very happy to join them in showing my appreciation for...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJuly 23, 2015Good morning. The bipartisan Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015, S. 1169, is first on today’s agenda. This bill, which I introduced in April with Senator Whitehouse, extends the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is introducing legislation to hold accountable sanctuary jurisdictions that are harboring illegal immigrants who have criminal records.
Grassley’s legislation would withhold federal funding from sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate on criminal aliens and other high priority...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Oversight of the Administration’s Misdirected Enforcement Policies: Examining the Impact and Honoring the Victims”Tuesday, July 21, 2015This committee continues to honor its pledge to conduct oversight over the implementation...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, July 09, 2015Today, we have 3 judicial nominees on the agenda and two pieces of legislation, the Need-Based Educational Aid Act and the Adoptive Family Relief Act. First on today’s agenda is S. 1482, the Need-Based...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing On “Going Dark: Encryption, Technology, and the Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy”Wednesday, July 8, 2015Today’s hearing is intended to start a conversation in the Senate about whether recent technological changes have upset the...
Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and ForestryHearing on Country of Origin LabelingThursday, June 25, 2015Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this important hearing on Country of Origin Labeling. I would also like to thank Craig Hill, President of the Iowa Farm Bureau, for testifying here...
Prepared Statement of Chairman Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlHearing on “Cannabidiol: Barriers to Research and Potential Medical Benefits”Wednesday, June 24, 2015Today’s hearing addresses a timely and important topic. Thousands of children throughout our country suffer from rare, extreme types of...
