Chuck Grassley
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Recent News About Chuck Grassley
Grassley Commends USDA On Action To Address Anticompetitive Practices In The Livestock Industry
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $650 million investment to expand meat processing capacity and help small processing plants weather pandemic-related disruptions.
Grassley Slams Biden Decision To Politicize Social Security, Remove Top Officials
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after the administration announced that President Biden removed Commissioner of Social Security Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black from their positions years before their terms expires.
Grassley Pushes Acting Drug Czar To Include Policies To Combat Overdoses, Crime In National Drug Strategy
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, is pushing for the adoption of multiple policies to combat drug smuggling, overdoses and crime as part of the National Drug Control Strategy.
Grassley Announces Staff Office Hours In Nine Counties
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Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Waterloo will hold traveling office hours in nine counties around Northeastern Iowa throughout July.
Grassley Statement On Defense Dept. Cancellation Of JEDI Contract
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement applauding the termination of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract.
Qatari-Backed Media Still Not Registered Under Foreign Agents Law Despite Justice Department Determination, Senators Want To Know Why
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Five senators are pressing the Justice Department for information about why an Al Jazeera subsidiary and other affiliates, including its new media platform, “Rightly,” have not yet registered as foreign agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), despite reported demands from the department to do so.
Q&A: Government Watchdogs With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
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Q&A: Government Watchdogs With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Grassley: After Defense Department Report, Time To Pass Our Military Justice Legislation
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after the Defense Department’s Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the military today recommended shifting “legal decisions about prosecution of special victim cases out of the chain of command.”
Grassley To Hold Town Meeting In Davis County
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting in Davis County on Thursday, July 8 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
Grassley Statement On Arizona Ballot Harvesting Case; Open Invitation For Whistleblowers On Recently Filed Case Against Georgia
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the decision issued by the Supreme Court today in Brnovich v. DNC. Grassley also issued an open invitation for whistleblowers in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division concerned about politicization following the decision to file suit against the state of Georgia.
Grassley, Durbin Statement On Justice Department Responsiveness To Committee Members’ Oversight Requests
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding a virtual meeting Wednesday between members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Department of Justice’s responsiveness to committee members’ oversight requests:
As Biden Weighs “Bailouts” For Big Oil, Grassley, Ernst Hold President Accountable For Campaign Promises
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and four colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden to uphold his promises to support the biofuels industry and family farmers who rely on it.
Senators Raise Concerns Over More Conflicts Of Interest And Political Bias In Recent Justice Dept. National Security Hire
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are seeking clarity from the Justice Department about the role that Hennessey will play in the department’s National Security Division (NSD). Hennessey has repeatedly and publicly expressed partisan comments about previous and current investigations including the Justice Department inspector general’s review of Crossfire Hurricane and Special Counsel John Durham’s ongoing investigation, raising concerns that she is conflicted and should be recused from such investigations.
Durbin, Grassley, Judiciary Committee Members Press BOP For Answers On Inmate Trust Accounts
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led a bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members on a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal requesting answers to reports that BOP’s inmate Trust Fund/Deposit Fund program operates with little oversight, enables federal inmates to avoid paying child support and other debts, and fails to scrutinize inmate accounts for suspicious and potentially criminal activity.
Grassley Applauds Resignation Of Embattled, Ineffective FHFA Inspector General
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Following years of investigation by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and a call for President Biden to remove her from office, embattled Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Inspector General Laura Wertheimer resigned today from office effective July 30. Grassley made the following comment on that news.
Grassley, Colleagues Send Letter To USDA, DOJ On Harmful Court Ruling To Hog Farmers
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with Reps. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging the Administration to pursue all legal actions to push back on a recent U.S. district court decision that will slow swine inspection line speeds starting June 30, resulting in massive financial harm to independent American hog farmers.
Grassley: Biden Admin Must Keep Promise To Biofuels Producers In Light Of SCOTUS RFS Decision
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision allowing small oil refiners to seek extended exemptions from renewable fuels blending requirements even if they didn’t receive such waivers in the past.
Durbin, Grassley, King Introduce Bill To Require Price Transparency In Prescription Drug Advertisements
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) to introduce the Drug-price Transparency for Competition (DTC) Act, a bill that would require price disclosures on advertisements for prescription drugs, in order to empower patients and reduce spending on medications.
