WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, co-chairman, will hold a hearing of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control to examine U.S. counternarcotics efforts in Colombia and how these efforts should be adapted in light of the staggering increases in coca production in the country.

Hearing:  “Adapting U.S. Counternarcotics Efforts in Colombia.” 

Date/time:  Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at 10 a.m.

Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

September 5, 2017

I’m pleased today to support the nomination of Tim Kelly to be a Judge on the D.C. District Court.

Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

At a Nominations Hearing

September 6, 2017

VIDEO

Good morning. Welcome everyone, especially the nominees and their families, to today’s nominations hearing. This is the tenth nominations hearing the Committee has held this year.

“However challenging these issues may be, the American people rightfully expect us to follow through on the commitments that we have made, and we believe it is critical that we devote the necessary time to accomplishing these tasks.”

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s announced plans to suspend the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order, or DACA.

Q: Why did you join the effort to change the way hearing aids are regulated and sold in the United States?

WASHINGTON – Preliminary data provided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in response to recent inquiries from the House and Senate Judiciary Committees indicate that the Obama administration allowed thousands of DACA recipients to exploit an immigration law loophole to obtain green cards. The data also show that more than a thousand DACA recipients have already obtained citizenship.

Grassley, Graham seek documents linked to Hatch Act investigation of former FBI head                                                                                        

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Mike Lee of Utah are again inquiring about the abuse of an immigration law loophole that allows unauthorized immigrants to obtain a green card and, eventually, U.S. citizenship. The two senators previously wrote to the Obama administration on this issue in March 2016.

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