WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding the termination of FBI Director James Comey:

“Over the course of the last several months, Director Comey's decisions on controversial matters have prompted concern from across the political spectrum and from career law enforcement experts. 

WASHINGTON – The Federal Bureau of Investigation today provided a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee to supplement the testimony of Director James Comey before the committee at an FBI oversight hearing last week.

Sen. Chuck Grassley is a long-time advocate for whistleblowers and has a long record of improving veterans services.  Grassley made the following comment on President Trump’s announcement of an executive order on accountability and whistleblower protections at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

Hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”

May 3, 2017

VIDEO

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today called on the Deputy Attorney General to begin more closely supervising and reviewing the handling of politically charged and high-profile investigations and to respond to questions the FBI has thus far refused to answer.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a former chairman and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, urged the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce to ensure that the consequences of the multi-year U.S.-Mexico sugar dispute are contained to sugar and do not affect other U.S. trade interests, such as corn or high fructose corn syrup.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa ranks fifth in the United States Senate for bipartisanship according to a new study that evaluates how often members of Congress work across party lines by bill sponsorship and co-sponsorship. The rankings for the 114th Congress (2015-2016) are from the Lugar Center, led by former U.S. Sen.

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following comment after the Department of Homeland Security launched the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member and former chairman of the Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over taxes, made the following comment on the tax reform outline President Trump released today.

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