WASHINGTON – Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday reintroduced bipartisan legislation to encourage and reward the use of patented technology to address humanitarian needs.  The bipartisan introduction comes on the eve of World Intellectual Property Day on Wednesday, a day to celebrate and learn about the role of intellectual property rights in promoting innovation.

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has called on the United States Marshals Service (USMS) to hold employees accountable for misconduct and answer serious questions about costly, yet questionable contracts. Grassley’s questions follow reports that Marshals employees routinely direct subordinates to draft their personal applications for promotion.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, made the following statement after the confirmation of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

Q: What’s happening with your efforts to improve the skilled foreign worker visa programs?