When President Donald Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2017, our federal courts had more than 100 vacancies, including one for the United States Supreme Court. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I was pleased that President Trump intended to nominate our country’s most talented men and women in the legal profession to the federal bench.

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last night provided notice of a committee hearing to take place on March 14, 2018, to focus on the tragic shooting that occurred in Parkland, Florida. Grassley publicly noted his intent to hold this hearing during the committee’s executive business meeting last week.

Prepared Statement for the Senate Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Co-Chairman of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus

Submitted on March 7, 2018

 

The Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus has been without a Republican co-chair.

 

This is a critical time to show solidarity with our Baltic allies given Russian aggression against Ukraine starting in 2014, following on Russian military intervention in the Republic of Georgia in 2008.

 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa are demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding their national review of all VA health care provider licenses in order to certify that no doctors have been hired illegally.

The senators called on the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support bipartisan legislation to bring drug prices down for patients and families across the country

Concerned about government waste, senators ask about guidance which allows estates to continue collecting farm benefits automatically even two years after the death of a farmer

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that summer internships for college-aged Iowans are available. Applications are due Thursday, March 15.

Internships are available in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The summer internship program is divided into two separate sessions. The first session runs from May 21 through June 29 and the second runs from July 10 to August 10.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, wrote White House Counsel Don McGahn and FBI Director Christopher Wray today seeking additional information about the process for allowing government employees access to sensitive or classified information.

WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chair and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, alongside Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) recently wrote to four tech companies urging action to reduce illegal online drug sales and advertising.

WASHINGTON – After public allegations and news reports of sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace conduct within the federal judiciary, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein wrote to James Duff, the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC).

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