WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mike Lee (R-UT), the lead sponsors of the recently-enacted First Step Act, voiced bipartisan-opposition to the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) proposal to require applicants for federal jobs and contracting work to divulge their participation in criminal-diversion programs. Diversion programs directly address the unjust and illogical consequences of a criminal conviction.

WASHINGTON DC (April 22, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today issued the following statement regarding the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees’ annual reports.

WASHINGTON DC (April 18, 2019) —

Q: What is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day?

A: For nearly two decades, prescribed pain-pills have fueled the nation’s opioid crisis. According to combined data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual average 10.7 million Americans misused controlled prescription-pain relievers in the past year.

WASHINGTON DC (April 18, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the US International Trade Commission’s report on the economic impact of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the renegotiated trade-deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).