Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

In support of the nomination of David Stras to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

January 29, 2018

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The National Council for Home Safety and Security is happy to announce their ranking of the Safest Cities in Iowa for 2018. The top ten are:

1. Norwalk

2. Pella

3. North Liberty

4. Johnston

5. Ankeny

6. Urbandale

7. Ames

8. Marion

9. Boone

10. Cedar Falls

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is today pressing the FBI for answers about a series of concerns raised in recently produced text messages exchanged between FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok.

Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

Executive Business Meeting

January 25, 2018

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WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson wrote a letter to the Justice Department Office of Inspector General Tuesday regarding the revelation that the FBI did not preserve text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for the time period between Dec. 14, 2016, and May 17, 2017.

Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

Hearing on Judicial Nominations

January 24, 2018

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Good morning.  Welcome everyone to this year’s second nominations hearing.

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- On January 16, 2018, Oscar Lee Hall, Jr., age 41, formerly of Nichols, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.

Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee

Executive Business Meeting

January 18, 2018

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Good morning. We have a full agenda today, and I understand we’ll need to have roll call votes on most of the nominees before us.

Along with HB 3904, law creates women’s division within Department of Corrections

LINCOLN (Jan. 16, 2018) — Gov. Bruce Rauner is building on his efforts to improve outcomes for individuals who are incarcerated in Illinois.

He toured Logan Correctional Center, the female inmate facility in Lincoln, just before signing House Bill 1479 and solidifying the creation of a new women’s division within the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). 

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following comments after the announcement that Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) would become fellow committee members.

“I’d like to welcome Senator Booker and Senator Harris to the ranks of the Judiciary Committee. I look forward to finding common ground and working closely with them on the many important issues before us.”

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