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Grassley blasts EB-5 immigration program extension

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley blasted congressional leaders and real estate lobbyists Thursday for voting to extend a controversial immigration program known as EB-5 without enacting changes Grassley said would cut down on fraud, corruption and terrorism threats. “This failure to heed calls for reform proves that some would rather side with special interest groups, land developers and those with deep pockets,” the Iowa Republican said on the Senate floor. Read More

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Senator Grassley blasts EPA’s cutting of ethanol level in fuels standard

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is lashing out at the Environmental Protection Agency after it lowered the required amount of corn-based ethanol in the nation’s Renewable Fuel Standard on Monday. Grassley, a Republican, blasted the agency and the Obama Administration for what he says is a clear violation of federal law that can only benefit the oil industry. He says the EPA is selling biofuels short. “The EPA just doesn’t appreciate that farmers and biofuel producers can generate enough renewable fuels to meet the goals set by Congress — by law,” Grassley says. “So, EPA, by cutting this back, is going against the law that Congress passed.” Iowa is the nation’s number-one ethanol producer. Read More

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Tighter Lid on Records Threatens to Weaken Government Watchdogs

Justice Department watchdogs ran into an unexpected roadblock last year when they began examining the role of federal drug agents in the fatal shootings of unarmed civilians during raids in Honduras. The Drug Enforcement Administration balked at turning over emails from senior officials tied to the raids, according to the department’s inspector general. It took nearly a year of wrangling before the D.E.A. was willing to turn over all its records in a case that the inspector general said raised “serious questions” about agents’ use of deadly force. Read More

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The GOP’s Submission Hold

The Wall Street Journal November 26, 2015 By  KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL When… Read More

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Grassley turns up heat on Clinton, State

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is amping up his investigation into Hillary Clinton's email setup and the special work status of one of her top confidantes — just as the Democratic presidential front-runner's allies are accusing Grassley of using his oversight authority to hurt her campaign. Grassley (R-Iowa) took two new steps last week. On Wednesday, he issued a letter to former Clinton aide Heather Samuelson, who screened Clinton's emails as secretary of state to initially determine which ones would be turned over to the government and made available publicly, and which ones were deemed private and would later be deleted. Among other things, the missive, obtained by POLITICO, asked what level of security clearance Samuelson had at State; several hundred of Clinton's emails, which she routed through a private server, have since been deemed classified. Read More

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Midlands lawmakers wary of importing terrorism

President Barack Obama says American values mean not slamming the door on the thousands fleeing Syria’s violence and devastation, but Sen. Chuck Grassley sees it differently. “He’s in denial,” Grassley said of Obama, speaking with The World-Herald on Tuesday. Read More

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Grassley’s milestone

Senator Grassley runs laps across, around, and up and down Iowa every year. He visits each of the 99 Iowa counties during recesses from the Senate. When Congress is in session, Grassley has been there for 4 decades voting for what he feels will best serve Iowa. Senator Grassley runs laps across, around, and up and down Iowa every year. He visits each of the 99 Iowa counties during recesses from the Senate. When Congress is in session, Grassley has been there for 4 decades voting for what he feels will best serve Iowa. He's in the top one-tenth of 1 percent of U.S. Senators for vote casting. Of the 2,000 men and women who have been senators in U.S. history, only 17 of them have cast more votes than Senator Grassley (and only 3 of the 100 serving today: Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Orrin Hatch of Utah and Patrick Leahy of Vermont). No senator now serving has had as many consecutive votes (never missing one) as Grassley's 7,474. Read More

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Court Rules Against Obama Immigration Executive Order

Once again, President Obama, the self-professed professor of constitutional… Read More

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Grassley records remarkable achievement

In our nation's history, nearly 2,000 men and women have served in the United States Senate. Only 17 of them have cast more votes than Iowa Republican Charles Grassley. No senator serving today has gone as long as Grassley without missing a vote. Our state's senior senator has cast 7,474 consecutive votes. Read More

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Gas station costing $43 million gets Grassley’s anger running

Charles Grassley’s long-standing dismay of government waste is now fueled by a natural gas filling station in Afghanistan that cost $43 million. What’s more, the flow of details on this isn’t coming out, the Iowa’s senior senator added during his weekly press call Wednesday. “I don’t know if any laws were broken, but $43 million spent on a gas station? In Iraq, a similar one was built for a half-million dollars, so where did the other $42.5 million go? That’s what my question is to the Defense Department,” he said on the call. Read More

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