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March 23, 2021
Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Hinson Leads Bicameral Effort to Urge Speaker Pelosi to Uphold State-Certified Election Results in IA-02, Stop House from Overturning Miller-Meeks Win
Rep. Ashley Hinson
March 23, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General - Meijer, Colleagues Call for Investigation into Biden's Border Wall Freeze
Rep. Ashley Hinson, ...
March 22, 2021
As Border Crisis Continues to Worsen, Sarah's Law Garners Attention, Receives 17 Additional Cosponsors
Rep. Randy Feenstra
March 22, 2021
False Claims Act
Sen. Chuck Grassley
March 18, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis
Sen. Joni Ernst, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen. Joni Ernst, ...
Feb. 17, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Amid Revelations That New York Officials Understated COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths, Grassley Urges Biden Admin To Retain New York's Public Corruption Prosecutor
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Feb. 10, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Grassley To Biden: Don't Disrupt Ongoing Investigations
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Feb. 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Dana Remus, White House Counsel - Grassley Presses Biden White House For Information, Accountability On So-Called "Court Reform" Commission
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Dec. 4, 2020
McConnell, Paul, and 36 Senate Republicans File Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reaffirm Religious Liberty Still Exists in a Pandemic
Sen. Joni Ernst, ...
Sept. 26, 2020
With Brilliant Legal Mind, Judge Barrett is Stellar Candidate for Supreme Court
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Sept. 21, 2020
Grassley Statement on Supreme Court Vacancy
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Sept. 21, 2020
Ernst on Supreme Court Vacancy
Sen. Joni Ernst
Sept. 18, 2020
Ernst on Passing of Justice Ginsburg
Sen. Joni Ernst
Sept. 18, 2020
Grassley: Justice Ginsburg's Legacy Will Live On For Generations
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Aug. 24, 2020
Tweet - ".@realDonaldTrump why isn't filling judicial vacancies in 2nd term agenda released 2day? Senate GOP & Trump hv made top priority Talking abt the Supreme Court got Pres Trump elected & it needs 2b center stage again this election "Lv no vacancy behind" needs 4 MORE YRS"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
July 21, 2020
Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley, Hearing on Trade, Tax Nominations
Sen. Chuck Grassley
July 8, 2020
Tweet - "Today's 7-2 SCOTUS decision is a victory for religious freedom. By upholding @POTUS' protections for moral objectors, the #LittleSisters are finally free to care for our elderly without violating their religious vows to protect the unborn."
Sen. Joni Ernst
June 29, 2020
Tweet - "Today's SCOTUS decision is disappointing, but it should not deter us from the fight to protect women & girls from the dangers of abortion. All women--no matter their circumstances--deserve to be treated by competent doctors who can provide life-saving care during an emergency."
Sen. Joni Ernst
June 24, 2020
Judicial Confirmations
Sen. Chuck Grassley
June 17, 2020
Durbin, Grassley Statement On Appeals Court Ruling Striking Down HHS Policy To Require Disclosure Of Prescription Drug Prices In TV Ads
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
May 29, 2020
Letter to Chief Justice John Roberts - Leahy And Grassley Urge Supreme Court To Continue Transparency After Pandemic
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
May 29, 2020
Letter to the Hon. John G. Roberts, Jr. Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States - Grassley, Leahy Urge SCOTUS to Continue Transparency after Pandemic
Sen. Chuck Grassley
May 12, 2020
Durbin, Grassley, Booker Call On Ninth Circuit To Uphold Congressional Intent Of First Step Act Provision In Bipartisan Amicus Brief
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
May 4, 2020
Tweet - "2day Supreme Court oral arguments avail for 1st time by livestream bc of the virus Ive been longtime advocate for cameras in the courtroom/hv sent letters to hv audio of arguments available This increased transparency shld b permanent The ppl's biz ought 2b public!"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
April 27, 2020
Tweet - "Thx SCOTUS for correctly applying my recent updates to my Anti-Terrorism Act +forcing DC & 2nd Circuits to reconsider their flawed decisions against terror victims Time for lower courts to GET IT RIGHT &protect justice for American victims of PLO terrorism!"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
March 5, 2020
Judiciary
Sen. Chuck Grassley
March 4, 2020
Tweet - "Sen Schumers threats 2day against Supreme Court Justices are wrong &dangerous he shld apologize This is just another example of Schumer campaign 2politicize courts: Estrada, 2007 ACS speech & Kavanaugh hearings to name a few Stop attacking independent Judiciary!"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Dec. 20, 2019
Tweet - "This wk the Senate confirmed 13 district judges @realdonaldtrump & Senate GOP continue 2make the judiciary a top priority Several judges had BIPARTISAN support"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Dec. 18, 2019
Grassley Statement on Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Obamacare Ruling
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Nov. 12, 2019
Counterfeiters
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Remarks by President Trump on Federal Judicial Confirmation Milestones
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "Senate GOP has also confirmed 100+ district court judges & 2 new highly esteemed members of the Supreme Court: Justice Gorsuch & Justice Kavanaugh. Unlike activists appointed by other presidents they will rule on what the law & constitution say not what they want them to say"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "on my way 2 White House for speech by @realdonaldtrump on judicial confirmations By end of this wk Pres Trump's appointees will make up 1 quarter of our country's appeals court judges. 1 in every 4 This is an important milestone bc its hardly ever exceeded by 1st term president"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "As previous chairman of Senate Judic Cmte I worked hard to vet &confirm most of Pres Trump's judicial noms That work continues this Congress under Chairman Graham who has done an excellent job leading cmte process I'm happy to still b a member of the cmte wrking w Chairman Graham"
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "While the Dems stall on important work for the people, like passing the #USMCA & funding our military, my @SenateGOP colleagues and I are hard at work confirming conservative judges. So far, we have confirmed over 150 of @realdonaldtrump's nominees!"
Sen. Joni Ernst
Oct. 17, 2019
Judiciary Committee Advances Plan to Restore Access to Justice for U.S. Victims of Terrorism
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Oct. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice, and the Hon. Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Senators Seek Status Update on Criminal Referrals of Spurious Allegations Made During Kavanaugh Nomination
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Sept. 24, 2019
Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Protection for SEC, CFTC Whistleblowers
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
Sept. 16, 2019
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Sept. 4, 2019
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - Grassley Questions Use of DOJ Memo to Limit Recovery of Tax Dollars Lost to Fraud
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Aug. 29, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Scott Harris, Clerk for the Supreme Court of the U.S. - Senate Republicans Send Unified Message Against Democrats' Court-Packing Threat
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
July 30, 2019
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - Grassley, Senators Seek Updates & Further Action on Justice Department Efforts to Clarify Website Accessibility Under ADA
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
June 11, 2019
Portman Praises Senate Confirmation of Ryan T. Holte as Judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
March 24, 2019
Ernst: Special Counsel Concludes No Collusion
Sen. Joni Ernst
March 14, 2019
Grassle, Durbin Bill Will Require Supreme Court to Allow Cameras in the Courtroom
Sen. Chuck Grassley
March 13, 2019
During Sunshine Week, Leahy Again Joins In Introducing Bill With Grassley And Klobuchar To Allow Cameras In Federal Courts
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
March 13, 2019
During Sunshine Week, Klobuchar, Grassley Introduce Bill to Allow Cameras in Federal Courts
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ...
Feb. 12, 2019
Cotton, Ernst, Toomey Introduce the Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs (PACED) Act
Sen. Joni Ernst, ...
Date
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Politician
March 23, 2021
Letter to Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Hinson Leads Bicameral Effort to Urge Speaker Pelosi to Uphold State-Certified Election Results in IA-02, Stop House from Overturning Miller-Meeks Win
Rep.Ashley Hinson
March 23, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General - Meijer, Colleagues Call for Investigation into Biden's Border Wall Freeze
Rep.Ashley Hinson, ...
March 22, 2021
As Border Crisis Continues to Worsen, Sarah's Law Garners Attention, Receives 17 Additional Cosponsors
Rep.Randy Feenstra
March 22, 2021
False Claims Act
Sen.Chuck Grassley
March 18, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis
Sen.Joni Ernst, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen.Joni Ernst, ...
Feb. 17, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Amid Revelations That New York Officials Understated COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths, Grassley Urges Biden Admin To Retain New York's Public Corruption Prosecutor
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Feb. 10, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Grassley To Biden: Don't Disrupt Ongoing Investigations
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Feb. 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Dana Remus, White House Counsel - Grassley Presses Biden White House For Information, Accountability On So-Called "Court Reform" Commission
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Dec. 4, 2020
McConnell, Paul, and 36 Senate Republicans File Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reaffirm Religious Liberty Still Exists in a Pandemic
Sen.Joni Ernst, ...
Sept. 26, 2020
With Brilliant Legal Mind, Judge Barrett is Stellar Candidate for Supreme Court
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Sept. 21, 2020
Grassley Statement on Supreme Court Vacancy
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Sept. 21, 2020
Ernst on Supreme Court Vacancy
Sen.Joni Ernst
Sept. 18, 2020
Ernst on Passing of Justice Ginsburg
Sen.Joni Ernst
Sept. 18, 2020
Grassley: Justice Ginsburg's Legacy Will Live On For Generations
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Aug. 24, 2020
Tweet - ".@realDonaldTrump why isn't filling judicial vacancies in 2nd term agenda released 2day? Senate GOP & Trump hv made top priority Talking abt the Supreme Court got Pres Trump elected & it needs 2b center stage again this election "Lv no vacancy behind" needs 4 MORE YRS"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
July 21, 2020
Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley, Hearing on Trade, Tax Nominations
Sen.Chuck Grassley
July 8, 2020
Tweet - "Today's 7-2 SCOTUS decision is a victory for religious freedom. By upholding @POTUS' protections for moral objectors, the #LittleSisters are finally free to care for our elderly without violating their religious vows to protect the unborn."
Sen.Joni Ernst
June 29, 2020
Tweet - "Today's SCOTUS decision is disappointing, but it should not deter us from the fight to protect women & girls from the dangers of abortion. All women--no matter their circumstances--deserve to be treated by competent doctors who can provide life-saving care during an emergency."
Sen.Joni Ernst
June 24, 2020
Judicial Confirmations
Sen.Chuck Grassley
June 17, 2020
Durbin, Grassley Statement On Appeals Court Ruling Striking Down HHS Policy To Require Disclosure Of Prescription Drug Prices In TV Ads
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
May 29, 2020
Letter to Chief Justice John Roberts - Leahy And Grassley Urge Supreme Court To Continue Transparency After Pandemic
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
May 29, 2020
Letter to the Hon. John G. Roberts, Jr. Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States - Grassley, Leahy Urge SCOTUS to Continue Transparency after Pandemic
Sen.Chuck Grassley
May 12, 2020
Durbin, Grassley, Booker Call On Ninth Circuit To Uphold Congressional Intent Of First Step Act Provision In Bipartisan Amicus Brief
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
May 4, 2020
Tweet - "2day Supreme Court oral arguments avail for 1st time by livestream bc of the virus Ive been longtime advocate for cameras in the courtroom/hv sent letters to hv audio of arguments available This increased transparency shld b permanent The ppl's biz ought 2b public!"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
April 27, 2020
Tweet - "Thx SCOTUS for correctly applying my recent updates to my Anti-Terrorism Act +forcing DC & 2nd Circuits to reconsider their flawed decisions against terror victims Time for lower courts to GET IT RIGHT &protect justice for American victims of PLO terrorism!"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
March 5, 2020
Judiciary
Sen.Chuck Grassley
March 4, 2020
Tweet - "Sen Schumers threats 2day against Supreme Court Justices are wrong &dangerous he shld apologize This is just another example of Schumer campaign 2politicize courts: Estrada, 2007 ACS speech & Kavanaugh hearings to name a few Stop attacking independent Judiciary!"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Dec. 20, 2019
Tweet - "This wk the Senate confirmed 13 district judges @realdonaldtrump & Senate GOP continue 2make the judiciary a top priority Several judges had BIPARTISAN support"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Dec. 18, 2019
Grassley Statement on Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Obamacare Ruling
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Nov. 12, 2019
Counterfeiters
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Remarks by President Trump on Federal Judicial Confirmation Milestones
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "Senate GOP has also confirmed 100+ district court judges & 2 new highly esteemed members of the Supreme Court: Justice Gorsuch & Justice Kavanaugh. Unlike activists appointed by other presidents they will rule on what the law & constitution say not what they want them to say"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "on my way 2 White House for speech by @realdonaldtrump on judicial confirmations By end of this wk Pres Trump's appointees will make up 1 quarter of our country's appeals court judges. 1 in every 4 This is an important milestone bc its hardly ever exceeded by 1st term president"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "As previous chairman of Senate Judic Cmte I worked hard to vet &confirm most of Pres Trump's judicial noms That work continues this Congress under Chairman Graham who has done an excellent job leading cmte process I'm happy to still b a member of the cmte wrking w Chairman Graham"
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Nov. 6, 2019
Tweet - "While the Dems stall on important work for the people, like passing the #USMCA & funding our military, my @SenateGOP colleagues and I are hard at work confirming conservative judges. So far, we have confirmed over 150 of @realdonaldtrump's nominees!"
Sen.Joni Ernst
Oct. 17, 2019
Judiciary Committee Advances Plan to Restore Access to Justice for U.S. Victims of Terrorism
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Oct. 8, 2019
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice, and the Hon. Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Senators Seek Status Update on Criminal Referrals of Spurious Allegations Made During Kavanaugh Nomination
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Sept. 24, 2019
Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Protection for SEC, CFTC Whistleblowers
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
Sept. 16, 2019
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Sept. 4, 2019
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - Grassley Questions Use of DOJ Memo to Limit Recovery of Tax Dollars Lost to Fraud
Sen.Chuck Grassley
Aug. 29, 2019
Letter to the Hon. Scott Harris, Clerk for the Supreme Court of the U.S. - Senate Republicans Send Unified Message Against Democrats' Court-Packing Threat
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
July 30, 2019
Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - Grassley, Senators Seek Updates & Further Action on Justice Department Efforts to Clarify Website Accessibility Under ADA
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
June 11, 2019
Portman Praises Senate Confirmation of Ryan T. Holte as Judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
March 24, 2019
Ernst: Special Counsel Concludes No Collusion
Sen.Joni Ernst
March 14, 2019
Grassle, Durbin Bill Will Require Supreme Court to Allow Cameras in the Courtroom
Sen.Chuck Grassley
March 13, 2019
During Sunshine Week, Leahy Again Joins In Introducing Bill With Grassley And Klobuchar To Allow Cameras In Federal Courts
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
March 13, 2019
During Sunshine Week, Klobuchar, Grassley Introduce Bill to Allow Cameras in Federal Courts
Sen.Chuck Grassley, ...
Feb. 12, 2019
Cotton, Ernst, Toomey Introduce the Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs (PACED) Act
Sen.Joni Ernst, ...
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