WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and his committee colleague Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) applauded the unanimous Senate passage of their Justice for Murder Victims Act. The bipartisan bill would end the 13th-century "year-and-a-day" rule, which prohibits homicide prosecutions if the victim died more than a year-and-a-day after the day they were   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Q: Will Congress renew the Farm Bill this year? A: The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held its annual oversight hearing in late February to review operations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack appeared before the committee to answer questions and testify about various programs of the federal department. As a lifelong family farmer and longtime member   more