grassley: thank you for attending this hearing. we have preliminary review of the drug control strategies by the government watchdog gao. congress creates agencies like this one. congress appropriates money for agencies like this one. congress from time to time passes laws for people to carry out, so we are doing today a constitutional responsibility to make sure that the executive branch of government and the agency specifically makes care of laws according to congressional cameras required. ondcp was created to serve as our nation's leader in combating drugs. since its inception in 1989, the threat posed by drugs has been heavy. the mission of the ondcp and of this particular group of senators, the drug caucus remains today to save lives. this hearing comes at a critical juncture for our nation. we are in the middle of the most challenging drug environment that this country has ever seen. by now, we have all seen the numbers. i quote again similar numbers to what the chairman quoted. the center for disease control and prevention

. >> brooke: ranking senate judiciary member grassley wrote to merrick garland and christopher wray revealing allegations officials labeled information on hunter biden as misinformation. the evidence against hunter biden proves there is bias within the fbi. listen. >> the people of the united states ought to have really good feelings about the fbi. they aught to know they are a credible organization and there should be no party or power involved in this decision-making. it should be fair, follow the facts and the fbi have not met the test of fairness in this particular case. >> carley: johnson says the agency's actions -- >> carley: concern about the crime in the united states, he stopped shorts of calling it a crisis. >> i think violent crime is a matter of considerable concern, the country and justice department as it should be. communities have to trust us law enforcement and we have a joint effort to battle violent crime together. >> carley: in new york city violent crime was up from the same time lasts year. >> todd: a teen seen fighting a cop went home free from a robbery just days earl

senator grassley wants to know if the fbi was playing politics too?w, senator what prompted you to write this letter? >> , whistleblowers coming to me and i listen to a lot of whistleblowers because they know where the bodies are buried. and with evidence a special agent in charge was making decisions of what investigation should go ahead and which ones should be stopped. and we know by his social media comments that he is very, very liberal. very, very partisan. and we have evidence from these whistleblowers that he would have fuzzy information from newspaper reports about trump. and would allow investigation go ahead. you do not let innovation go ahead on fuzzy newspaper reports. then we had concrete information about of lot of things of hunter biden has done a stock that and labeled it as disinformation. now that is political interference in the fbi. and it is going to cause people to lose credibility in the fbi, and every citizen ought to have the most confidence you could ever have an agency like the fbi. now were going to go before the committee

that is according to a scathing letter to grassley fbi director christopher wray and attorney generale allegations provided to his office indicate there was a scene in place among certain fbi officials to undermine derogatory information connected to hunter biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation." grassley zeros in on one particular player, fbi timothy who claims may have improperly swayed the criminal investigation into the president's son. grassley writes the information he has received has revealed that the political partisanship impacted his official decision-making on sensitive public corruption investigation. one of those investigations reportedly being a newly open probe into the trump administration, which grassley believes is driven by partisan politics. a constitutional law expert jonathan turley said the acclaim of a special counsel in hunter's case would eliminate interest, listen. >> this is a textbook example of why special counsel needs to be appointed in these cases. why haven't they interviewed the president who has referred to in many emails as the big guy

it is chuck grassley who is hardly a conspiratorial member of congress.ne of these members that has a fauxout rage a day. he's a sober-minded guy. that's the accuser. the accusation could not be more serious. a politicization of the fbi. who is the the accused? an entity that has had a miserable six years. if you go back to mid-term exam, which was the hillary clinton investigation and then go back to russia, look at the things the bureau has missed, whether it's a tip in a school shooting case, u.s.a. gymnastics, it's been a terrible six years. and i need to know whether or not the whistle-blowers are in a position to have access to real evidence. is it heard say, double hearsay or do they know what happened. then you have to corroborate it. the problem, martha, and i apologize for a long answer but i care about our justice system. it's the last institution that we have standing. issue is what can a minority member about congress do about it? the media has han oversight role. thank god your covering it. i haven't seen it in the "new york post" or times.

grassley writes information reveals the political partisanship affected his investigation.estigation being newly open probe into the trump administration which grassley believes is driven by partisan politics. congressman james comer joined the show earlier and said this letter is the tip of the iceberg. listen. >>you are starting to see people in the fbi come forward and whistleblowers on the oversight committee come forward in the administration. the doj will go to great lengths to protect hunter biden, republicans are not going to stop. >> brooke: grassley is requesting all information pertaining to the hunter biden administration by august 3rd. >> carley: and eric swalwell is not stopping spending, travel expenses between late may and june, and records show eric swalwell spent $3500 on a fundraising event in paris and $5000 for a luxury hotel in miami earlier this year. >> todd: you got to go big when you are in miami. tomi lahren, you think somebody under skrut scrutiny would lay low, not so. why does he feel embolden to rack up costs he knows will be public like this?

i want to express my support for the work that senator grassley has been doing. we've been working together on getting fentanyl currently scheduled. it's something we'll have to find a way forward on. doctor it was good to have you in new hampshire recently to see both the problems that we have on the ground? as? the epic derek, substance misuse continues. as long as we were doing in the state to address the drug crisis. i look forward to welcoming back again. i want to start by just talking a little bit about the issue of fentanyl precursors in particular. i work with my colleagues to pressure china to take additional steps to regulate a fentanyl analogues and fentanyl precursors. which are the chemical components that make a fentanyl. well that has been a drop in fentanyl trafficking directly from china to the united states we recently seen a rise in fentanyl precursors coming from china, going to mexico, where fentanyl is now produced. and then it is not going to night and safe that way. how is ondcp coordinating efforts along the law enforcement agencies to i

number one, i'm a cosponsor senator grassley's bill. i hope more data. number two, which the fraternal order of police we are this is one of their top priority's and they have data. we should make data-driven decisions, the same weight senator cornyn and i made data driven decisions for the question look to the protective of the bill i filed mix in a federal crime to assault or murder a police officer. upped the ante. they will know. and they will react in law enforcement officers will be safe. i also think we should take a look at back of the blue and thin blue line and defend our defenders act. all bills this committee could take up them before. all bills that will make progress. and i am here to do everything i can to be driven by data to take a look at community safety issues received too many guns in the hands of people who want to do harm. but we have to understand this is foundational. when i can go and get my friends and family to donate to the all cops run and encourage running around police stations playing music. this needs to be a primary foc

you have to pay attention to chuck grassley.een somebody who has been very focused on oversight, government oversight and a person and office where if you are a federal whistle-blower and you have something you feel like you want to say and you will be protected if you want to come and say something to cover chuck grassley in his office. he is known for that. that is why this is interesting and everyone will have to pay attention to. >> geraldo: but do you believe, greg, the fbi's institutionally corrupt? >> greg: no, i don't but there are elements in there that acted emotionally like they did in 2016 and other times. i'm super curious about the 51 intel experts. we do need these hearings. that is why the republicans have to win the house. i want to get to the bottom of the laptop cover-up. that changed in election. it helped erase the voting, the voting public. it made a lot of people think the fix was already in. really, their votes didn't matter. it had a cabal of tech and media and chamber of commerce and chamber of commerce

grassley: let me see.the next one is, because of this possibility that we are going to run short of grain worldwide, probably not in the united states, but worldwide, and increased u.s. production would have something to do with the shortage mostly caused now because of putin's invasion of ukraine. has usda discussed opening up the conservation reserve program so farmers can plant on those acres under these conditions we have now? sec. vilsack: first of all, we announced the fact that in terms of the general sign-up, a little over one million acres that was in the program is coming out of the program. that one million acres will be available. secondly, we announced an effort to try to encourage those whose acres are coming out of the program to be able to access their fields more quickly. as you know, they cannot, based on the rules, go into the fields and take active activities prior to october 1. we are suggesting they can now voluntarily terminate without penalty for those acres now coming out of the pr

i yield. >> thank you, senator grassley. i want to acknowledge and i am sure i am going to miss someone in this incredible turnout on behalf of highland park, lake county, and illinois. i want to acknowledge the presence of state representative bob morgan. county sheriff john idol burke, the states attorney from lake county, eric reinhart, daniel shapiro who i met with earlier. sandy heart, lake county board chair, and catherine's islam, i hope i got close to pronouncing your name correctly from north brook. lauren beth gauge, and i know the mayor will be here in just a moment. we will have to opening statements, one from senator duckworth and another from senator cornyn. i will recognize senator duckworth first. >> thank you, mister chairman. mister chairman, ranking member grassley, thank you for holding today's very important hearing. it has been 16 days since good samaritan's found two year old aided mccarthy lying bloodied and pinned beneath his unconscious father in the chaotic aftermath of a deadly mass shooting at hi

ranking member chuck grassley says this only hurts the d.o.j.'tegrity. >> i believe that there were people in the f.b.i. who had partisan views that should never be involved in any investigation. this is hurting the credibility of the f.b.i. people ought to have ultimate confidence in the f.b.i. >> martha: jacqui heinrich joins us on the background of the story. >> good morning, martha. the f.b.i. and d.o.j. have been accused by what senator chuck grassley calls highly credible whistleblowers of burying, quote, verified and verifiable dirt on president biden's son hunter but discrediting that intelligence as disinformation. ron johnson demanding the d.o.j. open and internal investigation or appoint a special counsel that the f.b.i. was weaponized against people on the senate. whistleblowers said there is wielding political influence on cases they didn't want to investigate. >> talking about being investigated. it is the credibility of the f.b.i. they have got to investigate regardless of party or power of individuals. and the credibility of the f

i yield back. >> thank you senator grassley.ant to have knowledge and i'm sure going to miss someone in thisgr incredible -- but i wantd knowledge that presidents of date representative state attorney from lake county eric reinhardt daniel shapiro mayor of deerfield sandy hart lake county board chairty and catherine -- i hope i get close to pronouncing your name correctly from norfolk. we p have two opening statements one from senator duckworth and another from senator cornyn and all recognize senator duckworth first. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. chairman member grassley thank you for holding today's very important hearing. spend 60 days since 2-year-old abe earthy bloody next is unconscious father and in the chaotic aftermath of the deadly massri shooting at the hyde para for this i. it's a powder aiden had lost one shoead and one bloodsoaked socks he kept asking for his momth and dad. tragically we learned at the arena --an aiden and -- in what has been a unique way phenomenon phenomenon -- uniquely american phenomenon. my c

the latest evidence is from senator chuck grassley of iowa.ssley's office has received whistle-blower complaint within the fbi. those complaints reveal efforts to "improperly discredit negative hunter biden information as disinformation, there by causing investigative activity to cease." call it russian disinformation and the investigation into whatever hunter biden did. the words of chuck grassley, the allegations provided to my office appeared to indicate that there was scheme in place among certain fbi officials to undermine derogatory information connected to hunter biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation. in other words, not only did they not consider charging the president's son. they actively lied to the public about the nature of his crimes. to some extent we saw this play out in public. 50 former intelligence officials at the highest level. jim clapper, mike hedden, john brennan, michael morel, all claimed in a publicly circulated letter that hunter biden's laptop was "russian disinformation." it wasn't. it was entirely real

when senator grassley asked me for the hearing i didn't object. it was within my control, i trust him and he makes a valuable contribution. you've seen several members of the committee raise the question about appointments by the biden administration. she comes up at every hearing from the other side of the table. i want you to know the position in the department of justice was supported by the fraternal order of police, national sheriffs association, major cities chiefs at the international association of the chiefs of police. the other woman supported by the association of the chiefs of police the major cities and many more so there's always a little more to the story then you might hearing the testimony that i want to thank you all. i can't thank you enough for what you've done with your lives and what you've decided to do to protect others. it's something and none of us could say enough for but thanks for coming today. the testimony is usually reserved for police week but there's controversy and comments made today that are timely as of now an

senator grassley? >> i'm going to repeat some statistics you gave according to the institute pregnancy centers performing 486,000 three ultrasounds, 731 -- and pregnancy tests last year. 291,000 clients attended parenting and prenatal education classes, and 25 of those locations offer material assistance that babies need when a family can't support it. so can you tell us how you help pregnant women, and even more importantly, would there be a disparate impact on these communities if your senators weren't available? >> yes, thank you for the question. we give women free medical care, free parenting classes and baby supplies, free medical and emotional support after an abortion. along with that, pregnancy care center spent the entire -- giving $266 million per year of free medical care and resources to the community nationwide. it is important to know that pregnancy centers often support women even after they've had an abortion. as a matter of fact, we had a 19-year-old young women coming to the clinic w

welcome to you. >> thank you senator grassley. we will recognize the first witness. >> good morning chairman durbin, toranking member grassley and distinguished members of the senate judiciary committee. thank you for inviting me to discuss today how to stop mass shootings. my name is nancy and i'm them mayor of highland park illinois and all midwestern towns i was at the highland park fourth of july. shooting and i will be haunted forever. before i tell you my story i want to recognize the berries hepolice and fire personnel that ran directly into danger to save lives. they did everything right. they were actively caught the shooter within hours and they are with true american heroes look like. it was a perfect summer day. the excitement of 3,000 parade goers was palpable especially since this is the first parade in two years post pandemic. festive floats, a sea of children and adults in red, white and blue waving american flags. at 10 a.m. my counseling and i kicked off our parade with music and a cheering were all we could hear

grassley says they buried derogatory information about hunter by labeling it foreign disinformation and tried to paint a separate senate probe into hunter's business deals as tainted. republican senator ron johnson says both he and grassley were given unsolicited briefings by fbi agents. >> i knew they were set up at the time or i certainly suspected it. those were leaked later to the "the washington post" to marginalize our investigation. >> johnson now is demandings the doj open an internal investigation or appoint a special counsel. grassley telling the doj and fbi, quote: if these allegations are true and accurate, the justice department and fbi are and have been constitutionally corrupted to their very core to the point in which the united states congress and the american people will have no confidence in the equal application of the law. the doj declined to comment further. the news comes after a source told fox the federal investigation into hunter's taxes has reached a critical stage and officials are now weighing possible charges including possible foreign lobbying violations.

chuck grassley ... [inaudible] there's no better senator that can protect the oversight of congress . on the judiciary we had a hearing about theasylum fraud at the border . eric garland, not a single hearing. >> we want to know if president biden ... [inaudible] >> joe biden has been in chargeof our china policy going back to the obama administration . his son made millions of dollars. >> and some went to the big guy. do you think the republicans in in the house that the republicans will be able to do something to stopthese executive orders ? >> we won't be able to do everything we want but it's critical that this year we set up 4020. their accommodation of our spending power, and you all can see the benefit of having a new supreme court and constitutional majority on it with the three justices. i know the abortion case made a lot of news the past few weeks but the case against the epa was a big deal. it didn't just stop the epa from shutting down fossil fuels but it also was rewarding allthese bureauc

elizabeth: government whistle-blowers tell senator chuck grassley there was a high level push insidee doj to bury the probe into hunter biden as, quote, disinformation, to help out joe biden in the 2020 election. plus an fbi player behind that, also a player in the fbi's botched trump-russia probe. miranda devine takes it on next in "the evening edit." >> he has been lobbying the government, his dad in particular and not registered as a lobbiest. that is also a federal criminal violation. ♪ we hit the bike trails every weekend shinges doesn't care. i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn't care. we've still got the best moves you've ever seen good for you, but shingles doesn't care. because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. but, no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age increasing your risk for getting shingles. so, what can protect you? shingrix protects. you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does

. >> john: as iowa senator chuck grassley accuses the fbi and d.o.j. for trying to bury the dirt they have on hunter biden. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house with the latest on the hunter biden investigation. rich edson, how deep does the investigation go? >> john, the justice department is investigating the attack on the capitol and phony electorates. questioning witnesses about conversations with president trump, seized phones and brought witnesses before a grand jury, garland refuses to say whether the department of justice is investigating the former president, though he told nbc they will prosecute those they believe are guilty. >> we will hold accountable anyone criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer, legitimate lawful transfer of power from one administration to the next. >> the post reports investigator's questions are on the fake elector schemes by rudy giuliani and john eastman, and seized eastman's phone, and jeffrey clark's phone, and former chief of staff mark meadows' phone records. congressional jan

our law enforcement officers from the threats they face and now i will turn to my friend senator grassley for opening remarks. >> first, let me thank you to charmander been for responding to my request to hold the hearing on this issue of danger to law enforcement officers. i appreciate it very much. the attack on police officers are rising across the country. we see news stories on a regular basis about ambush attacks and murder of law enforcement in los angeles, philadelphia and elsewhere, even in my home state of iowa has not escaped this violence. nationwide, 73 officers were killed in felonies last year the highest number since the 9/11 attacks. that's a 59% increase over the previous year. 133 officers were shot in the ambushed style attacks at an increase of 123% over the previous year. the most recent data shows a violent crime is rising across the country. but violence against police officers is even higher. this is a unique and very critical problem and this hearing recognizes that and once again i thank senator durbin for bringing attention to this part of crime in the united s

chuck grassley and joni ernst and i know you're going to send chuck grassley back later this year. [applause] >> and i can tell you, between randy and ashley, and marionette, you all have a great group of freshmen congressmen who have taken the capitol by storm and once and that's sent packing you'll have an entirely republican delegation and that's what we need because the path to majority in washington, in the house and the senate runs straight through iowa. we cannot have a majority in the united states house or the united states senate without all three of your representatives reelected and zack and chuck grassley, and lord knows we need them because of the failures of the biden democrats. there are so many failures that we have to have jars at dinner. and joe biden hasn't just caused the nation's problems, he has no solutions for them, zero. maybe i should be fair, he toss have some solutions, i think, he knows that inflation is hurting working families and prices are going up. he can't understand why all of you can't have your son make some finger paintings and sell them to r

and let me turn to senator grassley. sen. grassley: first of all mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing. and i particularly want to thank you for including financial institutions in the panel. interstate and swipe fees is the amount of money that merchants pay for accepting a debit or credit card. these fees vary depending on many factors, but in general end up being 1% to 3% of purchases. i just learned, including sales tax, a great focus has been paid to these fees as more and more consumers use credit and debit cards to make their purchases. as many of my colleagues know, this is an issue that has passionate voices on both sides. many iowa businesses have complained that it seems that these fees are high for accepting credit and debit cards for purchases. these businesses want to give their customers the option to pay using different methods, but that can be difficult if fees are eating into already tight margins, especially for small business owners. these may have to -- they may have to then pass along these costs to the consumer. on the

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he's the one that potentially directed the briefing to senator grassley.nd either way, that was i w thn leaked and then used to smear us . so i don't trust him, but t he's the one we've got to call on to answer some questions. all right. thank you, senator ron johnson, wisconsin, going to be watching your election reelection hopefully all throughout this campaign season. up next, crime across america spiraling way out of control. have americans finally hitca a breakingns point? we'll check in with greg jarrett and sergeant trey penny next. when it's go time i constipation don't make you great tasting doggle. actually , work naturally with the water in your body and as little as 30 minutes you can go fast, go gently and go on with life you don't like to eat, buy you comfortably in control. ever wonder how what your neighbor's house is worth go to only decomposers value estimate and compare your home could be worth more than you think. visit ownerly .com today. attention veterans. i'm a retired member of the military with important information for you. if yo

this letter from chuck grassley is really just bombshell after bombshell.nger squarely at them and he has asked for christopher wray and for merrick garland to do something about cleaning out the corruption in their ranks and now we know why the fbi t sat on hunter biden's laptop which was handed to them in december of 2019 by john paul mcisaac, the whistleblower, the owner of that delaware computer repair shop who was a patriot, who did the right thing and then the fbi did the wrong thing and he was then forced to go to rudy giuliani and the media. this story should have been identified and investigated by the fbi from the beginning to protect this country from potential national security issues. the fact they didn't is the most enormous scandal. maria: it's an enormous scandal and it's really so incredibly disappointing that we cannot even trust the fbi because let's remember, miranda, they had that laptop as the democrats were trying to impeach president trump over a phone call that he had with the head of ukraine, all the while they had that information

ranking member grassley, and members of the committee. i'm pleased to testify before you today on behalf of commerzbank team members that serve commit communities in america's heartland. commerzbank is a mid sized bank founded in kansas city in 1865. we employ talented people in almost every state represented on this committee. we offer a full suite of payment services, including debit and credit cards for consumers and businesses, and merchant card acceptance services that keep money moving. those communities we are privileged to serve. as well as all of the world, seven by 24 wherever our customers are traveling or shopping. something that would be impossible without interchange and the networks. the views expressed in my testimony are broadly held among my colleagues at the thousands of mid sized and community banks across the country. just this week, letters have come to this committee signed by state banker associations community banker associations, credit union leagues and minority owned banks. from small to large, from public to n

straight ahead tonight, senator grassley saying whistle-blowers come forward alleging that the fbi isto downplay any negative information about zero experience. hunter biden, senator ron johnson is demanding accountability. he will tell us all about it straight ahead. ♪ ♪ new astepro allergy. no allergy spray is faster. with the speed of astepro, almost nothing can slow you down. because astepro starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. and astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free allergy spray. now without a prescription. astepro and go. ♪♪ choosing miracle-ear was a great decision. like when i decided to host family movie nights. miracle-ear made it easy. i just booked an appointment and a certified hearing care professional evaluated my hearing loss and helped me find the right device calibrated to my unique hearing needs. now i enjoy every moment. the quiet ones and the loud ones. make a sound decision. call 1-800 miracle now, and book your free hearing evaluation. ♪ ♪ >> sean: tonight a hannity investigation as more developments have come surr

will send chuck grassley back later this year. [applause] i can tell you between randy and ashley and mary, you have a great group of freshman congressmen who have taken the capital by storm. you are going to have an entirely republican congressional allegation. and that is what we need because the majority in the house and senate runs straight through iowa. we cannot have a majority without all three of your representatives reelected. lord knows we need them because of all the failures of the biden democrats. there are semi-failures we have to set up jars at your dinners and there are not of jars. joe biden didn't just cause nations problems, he has no solutions for them. zero. maybe i should be fair. he does have some solutions. he knows inflation is hurting working families and prices are going up. he just doesn't understand why all of you can't have your son make some finger paintings and sell them to a bunch of rich them a kratz for $500,000. crime is rising all across america. unfortunately, it's rising in cities like washin

ranking member grassley, thank you for holding today's very important hearing. since they found the 2-year-oldd lying bloodied and depend remains in the aftermath of the highland parkk fourth of july parade. just a toddler, he somehow lost one shoe and was down to just one, bloodsoaked sock. as he kept asking for his mom and dad what we learned they were among the sevenne people murdered in what has become a uniquely american phenomenon. mass murderers yielding a weapon war and flecked across many americans. my constituency and yours were eager to celebrate america at her best. instead they join the rapidly growing number that have experienced our nation at her worst. i still can't get the image a ot of my mind. i am unable to think about what his future holds now or his parents final thoughts. at that point i'm here this morning as representing i refuse to let my colleagues ignore how a weapon of war for every change and the lives of so many others and as a mom raising two little girls i refuse to do nothing in the face of a deadly epidemic of gun violence that