WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and author of the legislation that strengthened the False Claims Act, welcomed today's ruling from the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the constitutionality of the law's qui tam provision, which allows whistleblowers to bring lawsuits against fraudsters on behalf of the federal government and share in any recoveries. Grassley submitted an amicus brief to the Eleventh Circuit last year backing the qui tam provision.
"The Eleventh Circuit just delivered a major win for whistleblowers and taxpayers alike. The False Claims Act is the gov...