News Releases

07.30.2025

Grassley Helps Reinstate FBI Whistleblower, Delivers Keynote Address During National Whistleblower Appreciation Day

WASHINGTON – At the National Whistleblower Day celebration on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced he has succeeded in reinstating Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblower Michael DeBey’s clearance and employment with the agency. This is the sixth whistleblower Grassley has successfully restored so far this year. During...

07.30.2025

What They Are Saying: Whistleblowers Laud Grassley’s Advocacy for Transparency and Accountability

WASHINGTON – On National Whistleblower Day, whistleblowers helped by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) expressed their gratitude for his tireless advocacy. Grassley is the co-founder and co-chair of the Whistleblower Protection Caucus. In March, the Department of Treasury promoted Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler after...

07.29.2025

Grassley: Exhaustive Efforts to Vet Emil Bove’s Nomination Prove He’s Fit for the Job

WASHINGTON – Ahead of the Senate’s vote on the nomination of Emil Bove to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released an exhaustive overview of his work to thoroughly vet Bove’s nomination in light of three whistleblower allegations made against the nominee. In a speech on the...

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Remarks

07.30.2025

Grassley Outlines How One Big Beautiful Bill Cracks Down on Obamacare Fraud and Protects Taxpayers

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Fighting Health Care Subsidy Fraud and Protecting Taxpayers” Wednesday, July 30, 2025 VIDEO Only in Washington, only in Washington can you let people take more than what’s legally allowed under a government program, and at the same time, let them keep it. Last year, I shined a...

07.30.2025

Grassley Opens Hearing on Judicial Nominations for the First and Ninth Circuit, Eastern Kentucky and Montana District Courts

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominations HearingWednesday, July 30, 2025 Last night, I was surprised to see President Trump on Truth Social go after me and Senate Republicans over what we call the “blue slip.” Now, to people in the Real America – not here in Washington, D.C., an island surrounded by...

07.29.2025

Grassley Remarks on Bove Nomination

Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “The Nomination of Emil Bove” Tuesday, July 29, 2025 VIDEO Soon, this body will proceed to a final vote on the nomination of Emil Bove to be a judge on the Third Circuit. As I said in my statements in Committee multiple times, I support the nomination of Mr....

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Commentary

06.13.2025

How Senate Republicans are restoring the rule of law and securing the border for years to come.

America is at a crossroads. During the Biden-Harris administration, over 10 million illegal immigrants – including violent criminals and potential terrorists – poured over our nation’s border. After four years of chaos, Americans overwhelmingly elected President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a platform of securing the border, removing dangerous criminals...

06.13.2025

Social Security is part of the social fabric of America

Recently, I met with leaders of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare in my office. One of the issues we discussed was Social Security, a topic that regularly comes up at my 99 county meetings. Did you know FDR signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago on Aug. 14, 1935? As we approach the historic anniversary of the...

03.30.2025

A Bill to Stop Nationwide Injunctions

This month’s NBC poll finds more registered voters believe our country is on the right track than at any other point in the past two decades. But amid President Trump’s flurry of executive action, federal district judges have increasingly—and inappropriately—inserted themselves into the national policy debate. They have repeatedly chosen not only to decide...

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Official Correspondence

07.15.2025

Grassley to SJC Minority - Bove Second Hearing Request

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07.14.2025

Grassley to TSA - Quiet Skies Request

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07.08.2025

Grassley to FBI - National Security UCOs

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07.07.2025

Grassley to CMS - Obamacare Fraud

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07.02.2025

Grassley, Wyden to HHS - Patient Safety

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HIStory Series

07.28.2025

Cinching the Purse Strings

My predecessor in Iowa’s Third Congressional District was known as “a watchdog to the Treasury.” During 13 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Harold Royce (H.R.) Gross kept a tight-fisted grip on the federal purse strings, pulling no punches on pork-barrel spending. Just three months before I was elected to Congress in 1974, President...

06.30.2025

Gearing Up for America250

On this year’s Independence Day, communities across the country are encouraged to participate in events for America250, a year-long celebration to mark our nation’s historic quarter millennial on July 4, 2026. Reflecting on American history will help us see where we’ve been, where we are today and where we’re headed. Consider the stone-cold courage of the...

06.02.2025

C-SPAN Gives You Front Row Seat to Your Government

Since first being sworn into the U.S. Senate during the 97th Congress on Jan. 3, 1981, I’ve entered the rectangular, two-story chamber located on the north wing of the U.S. Capitol countless times to introduce legislation, deliver a speech or cast my vote on behalf of Iowans. It’s a privilege to represent my home state in the greatest deliberative body in...

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