News Releases

12.15.2025

Senator Grassley’s Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: health care subsidies, farm aid package, Grassley-Durbin child safety bills, New World Screwworm, annual defense bill and Ukraine and Russia negotiations.

12.15.2025

New Records Reveal DOJ’s Yearslong Efforts to Shut Down Investigation into Clinton Foundation

WASHINGTON – Department of Justice (DOJ) records provided to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) offer a behind-the-scenes look at how top leadership during the Obama-Biden administration repeatedly interfered to prevent DOJ prosecutors and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents from investigating the Clinton Foundation’s...

12.13.2025

Grassley Statement on Death of Iowa National Guardsmen

BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued a statement on the death of two members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed by an ISIS terrorist in Syria. Three additional Iowans were injured in the attack. “Barbara and I are heartbroken by the loss of two brave Iowans on a counter-terrorism mission in Syria. These soldiers and the...

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Remarks

12.15.2025

Grassley Pays Tribute to Fallen Iowa National Guard Members

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Tribute to Fallen Iowa National Guard Members”Monday, December 15, 2025 VIDEO It’s with a heavy heart that I come to the floor of the Senate today. Over the weekend, on December the 13th, two members of the Iowa National Guard, alongside a civilian interpreter, were killed by ISIS...

12.11.2025

Grassley Opens Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting, Discusses Committee’s 2025 Achievements

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, December 11, 2025 On today’s agenda, we have seven nominations listed. We’ll vote today on all seven, including three district judges: Nicholas Ganjei for the Southern District of Texas, David Clay Fowlkes for the Western...

12.11.2025

Grassley Celebrates Former Governor Branstad Ahead of Iowa Award Ceremony

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Former Governor Branstad”Thursday, December 11, 2025 VIDEO Former Governor Branstad’s being honored today. Before I read that tribute about his honoring today, I thought I’d give a little bit of background about what I know about former Governor Branstad. I first met State...

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Commentary

09.18.2025

Grassley, Klobuchar Op-Ed | No Peace is Just Until the Kidnapped Ukrainian Children are Back Home

Last winter, a Ukrainian mother received the call she had been waiting for: her daughter, taken across the border to Russia months earlier, was finally coming home. When they embraced, the girl hugged tightly, afraid she might be pulled away again. She hardly spoke, afraid to use the Ukrainian language after being forced to speak only Russian. That reunion...

07.30.2025

Safeguarding lives: The urgent need for congressional action on illicit Xylazine

America’s opioid epidemic has entered a new and especially dangerous phase, as synthetic fentanyl and deadly additives devastate families and communities across the country. Congress must act now to equip law enforcement with the resources and tools they need to keep communities safe, while preventing unintended consequences on hardworking veterinarians,...

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...

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Official Correspondence

12.15.2025

Grassley to DOJ, FBI - Clinton Foundation

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12.11.2025

Klobuchar, Rounds, Grassley et al to USDA - Avian Flu

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12.09.2025

CFTC to Grassley - CFTC Employee Misconduct

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12.01.2025

AO to Grassley, Johnson, Jordan - Nondisclosure Orders

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11.25.2025

DOJ to Grassley, Johnson - PIN Consultation

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HIStory Series

11.24.2025

Thanksgiving Day, A Day for Unity in America

Thanksgiving Day took root in our nation’s history as a “day of public thanksgiving and prayer” when George Washington issued a proclamation in 1789, calling upon freshly minted Americans to celebrate ratification of the Constitution and coalesce around the bounty of hard-fought freedom. Having secured the right of self-governance, our nation’s first...

10.30.2025

Government Shutdowns Fail the American People

This week the American people enter the fifth week of a federal government shutdown. Starting Nov. 1, more than 40 million Americans who rely on food stamp benefits will not have their debit-style cards replenished to buy groceries. That’s nearly 1 in 8 Americans, including 131,000 Iowa families. It’s shocking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said every...

09.25.2025

A Turning Point in America

It was a week before Thanksgiving Day in 1963. I was halfway through my shift at the punch press at Waterloo Register. A manager came up to me on the assembly line and said, “JFK was shot.” I was 30 years old, moonlighting at the furnace factory to make ends meet between my other jobs as a state legislator and family farmer. Five years later, I was finishing...

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