News Releases

02.03.2026

Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation of Credit Suisse Reveals Hidden Truths and Garners Global Attention

WASHINGTON – Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Nazi-linked accounts at Credit Suisse, inspired by an ongoing oversight investigation led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), brought new facts about the bank’s past to light and increased pressure on Credit Suisse’s successor bank, UBS, to ensure the investigation isn’t stifled. Here’s what news...

02.03.2026

Grassley, Bennet Legislation to Improve Kids’ Access to Life-Saving Medical Care Becomes Law

WASHINGTON – Legislation from Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) is now law after President Trump signed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding package today. Grassley’s bipartisan Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act, which was included in the package, improves health care access for children with complex medical conditions by simplifying...

02.03.2026

Grassley, Cassidy Bill to Ensure Viability of Organ Transplant Reforms is Signed into Law

WASHINGTON– The OPTN Fee Collection Authority Act from Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today became law as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding package signed by President Trump. The law enables the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)’s continued implementation of Grassley’s life-saving reforms to the U.S. organ...

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Remarks

02.04.2026

Grassley Opens Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing on ATF Director and Four District Judges

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominationsWednesday, February 4, 2026 Good morning. I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s hearing. Our panel features Robert Cekada, nominated to be Director of the ATF, and four district court nominees: Andrew Davis to the Western District of Texas; Judge John...

02.04.2026

Grassley Denounces Minnesota Fraudsters, Urges Whistleblower Protection

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSomali Scammers: Fighting Fraud in Minnesota and BeyondWednesday, February 4, 2026 VIDEO Senator Cruz, thank you for chairing this important subcommittee hearing. During my career, I’ve exposed waste, fraud and abuse within many government programs. At the end of...

02.04.2026

Grassley Celebrates Iowan Zach Stoppelmoor Ahead of 2026 Winter Olympics

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Iowan in the 2026 Winter Olympics”Wednesday, February 4, 2026 VIDEO I want to honor a young Iowan who’s probably had a lifetime of hard work preparing for something that’s coming [up] very soon. The 2026 Winter Olympics begin on Friday in Italy. As the senator from Iowa, I’m proud...

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Commentary

01.30.2026

Republicans aren’t done fighting for year-round, nationwide E15

This month, Congress was set to enact permanent, year-round E15 nationwide as part of a final package of funding bills. To my disappointment, at the last minute, the deal went sideways, and E15 was dropped. This was bad news for consumers and the farm economy that is already hurting under high input costs spiked by inflationary Biden-era...

01.12.2026

Barbara Grassley: Time is Precious, so Spend It with Your Kids, Not on Your Phone

Time is Precious, so Spend It with Your Kids, Not on Your PhoneBy Barbara GrassleyJanuary 11, 2026Des Moines Register Over the holidays, Chuck and I were blessed to spend time with our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Seeing our farmhouse crawling with kids fills this grandmother’s heart to the brim. This time of year is one for reflection....

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...

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Official Correspondence

02.04.2026

Grassley to State - Taliban Funding Revisited

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02.04.2026

Grassley to Treasury - Taliban Funding Revisited

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02.03.2026

Grassley, Fetterman to USDT - FinCEN Whistleblowers

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01.30.2026

Grassley to NEA - SGEs

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01.30.2026

Grassley to NSF - SGEs

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HIStory Series

01.26.2026

It’s “Common Sense:” An Informed Citizenry Guides My Work

Many historical milestones will dot the calendar this year as Americans look to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence on July the Fourth. Just after the turn of the new year in 1776, a 47-page pamphlet titled “Common Sense” helped change the course of human history. The author, Thomas Paine, set foot in America just over a year before...

12.23.2025

Ringing in America250

As we wind down the year, America is winding up to celebrate an important milestone in our nation’s history. On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. When the clock strikes midnight on December 31, America inches closer to our Semiquincentennial – a Latin-derived term meaning 250 years –...

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...

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