News Releases

02.26.2026

Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Landmark Online Child Safety Package

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted to advance a bipartisan legislative package led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to address disturbing developments in online child exploitation. The James T. Woods Act, named after a high school student who tragically lost his life after experiencing...

02.25.2026

Major Law Enforcement, Child Safety Groups Laud Bipartisan Child Safety Package Ahead of Committee Vote

WASHINGTON – Over two dozen law enforcement and child safety organizations voiced their support for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) bipartisan child safety bills ahead of tomorrow’s Judiciary Committee vote. The Sentencing Accountability for Exploitation (SAFE) Act, the Ending Coercion of...

02.25.2026

Grassley Opens Nomination Hearing to Consider Fraud-Fighting Assistant Attorney General

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominationsWednesday, February 25, 2026 Good morning. I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on the nomination of Colin McDonald to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division. Today, we’re going to hear a lot about fraud...

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Remarks

02.26.2026

Grassley Opens Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting on Bipartisan Child Safety Package

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting Thursday, February 26, 2026 Today we have 14 items on the agenda – nine nominees and five bills. The first is the nomination of Gregory Gilmore to be United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. We’ll vote on Mr....

02.26.2026

Grassley Celebrates Kosovo’s Independence Day

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Kosovo Independence Day”Thursday, February 26, 2026 VIDEO …Because the United States and my state of Iowa [have] a close relationship with Kosovo, I want to recognize that Tuesday, February the 17th, was that republic’s Independence Day. That is the 18th anniversary of Kosovo’s...

02.25.2026

Grassley Highlights the Importance of His Accelerating Kids Access to Care Law

Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“The Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act Becomes Law”Wednesday, February 25, 2026 VIDEO On February 3, President Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2026 funding package that included an important priority of mine, the Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care. This law will...

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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

02.20.2026

Grassley to ED - TRIO Grant Competitions

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02.18.2026

Grassley to HUD - EOY Report

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02.12.2026

Grassley, Moolenaar to FBI - Wolf Amendment

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02.12.2026

Grassley, Moolenaar to NASA - Wolf Amendment

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02.11.2026

Grassley, Collins, Risch, Crapo, Ernst to DOJ - Criminal Debt Collection

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HIStory Series

02.23.2026

Grant Wood Memorialized Iowa’s Heritage

For 46 years in a row, I’ve traveled across our state to meet with Iowans in every county, every year. Each time, I learn something new in the county I’m visiting and enjoy getting a first-hand look at high-quality goods and services made here in Iowa. Some things never change, such as Iowans’ productivity and humility. Iowans don’t brag enough to showcase...

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 –...

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