News Releases

11.10.2026

Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Four District Judges

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, by a vote of 12-10. Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, by a vote of 12-10. Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States...

11.09.2026

Grassley Welcomes $216 Million in Federal Funds for Iowa Rural Healthcare, Delivered by Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts Law

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, welcomed news that Iowa will receive $216 million in additional federal funding from Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts Act to strengthen rural healthcare across the state. The funding will be disbursed through the law’s Rural Health...

11.06.2026

Q&A: Unfinished Business

Q: What’s on Congress’ plate before the end of the year? A: With the midterm elections behind us, the 119th Congress returns to Washington with a plate of unfinished business to address. That includes passing the annual defense authorization bill, keeping the government open beyond the short-term funding bill that expires on Dec. 11 and reauthorizing key...

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Remarks

11.10.2026

Grassley Opens Executive Business Meeting on Four District Court Nominees

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingTuesday, November 10, 2026 Good morning. On today’s agenda, we have 18 nominations and one bill. We’ll vote on four district court nominees: Daniel Ballou, Richard Bennett, Courtney Coker and Kyle Reardon. The remaining nominations and...

11.10.2026

Grassley Opens Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing to Consider Circuit, District and Executive Nominees

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominationsTuesday, November 10, 2026 I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s hearing. Today, we’ll have two panels. The first panel features Todd Butler, who is nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Our second panel has three...

09.30.2026

Grassley Opens Senate Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing for Circuit and District Nominees

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominationsWednesday, September 30, 2026 Good morning, I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s hearing. Today, we’ll have two panels. The first panel features Lee Rudofsky, who is nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Our second...

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Commentary

10.27.2026

Republicans Are Expanding Access to Primary Care in Iowa

We worked hard for Iowans to pass the Working Families Tax Cuts Act that prevented the largest tax increase in American history. The law is putting more money back into the pocketbooks of seniors and families. The law also expanded access to primary care in communities across Iowa. As a result, Iowa families have better access to a new and growing field of...

10.26.2026

Arctic Frost was a lesson in betrayal. What Iowans can learn going forward.

More than 1,000 Iowans had their personal information swept up by former Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ). How did this happen in America? In the months leading up to April 2022, partisan agents within the Biden administration’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) broke protocol to open a criminal investigation designed...

08.31.2026

Republicans are leading a public safety revival. Americans are better off because of it.

The 119th Congress will be remembered as a decisive turning point for American safety and security. By electing Republicans to the majority in 2024, voters rejected the leftist ideals of defunding the police, abolishing prisons and supporting violent criminals over victims. In turn, Republicans have led a resurgence in commonsense crime-fighting legislation,...

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Official Correspondence

11.09.2026

Costa, Grassley et al to DOD - Ukraine

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10.22.2026

Grassley, Durbin to DOD, DOS - Baltic Security Initiative

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10.21.2026

Grassley, Warren et al to Feinberg - Supplier Cost and Pricing Transparency

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10.21.2026

Grassley and Cantwell Letter to FTC - PBM Study

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10.20.2026

Grassley et al to Commerce_USTR - Seasonality+Pork Producers

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HIStory Series

10.26.2026

The False Claims Act Works

40 years after my False Claims amendments became law, $85 billion and counting have been recovered Four decades ago, on Oct. 27, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed into law my bipartisan updates to the False Claims Act. At the time, I never imagined this sharpened Civil War-era tool would recoup more than $85 billion – and deter untold billions more – from...

09.11.2026

25 Years Since 9/11

From natural disasters to political, agricultural, scientific and technological revolutions, certain events change the course of human history. This year, we celebrate 250 years since America’s founding patriots signed the Declaration of Independence. Since then, generations of Americans have defended the blessings of freedom and liberty, striving and...

08.18.2026

Socialism Doesn’t Work

Two hundred and fifty years ago, America was founded on the revolutionary idea that individuals are endowed with inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Americans are called to uphold this sacred inheritance to ensure our founding principles are carried from one generation to the next. That includes economic freedom fueled with...

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