News Releases

09.12.2025

Q&A: Stop Government Shutdowns Once and For All

Q: Why did you reintroduce your Prevent Government Shutdowns Act? A: The Constitution assigns to Congress the power of the purse. That keeps the federal purse strings in the hands of lawmakers elected by the people to represent their views and values. The federal budget operates on a 12-month fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. That means on Sept. 30, the...

09.11.2025

Grassley, Ernst, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Give Students Clear Estimate of College Costs

WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide more transparency to students and families before taking out a federal loan. The Student Transparency for Understanding Decisions in Education Net Terms (STUDENT) Act increases transparency by giving prospective students and families a clear...

09.10.2025

Grassley Questions Treasury Nominees on IRS Whistleblower Program, Need for Timely Guidance on Clean Fuels Credit Implementation

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned President Trump’s nominee for Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Donald Korb, at a nominations hearing today. Grassley discussed the importance of the IRS Whistleblower Program with Korb and raised concerns regarding...

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Remarks

09.11.2025

Grassley Opens Executive Business Meeting on Nominations, Discusses Senate Democrats’ Unprecedented Obstruction of U.S. Attorneys

Prepared Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, September 11, 2025 Good morning. Before we begin, I want to take a moment to reflect. Today is the 24th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on our country. I think it’s fitting, before we engage in debate on...

09.10.2025

Grassley Slams Obama and Biden Administrations for Decade of Taxpayer-Funded Government Weaponization

Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “Systemic Government Weaponization: A Tale of Two Days” Wednesday, September 10, 2025 VIDEO Today, I come to the floor to discuss two dates of significant importance: January 6, 2021, and January 6, 2017. Regarding the former – it was a dark day in American...

09.09.2025

Grassley: Congress Should Keep Government Funded, Fulfill Its Constitutional Duty and End the Political Sideshow of Shutdowns

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Government Shutdowns are Bad for Americans” Tuesday, September 9, 2025 VIDEO One of the most fundamental constitutional responsibilities afforded to Congress is the power of the purse. It grants Congress the authority to raise and spend revenue to operate the government and...

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Commentary

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...

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...

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Official Correspondence

09.05.2025

Grassley to Rural Health Leaders - Rural Emergency Hospital Request for Information

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09.02.2025

Grassley et. al. to Meta - Targeted Teens-Horizon

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08.26.2025

Empower Oversight to Grassley - FBI Whistleblowers

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08.26.2025

Grassley to DOJ, FBI - FBI Whistleblowers Follow Up

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08.18.2025

Grassley to CBP - CBP Retaliation Investigation

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HIStory Series

08.11.2025

Iowa State Fair

In the mid-19th century leading up to the Westward Expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million visitors stroll the historic state fairgrounds in Des Moines to soak in the sights, sounds and smells spanning 445 acres of the oldest and largest agricultural...

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...

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