WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week released a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document revealing Jack Smith and the Biden FBI sought and obtained the cell phone tolling data of eight Republican senators and one Congressman as part of its sweeping Arctic Frost investigation into President Donald Trump.
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WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with 16 bicameral colleagues, are demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) produce all records relating to the Biden FBI’s successful efforts to secretly...
Q: Why did you write U.S. tech companies about their employment practices?
A: I chair the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over federal immigration laws, including temporary visa programs that govern nonimmigrant visitors. A citizen of a foreign country who comes to the United States to study or obtain employment must obtain permission...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed Senate passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to support critical national security priorities. The legislation, which passed 77-20, includes multiple Grassley-backed provisions and a 3.8 percent pay raise for military service members. The House and Senate will now work together to...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:
Rebecca L. Taibleson, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, by a vote of 12-10;
David A. Bragdon, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, by a vote of 12-10;
Lindsey Ann Freeman, to be United States District Judge...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) reintroduced the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA) to help combat sexual assault on college and university campuses. The bipartisan legislation would improve the way institutions of higher education address and report incidents of sexual assault that take place on their...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today endorsed Iowan Robert Rotter’s nomination to serve as the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa.
“I’m proud to endorse Robert Rotter to be U.S. Marshal for Iowa’s Northern District,” Grassley said. “I was glad to join Senator Ernst in...
WASHINGTON – Two years after Hamas terrorists carried out a brutal attack against Israel, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and all Senate Republicans in a bipartisan resolution condemning Iran-backed Hamas terrorists and supporting an outcome to the war that ensures the forever survival of Israel.
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WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today welcomed the confirmation of David Waterman to be the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa and Leif Olson to be the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. As Judiciary Chairman, Grassley successfully shepherded Waterman and Olson’s...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined “America Reports” on Fox News to discuss news he brought to light this week that the Biden administration’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) spied on eight Republican senators as part of its Arctic Frost investigation.
Watch the full interview HERE and below. Excerpts...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questioned Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Pam Bondi at today’s DOJ oversight hearing.
Grassley urged Bondi to secure accountability for the Biden administration’s weaponization of government, including addressing the targeting of eight Republican senators as part of its...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to two federal judges regarding their alleged use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to draft court orders with little to no human verification. Grassley’s oversight inquiry follows public reporting that U.S. District of Mississippi Judge Henry T. Wingate and U.S. District...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: government shutdown, China and U.S. soybean trade, federal judges AI oversight, Epstein files, prevention of shutdowns.
WASHINGTON – An explosive FBI document obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reveals the FBI targeted eight Republican senators’ personal cell phones for “tolling data” as part of its Arctic Frost investigation. One Republican member of the House of Representatives was also impacted. The Arctic Frost investigation formed the...
Q: Why did you convene a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about soft-on-crime policies?
A: I’ve worked on Capitol Hill since 1975 when I was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives and enjoy welcoming Iowans to the nation’s capital. Millions of Americans visit Washington, D.C. every year, including veterans who take pride in seeing war...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is requesting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem immediately address the Biden administration’s failure to track and enforce parole expirations. Grassley’s inquiry follows a July 2025 DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, which confirmed that “under...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led over 45 Senate and House colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize a rule on imported Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and hold firm on the proposed biomass-based diesel volumes.
In their...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:
Jennifer Lee Mascott, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, by a vote of 12-10;
Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, by a vote of 12-10;
Bill Lewis, to be United States District Judge for the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chairs of the Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees, respectively, welcomed the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to apportion $5 million for the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), ensuring it can continue operations through the first quarter of...
Listen to Grassley discussing the letter HERE
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, are calling on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to relocate Agricultural Research...
