WASHINGTON – The Senate unanimously passed legislation by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) to expand whistleblower protections for government contractors and grantees. The Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act works to close existing loopholes in whistleblower protection laws that leave federal contractor...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in introducing the Lowering Input Costs for American Farmers Act to lower the cost of fertilizer for family farmers. The bill would eliminate tariffs and countervailing duties (CVDs) on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are leading a bipartisan resolution recognizing today, April 29, as National Fentanyl Awareness Day.
Grassley spoke about his efforts to stem the flow of fentanyl during a speech on the Senate floor. Video and transcribed remarks follow.
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WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) introduced the TEACH Improvement Act to strengthen the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program by increasing financial support and training for future educators, while improving institutional accountability and reducing...
Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Celebrating a Century of Pioneering Innovation”Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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2026 is an opportunity to talk about a centennial of progress in American agriculture and a famous Iowa family that was involved in that.
Before I give my remarks on that centennial, I’d like to give a...
Q: What drives your decades-long work as a taxpayer watchdog?
A: It boils down to a simple principle. Taxpayers work hard for their money. The U.S. Treasury is not a piggy bank for fraudsters to exploit and drain public assistance programs for profit. Four decades ago, I resurrected a Lincoln-era law known as the False Claims Act to empower whistleblowers to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed an announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will establish a new National Food Safety Center in Urbandale, which will serve as the primary hub for the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s administrative, technical and support operations. USDA also announced the Agricultural...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding Senate Republicans’ passage of a budget resolution kickstarting the process to fully fund U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and end Democrats’ historic, 69-day partial...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, submitted questions for the record to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about rural health care access and lowering prescription drug costs, as well as Grassley’s oversight priorities on behalf of...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) celebrated the Senate’s unanimous passage of their bipartisan Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation (CHILD) Act to secure nationwide background checks for all individuals with unsupervised access to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), along with U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), are requesting answers from the Secretary of the Army regarding workforce assignments at Rock Island Arsenal that impact hundreds of jobs and families in the Quad Cities region.
In a letter to Army...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate pharmaceutical companies use of “coupons” as a tactic used to steer patients away from lower-cost generics. The senators sent a letter requesting GAO investigate the ways pharmaceutical companies use...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released new records exposing the existence of “Operation Rampart Twelve,” another Biden FBI investigation that targeted Republican Members of Congress. The FBI secretly obtained Members’ phone toll records as part of the investigation, despite text messages showing...
Q: How is the Working Families Tax Cuts Act helping families make ends meet?
A: The tax law delivered a welcome boost to family budgets this tax season. According to the IRS, the average tax refund is up 11% compared to last year. Estimates show the average tax cut for Iowans is more than $3,000, equating to an extra $250 a month. That’s a financial lift...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer emphasizing their support for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USCMA) ahead of the agreement’s six-year joint review. The senators...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questioned the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought at a Senate Budget Committee hearing today about the negative impact of high taxes and excess federal spending.
Grassley noted the federal government has brought in roughly the same amount of revenue regardless of the marginal tax rate....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank Bisignano about the Trump administration’s improved approach to collection and the importance of the IRS Whistleblower Program, which has brought in over $7 billion to the Treasury. The IRS is...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is backing a clean, 18-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) commitment to revise its congressional attendance procedures for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) and Foreign Intelligence...
WASHINGTON – The Senate today confirmed John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, by a vote of 53-46, marking the 100th federal district court judge confirmed under the leadership of Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
“Throughout my time leading the Senate Judiciary Committee, I’ve been committed...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Iran, the Improving Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act, the Homeland Security partial government shutdown and Social Security.
