WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, laid out his priorities and expectations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during a hearing to consider Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be HHS Secretary. Grassley discussed the importance of lowering prescription drug prices, holding...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in introducing the Stop Illegal Reentry Act. The legislation would impose a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for any person who illegally enters the country with multiple convictions, or a conviction for an aggravated felony. Rep. Stephanie Bice...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are requesting President Trump provide the lawfully-required substantive rationale behind his recent decision to dismiss Inspectors General (IGs) from 18 offices. The senators are additionally asking President Trump to share the names of each...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Inspectors General, Colombia deportations, RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard nominations, the Laken Riley Act, DEI in the DOD and Senate priorities.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street on Fox Business to discuss energy policy, the Senate confirmation process, reconciliation and tax cuts.
Audio and excerpts of Grassley’s remarks follow.
VIDEO
On Trump’s actions to...
Q: What’s your take on the first week of the new Trump administration?
A: On January 20, President Trump was sworn into office, becoming only the second U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms. With his historic comeback victory, voters delivered a clear mandate to the White House and Congress. President Trump led on a commonsense agenda to restore law...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this week joined Eugene Daniels on POLITICO’s Playbook Deep Dive podcast to discuss immigration policy, reconciliation, presidential pardon authority and the importance of bipartisanship.
Audio and excerpts of the interview follow.
AUDIO
On Kash Patel and President...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are calling for answers in the aftermath of the tragic New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
Grassley and Johnson are demanding the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Homeland Security (DHS), Defense...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) today reintroduced the Justice for Murder Victims Act. The bipartisan bill would strike down the “year-and-a-day” rule, a 13th century legal precedent that prohibits a defendant from being prosecuted for murder if their victim dies more than a year-and-a-day...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer, highlighted the needs and priorities of family farmers during a hearing to consider Brooke Rollins’ nomination to be Secretary of Agriculture. Grassley discussed the importance of payment limits, reining in federal spending and enforcing the Packers and Stockyards Act. He also drove home the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today reintroduced the Drug-price Transparency for Consumers (DTC) Act. The bipartisan bill would require price disclosures on prescription drug advertisements to empower patients and reduce bloated spending on...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to keep local law enforcement and first responders safe from lethal narcotics exposure.
The Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act would use existing Justice Department funds to equip...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, joined his Senate Finance Republican colleagues in praising President Trump’s executive order to end the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) global tax overreach. Senate Finance Republicans’ joint statement...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to improve recruitment, retention and support for foster parents. The Recruiting Families Using Data Act would address the nationwide shortage of foster parents by directing states to modify data collection efforts that address recruitment challenges and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today questioned Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Grassley highlighted the importance of reining in the federal budget, protecting whistleblowers and responding to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing January as National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month. Grassley and Cortez Masto unanimously passed a similar resolution last Congress. Further information on...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in reintroducing legislation to accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through existing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: President Trump’s inauguration and legislative priorities, birthright citizenship, President Trump withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and World Health Organization, the Tiktok ban, deportations and former-President Biden’s preemptive pardons.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive order restoring American energy dominance:
“President Trump said today he wants to lead a ‘revolution of common sense,’ and embracing an all-of-the-above energy approach is a way to do just that. Enhancing domestic energy production by expanding...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive orders to secure the border:
“Americans voted overwhelmingly for President Trump because they want safety restored throughout our nation. Today, the will of the American people was set into action....
