Q: What’s your message on the anniversary of 9/11?
A: This year marks 24 years since 19 hijackers boarded four commercial airliners in the early morning hours on Sept. 11, 2001, to commit acts of terror on U.S. soil. The terrorists commandeered the airplanes to launch suicide attacks against symbolic targets on the eastern seaboard of the United States. They...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced legislation to make public pharmaceutical and device manufacturers’ financial relationships with tax-exempt patient advocacy groups. Both senators sit on the Senate Finance Committee, which Grassley formerly chaired.
The Open Payments Expansion Act builds on Grassley’s 2020...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) requested unanimous consent to confirm 10 U.S. Attorney nominees who advanced the Judiciary Committee by voice vote. Since being favorably reported out of committee, these law enforcement nominees have languished on the Senate floor due to historic obstruction by Senate Democrats,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) held question-and-answer sessions with Iowans in 35 counties during the month of August, as part of his annual 99 county meetings. Grassley met with a cross section of Iowans at local businesses, hospitals, schools and community organizations, learning about their priorities, listening to their concerns and answering...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee members Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are demanding answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg following new disclosures outlining the company’s efforts to target teenagers based on their emotional state and Meta’s reported failure to comply with the...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Ernst Not Seeking Re-election, Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, Secretary Kennedy Testifying Before the Finance Committee, 2026 U.S. Senate Election, Tariff Impact on Agriculture Economy and the Psychiatric Hospital Inspection Transparency Act.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement after Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced she would not seek another term in the U.S. Senate:
“It has been an honor to serve Iowans alongside my friend and colleague, Joni Ernst, since Iowans elected her in 2014. As the Senate’s first female combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman...
Q: What is the blue slip tradition in the U.S. Senate?
A: The blue slip refers to a paper form, literally a blue piece of paper, the Senate Judiciary Committee has used for more than a century to give home-state senators the courtesy to show their endorsement or disapproval for a presidential nomination in their home state. It was designed to encourage...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Miranda Devine’s “Pod Force One” podcast to discuss a range of topics, including his congressional oversight, whistleblower advocacy, family farming background and what makes Iowa ‘the best of flyover country.’
Video and excerpts of Grassley’s...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Blue Slips, Ethanol for America Act, Farm Bill, Election Integrity, Flag Burning Executive Order and History in Museums.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced he has promoted Matt Rector to State Director and Penny Vacek to Deputy State Director. Rector and Vacek will assume their new roles on September 2. Carol Olson will retire on August 31, after serving as Grassley’s State Director since 2018.
“I’m very grateful for Carol’s contributions...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Ten Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblowers have secured compensation agreements with the FBI after months of negotiations mediated by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The whistleblowers, including Garret O’Boyle and Stephen Friend, were subjected to demotions, security clearance revocation and...
Q: What are you hearing from Iowans during your county meetings?
A: During the month of August, I take advantage when the Senate’s not in session to spend all my time in Iowa. As usual, I’m continuing my annual 99 county meetings and listening to Iowans across the state. By the end of the month, I’ll have reached 87 of our 99 counties so far this year and...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – In honor of Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are leading efforts to highlight the dangers of fentanyl and how Americans can best protect themselves from the deadly drug. Earlier this month, the Senate unanimously passed the legislators’...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the Durham Annex, Agriculture Programs and Farm Bill, Russiagate Accountability, Wind and Solar Tax Credits, Grassley 2028 Senate Run and Whistleblower Retaliation.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to investigate CBP bureaucrats for their retaliation against agency whistleblowers, and to hold all retaliators accountable for their actions.
In May, Grassley helped restore the careers of three CBP whistleblowers – Fred Wynn,...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is making public Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) data showing the Biden-Harris administration placed over 11,000 migrant children with unvetted sponsors who were not the child’s parent or legal guardian, and did not conduct home studies for over 79,000 migrant...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Nitrate Pollution, Cost of Living, Iowa’s Cancer Rates, Prop 12, Iowa’s Rank in Education and the National Guard in D.C.
Q: What is the Presidential Physical Fitness Award?
A: Nearly 70 years ago during the Eisenhower administration, the President’s Council on Youth Fitness developed a program to prioritize physical fitness, strength and healthy habits among America’s school-age children. Post-World War II, President Dwight Eisenhower wanted to ensure American youth didn’t...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding guidance released today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for wind and solar projects seeking to qualify for clean energy tax credits.
“Based on my initial review, Treasury’s guidance seems to offer a viable path forward for the wind and solar industries to...
