WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are demanding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) take immediate corrective action to hold accountable two senior ATF bureaucrats who cost taxpayers millions by illegally misclassifying administrative positions as “law...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning (PELL) Act to expand Pell Grant eligibility to short-term, technical training programs. This legislation would make available financial assistance for low-income students looking to pursue in-demand and high-paying careers in skilled...
Q: What is National Nurses Week?
A: Efforts to honor and celebrate nurses in the United States first got underway during the Eisenhower administration. In 1974, President Nixon issued a proclamation to honor the expanding role nurses were taking on in the health care system, such as nurse practitioners and those specializing in pediatric, cardiac, oncology...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered to the Library of Congress recorded interviews detailing 12 Iowa veterans’ stories of service in the U.S. Armed Forces. Members of Grassley’s staff and students from Kirkwood Community College interviewed Iowa veterans last November at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids to document their...
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), a fellow Finance Committee member, reintroduced the Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act to provide efficient help for Americans whose social...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are introducing legislation to safeguard Americans’ Second Amendment rights and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. The Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act would take concrete steps to improve the National Instant...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is shining a light on the Polaris Project, which has received millions in taxpayer dollars from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to solely operate HHS’s National Human Trafficking Hotline for nearly 18 years.
In a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) to introduce the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act. The legislation would provide critical support to women during typically challenging phases of motherhood – including prenatal, postpartum and early childhood...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and 80 Senate colleagues in a bipartisan resolution declaring the week of May 5th as “National Small Business Week.” The measure recognizes the entrepreneurs and innovators that promote growth and create jobs across America.
“We know...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced the Immigration Parole Reform Act to restore integrity to immigration parole.
“The Obama and Biden administrations badly abused immigration parole, which was intended to be a temporary and highly discretionary means to enter our country. Under President Trump, parole...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will host two virtual informational events for Iowa students interested in applying to U.S. military academies in the fall of 2026 or 2027. The 2025 U.S. Service Academy Virtual Informational Nights will be held on Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13.
Representatives from all five service...
WASHINGTON – Iowan Leif A. Olson was nominated today by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) endorsed his nomination.
“I wholeheartedly support Mr. Olson’s nomination to the U.S. Attorney position in Iowa’s Northern District....
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a former chairman of the Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act, bipartisan legislation to iron out the current tax code so qualifying students can reap the full benefits of financial aid. The bill would remove financial barriers to higher...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are calling on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to release all government records demonstrating the Biden administration’s role in advancing investigations into then-presidential...
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Topics include: Tariffs, Reopening Alcatraz, President Trump’s Biggest Accomplishment in First 100 Days, Farm Bill, Disagreements at Town Meetings and King Abdullah Accepting Gazan Children.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has successfully secured promotions for three Customs and Border Protection (CBP) whistleblowers, along with full compensation for the more than seven years of retaliation they’ve suffered.
Whistleblowers Fred Wynn, Mike Taylor and Mark Jones have been elevated to new supervisory roles at CBP, reversing their prior...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and a bipartisan group of senators to introduce a resolution designating May 2025 as Renewable Fuels Month.
“With President Trump back in the White House, America is set to become energy...
Q: Why did you hold a hearing in March about the rise in antisemitism?
A: The atrocities of Oct. 7, 2023 underscored how imperative it is to learn from history. The horrific lessons of the Holocaust must never be forgotten. And yet, Hamas terrorists waged the deadliest attack on Jews since World War II. They butchered children and raped women, murdering more...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) welcomed the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining the use of beneficial ownership information in law enforcement or Inspectors General investigations to detect fraud and misconduct in government programs.
Grassley and Whitehouse requested the report...
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WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today introduced the bipartisan Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation (CHILD) Act to ensure all individuals with unsupervised access to children – including contractors hired by...
