WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today led 10 Republican colleagues in introducing legislation to strengthen violent crime statutes and help prevent future crime. The Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act would resolve conflicting court decisions by clarifying penalties for violent offenses like carjacking, robbery and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined “A Starting Point” to share details about his AI Whistleblower Protection Act.
The legislation provides explicit whistleblower protections to those developing and deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI). Currently, some AI companies’ restrictive severance and nondisclosure...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling out Senate Democrats for obstructing Department of Justice (DOJ) nominees and undermining the Senate’s advice and consent role.
Grassley today went to the Senate floor to request unanimous passage of Patrick Davis’ nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records revealing the Biden FBI’s anti-Catholic Richmond Memo was widely distributed to over 1,000 FBI employees across the country before it was publicly disclosed by a whistleblower in 2023.
Per the Grassley-obtained records, the...
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) celebrated the 39th anniversary of C-SPAN 2’s first Senate broadcast on June 2, 1986. Earlier today, Grassley and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to celebrate C-SPAN's historic coverage and urge all television providers, including streaming services, to...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Budget Reconciliation Bill, Russia and Ukraine Relations, Reconciliation Impact on Deficit, Tariffs, Rock Island Arsenal and the Israel-Hamas Conflict.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will introduce a resolution today to mark the 39th anniversary of C-SPAN 2’s first Senate broadcast on June 2, 1986. The resolution urges all television providers, including streaming services, to carry the network.
For nearly four decades, C-SPAN 2 has served as a conduit...
Q: What is the Big, Beautiful Bill Act?
A: The House of Representatives passed a 1,000-plus page bill in May that includes key measures to enact President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, including a once-in-a-generation opportunity to cut government bloat and prevent the biggest tax hike in American history. The package also boosts resources for the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) summary revealing thousands of concerning reports were identified in the Biden-Harris administration’s unaccompanied alien children (UC) program, but left unresolved, including cases of potential trafficking and...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) failed to prosecute Fusion GPS contractor Nellie Ohr for lying to Congress about her role in advancing the FBI and DOJ’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation, according to an internal FBI analysis confirming Ohr’s false congressional testimony.
The 2019 FBI...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to introduce the Don’t Sell My DNA Act to safeguard consumers’ sensitive genetic data during corporate bankruptcy proceedings.
The Don’t Sell My DNA Act strengthens consumer privacy protections by:
Modernizing the...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Budget Reconciliation Bill, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), SNAP and Medicaid Cuts, Farm Bill Update, Sanctions on Russia and Birthright Citizenship.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding Ranking Member Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) intent to place a hold on Jason Reding Quinones, President Donald Trump’s nominee for United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and, potentially, future Trump-appointed U.S....
Q: Why did you write to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about Ukraine?
A: As a Pentagon watchdog, I’ve dedicated decades of congressional oversight to track taxpayer dollars appropriated for national defense, including military dollars assigned to help our allies. From government purchase cards to $10,000 toilet seat lids and sloppy accounting that allowed a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in introducing the Protecting Veteran Community Care Act. The legislation would strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) existing Community Care program and bolster veterans’ access to mental health services. It would also hold the VA...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in reintroducing the STOP CSAM Act. The bipartisan bill would crack down on child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online by promoting transparency in the tech industry, while empowering victims to seek justice against...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the nominations of Terrance Cole, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, by a vote of 12-10 and Gadyaces Serralta, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, by a vote of 12-9, with one voting present.
A recording of the executive business meeting can be found HERE.
Read Chairman Chuck...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the Protecting Older Workers from Age Discrimination (POWADA) Act to level the playing field for older workers and protect Americans from age discrimination in the workplace.
“Americans of all ages can offer valuable contributions to our society and economy, including older...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing a resolution calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before any peace agreement is finalized ending the war against Ukraine.
The resolution condemns Russia’s abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children and notes...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are renewing calls for the Department of Defense (DOD) to finally address alleged misconduct by former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Mark Milley.
In a letter to the DOD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the senators cite reports Milley tampered with the statutory...
