WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation bolstering pharmacists’ ability to serve older Americans in communities that lack easy access to doctors or where pharmacists can provide certain basic medical services.
The Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act encourages pharmacists...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are reintroducing bipartisan legislation to shine a light on market factors driving the high cost of fertilizer, which is a major expense for farmers. The Fertilizer Research Act would require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a study on competition and...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Charlie Kirk, Russian sanctions, Iowa Senate race, TikTok and the Senate nominations process.
Q: Why did you reintroduce your Prevent Government Shutdowns Act?
A: The Constitution assigns to Congress the power of the purse. That keeps the federal purse strings in the hands of lawmakers elected by the people to represent their views and values. The federal budget operates on a 12-month fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. That means on Sept. 30, the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide more transparency to students and families before taking out a federal loan. The Student Transparency for Understanding Decisions in Education Net Terms (STUDENT) Act increases transparency by giving prospective students and families a clear...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned President Trump’s nominee for Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Donald Korb, at a nominations hearing today.
Grassley discussed the importance of the IRS Whistleblower Program with Korb and raised concerns regarding...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, presented Four Oaks Family and Children's Services with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) “Angels in Adoption” award.
Four Oaks is a statewide program contracted by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to recruit,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed his continued oversight of Big Tech and Meta in a subcommittee hearing today with two whistleblowers who formerly worked for Meta. Grassley outlined his longstanding support for whistleblowers and his efforts to hold Meta accountable for alleged failures to protect children...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Tariffs, National Guard deployments, the Federal Reserve, Senate nominations, the Psychiatric Hospital Inspection Transparency Act and potential regulations against crop protection tools.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) reintroduced the?Prevent Government Shutdowns Act to take government shutdowns off the table and force Congress to stay in town until their work is done.
“It costs money to shut the government down and costs money to open it back up. Government is a service to the people, and harmful...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), for the second time in one week, requested unanimous consent to confirm 10 U.S. Attorney nominees who advanced the Judiciary Committee by a voice vote after intense bipartisan vetting in Committee. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) objected to Grassley’s request and prevented the...
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) 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...
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) 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...
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...
