WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced by voice vote six bipartisan law enforcement bills amid National Police Week:
S. 736, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act would enhance safety and accountability in federal prisons by stemming the flow of contraband.
S. 825, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, welcomed the House of Representatives’ passage of historic legislation allowing for the permanent, year-round sale of E15 nationwide.
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“This is a very major step forward for family farmers, for our...
Iowa’s Grassley urges probe of The Knot's alleged deceptive practicesBy Kevin BaskinsMay 13, 2026Des Moines Register
An email from an Iowa vendor to wedding planning website The Knot is both succinct and expressive.
“I don't want a phone call. I don't want to talk through it. I'm drowning in bills from your company for leads that were promised but never...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded the House of Representatives for passing companion legislation to his bipartisan Combating Organized Retail Crime Act by an overwhelming vote of 348-60. The widely supported legislation would improve the federal response to organized retail crime and establish new tools to...
WASHINGTON – Amid National Police Week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) thanked America’s law enforcement officers for their selfless service and highlighted his ongoing work to back the blue.
This week, Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing May 11th through May 15th as...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, pressed for answers on the high cost of fertilizer at a committee hearing today.
Grassley repeated his call for the Trump administration to remove the Biden Phosphate Duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco that are driving up...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement applauding the selection of Johnston, Iowa, as the global headquarters for Vylor, Corteva’s seed spinoff company.
“Since the day we learned of Corteva’s plans to spin off its seed unit, the Iowa delegation knew there was no better location for its headquarters than Johnston, Iowa. One...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: cancer in Iowa, term limits, the federal gas tax, the Iowa gubernatorial race, Iran and fuel and fertilizer prices.
Q: What did you learn from the recent report issued by the Iowa Cancer Registry?
A: The report found Iowa ranked second highest in the United States for new cancer cases. The findings show we’ve got more work to do to advance cancer awareness, prevention and treatments. It also helps explain why cancer is top of mind for Iowans who contact my office or when...
Republicans’ Rural Health Transformation Fund Is Improving Access to Care in Iowa
By Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
May 7, 2026
The Gazette
I’m one of hundreds of thousands of rural Iowans who lives off a gravel road and am proud to call farm country home. Over one third of our state is considered rural. Yet too often, it’s difficult for rural Iowans to access...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested examining the ongoing issue of sexual abuse in federal prisons.
Per the GAO, there were roughly 8,500 sexual abuse allegations in federal prisons from 2014 to 2022, with the number of allegations...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), in conjunction with the administration, Senate leadership and colleagues, today released the Senate Judiciary Committee title of Republicans’ targeted reconciliation bill to invest in federal law enforcement and border security measures. The legislation allocates funds to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) wrote to nine artificial intelligence (AI) companies regarding the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) targeting of American AI technologies, which are critical to U.S. national security and economic leadership, through state-backed...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: the national debt, the Farm Bill, the SAVE America Act, E15, Iran and rural healthcare.
Q: How did the Working Families Tax Cuts Act boost small business?
A: This tax season delivered welcome news to small businesses across the country. Here in Iowa, small businesses make up more than 99% of businesses in our local communities and employ nearly half of our workforce. From construction to manufacturing, retail, finance, service industries and...
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WASHINGTON?– Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Improving Financial Aid Offers for Students Act to increase price transparency and make college more affordable.
The bill would equip students and families with better...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act to extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) for another five years. RCHD provides a lifeline to rural hospitals by allowing them to test innovative hospital payment models under Medicare that boost...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:
Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, by a vote of 15-7.
Kathleen S. Lane, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, by a vote of 12-10.
Evan Rikhye, to be Judge for the District Court of the...
WASHINGTON – The Senate unanimously passed legislation by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) to expand whistleblower protections for government contractors and grantees. The Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act works to close existing loopholes in whistleblower protection laws that leave federal contractor...
