Q: Why did you convene a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about soft-on-crime policies?
A: I’ve worked on Capitol Hill since 1975 when I was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives and enjoy welcoming Iowans to the nation’s capital. Millions of Americans visit Washington, D.C. every year, including veterans who take pride in seeing war...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is requesting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem immediately address the Biden administration’s failure to track and enforce parole expirations. Grassley’s inquiry follows a July 2025 DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, which confirmed that “under...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led over 45 Senate and House colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize a rule on imported Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and hold firm on the proposed biomass-based diesel volumes.
In their...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chairs of the Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees, respectively, welcomed the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to apportion $5 million for the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), ensuring it can continue operations through the first quarter of...
Listen to Grassley discussing the letter HERE
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, are calling on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to relocate Agricultural Research...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, contacted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Iowans’ behalf seeking additional information regarding former Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) Superintendent Ian Roberts’ criminal and immigration history. Grassley is additionally probing DHS and...
WASHINGTON – In response to questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), witnesses at today’s hearing – including the grandmother of a victim of violent crime, a local policeman, federal officers and a state senator – shared their experiences with crime in Democrat-led cities.
The witnesses provided shocking insights,...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chairs of the Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees, respectively, sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought calling on OMB to reverse its decision to withhold apportionments for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are reintroducing bipartisan legislation to reform and close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act targets fraud and abuse in our immigration system, provides protections for American workers and visa...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: farm assistance, government shutdowns, tariffs and trade deals, the Epstein Files, immigration visa reform and Israel-Gaza negotiations.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is accepting applications from Iowa high school students who wish to be considered for appointments to U.S. service academies. Students must submit their applications to Grassley’s office by Friday, October 24. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Nominations will be finalized by December...
Q: What red flags are catching your attention in the U.S. farm economy?
A: As a lifelong family farmer, I understand Iowa farm families weather the storms of cyclical markets and natural disasters. Managing risk is central to the job. As harvest season gets into full swing, I’m keeping a close eye on dark clouds looming on the horizon, inching too close to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding the indictment of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey:
“At the time of Comey’s alleged false statements and obstruction, my colleagues and I had active investigations. If the facts and the evidence...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are scrutinizing major corporations for filing thousands of H-1B skilled labor visa petitions after conducting mass layoffs of American employees.
“In evaluating the high unemployment rate for American tech workers, we cannot ignore the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a lifelong family farmer, joined fellow committee members Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), alongside 65 of their House and Senate colleagues, in a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to add...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) end all retaliation against Afolabi Siwajuola, a whistleblower who reported the Biden administration’s ATF for its illegal misclassification scheme and improper hiring...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem calling on the department to stop issuing work authorizations to student visa holders in direct violation of the law. Grassley also emphasized how foreign student work authorizations put America at risk of technological...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: government shutdowns, the Farm Bill, soybean trade with China, Gaza negotiations and the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to introduce the REPO Implementation Act of 2025.
The bipartisan legislation would repurpose frozen Russian sovereign assets held in the United States for transfer to Ukraine every 90 days. The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C) and their colleagues to introduce the Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 to ensure religious student organizations will not face discrimination on college campuses.
“Religious liberty is a protected constitutional right enshrined by our Founding Fathers in the...
