BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is opening a congressional inquiry into eight major tech companies for allegedly failing to sufficiently report online child sexual exploitation, frustrating law enforcement investigations into online child abuse. Additionally, Grassley is releasing new information from...
What every American needs to know about Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigationApril 3, 2026By Meaghan Mobbs, Opinion ContributorThe Hill
Recent disclosures about special counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation raise a deeply troubling question for the American people: Did federal law enforcement cross the line from pursuing justice into wielding...
Q: Does the INSULIN Act reduce drug prices for people with diabetes?
A: As a co-sponsor of this bipartisan legislation, I’m continuing my efforts in Congress to help lower the cost of insulin for the tens of millions of Americans who rely on this lifesaving medication to thrive and enjoy a high-quality of life. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to nominate a new U.S. Attorney General:
“I want to thank Pam Bondi for her work leading the Justice Department. Over her tenure, Pam Bondi helped bring violent crime down to historic lows. Under her...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Cancer rates in Iowa, the SAVE America Act, Grassley’s 99 county meetings, Iran and congressional power.
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the Child Predators Accountability Act to ensure abusers who include children in the production of sexually explicit content are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The bipartisan...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent calling on the Trump administration to impose sanctions on former Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and his associates, given their...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement raising the 2026 and 2027 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels to their highest-ever levels. EPA is also taking action to incentivize domestic feedstocks over foreign imports and...
Q: What should Iowans know about the solvency of Social Security?
A: The Senate Budget Committee recently held a hearing to examine the facts facing Social Security that every American needs to know. According to the recent projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund is on the...
WASHINTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), by a vote of 19-3.
Xylazine is a highly toxic veterinary tranquilizer that has been increasingly used as a cheap cutting agent for fentanyl and other narcotics. The Combating Illicit...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement after successfully defeating a misguided Democrat resolution that would have reversed current Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance allowing wind and solar companies to qualify for federal clean energy tax credits. The resolution failed by a vote of 47-53. Grassley is a senior...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, delivered remarks this week at a congressional briefing organized by the International Trademark Association, the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center. The...
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WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced the Livestock Consolidation Research Act, bipartisan legislation to support research into the economic impact of livestock market consolidation on farmers, ranchers and consumers.
“Consolidation in the meat and poultry industry...
WASHINGTON – Ahead of the Senate’s vote to confirm Colin McDonald as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Fraud Enforcement Division, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) voiced his support for McDonald’s nomination on the Senate floor. Under Grassley’s leadership, the Senate Judiciary Committee...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered remarks at a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Arctic Frost, Jack Smith’s failed election case against President Trump that began at the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Grassley additionally made public new Arctic Frost records provided by the Department of...
Audio from this afternoon’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the Fertilizer Transparency Act, Mullin’s nomination for DHS Secretary, the SAVE America Act, Iran and birthright citizenship.
Q: What is the SAVE America Act?
A: The U.S. Senate is debating an election integrity bill called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in America. The bill would strengthen voter registration rules to ensure only U.S. citizens may register to vote in a federal election. I’m a co-sponsor of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to introduce the Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026, bipartisan legislation that would provide American producers with timely and accurate information on prices for fertilizer and fertilizer products in response to longstanding concerns over rising input costs. Grassley is...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered six more interviews with Iowa veterans to the Library of Congress as part of the Veterans History Project. Grassley has now submitted 101 Iowa veterans’ stories, from World War II to present day. In the recorded interviews, the veterans detail their experiences serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:
Colin McDonald, to be an Assistant Attorney General, by a vote of 12-10;
James Bishop, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, by a vote of 12-10;
Brian Barber, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana, by a vote of...
