WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today took the oath of office to begin his eighth term in the Senate. Grassley will also become the dean of the Senate, or longest serving member, with the beginning of the 118th Congress, which convenes today for the first time.
Vice President Kamala Harris administers oath of office to Sen. Grassley as Barbara...
Q&A: New Year’s Resolution: Border Security
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why are you calling on the Biden administration to make border security its New Year’s resolution?
A: President Biden is putting the sovereignty of the United States of America in peril by refusing to enforce our nation’s immigration laws and failing to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – As 2022 comes to a close, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released an overview of his legislative and oversight work for Iowans over the past 12 months.
“Serving the people of Iowa as their United States Senator is my first priority and it's an honor that I take seriously. As ranking member of the Senate Judiciary...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
nominated 32 Iowa students to be considered for appointments to the U.S.
service academies. “These young Iowans who want to enter the
academies and serve our country are a remarkable reflection of our state. Their
accomplishments, leadership and desire to serve are exceptional and signal
continued excellence in the...
WASHINGTON -- Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) applauded House passage of their Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act, a day after it received broad support in the Senate. The legislation updates current war crimes statute to enable prosecution of war criminals in the United States –...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the incoming ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, voted against a massive $1.7 trillion government funding package that included excessive spending, earmarks and special projects with little review or oversight. Grassley released the following statement.
“Americans are rightly disgusted with...
WASHINGTON – Five Republican senators are pressing for information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the removal of information related to the defensive use of firearms from the CDC’s website after officials were lobbied by activist gun control organizations.
“Lobbying groups should not be able to influence...
The Senate unanimously passed
legislation backed by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) to reauthorize a nationwide law enforcement program aimed at reducing
violent crime. The bipartisan Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program
Authorization Act was introduced by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), and
includes a provision...
WASHINGTON – Alexis Taylor, an Iowa State
University graduate who grew up on a family farm near Holy Cross, Iowa, has
been confirmed by the Senate to serve as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Sen. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Agriculture Committee, issued the
following...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the
lead sponsors of the landmark First Step Act (FSA), today released the
following statement on the fourth anniversary of the FSA—bipartisan
criminal justice reform...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee
Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are
applauding the Senate passage of their Justice
for Victims of War Crimes Act, legislation that updates the current war crimes statute to enable
prosecution of war criminals in the United States – regardless of the location
or targets of their...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill led by
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen.
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that supports victims of human trafficking passed
the Senate with broad bipartisan support last night. The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPA) will
establish and reauthorize critical programs to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced legislation to restore integrity to the immigration parole statute and bring it back into line with congressional intent after decades of misuse by multiple presidents.
Immigration parole, first established in 1952, allows the executive...
WASHINGTON – A bill led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) to prevent opioid addiction, overdoses and deaths in rural communities has been signed into law. The Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act, introduced by Grassley and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in the U.S. Senate, along with Feenstra and Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) in the...
WASHINGTON – The Senate unanimously passed legislation authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee member Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to improve justice for young survivors of sex crimes. The Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act strengthens a federal sex tourism law that prosecutors feared was too vague to convict...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 12-19-22Topics include: Mexico's proposed ban on genetically-modified corn imports, anti-trust legislation and the end of year spending bill.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s instructions to federal prosecutors to disregard federal criminal statutes for crack and powder cocaine cases.
“The attorney general’s guidance to prosecutors today is...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Agriculture Committee, joined Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and over 20 of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take action against Mexico’s proposal to ban U.S. genetically-engineered corn. In...
Q&A: Medicare Fraud
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How is waste, fraud and abuse weakening Medicare for current and future generations?
A: Seniors and people with disabilities depend on Medicare for their health care coverage, including more than 650,000 Iowans. Every dollar lost to waste, fraud and abuse rips off the taxpayer and skims...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blasting the Department’s decision to cover up the Disinformation Governance Board’s activities by redacting large swaths of records produced to...
