Audio from this afternoon’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: $15 billion Mesabi steel plant announcement, Iran, diesel exports and Iowa’s 2026 gubernatorial race.
WASHINGTON – Records obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) refute statements made by former Special Counsel Jack Smith in a February 2024 court filing regarding the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) involvement in the classified document case against President Trump.
“Jack Smith represented to court that...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questioned former Special Counsel Jack Smith at today’s oversight hearing on Smith’s abuse of authority and targeting of Republicans.
Grassley pressed Smith on his collection of thousands of Americans’ personal banking information, as well as his team’s exposure of classified materials,...
WASHINGTON – Whistleblower disclosures made to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), show that former Special Counsel Jack Smith swept up communications from over a dozen national media outlets as part of the “Arctic Frost” election investigation into President Trump.
“What will the partisan media say about this disgraceful government...
WASHINGTON – Records obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) show Special Counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against President Trump began as a non-criminal referral with “little likelihood of being pursued as a criminal matter.”
“Jack Smith’s operation was a partisan weapon. He broke the rules, lied to the court...
WASHINGTON – Thousands of Americans across all 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, who donated as little as $1 to President Trump and Trump-aligned Republican entities had their checks secretly subpoenaed by Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team.
Records provided to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) via...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) released the following statement:
“This historic investment is a major win for Iowa workers and further cements Iowa’s role in the future of American manufacturing.
“As the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are introducing a resolution to recognize the 15-year partnership between the Iowa National Guard (IANG) and the Republic of Kosovo, highlighting its contributions to advancing peace, democracy, stability and mutual understanding.
As Russia, China and Iran seek to weaken Western...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed news from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that Iowa will receive over $18.2 million in federal funding to benefit Iowans across the state. This funding will impact Iowans in Linn, Polk, Cherokee, Lyon, Woodbury, Buena Vista, Sioux and Pottawattamie counties.
“Iowans have worked...
Q: Why did you hold a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on women’s sports?
A: Fifty-four years ago, Congress passed legislation to ensure schools provide fair and equitable treatment for male and female student-athletes. Title IX opened the door for women to participate in sports at educational institutions that receive federal money, from elementary...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with the entire Iowa congressional delegation, introduced the Ray Gaesser Memorial Farm Safety Week resolution to honor the life and legacy of Ray Gaesser. Gaesser was a Corning farmer and a leading advocate for agriculture. He tragically passed away this month due to a...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:
Anna St. John, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, by a vote of 12-10.
Gregory Carl Cook, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, by a vote of 12-10.
Adam Candeub, to be an Assistant Attorney General, by a vote of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in sending a bipartisan letter to President Trump encouraging the administration to continue raising concerns with China at this week’s meeting in Washington, D.C., on the persecution of religious groups in China, specifically including pastors and religious...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) co-hosted a press conference alongside Senate Judiciary Republicans and female athletes and advocates following today’s committee hearing on empowering and protecting women in sports.
Sixty-six percent of U.S. adults favor a law or policy that would require transgender athletes to...
Audio from this afternoon’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Diesel prices, press access at the White House, the Farm Bill, Iran, the Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act and the Kennedy Center.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, discussed his leadership and advocacy for cancer research in an interview featured in the American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) 2026 progress report.
The report also highlighted Grassley’s work to establish and reauthorize...
WASHINGTON – The Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act authored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), a fellow Finance Committee member, is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk after the Senate unanimously approved the...
Q: What’s driving lower crime rates across the country?
A: In the first two years of the second Trump administration, promising new data show a historic decline in violent crime, particularly in urban areas. The downward trend is boosted by key policy victories to secure the border, lower taxes that strengthened small businesses and family take-home pay and...
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with Rep. Alma Adams, (D-N.C.) and others, to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19, 2026, as National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day.
In 2024, the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, accepted Growth Energy’s 2026 “Fueling Growth Award” for his leadership on biofuels and his ongoing support for America’s family farmers and biofuel producers.
“As a lifelong Iowa corn and soybean farmer, I know firsthand how important our...
