WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is further exposing the Biden Justice Department’s (DOJ) aggressive efforts to target President Donald Trump and his associates. Internal Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) emails released by Grassley show Biden FBI agents planning and celebrating the indictment of Trump advisor...
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WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) reintroduced three bipartisan bills to help students and families make informed decisions when choosing a college and taking out loans.
From the initial college search, to the acceptance of financial aid, to counseling once in college, the bills...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today secured support from President Trump’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner nominee, Rodney Scott, on two longtime Grassley priorities.
Grassley is calling on CBP to immediately reinstate three CBP whistleblowers – Mark Jones,...
Washington Free Beacon: HHS to Reevaluate $89 Billion Contract Awarded to Shadowy University of California NonprofitSen. Chuck Grassley hails agency’s decision to reverse Biden’s 'outrageous' awardAndrew KerrApril 30, 2025
The National Institutes of Health is having second thoughts about a behemoth $89 billion contract it awarded to a seemingly dormant...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced a resolution designating April 29, 2025, as “National Fentanyl Awareness Day” to drive awareness of counterfeit fentanyl pills.
“Fentanyl overdoses claimed the lives of more than 58,000 Americans last year, many of whom suffered from...
WASHINGTON – On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is scrutinizing Snapchat’s self-reported efforts to end fentanyl sales on its platform.
Despite Snapchat’s claims that it is “proud to serve as a Founding Partner of National Fentanyl Awareness Day,” Grassley pointed out the app has reportedly...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today requested Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel declassify the FBI’s analysis of a congressional criminal referral issued for Nellie Ohr following her false statements to Congress in 2018.
Grassley transmitted the mostly unclassified FBI analysis document to...
WASHINGTON – Amid Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) reintroduced legislation to immediately deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes.
“Sexual violence has no place in America,” Grassley said. “I applaud the Trump administration for its work to uphold the rule of...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Codifying Trump Changes, Anti-trust Field Offices, District Court Judge Authority, Continued Aid for Ukraine, Children of Illegal Immigrants and Trump Third Term.
Q: When will default collections start for delinquent federal student loans?
A: Starting May 5, the U.S. Department of Education will start collections on defaulted federal student loans. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government in March 2020 paused repayment requirements on student loan debt. The pause outlasted the pandemic, creating a...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Trade Review Act of 2025, Russia-Ukraine War, Department of Defense Information Leaks, Year-round E-15, Trump Admin Deportation Efforts and Lowering Federal Deficit.
I work for eBay. Businesses need Congress’s help to fight the scourge of retail crimeShoplifting skyrocketed 93% from 2019 to 2023 and that cost gets passed on to consumersBy Christian Hardman, eBay’s North America Criminal and Regulatory Investigations Team LeadApril 25, 2025
...Hundreds of millions of dollars of inventory are lost to theft each year. To...
STORY COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) today attended a ribbon cutting at Youth and Shelter Services’ (YSS) newly-opened youth recovery center. The Ember Recovery Campus, located near Cambridge, will provide Iowa youth individualized, evidence-based mental health and addiction treatment.
“I...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting on Wednesday, April 23, in Worth County as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I appreciate the opportunity to hold town meetings, answer...
Q: Why is the Renewable Volume Obligation important for Iowa farmers?
A: Biomass-based fuels convert feedstocks, including corn and soybeans, for use in the nation’s fuel supply, from passenger vehicles to commercial trucks, marine shipping, rail and aviation. Biodiesel and ethanol expand domestic markets for grain farmers, which is particularly vital when...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led the entire Iowa delegation, including U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), in urging President Donald Trump to promptly grant Governor Kim Reynolds’ request for federal disaster...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assess whether The People’s Forum and Code Pink are obligated to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), due to the group’s reported Chinese Communist Party ties.
“Evidence suggests that The People’s Forum and Code...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are pushing Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz to provide a full picture of the DOJ’s use of Confidential Human Sources (CHS) and undercover agents on January 6, 2021 (J6)...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: State-led Education, Protecting Social Security, Iowa’s Economy, Tariffs, Term Limits and Lowering Medication Costs.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding answers from Meta Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the company’s reported efforts to silence whistleblower and former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams, who alleges Meta developed concerning and potentially unlawful ties with the Chinese Communist Party and targeted...
