Remarks

Prepared Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOversight of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationTuesday, September 16, 2025 I’d like to welcome everyone to the Judiciary Committee’s annual FBI oversight hearing. We meet today in the aftermath of the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, a school shooting and...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew”Monday, September 15, 2025 VIDEO This week, we are privileged to welcome Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Washington, D.C. He is the spiritual leader and the First among Equals of Orthodox Christianity worldwide. The Patriarch is coming...

Prepared Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, September 11, 2025 Good morning. Before we begin, I want to take a moment to reflect. Today is the 24th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on our country. I think it’s fitting, before we engage in debate on...

Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “Systemic Government Weaponization: A Tale of Two Days” Wednesday, September 10, 2025 VIDEO Today, I come to the floor to discuss two dates of significant importance: January 6, 2021, and January 6, 2017. Regarding the former – it was a dark day in American...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Government Shutdowns are Bad for Americans” Tuesday, September 9, 2025 VIDEO One of the most fundamental constitutional responsibilities afforded to Congress is the power of the purse. It grants Congress the authority to raise and spend revenue to operate the government and...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Finance committee hearing today about support for rural hospitals and the need for greater transparency on prescription drug pricing and the national organ transplant...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “C-SPAN Now Available on Streaming Platforms” Thursday, September 4, 2025   VIDEO   I’m pleased to follow up on a topic that I discussed with my Senate colleagues. That topic was on June 2nd, and it was on the 39th anniversary of C-SPAN 2 covering the Senate. I led the Senate, with...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominations HearingWednesday, September 3, 2025 Good morning, I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s hearing. Our first panel features Professor Jennifer Mascott, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. On panel two, we’ll hear from five...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Abducted Ukrainian Children’s Stories” Wednesday, September 3, 2025   VIDEO   The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University now estimates that over 35,000 abducted Ukrainian kids are being held by Russia. The few who have been rescued tell horrific stories of Russian...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Back to School Salute to Educators” Tuesday, September 2, 2025   VIDEO   Across Iowa and America, students and teachers are back in the classroom. As we look ahead to a new academic year, I’d like to commend the dedicated educators, administrators and support staff who make a...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Saturday, August 2, 2025 VIDEO Soon, we will vote on the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Until recent years, it’s been unheard of to use floor time to confirm U.S. Attorneys. Typically, they’re confirmed by voice vote. I regret that we have become a body...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Durham Annex and Political Weaponization”Saturday, August 2, 2025 VIDEO Once again, I’m going to remind people that there was some wrong done by the U.S. government between the periods of about six years ago to 10 years ago. And, the taxpayers of this country might wonder why a...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Veteran Flagpole Initiative” Friday, August 1, 2025   VIDEO   I’ve often said that our veterans have sacrificed so much for our nation, so it’s our responsibility to take care of them when they come home. We owe a debt of gratitude to these brave Americans. I’ve been proud to work...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Get the Government Out of the Way of New Cures and Treatments” Thursday, July 31, 2025   VIDEO   My remarks were written three days ago. And the purpose of writing those remarks three days ago was to come to the floor and tell you about a person that I think should not be working...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “To Lower Prescription Drug Costs, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform is Needed” Thursday, July 31, 2025   VIDEO   Throughout my annual 99-county tour of Iowa, I’ve learned firsthand from patients and pharmacists about the powerful and negative role that Pharmacy Benefit Managers...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Fighting Health Care Subsidy Fraud and Protecting Taxpayers” Wednesday, July 30, 2025   VIDEO   Only in Washington, only in Washington can you let people take more than what’s legally allowed under a government program, and at the same time, let them keep it. Last year, I shined a...

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominations HearingWednesday, July 30, 2025 Last night, I was surprised to see President Trump on Truth Social go after me and Senate Republicans over what we call the “blue slip.” Now, to people in the Real America – not here in Washington, D.C., an island surrounded by...

Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “The Nomination of Emil Bove” Tuesday, July 29, 2025   VIDEO   Soon, this body will proceed to a final vote on the nomination of Emil Bove to be a judge on the Third Circuit. As I said in my statements in Committee multiple times, I support the nomination of Mr....

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “The University of Iowa Delivers World Record for Most Premature Baby” Tuesday, July 29, 2025   VIDEO   I want to tell my colleagues how a one-year-old baby has made history. The University of Iowa’s hospitals and clinics [are] home to some of the world’s best doctors, nurses,...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “History of Modest Cost-Sharing Requirements in Medicaid” Monday, July 28, 2025   VIDEO   Congress, three weeks ago, passed the One Big Beautiful Bill. And in that bill, [there] was a modest cost-sharing requirement for able-bodied Medicaid expansion adults that were making more...