Remarks

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Sunshine Week” Monday, March 11, 2024 VIDEO Every year, Sunshine Week is held around the birthday of James Madison, not only a former President, but one of our greatest founding fathers and the acclaimed “Father of the Constitution.” Sunshine Week is a critical reminder of the need for transparency and open...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “EPA’s 2021 Environmental Justice Program” Thursday, March 7, 2024   VIDEO Mr. President, I come to the floor to discuss with my colleagues the fact that agencies of the federal government aren’t spending taxpayers’ money properly, and also how they aren’t cooperating with the constitutional responsibility of...

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing on “How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency” Wednesday, March 6, 2024   VIDEO Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding today’s hearing on strengthening primary care.  Americans spend more than 4.3 trillion dollars annually on health care. Our spending has...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing on “No Rights to Speak of: The Economic Harms of Restricting Reproductive Freedom” Wednesday, February 28, 2024 VIDEO   Good morning, Mr. Chairman. We’re tackling a very serious topic this morning. Abortion is above all a moral and legal issue. It’s...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered remarks on the Senate floor exposing the FBI’s years-long failure to investigate an FBI record Grassley obtained and made public via Justice Department (DOJ) whistleblowers. The FBI’s brazen inaction, even after DOJ officials recommended additional investigative activity in 2020, was only addressed...

Statement for the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa On National Security Supplemental Legislation Co-Chairman, Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus Tuesday, February 13, 2024   I understand why many Americans would like to find a quick way to end the horrific war Russia unleashed on Ukraine. It is tempting to think we can ignore it and hope it will not affect...

Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing titled, “Investing in the Future: Safeguarding Municipal Bonds from Climate Risk” Wednesday, January 10, 2024 VIDEO   Mr. Chairman,  I wish you, in turn, a happy new year, and to your family as well.  As you would expect, I’m going to say that I’ve enjoyed the...

Statement for the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Faithful Implementation of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act” Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Madame President, I come to the floor today with serious concerns about the Biden administration’s implementation of H.R. 2544, the “Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Return to Repayment” Monday, December 13, 2023 VIDEO Mr. President, In its relentless pursuit of cancelling student debt, the Department of Education seems to have forgotten that Congress gave it a job to do.  Last year, the Department announced its unconstitutional efforts to spend hundreds of billions in...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus “DHS and CBP Whistleblower Retaliation” Monday, December 11, 2023   VIDEO I come to the floor today to bring attention to three brave Department of Homeland Security whistleblowers - Mark Jones, Mike Taylor, and Fred Wynn.  These three...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “The Biden Family Cover-Up Continues” Monday, December 11, 2023 Today, I’d like to address the ill-advised and really unacceptable conduct at theNovember 30 Judiciary Committee executive meeting. Committee Democrats didn’t allow a single Republican...

Statement for the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee  Executive Business Meeting Thursday, December 7, 2023   I want to briefly rebut the false claim that I had broken the rules when I was chairman of the committee. I followed the rules. I never asked to suspend the rules. I let everyone...

VIDEO Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Finance Committee “20th Anniversary of Medicare Part D & Lessons for Lowering Prescription Costs Today” Thursday, December 7, 2023   I’m here to celebrate 20 years since the passage of the Part D Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. Tomorrow, December 8, is that...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) offered remarks recognizing Polk County’s Michael Rojas for his dedicated service to Iowa communities. Mr. Rojas received AmeriCorps’ 2023 “Excellence in Disaster Services Leadership” award in honor of his work to address damage from extreme weather and other disaster events that have affected the state.   Grassley...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Congressional Spending Requires Aggressive Congressional Oversight” Wednesday, November 29, 2023 VIDEO Iowa is home to roughly 25 different types of snakes.   Some are venomous, such as the copperhead and rattlesnakes.   However, the one snake doing the most damage to Iowans is a snake that’s not even in...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “‘Strict Oversight’ of Iranian Access to Billions of Dollars” Wednesday, November 29, 2023 VIDEO Mr. President, If the Biden administration decides to allow a terrorist state access to billions of dollars, then, at bare minimum, the Biden administration must perform exceedingly strict oversight of how that...

Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Finance Committee The Drug-price Transparency for Consumers (DTC) Act Tuesday, November 28, 2023 VIDEO You just heard Senator Durbin say that this bill has passed the Senate once. It’s still not law. We’re back here again, and I hope my fellow senators will see that Senator...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “The Danger of Weakness in American Foreign Policy” Monday, November 13, 2023   VIDEO Shortly after President Biden took office, I gave a speech wondering whether President Biden’s tough-on-Russia rhetoric would be matched by his administration’s actions.   I wondered that because the actions of the...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Meeting with Ukrainian Faith Leaders about Religious Persecution by Occupying Forces” Thursday, November 9, 2023 VIDEO Recently, I had the opportunity to meet with a group of religious leaders from Ukraine.   They represented multiple Christian denominations, plus Islam and Judaism.   They spoke of the role...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member, Senate Budget CommitteeHearing on “Fairness and Fiscal Responsibility: Cracking Down on Wealthy Tax Cheats”Wednesday, November 8, 2023VIDEO If someone were to base everything they know about IRS reform from what they hear today, they’d probably get the impression it’s a divisive and...