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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...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, July 24, 2025 On today’s agenda, we have seven nominations. We’ll vote on Kurt Wall, Kurt Alme, Lesley Murphy, Jeanine Pirro, Erik Seibert, Nicholas Chase and Daniel Rosen to be U.S. Attorneys. These are highly qualified...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Live Unanimous Consent Request to Pass the Drug-price Transparency for Consumers (DTC) Act” Wednesday, July 23, 2025 VIDEO I’d like to put this in the simplest form I can – by watching television all the time, prices are showing up all the time, for this product or that product. I don’t know how many times I...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Recent Medicare Trustees Report” Wednesday, July 23, 2025   VIDEO   Every year, we get what’s called a Medicare Trustees report. I come to the floor to comment on that. We all know that Medicare is very much a part of America’s social fabric. For decades, Medicare has provided...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Co-Chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, today hosted a caucus event to discuss ways to support foster children’s successful transition into adulthood. Grassley delivered remarks on his foster care policy priorities, including efforts to improve the Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Recognizing Becky Koenig’s Remarkable Teaching Career” Tuesday, July 22, 2025   VIDEO   I would like to recognize an Iowa teacher who, this very week, is making the last trip of her almost 40-year teaching career bringing students to Washington, D.C. Becky Koenig has been an...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSecuring the Skies: Law Enforcement, Drones and Public SafetyTuesday, June 22, 2025 A few months ago, we held a hearing where we heard from state law enforcement officers about the challenges and risks drones can pose when in the wrong hands. Today’s witnesses are...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Expanding Access to Health Savings Accounts and Improving Health” Monday, July 21, 2025   VIDEO   I want to tell my colleagues and the public about a part of the [One] Big Beautiful Bill that passed two weeks ago that isn’t getting much attention. I’ve been a long-time supporter...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, July 17, 2025 Good morning. On today’s agenda, we have twelve nominations. Nicholas Chase and Daniel Rosen, U.S. Attorney nominees, are listed for the first time and will be held over. We’ll vote today on Emil Bove, nominee to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Economic Growth Provisions in OBBB” Wednesday, July 16, 2025   VIDEO   The One Big Beautiful Bill provides a much-needed boost to Main Street America and to the rural communities – all of this throughout America.  It makes key business provisions from the 2017 tax law permanent to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Attacks on ICE Agents” Tuesday, July 15, 2025   VIDEO   July 4th is supposed to be a day of celebration and patriotism.  But, earlier this month, left-wing domestic extremists tried to turn that day into a day of tragedy and a day of terrorism.  On the evening of Independence Day,...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeBeyond the Smash and Grab: Criminal Networks and Organized TheftTuesday, July 15, 2025 Today’s hearing addresses the continued rise in organized retail and supply chain crime, and the criminal networks involved. We’ve all seen videos of mobs ransacking stores of...