Prepared
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn
the Nomination of Kristen ClarkeTuesday,
May 18, 2021VIDEO I will not be voting to discharge the
nominee Kristen Clarke to run the Civil Rights Division. I want to explain why.
While Ms. Clarke may be a good attorney,
she continues the trend of politicized nominees to the Justice...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Restoring Balance
Between the Presidency and CongressTuesday, May 18,
2021VIDEO I have heard from a large number of Iowans convinced that
our republic is effectively lost with the election of President Biden. This is like the “Flight 93 Election” theory in the 2016
election where some...
Prepared
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaThe
U.S. Should Encourage Private Infrastructure Investment, Not Get in the Way of
ProgressTuesday,
May 18, 2021VIDEO On May 7, we learned of a cyberattack on
the Colonial Pipeline. This resulted in gas shortages and lines across the East
coast. During a news conference, Energy Secretary
Granholm...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member,
Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Eagles Act Can
Prevent Senseless ViolenceWednesday, May 12,
2021VIDEO Today
I’d like to address the national plague of targeted violence. Whether it’s in
our schools, houses of worship, restaurants, businesses or even city streets,
these senseless...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRanking Member,
Senate Judiciary CommitteeHonoring our
Nation’s Law EnforcementWednesday, May 12,
2021VIDEO Since 1962, our nation has annually celebrated the lives and
memory of the men and women of law enforcement who are killed in the line of
duty. The origin of “National Police Week” goes...
Prepared
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaA
Tale of Two Tax Policies Wednesday,
May 12, 2021VIDEO We are now in the final week of tax filing
season. While filing season typically ends on April 15, this year taxpayers
have until May 17 to file or request an extension. This is also the third filing season under
the tax...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of
IowaUnited States SenateThe Media Again Takes Liberal Disinformation Bait on
Biden Family Oversight May
11, 2021VIDEO Well,
here we go again. While
I was travelling throughout Iowa meeting with constituents, I kept my eye on
news reporting out of Washington, D.C. I’ve
seen a lot of...
Prepared
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn
Protecting Our First RespondersTuesday,
May 11, 2021VIDEO I
recently reintroduced the Protecting America’s First Responders Act, a bipartisan bill cosponsored by 11 of my
colleagues that passed the Senate by unanimous consent last Congress. In this new Congress, it’s time we once...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaAgain, Stop Using
Our Elections as a Partisan WeaponDelivered on Monday,
May 10, 2021VIDEO I would like to call once again for both sides to stop
using elections as a partisan weapon. As I’ve mentioned before, the claim by some Trump
supporters that a certain brand of voting machine...
Prepared Floor Remarks
by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCracking Down on
Confucius Institutes and Chinese PropagandaDelivered on Monday,
May 10, 2021VIDEO On
March 10 of this year, I
came to the floor to speak about my February 11, 2021, oversight letter to
the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security. That
letter
discussed the...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaLet’s End the War
on CopsDelivered on Monday,
May 10, 2021VIDEO Today I want to discuss an unfortunate trend
that has grown over the last year. Since March of 2020, the United States has
been battling COVID-19. We’ve lost over a half million Americans because of the
disease. But...
Prepared Testimony
by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaAt the U.S. House
Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust Hearing to Address Competition in the
Health Care Industry Thursday, April
29, 2021VIDEO I
appreciate the invitation to testify today. Millions
of Americans started their day with a dose of prescription medication.
Unfortunately, for many...
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Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Supporting Fentanyl
Analogues LegislationWednesday, April
28, 2021VIDEO Today,
we are considering legislation to permanently schedule fentanyl substances.
Proactively scheduling fentanyl related substances must be a priority. Too many
American lives have been lost to reject this critical...
Prepared
Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn
the Concerning Pattern of Biden Appointees Not Responding to the Advice and Consent
ProcessWednesday,
April 28, 2021VIDEO As I’ve said many times in the past, presidents
should be given a good deal of discretion when choosing their political
appointees. And so long as their nominees...
Statement for the Record by Senator Charles GrassleyRanking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeStatement on S.937 “COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act”April 22, 2021 Today I express my support for S. 937, as amended by
Senators Hirono and Collins.Every single one of us is horrified to see our fellow
Americans attacked because of their race or ethnicity. We are...
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Statement by Senator Chuck GrassleyOn Legislation to Increase
Information Sharing and Stop CounterfeitsApril 20, 2021VIDEO I
want to talk about counterfeits and the need for the Federal government to
modernize its approach to information sharing. Counterfeits
pose a danger to the health and safety of consumers. They also infringe on...
Prepared Floor Statement of
Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUnited States SenateOn the Border Crisis and
Democratic DenialApril 20, 2021VIDEO Today, I want to talk about the crisis at the
southern border. During the past several
months, the American people have watched as a full-blown crisis has developed. It’s
reached a catastrophic phase and...
Prepared Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on the Right to Vote Tuesday, April 20, 2021VIDEO This is supposed to be a hearing about
voting rights. Unfortunately it’s just the latest attack on one of our States
for enacting election-integrity laws. National Democrats and big business...
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Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Discharging the
Nomination of Vanita Gupta to be Associate Attorney GeneralWednesday, April
15, 2021VIDEO I’m
opposed to this effort to discharge Vanita Gupta from the Judiciary Committee.
In fact, it’s not properly in order. In
theory we’re moving this nomination because it failed in...
Prepared Floor
Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaRestoring Faith in
American ElectionsWednesday, April
14, 2021VIDEO Between Democrats who believe Russia rigged the vote to
elect Trump, and Republicans who believe various theories questioning Biden’s
election victory, we seem to have a bipartisan super-majority of Americans casting
doubt on...
