Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlCombatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from ChinaOctober 2, 2018VIDEOGood morning. Thank you all for being here today.The emergence of fentanyl as a significant contributor to the opioid crisis has skyrocketed in prominence over the past few...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on the Nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtSeptember 4, 2018VIDEO One of the Senate’s most solemn constitutional duties is to provide advice and consent to the President on his nominations of...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeDemocrats’ Delay Tactics Aimed at Distracting from Judge Kavanaugh’s QualificationsVIDEO One week from today, Judge Brett Kavanaugh will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first day of his confirmation hearing. After...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingAugust 23, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today, we have 12 judicial nominees on the agenda as well as the nominee to serve as Director of National Drug Control Policy. At the request of the minority, we will hold over these nominees. If we have...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSubcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Hearing“Cyber Threats to Our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure”August 21, 2018VIDEO Thank you Chairman Graham and Ranking Member Whitehouse of the subcommittee for holding this important hearing. This hearing is as...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingAugust 16, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today, we have twelve judicial nominees who appear on a markup agenda for the first time and the nominee to serve as Director of National Drug Control Policy. At the request of the minority, we will held...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has announced a Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing entitled: “Cyber Threats to Our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure” for Tuesday, August 21 at 2:30 p.m., in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.This will be the seventh...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeFor a hearing on “Oversight of the Administration’s Immigration Enforcement and Family Reunification Efforts”July 31, 2018VIDEO I want to thank the government witnesses for being here today. Originally, this hearing was solely going to be focused on...
NOTE: Chairman Grassley has backed multiple efforts to fight sexual abuse, convening a hearing and passing legislation with a focus on the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics. After hearing from several gymnasts, he recently led a letter cosigned by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJuly 19, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today, we hope to vote on all the nominees on the agenda today, including four circuit nominees. I spoke about some of them last week, so I won’t spend a lot of time discussing these nominations today,...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAt an Executive Business MeetingJuly 12, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today, we are considering a piece of legislation and several nominations. Before I turn to today’s agenda, I’ll say a few words about the Supreme Court vacancy. On Monday evening, the...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAt the 40 Year Celebration of the Passage of the Inspector General Act of 1979July 11, 2018VIDEO As the Supreme Court has recognized, congressional oversight of the Executive Branch is fundamental to our system of checks and balances. It is inherent in the...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeJudge Kavanaugh, One of the Nation’s Most Widely Respected JudgesJuly 10, 2018VIDEOMr. President, last evening I joined many of my colleagues at the White House as the President introduced Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to serve as an Associate...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Confronting Sexual Harassment and Other Workplace Misconduct in the Federal Judiciary June 13, 2018VIDEO Good morning and welcome to this very important hearing today about confronting sexual harassment and other workplace misconduct in the federal...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingJune 28, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today, we are considering a piece of legislation and several nominations. But before we turn to that, I’ll say a few things about retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.More than thirty...
Update: Photos of Grassley with singer Smokey Robinson, Mary Wilson of the Supremes and other witnesses can be found here and on Roll Call. Grassley also posted photos on Instagram. Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on Protecting and Promoting Music Creation for the 21st CenturyMay 15,...
Prepared Senate Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the need for Congressional Action to discourage Human Smuggling and ExploitationJune 26, 2018VIDEO Over the past few days, the issue of family separation has reached a fever pitch. This is a crisis that has been brewing since the surge of young...
*Note: This was the sixth full committee or subcommittee hearing held under Grassley’s leadership on protecting the integrity of U.S. elections. Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeAt Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Hearing“Protecting Our Elections: Examining Shell Companies and Virtual...
Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeSurvivors’ Bill of Rights: Implementation and Next StepsJune 26, 2018VIDEO Good morning. Today our Committee will focus on an issue of enormous importance: ensuring that victims of sexual violence are fairly treated in the criminal justice system.Today we will...
Prepared Senate Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaThe Energy and Water Appropriations ActJune 25, 2018VIDEOI would like to raise an issue, not with the actual bill before us, but with language included in the committee report accompanying the bill. The EPA has reportedly given out an unprecedented number of so-called small refinery hardship...
