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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...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “Oversight of the Trump Assassination Attempt in Butler, PA” Monday, July 14, 2025   VIDEO   On July 13, 2024, an assassin nearly killed President Trump. The gunman injured him and two rally participants, and [he] killed Corey Comperatore. We keep him [and] his family in...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Anniversary of Midwestern Floods Coincides with Recovery Efforts in Texas” Monday, July 14, 2025   VIDEO   Thirty-two years ago today, I joined President Clinton, Governor of Iowa Terry Branstad and members of the Iowa congressional delegation to tour catastrophic flood damage in...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “Whitney Hermandorfer” Thursday, July 10, 2025   VIDEO   Before noon today, we’ll begin our first set of votes on the nomination of Whitney Hermandorfer to serve as Circuit Judge of the Sixth Circuit.  Before we do, I want to express my support for her nomination and urge...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Srebrenica Genocide” Thursday, July 10, 2025   VIDEO   July 11 is recognized by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. This town in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the scene of the worst genocide...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Biofuels Benefit Iowans” Wednesday, July 9, 2025   VIDEO   This year, I’ve been working hard to help the renewable fuels industry, which provides about 40,000 to 50,000 jobs in the state of Iowa and [is] a very big help for the family farmers of Iowa.  These family farmers rely on...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Afghan Evacuees Oversight” Tuesday, July 8, 2025   VIDEO   Since 2021, I’ve sounded the alarm about the former Biden administration’s failure to vet Afghan refugees.  Instead of coming clean, the previous administration dismissed and failed to answer my oversight requests. For...

Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “My Dedication to the Whistleblower Community” Tuesday, July 8, 2025   VIDEO   Today, I’d like to address the whistleblower complaint that I received the morning before Emil Bove’s nomination hearing. That’s the complaint that was given to the New York Times for them to...

Statement for the Congressional Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Common Sense Program Integrity Measures for Medicaid” Wednesday, July 2, 2025   Contrary to misinformation campaigns seeking to stop common-sense Medicaid reforms from getting to the President’s desk, the One Big Beautiful Bill does not take away Medicaid from those who need it.  In...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Immigration Enforcement Efforts” Thursday, June 26, 2025   VIDEO   I come to the floor this very day to correct the public record. That public record has become so distorted by fantastical allegations of Republican tyranny that it no longer records actual history. My...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business MeetingThursday, June 26, 2025 On today’s agenda, we have seven nominations.  The nomination of Kurt Wall to be U.S. Attorney is listed for the first time and will be held over.  We’ll vote today on Whitney Hermandorfer, nominee to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Honoring Veterans” Wednesday, June 25, 2025   VIDEO   Today, I want to bring attention to all of the selfless veterans that have served our country, especially those from my home state of Iowa. Each and every veteran has put a piece of themselves towards the mission of protecting...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominations HearingWednesday, June 25, 2025 Good morning, I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s hearing.  Our first panel features Emil Bove, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  Then, on panel two, we’ll hear from four district court...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Empowering Able-Bodied Adults to Work” Tuesday, June 24, 2025   VIDEO   Having a job gives individuals purpose and dignity.  We should promote policies lifting people out of poverty. In the 1990s, we passed welfare reform with a Republican congress and a Democrat president.  The...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Thin Blue Line Protecting America from the CartelsTuesday, June 17, 2025 Today’s hearing focuses on the very real threat of Mexican drug cartels and the lengths law enforcement goes to defend Americans.  In the last few months, my Democratic colleagues have...