Remarks

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee  “Rule by District Judges II: Exploring Legislative Solutions to the Bipartisan Problem of Universal Injunctions” Wednesday, April 2, 2025 “It just can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stopped for the...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore and Senate Judiciary Chairman "The Judicial Relief Clarification Act” Monday, March 31, 2025   VIDEO Mr. President, Today, 20 of my colleagues and I will introduce legislation to stop the abuse of universal injunctions we are seeing across our country. All [these injunctions are...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley Senate President Pro Tempore “Disbanding the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force” Thursday, March 27, 2025   VIDEO   I’m going to [tell] my colleagues as a reminder that there are some tricks of the trade to get to your political enemies or for other reasons like covering up embarrassing situations or just to cover up...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck GrassleyChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeNominations HearingWednesday, March 26, 2025 Good morning.  I’d like to welcome everyone to this hearing to consider the nominations of John Eisenberg to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Brett Shumate to serve as the Assistant Attorney...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month Resolution” Wednesday, March 26, 2025   VIDEO   Last night, the Senate passed my bipartisan resolution to bring attention to a very important issue, but one that isn’t discussed often enough. It’s the deaths [caused] by...

Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “World Food Prize Foundation DialogueNEXT” Tuesday, March 25, 2025   Download photos HERE.   Thank you. It’s good to be with you. I want to thank Governor Vilsack for his decades of service on behalf of our home state and the American farmer. We see eye to eye when it comes to Iowa and the family farmer. After...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Anniversary of the 1949 Deportations of Citizens of the Baltic Countries” Tuesday, March 25, 2025   VIDEO On this day in 1949, the Russian Soviet regime occupying the Baltic countries rounded up 95,000 people – mostly women and children – and sent them to Siberia. During Stalin’s...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Inaugural Luncheon Features Iowan’s Artwork, ‘American Horizon’” Monday, March 24, 2025   VIDEO   In January, Americans celebrated one of the greatest rituals of our republic: the peaceful transfer of power. I was honored to bear witness to history. [I’m] working closely with...

Statement for the Congressional Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “Sunshine Week”   Mr. President, Every year, Sunshine Week is held around March 16th, the birthday of James Madison, who not only is a former president, but the acclaimed “Father of the Constitution.” On its 20th anniversary, Sunshine Week continues...

Floor Speech by Senator Chuck Grassley Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “HALT Fentanyl Senate Passage” March 14, 2025   VIDEO Thank you, Mr. President. Today is a good day for the Senate and a good day for the American people. The Senate will soon pass a bill entitled, HALT Fentanyl Act. The House is expected to take the measure up soon and send it to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Obama-Biden Administration Interference in Law Enforcement” Friday, March 14, 2025   VIDEO   Last Tuesday, I released a committee report of my investigation about the Obama-Biden administration’s obstruction of FBI law enforcement efforts against Iran. My report was based in large...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting Thursday, March 13, 2025   Good morning. Today we’re meeting to consider the nominations of John Sauer to serve as the Solicitor General, Harmeet Dhillon to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “’Gold Bars off the Titanic’: Oversight of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” Wednesday, March 12, 2025   VIDEO Mr. President,  [I’m here] to discuss with my colleagues the disastrous legacy of the Biden-Harris administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sadly, the recent revelations of wasteful...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Honoring the 133rd Test Squadron, Fort Dodge, Iowa” Monday, March 10, 2025   VIDEO   On March 2nd, the colors were retired for the 133rd Test Squadron in Fort Dodge, Iowa.  The 133rd has an extraordinary legacy. Since its inception in 1948, the 133rd has stood as a pillar of...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Lithuanian Restoration of Independence Day” Monday, March 11, 2025   VIDEO Thirty-five years ago today, the freely-elected parliament of Lithuania declared that the country was restoring its independence after about 50 years of Soviet occupation. This started the breakup of the...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “Nomination of Gail Slater to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division” Tuesday, March 11, 2025   VIDEO Soon, we’ll vote on the nomination of Gail Slater to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division.  I support her nomination, and I urge...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Milorad Dodik Threatening Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Monday, March 10, 2025   VIDEO I would also like to address my colleagues to remind them of the genocide of the 1990s. In the Western Balkan region of the world and of the Dayton Peace accords of 1995 that brought an end...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“HALT Fentanyl Act”Thursday, March 6, 2025 VIDEO Last week, I led my colleagues in reporting a bill that’s entitled the HALT Fentanyl Act – this bill was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This is a battle-tested, bipartisan bill that passed the House of...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “DNA Fingerprint Act” Thursday, March 6, 2025 VIDEO My message today is to the administration, and particularly to President Trump, who is very forcefully enforcing the immigration laws that were not enforced in the last administration. [My] message [is] about bringing justice to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee “Nomination of Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney General” Wednesday, February 19, 2025   VIDEO Soon, we’ll begin voting on the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as Deputy Attorney General of the United States. I support his nomination and urge all of my colleagues to...