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Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Iowa’s 2026 Teacher of the Year, Stephanie Pritts”Monday, December 1, 2025 VIDEO As I travel Iowa throughout the year, I meet some very special people. Last month in Sheldon, Iowa, at the high school, I had the honor of meeting Stephanie Pritts, who was recently named Iowa’s 2026...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Lung Cancer Awareness Month”Wednesday, November 19, 2025 VIDEO   November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. One in 18 people receive a lung cancer diagnosis during their lifetime. Twelve percent of diagnoses have had no tobacco exposure. This disease impacts hundreds of thousands of...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, November 20, 2025 On today’s agenda, we have eleven nominations listed. We’ll vote today on: Tysen Duva to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. William Crain and Alexander Van Hook to serve as...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“CNH Burlington Facility Closure”Thursday, November 20, 2025 VIDEO CNH announced its closure of their Burlington facility in June next year. This plant has been in Burlington since the 1950s and is a mainstay of the greater Burlington area. As a result of this closure, more than 200...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Fostering the Future for American Children and Families Executive Order”Tuesday, November 18, 2025 VIDEO Today, I commend First Lady Melania Trump for her leadership on the recent Fostering the Future for American Children and Families executive order. And, obviously, the thanks...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“45th Annual 99 County Meetings”Tuesday, November 18, 2025 VIDEO On Thursday in Kossuth County, Iowa, I completed my 45th annual 99 county meetings. For 45 years in a row, I’ve held at least one question-and-answer session in all of Iowa’s 99 counties. Now, I have to modify that just...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Day 40 of the Government Shutdown”Sunday, November 9, 2025 VIDEO Mr. President, today is the 40th day of the government shut down. It’s been so long, a recap is in order. As I’ve said before, Iowans don’t plan their lives around what we do here in Congress, but the Democrats’...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Business MeetingThursday, November 6, 2025 On today’s agenda, we have nine nominations listed. We’ll vote on Thomas Ferguson to be a U.S. Attorney. We’ll hold over the remaining nominations listed on our agenda for later consideration. Additionally,...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Recognizing Veterans Day and the United States Marine Corps 250th Anniversary”Thursday, November 6, 2025 VIDEO Today, I come to the floor, ahead of next Tuesday, which is Veterans Day, to recognize and share my gratitude to those who have all answered the call to serve the United...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“Federal Judges’ Criticism of the Supreme Court”Wednesday, November 5, 2025 VIDEO I come to the Senate floor today to express my concern about recent attacks on the legitimacy of the judicial branch of government. A fair and neutral judiciary plays a very indispensable role...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Milorad Dodik”Wednesday, November 5, 2025 VIDEO I came to the floor of the Senate earlier this year, warning my colleagues that the leader of one of the subdivisions within the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Dodik, was ignoring rulings by the national-level Bosnian court. He...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“Cameras in the Courtroom”Tuesday, November 4, 2025 VIDEO I want to complement Erika Kirk, wife of assassinated conservative leader Charlie Kirk. She has made an emotional appeal to have cameras in the courtroom at the trial of her husband’s murderer. I commend her for this...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“The Passing of Dick Cheney”Tuesday, November 4, 2025 VIDEO Dick Cheney lived a life of service to his country. He was bit by the political bug, biting him very early in his life, and he was committed, that entire life, to public service. He served as White House Chief of Staff under...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Government Shutdown and SNAP Benefits”Monday, November 3, 2025 VIDEO On Thursday, I sounded the alarm as the lapse in government funding endangered food assistance for 42 million Americans rapidly approached. That was November 1, the approach date. I called on Senator Schumer to end...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“Nominations of Joshua Dunlap and Eric Tung to the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits”Monday, November 3, 2025 VIDEO This week, we’ll be voting on a pair of highly qualified circuit court nominations. Despite the ongoing Democrat government shutdown, the...

Statement for the Congressional Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa“Government Shutdown and SNAP Funding”Thursday, October 30, 2025   The federal government has a full lapse in funding and has for 30 days. This is not a new revelation. I want to alert Senator Schumer to a grave concern I have. On November 1, 42 million Americans, including 131,000 Iowa...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“VFW Commander-in-Chief Carol Whitmore”Thursday, October 30, 2025 VIDEO I’d like to recognize a fellow University of Northern Iowa Panther, Carol Whitmore of Des Moines, Iowa. I recognize her for something more important than just being a fellow Panther. She was elected in August as...

Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital”Wednesday, October 29, 2025   The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital continues to set the standard for pediatric care in our state and region. In the 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report, Iowa Stead Family was...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act”Tuesday, October 28, 2025 VIDEO   October is National Audiology Awareness Month. It also happens to be the three-year anniversary of the bipartisan Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act regulations going into effect. You see this on television now,...

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today spoke on the Senate floor to discuss his oversight of federal judges’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) use. Grassley recently exposed two federal judges whose court staff used AI to draft inaccurate court orders that the judges approved. During his floor speech, Grassley called on...