Remarks

Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senior Member, Senate Budget Committee “Markup of Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution – Day 1” Wednesday, February 12, 2025   VIDEO [Chairman Graham], I appreciate your calling today’s markup. It’s a process to jumpstart the process of moving forward with the Trump agenda.  President Biden used a pandemic as an...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services” Thursday, February 11, 2025   VIDEO The next issue up for consideration by the Senate is cloture on the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [nomination] to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. This cabinet position is responsible for...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence” Tuesday, February 11, 2025   VIDEO Sometime today, we’re voting on the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard. She’s going to be Director of National Intelligence after she’s confirmed. Until she was nominated, I only knew...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Honoring Peggy Whitson” Monday, February 10, 2025   VIDEO Today, I pay tribute to an outstanding Iowan, who celebrated her 65th birthday February 9th. An astronaut and patriotic American, Peggy Whitson has never stopped reaching for the stars.  Her hometown is located in Ringgold...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Nomination of Russell Vought to be the Office of Management and Budget Director” Thursday, February 6, 2025   VIDEO Today, we’ll vote on the nomination of Russ Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  Mr. Vought served as the OMB Director for much of President Trump’s first term –...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Honoring the Birthday of President Ronald Reagan” Thursday, February 6, 2025   VIDEO Today we’re celebrating the birthday of our nation’s 40th President, Ronald Reagan.  He was born in a small, second-story apartment above a tavern in Tampico, Illinois, on February 6th,...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Nomination of Scott Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” Wednesday, February 5, 2025   VIDEO Sometime today we’re confirming Scott Turner as the new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. As a former NFL cornerback, developer, state and local official, and...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Nomination of Doug Collins to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs” Tuesday, February 4, 2025   VIDEO I come to the floor to speak about the nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs that we’ll be voting on in a couple hours. I have long considered myself a friend of veterans.  The...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee “Senate Confirmation of Pam Bondi to be Attorney General” Tuesday, February 4, 2025 VIDEO In a few moments, we’ll vote to confirm Pam Bondi as the Attorney General of the United States.  Before we do, I’d like to speak in support of her nomination, and in doing that,...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing titled “The Poisoning of America: Fentanyl, its Analogues and the Need for Permanent Class Scheduling” Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Welcome everybody. Today’s hearing is on fentanyl and fentanyl related substances.  Before I begin, I want to take a moment to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “National Blood Donor Month” Monday, February 3, 2025   VIDEO January is National Blood Donor Month.  Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood.  Yet, less than 10 percent of the eligible population donates blood annually.  Blood donations are especially critical...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee “Senate Cloture Vote on Pam Bondi’s Nomination to be Attorney General” Monday, February 3, 2025   VIDEO Later today we’re going to have the first set of votes on the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as the Attorney General of the United States.  Before we do, I’d like...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Nomination of Christopher Wright to be Energy Secretary” Monday, February 3, 2025   VIDEO Later today, we’ll be working on the nomination of Christopher Wright of Colorado to be Secretary of Energy. I rise now to speak in support of that nomination.  In his confirmation hearing,...

Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee The Partisan Media Again Parrots FBI Talking Points Monday, February 3, 2025 VIDEO Madame President, Today, I come to the floor to speak about a January 30, 2025, New York Times article from Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer about my and Senator Johnson’s...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Undocumented Payments at the Department of Defense” Thursday, January 30, 2025 VIDEO Every so often, I come to the Senate floor to bring my colleagues up to date on the lack of financial management systems in the Department of Defense. I’m here again to address what I consider a festering bureaucratic...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley Chairman, Senate Judiciary Commitee Hearing on “The Nomination of Kashyap Pramod Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” Thursday, January 30, 2025   Good morning.  Before we begin, I’d like to say that our prayers are with the victims and first responders of the horrible tragedy at...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Confirmation of Doug Burgum to be Secretary of Interior” Thursday, January 30, 2025   VIDEO Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota will soon be our next Secretary of the Department of the Interior.  I’m going to support that nomination. I think he will be confirmed, but until that...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Confirmation of Lee Zeldin to be Environmental Protection Agency Administrator” Wednesday, January 29, 2025 VIDEO I’m here to back the nomination of Lee Zeldin of New York to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. My vote will be yes in a few hours from now. The...

Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting on the Nomination of Pam Bondi to be Attorney General Wednesday, January 29, 2025   Good morning and welcome to our first markup of the 119th Congress. I’d again welcome Senator Durbin as our new Ranking Member, as well as our new members,...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Confirmation of Sean Duffy to be Secretary of Transportation” Tuesday, January 28, 2025 VIDEO Today we’re confirming former Congressman Sean Duffy as the new Secretary of Transportation.   Our nation’s infrastructure is essential to the economy, trade and vitality of each of our...