Remarks

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “The Social Security Fairness Act” Friday, December 20, 2024   VIDEO I’m here to visit with my colleagues about the Social Security bill that’s before the Senate. But before I do that, I’d like to give my point of view from past shutdowns of the federal government about why the shutdown of the government is a...

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing titled, “Next to Fall: The Climate-Driven Insurance Crisis is Here – And Getting Worse” Wednesday, December 18, 2024   VIDEO  Our time at the helm of the Budget Committee is coming to an end.  Disappointingly, it’s ending the same way it began – not focusing...

Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Holiday Safe Shopping” Wednesday, December 11, 2024  Download photos HERE. Thanks everyone for joining us today.   I’m Senator Chuck Grassley, Co-Chair of the Congressional Trademark Caucus and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.   I’m pleased that you’re all here to learn about protecting...

Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Celebration of Child Welfare Policy and 25 Years of the Chafee Program” Tuesday, December 10, 2024   Grassley with former Iowa foster youth. Download photos HERE. Good afternoon. It’s a privilege to be here with you to celebrate milestones in child welfare policy and the 25th anniversary of the Chafee...

Iowa Center for Employee Ownership (IA-CEO) Employee Ownership Conference FFA Enrichment Center/DMACC Campus, Ankeny Wednesday, October 16, 2024   Good morning. It’s good to be here with all of you.   Thank you, Randy, for your work with the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), a school near and dear to my heart. And thank you for the invitation to speak about...

Remarks as Delivered by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa "50th Anniversary of JJDPA" Wednesday, October 16, 2024   Thank you, Pat, for your introduction. I applaud your leadership helping kids in the juvenile justice system. I also want to thank members of The Coalition for Family and Children’s Services for inviting me to join you today.  We’re all here for a...

Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth Hearing titled, “Providing Small Business Relief from Remote Sales Tax Collection” Wednesday, September 25, 2024 VIDEO Thank you, Chairwoman, for having this hearing. It follows on problems – in other words, the Supreme Court...

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing titled, “The Costs of Inaction: Economic Risks from Housing Affordability” Wednesday, September 25, 2024   VIDEO Mr. Chairman, [Housing affordability] is an issue central for Iowans and all Americans, something they care about deeply. It’s very central to...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Live Unanimous Consent Request for the Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration Act” Tuesday, September 24, 2024   VIDEO Today, I’m going discuss a decades-long priority of mine – and that’s reforming the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Around here it’s known by the acronym ‘FARA.’ This legislation is...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “U.S. Postal Service Obstruction of Congressional Oversight” Monday, September 23, 2024 VIDEO As my colleagues know, I get a lot of information about wrongdoing in governmentfrom whistleblowers. A significant part of my investigative activityis driven by whistleblower disclosures.  To make that very effective,...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Live Unanimous Consent Request to Limit Funds for Entities Engaged in Misconduct Toward Unaccompanied Alien Children” Tuesday, September 17, 2024   VIDEO Mr. President, In Biden-Harris’s America, children disappear every day.  You won’t see their faces on any milk cartons, search parties aren’t sent for them...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Tribute to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell” Monday, September 16, 2024   VIDEO I’ve come to the floor today to share a few words about my friend and Republican Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell.  I’ve had the privilege to serve alongside the senior senator from Kentucky here in the U.S. Senate for nearly four...

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing titled, “Social Security Forever: Delivering Benefits and Protecting Retirement Security” Wednesday, September 11, 2024   VIDEO Before I continue my opening statement, I want to acknowledge today being the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Time can’t...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “My 44th Straight Year Holding 99 County Meetings Across Iowa” Monday, September 9, 2024   VIDEO As Iowans have come to expect of this Senator, in August, I finished my annual 99 county meetings, holding at least one Q&A meeting in every county across my home state.  I’ve kept up this tradition for 44...

Statement for the Congressional Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa "On the Consideration of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act” Thursday, August 1, 2024   Today, the Senate will have a procedural vote on moving to a tax bill that the House passed six months ago. At the time of House passage, myself, [Senate Finance Committee] Ranking...

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing titled, “‘Charging Ahead’ The Future of Electric Vehicles” Wednesday, July 31, 2024   VIDEO Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  Welcome to our expert witnesses. Our last hearing was with Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Swagel.  The hearing was a very welcome...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “The Free World vs the Putin-Xi ‘Multipolar World’” Tuesday, July 30, 2024    “Peace through Strength” is a series. Read Parts One, Two and Three at the corresponding links. VIDEO Putin and Xi often call for what they call a “multipolar world.” By "multipolar world,” these presidents of Russia and China mean...

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Peace Through Strength, Part Three” Wednesday, July 24, 2024   Grassley’s “Peace through Strength” is a series. Access Parts One and Two at the links. VIDEO Two or three times lately, I’ve been coming to the floor to have a conversation with my colleagues on the subject of national security. Remember, all of...

VIDEO Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the U.S. Congress in a Joint Session tomorrow, July 24, at 2 p.m. ET. As President Pro Tempore Emeritus, Grassley will serve on the escort committee. Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa On American Hostages Taken by Hamas Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Thank you, Senator Ernst, for continuing to...

Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa “Reckless Disregard: How DHS’s Failure to Collect DNA at the Border Endangers Americans” Tuesday, July 23, 2024   VIDEO I want to thank Senator Johnson for co-leading this roundtable, and he was also involved in the one we had a couple weeks ago. I hope the public understands that Republicans are in the...