News Releases

08.21.2025

Grassley, Shaheen Highlight Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – In honor of Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are leading efforts to highlight the dangers of fentanyl and how Americans can best protect themselves from the deadly drug. Earlier this month, the Senate unanimously passed the legislators’...

08.20.2025

Capitol Hill Report, 08-20-2025

Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: the Durham Annex, Agriculture Programs and Farm Bill, Russiagate Accountability, Wind and Solar Tax Credits, Grassley 2028 Senate Run and Whistleblower Retaliation.

08.19.2025

Grassley Exposes CBP Bureaucrats for Whistleblower Retaliation, Calls for Immediate Investigation and Accountability

BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to investigate CBP bureaucrats for their retaliation against agency whistleblowers, and to hold all retaliators accountable for their actions. In May, Grassley helped restore the careers of three CBP whistleblowers – Fred Wynn,...

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Remarks

08.02.2025

Grassley Calls Out Democrats’ Unprecedented Obstruction on U.S. Attorneys: “Hindering Law Enforcement Across Our Nation”

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Saturday, August 2, 2025 VIDEO Soon, we will vote on the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Until recent years, it’s been unheard of to use floor time to confirm U.S. Attorneys. Typically, they’re confirmed by voice vote. I regret that we have become a body...

08.02.2025

Grassley: Americans Deserve the Facts on the Obama FBI’s Role in Trump-Russia Hoax

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Durham Annex and Political Weaponization”Saturday, August 2, 2025 VIDEO Once again, I’m going to remind people that there was some wrong done by the U.S. government between the periods of about six years ago to 10 years ago. And, the taxpayers of this country might wonder why a...

08.01.2025

Grassley Highlights the Veteran Flagpole Initiative’s Work to Support Iowa Veterans

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Senate President Pro Tempore “Veteran Flagpole Initiative” Friday, August 1, 2025 VIDEO I’ve often said that our veterans have sacrificed so much for our nation, so it’s our responsibility to take care of them when they come home. We owe a debt of gratitude to these brave Americans. I’ve been proud to work...

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Commentary

07.30.2025

Safeguarding lives: The urgent need for congressional action on illicit Xylazine

America’s opioid epidemic has entered a new and especially dangerous phase, as synthetic fentanyl and deadly additives devastate families and communities across the country. Congress must act now to equip law enforcement with the resources and tools they need to keep communities safe, while preventing unintended consequences on hardworking veterinarians,...

06.13.2025

How Senate Republicans are restoring the rule of law and securing the border for years to come.

America is at a crossroads. During the Biden-Harris administration, over 10 million illegal immigrants – including violent criminals and potential terrorists – poured over our nation’s border. After four years of chaos, Americans overwhelmingly elected President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a platform of securing the border, removing dangerous criminals...

06.13.2025

Social Security is part of the social fabric of America

Recently, I met with leaders of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare in my office. One of the issues we discussed was Social Security, a topic that regularly comes up at my 99 county meetings. Did you know FDR signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago on Aug. 14, 1935? As we approach the historic anniversary of the...

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Official Correspondence

08.18.2025

Grassley to CBP - CBP Retaliation Investigation

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08.13.2025

Grassley to CFTC and CFTC OIG - CFTC Employee Misconduct

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08.12.2025

Grassley to DOD IG - Universe of Transactions

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08.07.2025

Grassley to USPS - Sex Offender Registry

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07.15.2025

Grassley to SJC Minority - Bove Second Hearing Request

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HIStory Series

08.11.2025

Iowa State Fair

In the mid-19th century leading up to the Westward Expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million visitors stroll the historic state fairgrounds in Des Moines to soak in the sights, sounds and smells spanning 445 acres of the oldest and largest agricultural...

07.28.2025

Cinching the Purse Strings

My predecessor in Iowa’s Third Congressional District was known as “a watchdog to the Treasury.” During 13 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Harold Royce (H.R.) Gross kept a tight-fisted grip on the federal purse strings, pulling no punches on pork-barrel spending. Just three months before I was elected to Congress in 1974, President...

06.30.2025

Gearing Up for America250

On this year’s Independence Day, communities across the country are encouraged to participate in events for America250, a year-long celebration to mark our nation’s historic quarter millennial on July 4, 2026. Reflecting on American history will help us see where we’ve been, where we are today and where we’re headed. Consider the stone-cold courage of the...

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