News Releases

06.03.2026

Audio from this afternoon’s call is available HERE. Topics include: Iran, the Farm Bill, E15, improving child safety online and preserving Medicaid.

06.03.2026

Grassley Questions Treasury Secretary on Benefits of Working Families Tax Cuts Act, Importance of Bringing Down Budget Deficits

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent about the benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and the need to reduce deficits and the national debt. “[The Working Families Tax Cuts Act] has been essential to the success that we have...

06.03.2026

Senate Judiciary Committee Releases Updated Text of the Secure America Act

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee’s title of the Secure America Act is funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through Fiscal Year 2029 to ensure Democrats’ open border, defund-the-police agenda can no longer harm the American public. Click HERE for bill text. “Democrats broke the appropriations...

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Remarks

06.03.2026

Grassley Highlights Efforts to Expand Access to Care for People with Disabilities, Celebrates Iowa Milestone in “Money Follows the Person Program”

Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“Expanding Access to Services for People with Disabilities”Wednesday, June 3, 2026 VIDEO The Medicaid Program is an important resource to support the most vulnerable. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act strengthened the Medicaid program by cracking down on fraud, waste and...

06.02.2026

Grassley Oversight Shows Years of Overt Bias and Political Weaponization Against Republicans

Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“Democrats and the Partisan Media Ignore More Evidence of Special Counsel Mueller Weaponization”Tuesday, June 2, 2026 VIDEO On March the 15th, 2026, I made public an FBI agent’s interview statement. That agent was involved in a conspiracy called “Crosswind,” which was the...

06.02.2026

Grassley Celebrates 40 Years of CSPAN-2, Broadcasting Democracy to the American People

Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate President Pro Tempore“C-SPAN 2’s 40th Birthday”Tuesday, June 2, 2026 VIDEO I’m here to say “happy 40th birthday” to C-SPAN, broadcasting democracy in the Senate to the American people... I’m glad that the Senate is televised to make government more real to the American people... [F]or four decades,...

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Commentary

05.07.2026

Rural Health Fund is Improving Access to Care in Iowa

I’m one of hundreds of thousands of rural Iowans proud to call farm country home. Over one third of our state is considered rural. Yet, too often, it’s difficult for rural Iowans to access the health care they need, close to where they live. Republicans are working to change that. Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which President Donald Trump...

03.19.2026

Prop 12 is a Hogwash ‘Government Knows Best’ Approach

With passage of Proposition 12 in 2018, California voters overstepped constitutional boundaries and effectively hogtied pig farmers across America. Pork producers were faced with a dire choice: either fork out tens of thousands of dollars to comply with California’s mandates or get blacklisted from selling to 15% of the nation’s pork market. Since Prop 12...

01.30.2026

Republicans aren’t done fighting for year-round, nationwide E15

This month, Congress was set to enact permanent, year-round E15 nationwide as part of a final package of funding bills. To my disappointment, at the last minute, the deal went sideways, and E15 was dropped. This was bad news for consumers and the farm economy that is already hurting under high input costs spiked by inflationary Biden-era...

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Official Correspondence

06.02.2026

Grassley to IC IG - CIA Whistleblowers

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05.28.2026

Grassley, Daines to Treasury - Conservation Easement Settlement

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05.27.2026

Grassley to DOJ - PSOB Program-Follow Up

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05.22.2026

Grassley, Durbin to DoD - Baltic Security Initiative

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05.19.2026

Grassley to Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun - Credit Suisse Investigation

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HIStory Series

05.04.2026

How Iowa’s Corn Belt Came to Feed and Fuel the World

Iowa farmers have kept our top notch status in the Corn Belt for generations. Our state’s rise to top corn crop producer can be traced back 100 years – thanks in large part to the scientific curiosity of an Iowan from Adair County named Henry A. Wallace. A century ago, he founded the iconic seed company Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co. that today serves farmers in...

03.23.2026

Sunshine Week Reminds Us Transparency Brings Accountability

Sunshine Week is observed in March during the week of James Madison’s birthday. The nation’s fourth president is known as the “Father of the Constitution” and a “fierce intellect” who prized public access to information. A statesman and a scholar, Madison’s fervent defense of open government shaped constitutional guardrails that put power in the hands of the...

02.23.2026

Grant Wood Memorialized Iowa’s Heritage

For 46 years in a row, I’ve traveled across our state to meet with Iowans in every county, every year. Each time, I learn something new in the county I’m visiting and enjoy getting a first-hand look at high-quality goods and services made here in Iowa. Some things never change, such as Iowans’ productivity and humility. Iowans don’t brag enough to showcase...

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