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Chuck Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa, a position he has held since 1981. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley has been influential in various legislative areas, including agriculture, judiciary, and finance. He has served in several key roles, including as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history. Grassley is known for his commitment to transparency and accountability in government, often emphasizing the importance of oversight in federal agencies.
In honor of the Iowa Department of Agriculture's Sweet Corn Days yesterday, I would like to highlight the strong agricultural sector of my State of Iowa. Many people don't know how you get from the seed to the corn on the cob you are used…
June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. It is important to recognize the impact Alzheimer's has on families in Iowa and across the country and to recognize the cost to taxpayers because of the care it takes in the last years of…
Later today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to consider four protocols to the United States' tax treaties with Spain, Switzerland, Japan, and Luxembourg. I support swift action on these protocols both in committee and…
Today is the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services. The Court ruled that employees who face age discrimination have to meet a higher standard of proof than workers who face discrimination based…
Last week, I held a hearing on foreign threats to taxpayer-funded research, and a classified briefing was held on the very same subject. We learned a great deal of information regarding the very real and ongoing threat from foreign…
I would like to tell my colleagues in the Senate about a project I worked on in Iowa on getting history from various veterans. This morning, I delivered 20 stories from veterans to the Veterans History Project at our Library of Congress…
I come to speak on another matter, but I want to thank Senator Wyden for the kind words he had to say, as well, about a very distinguished journalist.
The Steele dossier was central to the now debunked collusion narrative.
For 1 minute, I will speak to a piece of history of the Senate. I call to the Senate's attention this fact: When the Senate first convened in 1789 at Federal Hall in New York City, one of the Senate's first orders of business was to…
Some officials are proposing radical changes to our healthcare system. These proposals include Medicare for All, Medicare Buy-in, Medicaid for All, and expansion of the Affordable Care Act. All of these are versions of government-run…
On Monday, I spoke about the Clinton investigation, and I want to reiterate one very serious issue. The FBI apparently had highly classified information potentially relevant to the Clinton investigation in its possession. The FBI drafted a…
When it comes to considering Presidential nominees, I have said in the past that I don't believe in playing by two sets of rules. If the Democrats insist on rejecting President Trump's Cabinet nominees for petty policy disagreements or…
I do not object to the nomination of Donald W. Washington, PN202. ____________________
I thank Senator Durbin for his kind remarks--more importantly, for 3 years of working together on this legislation, and it is great that it paid off. ____________________
This was a combined effort, one on a scale not often seen in Washington these days. I am grateful for everyone's work to bring about these historic reforms. Together, we have taken steps to reduce crime and recidivism, to strengthen faith…
If I had 2 minutes the last time, I should have had more than 2 seconds left over.
Before I speak, I think we need to give the Senator from Arkansas another 2 minutes because he was speaking on the wrong amendment that is before the Senate.
You cannot possibly know what is going on, and with my experience with whistleblowers, I have found that almost all of them, obviously not every one of them, because some do have an ax to grind, but they just want to government to do what…
Would you inform me of the amount of time I have to speak. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There has been no time agreement made.
I want to apologize to you both for the way you have been treated, and I intend, hopefully, for today's hearing to be safe, comfortable, and dignified for both of our witnesses.
What they have endured ought to be considered by all of us as unacceptable and a poor reflection on the state of civility in our democracy.
Before I ask a couple of questions, I hope we all would agree, even though we are raising concerns about what is going on right now, that if the President accomplishes his goals of getting intellectual property rights protected and…
As the Judiciary Committee has recognized and done before, an FBI investigation of the incident should be the first step in addressing her allegations.
We would've done like we have done with every background or, let's say, FBI report that comes from the White House for a nominee.
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