Grassley, Chuck

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● R · SEN · Iowa Chair · Judiciary Committee

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Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026". Aug 06, 2026

58:43

Grassley, Chuck. Yeah. Mr. President, or Mr. Chairman, this is the seventh farm bill I've been involved in since 1992 that I've been on this committee, and this is the first one I can recall that we're not doing on a bipartisan basis. Now, I have been talking with Senator Welch for months about several pieces of leg...

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● SPOKEBusiness meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Aug 06, 2026·9:30 AM ·3h 42m ·23 speakers

Grassley, Chuck "Yeah. Mr. President, or Mr. Chairman, this is the seventh farm bill I've been involved in since 1992 that I've been on this committee, and this is the first one I can recall that we're not doing on a bipartisan basis. Now, I have been talking with Senator Welch for months about several pieces of leg..."

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● SPOKEHearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and John Peter Cronan, of New York, and Jason Manion, of Ohio, each to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Judiciary Committee

Aug 05, 2026·10:15 AM ·2h 26m ·19 speakers

Grassley, Chuck "Good morning, everybody. Welcome, all of you, to today's hearing. We have two panels. First panel features Anna St. John, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Our second panel has Gregory Cook, the judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern District, Alabama. Adam Coney Doob to ..."

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● SPOKEHearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social Security solvency.

Finance Committee

Aug 05, 2026·10:00 AM ·2h 9m ·19 speakers

Grassley, Chuck "I see a lot of AARP ads on television. I've got a little bit of advice for you. But you're no different than a candidate Trump and a President Biden. They all ran on a platform, we're not going to do anything about Social Security. And your TV advertisements are saying we aren't going to cut Social ..."

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Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.

Budget Committee

Aug 04, 2026·10:00 AM ·1h 49m ·15 speakers

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● SPOKEHearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition and transparency lowers prescription drug costs.

Judiciary Committee

Aug 04, 2026·10:15 AM ·2h 17m ·15 speakers

Grassley, Chuck "Good morning, everybody. Before we do today's business, I would like to have a point of personal privilege. I want to recognize a very important member of my team, Ryan Giles, and I want to thank him for his service to the committee. Ryan served as my Chief Nominations Counsel during this Congress. ..."

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● SPOKEBusiness meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.

Judiciary Committee

Aug 04, 2026·9:00 AM ·2h 17m ·16 speakers

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Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.

Judiciary Committee

Jul 30, 2026·9:00 AM

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● SPOKEBusiness meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act".

Finance Committee

Jul 30, 2026·10:00 AM ·1h 9m ·17 speakers

Grassley, Chuck "Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Wyden, thank you for your, your and your staff's hard work on the IRS Tax Administration package that we're considering today. The Taxpayers Assistance and Service Act continues the long tradition of this committee, working on a bipartisan basis to improve tax admin..."

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● SPOKEBusiness meeting to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, and Christopher Nassar, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, both of the Department of Justice, Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and Matthew R. Byrne, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, and designation of subcommittees for the 119th Congress.

Judiciary Committee

Jul 23, 2026·11:30 AM ·59m ·5 speakers

Grassley, Chuck "Good morning, everybody. On today's agenda, we'll address an organization issue because this is our newest colleague, Senator Graham's first markup. I'll have a few words on that in a moment. We'll be making it official that she'll fill the late Senator Graham's position on the subcommittees. It's m..."

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● SPOKEHearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.

Finance Committee

Jul 22, 2026·10:00 AM ·1h 53m ·16 speakers

Grassley, Chuck "USMCA has showed its value to the economies of all three countries because it's dramatically improved the economies of the countries and the increased trade that's happened. All segments of the economy in all countries, but particularly for agriculture, it's been very good. And so we have United Sta..."