Minority Press

Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Senate’s consideration of the revised First Step ActDecember 17, 2018 We’re...

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) made the following statement on the Senate’s 82-12...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate this week unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to aid in the fight against human trafficking.  The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of...

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement with respect to the substantive input from certain law...

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers today released revised text of the First Step Act to continue building support for criminal justice reform. This update was...

Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeHearing on China’s Non-Traditional Espionage Against the United States: The Threat and...

WASHINGTON – The United States Senate today unanimously passed bipartisan legislation, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Sheldon...

WASHINGTON – Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) have joined the growing list of cosponsors of the new...

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement on the President’s intent to nominate William Barr to be the next...

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Friday wrote separately to the Justice Department’s Inspector General and the FBI Director seeking...

USA Today’s editorial board joined a growing list of major national news leaders in endorsing the First Step Act. The bipartisan criminal justice reform bill has been praised by...

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Caucus on International Narcotics Control, made the following statement regarding...

WASHINGTON – Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) have joined the growing list of cosponsors of the new First Step Act (S.3649). A crowd of 28 senators,...

WASHINGTON – Law enforcement support continues to grow for the bipartisan First Step Act.  The comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation is also endorsed by...

In a FOX News op-ed, former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and American Conservative Union’s Pat Nolan President underscore the societal, economic and rehabilitation...

WASHINGTON – Nearly a quarter of the United States Senate has now signed on to cosponsor the new First Step Act. Twelve Republican and twelve Democratic senators are leading the...

WASHINGTON – A broad set of organizations today endorsed the bipartisan First Step Act, which was introduced last week and is backed by President Trump. In a letter to Majority and...

In a USA Today op-ed, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, and Council of Economic Advisors member Tomas J. Philipson, discuss the economic benefits of...

“Congress has a rare opening to pass criminal-justice reforms” -- WSJ---“It’s time to put these necessary changes into action” -- NYT The oft-divergent editorial boards of the...

Statement for the Senate Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeJustice Dept. Bringing Much-Needed Transparency, Accountability to...