GCChuck Grassley
U.S. Senator for Iowa
- Party
- R
- State
- Iowa
- Age
- —
- Serving since
- 1975
Rhetoric
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Toward Democrats
2025-10-30 · Floor speech · congress.gov
Congressional Record remarks
… month to administer. I am calling on Senator Schumer to notify 42 million Americans that due to the Schumer Shutdown, their families won't be able to buy groceries with food stamps. Let's wake up to the fact that Washington is an island surrounded by reality. Iowans in …
The statement directly targets Senate Democrats and Senator Schumer by name over the government shutdown, framing them as a bloc responsible for withholding food assistance as political leverage.
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Legislative activity
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Career totals · Source: Congress.gov · Last pulled 9/7/2026