Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. Grassley was first elected to the Senate in 1980 and has been reelected seven times. He is the longest-serving Republican in Congressional history and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history.
Grassley speaking at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C.
Grassley with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Senators Grassley and Max Baucus (D-MT), and Representative Clay Shaw (R-FL) (left to right) address the media after a meeting at the White House with President Bill Clinton
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 21 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending legislation.
Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court
Dick Durbin, Democratic senator from Illinois, is the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.