Sen. Charles Grassley plans to take another turn as Judiciary Committee chairman, if Republicans retain control of the chamber in the 2020 elections, he said Oct. 30.
“Oh, absolutely, absolutely,” Grassley said when asked if he wants to make the move back to the top of the Judiciary panel once his leadership of the Finance Committee is up.
The seven-term Iowa Republican, who oversaw Brett Kavanaugh’s searing Supreme Court confirmation process and Senate vetting of President Donald Trump’s other high court appointment, Neil Gorsuch, said he’s already informed current Judiciary Committee chairman, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, of his intentions.
Grassley, 86, asserted his seniority on the finance panel to take back the gavel there last January. But once that term is up at the end of next year, he said he’d do the same at the Judiciary Committee which he’s still a member of.
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