The Washington TimesBy Tom Howell Jr.December 7, 2019 President Trump late Friday endorsed a Senate drug-pricing bill that would cap what seniors pay at the pharmacy counter and require drug makers to rebate Medicare if prices rise faster than inflation. The bipartisan measure “would be another huge step forward for American families —...
Q&A: Expanding Markets for Family FarmsWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why did you push to create Value-Added Producer Grants? A: As a lifelong family farmer, I know first-hand the many obstacles farmers face to stay afloat and pay the bills from one season to the next. A farmer’s prosperity is heavily influenced by external factors,...
Stakeholders, Experts Weigh In on Grassley-Alexander Plan to Shore Up Failing Multiemployer Pension System American Bakers Association“We applaud the dedicated leadership of Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Lamar Alexander, for this vitally important step towards solving...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) in introducing the
IMPACT Act, which would reinstate and expand reporting requirements to determine the...
Updated Bipartisan Legislation Delivers Even More Savings and Affordability Measures to Medicare Beneficiaries, Holds Middlemen Accountable to Consumers
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released an updated version of their bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction...
Alleged foreign interference, collusion demand due scrutiny
WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are seeking records from and transcribed staff interviews with two individuals...
Op-ed: The Senate has a bipartisan compromise that could deliver lower drug prices for Americans. The president is ready to sign it into law…FoxBusiness.comBy White House Officials Joe Grogan & Tom PhilipsonDecember 6, 2019 It is within our grasp to provide a real win for Americans worried about the high price of prescription drugs—if...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to a Memphis, Tennessee hospital regarding a recent news report outlining its potential failure to live up to its legal obligations as a tax-exempt organization. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is tax-exempt and therefore must serve community health needs, provide...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are today pressing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its lack of action on writing rules to allow the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids. The Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act, a bill led by Grassley and Warren, was signed into...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Another Failed Audit at the Department of DefenseThursday, December 5, 2019 I’m here today to report on the Pentagon’s most recent audit. Unfortunately, I don’t come with tidings of comfort and joy. Instead, I come with tidings of bad news. The Department of Defense...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the World Bank Funding China Despite Human Rights AbusesThursday, December 5, 2019 Today, the World Bank is releasing its Country Partnership Framework with China. This reportedly includes 1 to 1.5 billion dollars in loans to China per year and 800 million to 1 billion dollars in...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a
letter to the chairman and ranking member of both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees urging them to include robust funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG) program in the fiscal year...
Former USDA Secretary: “No Reason Not To Get It Done Today, No Reason To Wait For Tomorrow, No Reason To Wait For 2020. Let’s Get It Done Now.” Ex-ag secretary Vilsack on USMCA: 'Get it done'Capital PressBy Matthew WeaverDecember 4, 2019 A trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada is likely to pass Congress with...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the World Bank Funding ChinaThursday, December 5, 2019 I’ve received word that the World Bank is planning to vote as I speak on a new Country Partnership Framework with China, committing the World Bank to providing China with billions of dollars in loans indefinitely. China is...
Bipartisan Grassley-Wyden Legislation “The Most Viable Drug Pricing Bill in Congress” The Most Viable Drug Pricing Bill in Congress is Getting a MakeoverWashington PostBy Paige Winfield CunninghamThursday, December 5, 2019 The drug pricing bill with the best chances of passing Congress is getting a makeover, as its authors and the White...
Washington – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), respectively chairmen of the Senate Finance, Commerce and Government Affairs Committees, are together seeking more fulsome answers in response to an August letter from Senator Grassley which raised concerns about staff departures, low morale and low...
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to World Bank President David Malpass requesting a meeting regarding recent reports of a highly questionable $50 million loan provided to an organization associated with the forcible internment of Chinese Uighur Muslims, a population that has experienced grave human rights...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter Tuesday to Karen Tramontano, the chief executive officer of Blue Star Strategies (Blue Star), to request information regarding Blue Star’s work for...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHonoring Senator Johnny Isakson’s Years of ServiceTuesday, December 3, 2019 In this town of Washington, D.C., where a lot of people think they are the most important person in the room, Johnny Isakson is known for his unassuming manner. He’s unfailingly kind and...
The Pentagon’s Autopilot Budget Is Wasting Too Many Tax DollarsBy Sen. Chuck Grassley During this season of Thanksgiving, Americans gather with friends and family to count our blessings. Blessed to live in the land of the free and home of the brave, we give thanks to the courageous sons and daughters who put their lives on the line to secure...
