Grassley, Durbin Washington Post Op-ed: An essential step to give Americans a break at the pharmacy counterBy Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Dick Durbin of Illinois It’s not often you hear about a proposal to lower prescription drug costs that is supported by 76 percent of Americans as well as Democratic and Republican senators,...
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed into law the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which included seven separate bills approved earlier this year by the Senate Judiciary Committee under the leadership of Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa. Each bill received bipartisan support. The newly-signed law will help in the fight against the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah called on the Trump Administration to seek an agreement with Mexico to assist in accommodating a steady stream of migrants traveling through Mexico seeking asylum. The senators noted acknowledgements by Obama administration officials that potential...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to Dr. Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), seeking information about the vetting processes in place at NIH regarding foreign researchers and public grants and the steps NIH has taken to ensure the integrity of taxpayer funded research.
“In a...
Farm bill negotiators should take advantage of the moment
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Farming isn’t for the faint of heart. No matter how hard you work or how much you plan, sometimes you come up short. Bad weather, natural disasters and fluctuating market prices are beyond the control of farmers and those in the agricultural business. Those...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa received a letter from Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Heather Wilson regarding an October 2, 2018 letter he sent seeking answers as to why the 60th Ariel Port Squadron at Travis Air Force Base purchased cups that cost $1,280 each. The response from the Air Force indicates that $326,785 has been spent on these hot...
Q&A: Veterans History Project
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is the Veterans History Project?
A: Congress passed legislation in 2000 to launch the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. The project engages the American public to recognize and document the heroism, bravery and patriotism of the men...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts released a joint statement applauding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its action to make more affordable hearing aids available over the counter. "We are pleased that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will prioritize issuing rules for...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is inviting Iowans to attend a Library of Congress “Veterans History Project” event in honor of Veterans Day. The event will take place on November 9, 2018, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. CT at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum in Johnston.The Veterans History Project collects and makes accessible...
Trump Gives Farmers a Jolt of Fuel Wall Street JournalBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of IowaPresident Trump’s decision last week to allow the year-round sale of E15 is a promise made and kept to farmers throughout rural America. E15 is shorthand for gasoline blended with 15% ethanol, instead of the more common E10, and was prohibited for sale...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley requested details on a Justice Department Inspector General investigation into a former Senior FBI official who inappropriately accepted tickets to sporting events from TV news correspondents who frequently cover the Justice Department and FBI. According to the IG’s investigative summary,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, along with Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, led a bipartisan group of senators in sending a letter to Assistant Secretary for Family Support Lynn Johnson, urging her to implement recommendations from a recent Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that would help foster children...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the new guidelines put forward for pharmaceutical companies to provide additional information on prescription drug prices.“I applaud Secretary Azar’s announcement to provide patients and their doctors with more information on prescription drug...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department recently confirmed that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security clearance has been withdrawn at her request. Clearances for five other individuals whom Clinton designated as researchers have also been withdrawn, including close aide Cheryl Mills, according to the State Department’s update...
Q&A: E15 Year-RoundWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What is the Renewable Fuel Standard?A: In 2005, Congress amended the Clean Air Act with passage of the Energy Policy Act to create the renewable fuel standard (RFS). This came after revelations that a common fuel additive to help gasoline burn more completely, MTBE, was contaminating water and linked...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa called on Google to explain what steps it is taking to protect the personal information of its platform users following revelations that glitches exposing personal information on the social platform Google+ went unaddressed for three years.In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai,...
WASHINGTON – President Trump signed into law legislation authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa to help states prevent and respond to crimes targeting vulnerable children. The Missing Children’s Assistance Act of 2018 extends and updates law that makes resources available to the National Center for Missing and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa joined Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith of Minnesota in sending a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging them to investigate and respond to recent cases of AFM, a serious nervous system condition that causes patients’ muscles to weaken and other...
