WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, along with 20 other senators and 67 representatives filed an amicus brief urging the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to nullify an Obama Administration effort to broadly expand federal regulation of land and water in the United States. The plan, commonly known as the “Waters of the United...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 30, on the potential settlement between the Justice Department and Mylan, maker of the EpiPen, on overcharges to the taxpayers through the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Grassley made the following comment on the status of hearing...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, today sought records from the Office of Inspector, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, over the identification in 2009 of EpiPen’s misclassification that led to significant overcharging of the taxpayers. The inspector general also is invited to testify at the Judiciary...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy today are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to review Mylan Pharmaceuticals’ business practices with respect to EpiPens for possible anticompetitive behavior. The senators’ request follows news reports that Mylan engaged in exclusive contracts with...
Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced that they will introduce the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2016. The bipartisan legislation would make certain types of hearing aids available over the counter (OTC) and remove unnecessary and burdensome requirements that currently create barriers...
WASHINGTON – Today, following reports that the Department of Defense has overpaid millions in taxpayer funds for EpiPen purchases, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) called on Mylan to reimburse the Department of Defense (DoD) for past overpayments for the EpiPen Auto-Injector. Mylan’s...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement regarding the FBI’s renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized use of a private email server as Secretary of State:
“For months now, I’ve been urging the FBI to provide details regarding the scope of its investigation. The American people deserve to know...
For Immediate ReleaseFriday, December 18, 2015Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Senate passed an omnibus bill. Grassley voted against the measure.“Omnibus appropriations bills are never the best way forward. Republicans made a commitment to individual spending bills. The Appropriations Committee worked...
DHS has failed to provide information on its efforts to address the surge to Congress Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Immigration and Border Security Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and Immigration and The National Interest Subcommittee...
Reports: Multiple Officials had previous ties to Clintons
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today is requesting the Department of Justice’s independent inspector general to explore whether the histories of high ranking department and FBI officials compromised the public trust in the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the Department of Justice to scrutinize the proposed Bayer-Monsanto deal as it continues to examine other proposed mergers and acquisitions in the agrochemical and seed industries.
In a letter to...
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the killing in Iowa of two on-duty police officers overnight. “Barbara and I are praying for the families, fellow officers and loved ones of two of Iowa’s finest today. These officers were killed in what appears to...
ICYMI: It’s now easier to get a U.S. passport in Council Bluffs, thanks to Senator Grassley, who cut through the bureaucratic red tape with the State Department, according to the Pottawattamie County recorder. Senator Grassley works to help Iowans navigate bureaucracy within the federal government.In praise of Sen. GrassleyWhen I took office as...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today pressed the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for details on agency spending for EpiPens amid substantial price increases for the product, including whether the taxpayers overpaid through those agencies and are owed a rebate.
“We know the price increase for EpiPens is hitting individual...
As the state of Iowa requested, with the support of the congressional delegation, President Obama issued a major disaster declaration for the state, triggering the release of federal funds to help communities recover from the severe storms and flooding that occurred September 21 to October 3, 2016. Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the...
Sen. Chuck Grassley works to reverse the negative effects of Obamacare with the goal of replacing the entire flawed law. He is working toward passage of his bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Health Care Relief Act, that would allow small businesses to resume helping their employees buy individual health insurance, something disrupted by...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the letter from FBI Director James Comey regarding the investigation into the personal email server and emails of Hillary Clinton."The letter from Director Comey was unsolicited and, quite honestly, surprising. But it's left a lot more questions than answers for both the FBI and...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is the author of the original production tax credit for electricity from wind in 1992 and has successfully worked to renew the tax credit ever since. Late last year, he secured a long-term, five-year extension and phase-out of the tax credit, intended to give the industry certainty for investments and job creation. Grassley...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Jefferson, Wapello, Davis and Van Buren counties on November 2. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Wednesday, November 2, 20169:00...
