Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa received a response from the Treasury Department to his inquiry on oversight of the Hardest Hit Fund, meant to help homeowners who suffered during the housing crisis. Amid the poor federal oversight, a Nevada state agency engaged in “widespread waste and abuse in spending” and “abused the Hardest Hit Fund with, seemingly, a...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will hold a hearing to examine the reported settlement agreement between the Justice Department and EpiPen maker Mylan. The hearing will also explore whether the government is using its existing authority to prevent drug companies from misrepresenting their products...
WASHINGTON – Several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are condemning efforts by the Obama Administration to circumvent constitutional checks and balances by abusing its limited immigration parole authority, yet again, to effectively create a new visa program without congressional approval. The Department of Homeland Security proposal would...
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...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding the proposed deal between AT&T and Time Warner.“This is the biggest deal of the year, combining one of the nation’s largest telecommunications providers with a media and entertainment giant. It’s imperative that the antitrust regulators...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa drafted the 2006 provisions that improved the IRS whistleblower office to cut tax fraud. Grassley has worked to make sure IRS properly implements the provisions and is responsive to whistleblowers. Since 2007, whistleblower information has helped the IRS collect more than $3 billion in taxes that otherwise would have...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and fellow senators today pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs on why only “one to six” people responsible for the wait time scandal have been fired in the past two years, despite President Obama’s assertion that a “whole bunch” of people have been fired. “Whenever scandals come up, whether at the VA or the...
WASHINGTON – The entire Iowa congressional delegation today urged President Obama to support Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s request to declare 19 Iowa counties a federal disaster area. The declaration would make the counties eligible to receive federal aid for the damage inflicted by high winds, severe thunderstorms, heavy rains, hail and flash flooding...
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’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Henry and Lee counties on Monday, October 24. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Monday, October 24, 20169:00 a.m. – 10:00...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley encourages Iowans to take part in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, Oct. 22. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., approved collection sites will accept prescription medicines for safe disposal. “More than ever with the opioid crisis, we need to get unused medicines out of medicine...
Investigation revealed taxpayer dollars squandered by agencies that failed to implement recommendations made by inspectors general.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a joint majority staff...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today pressed the Treasury Department for better oversight of a $9.6 billion program meant to help homeowners who suffered during the housing crisis. Amid the poor federal oversight, a Nevada state agency engaged in “widespread waste and abuse in spending” and “abused the Hardest Hit Fund with, seemingly, a sense of...
Senator Grassley is well-known for beefing up whistleblower protections and incentives to come forward to expose waste, fraud and abuse. The whistleblower provisions he authored that amended the federal False Claims Act have returned more than $48 billion to the federal Treasury that otherwise would have been lost to fraud. Similarly, Senator...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today pressed the Justice Department for details of a reported $465 million settlement with Mylan over overcharges to the taxpayers for EpiPens. The settlement involves the misclassification of the product under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Grassley has been seeking answers on whether Iowa taxpayers and those in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Joni Ernst today pressed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explain the flawed policy that leads to the downgrading of flood control projects in Iowa cities for funding prioritization. Grassley and Ernst cited Cedar Rapids and Des Moines as losing priority under the broken formula.
“It appears that the budget...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Louisa and Des Moines counties on October 14. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Friday, October 14, 20161:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.Louisa...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the Mylan-Justice Department settlement announced today.“This substantiates my concern that Mylan was overcharging the people of Iowa and elsewhere. It’s unclear whether this settlement is fair or in proportion to the amount Mylan overcharged the taxpayers. It’s also unclear how...
