Last week, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to the manufacturer of the EpiPen, used for emergency treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions, to explain a steep price increase in the product in recent years. Grassley’s letter came after Iowans expressed concern to him about the prices. Grassley also led a letter from five senators to the...
August 26, 2016Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Sioux City, Jacob Bossman, will be holding open office hours in Woodbury, Plymouth, Sioux and Lyon counties on September 6. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Bossman’s schedule is as follows:Tuesday, September 6,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on the status of legislation providing new leasing authority at the Rock Island Arsenal.“I worked closely with Senator Ernst, the Rock Island Arsenal Development Group, and the rest of the Iowa-Illinois delegation to advance an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to provide new...
On Monday, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to the manufacturer of the EpiPen, used for emergency treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions, to explain a steep price increase in the product in recent years. Grassley’s letter came after Iowans expressed concern to him about the prices. On Wednesday, Grassley led a letter from five senators...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold his 99th county meeting of 2016 in Anamosa on Thursday, September 1, at the Jones County Courthouse.With this meeting, Grassley will mark the conclusion of another year in his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once annually. Grassley...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is praising the work of four Iowans who collaborated to bring down a Sioux City gang member with a lengthy criminal record ranging from drug dealing to the attempted murder of a Sioux City police officer. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) Special Agent Todd Monney, Sioux City Police...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) today asked the Food and Drug Administration to answer questions about its approval process and other steps for alternatives to the EpiPen, a self-injectable remedy for severe allergic reactions that has been the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced a hearing on the increasing consolidation within the seed and chemical industry. The hearing will be held in late September. “The seed and chemical industries are critical to agriculture and the nation’s economy, and Iowans are concerned that this...
DES MOINES – Sen. Chuck Grassley is bringing national and state anti-human trafficking experts together for an Iowa-based forum on ending human trafficking and modern slavery. The discussion is intended to be a guide for medical professionals, first responders and the public at large in recognizing and combating trafficking.The event will take place...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Cherokee on Monday, August 29, and in Sioux Rapids on Tuesday, August 30, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With these meetings, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement regarding the completion of the review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) on the ChemChina-Syngenta merger. Grassley has introduced the Securing American Food Equity (SAFE) Act, to permanently add the U.S. Department...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the manufacturer of the EpiPen, used for emergency treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions, to explain a steep price increase in the product in recent years. Grassley cited concerns expressed to him from Iowans, including a father in Iowa who said he had to pay more than $500 for one EpiPen for his...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has a veterans fellow based in his Cedar Rapids office. Nathan Peterson is available to help fellow veterans and help bring their concerns to Grassley’s attention. “I’m glad to have Nathan available to meet with veterans and join in community events with service organizations,”...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will take part in a roundtable discussion on foster care prevention and child welfare with foster youth, parents and services providers in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 19. Grassley is co-founder and co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth and has made a priority of hearing directly from foster youth,...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is urging the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to collaborate where it’s appropriate as the agencies analyze several proposed mergers in the seed and chemical industry. Grassley also asked the two agencies to seek input from the Department of...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, twice wrote to the FBI director over the agency’s investigation of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Today the Senate received the FBI’s interview summaries from the investigation. Grassley made the following comment on the materials...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold a town meeting in Corydon on Friday, August 26, 2016, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With this meeting, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a meeting in every county, every year...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, today asked the Department of Justice to explain its reported decision to drop inquiries into Clinton Foundation and State Department interactions. The reported declinations came amid reports of favorable action from the State Department for foundation donors and concerns that...
