Budget Deal: Too Much Spending, Too Little Discipline
This week, the Senate gave final approval to the House-Senate budget deal that sets upcoming levels for government spending.
While I appreciate the bipartisan effort that brokered this budget deal, I couldn’t support the proposal. It spends an additional $63 billion over the next two...
EB-5 Visa Program Faces Tough Questions
The EB-5 visa program has been used for decades as a tool to encourage foreign investment and job creation in the United States in exchange for a U.S. visa. Over the past three years, there has been a remarkable increase in the amount of foreigners using this visa program. At first...
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, one of two working family farmers in the Senate, made the following comment about the current status of the farm and nutrition bill negotiations and his provisions to place a hard cap on farm payments and the actively engaged loophole.
“As members of Congress head home for the holidays, farm bill negotiators still have a to-do...
Grassley, Casey Promote Proposal to Allow Residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities to Receive Medicare Services in Integrated Arrangement
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said today they hope to advance their proposal to make it easier for the residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities to...
Report Card for 113th Congress
As the first session of the 113th Congress ends, year-end performance reviews are under way. Public opinion of Washington is remarkably low. The mismanaged roll out of the federal health insurance website and broken promises from the President have frustrated many Americans. A shortsighted decision by the...
Grassley Statement on the Abuse of Cloture Motions
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
“The Abuse of Cloture Motions”
Wednesday, December 19, 2013
The Senate is poised to vote on a final National Defense Authorization Act after considering only two amendments.
The Senate has not been functioning like it should for some time and the...
Grassley Praises Data on Dually Eligibles in Medicare, Medicaid
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) have released a new data book, “Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.” The merging of data to help inform Congress on the critical issue of dually eligible...
Continued Concerns with Mayorkas Nomination
Prepared Floor Speech of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Mayorkas Failed to Fix National Security Concerns
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Just two days ago I was on this floor explaining the concerns I have with Mr. Mayorkas’s nomination. I have additional information...
Grassley Presses EPA Administrator on Proposed Reduction in Renewable Fuel Standard
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today participated in a bipartisan senators’ meeting with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to discuss the Obama Administration’s proposed reduction in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Grassley made the...
Grassley, Rockefeller, Carper Look to Advance Provision to Improve Care, Prevention of Obesity and Diabetes via Medicare and Medicaid
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware said today they will look for opportunities to advance their bipartisan proposal to provide coverage of intensive...
Grassley Responds to Chairman Leahy's statement on Judiciary Committee matters
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following comment in response to a statement released earlier today by the Judiciary Committee Chairman.
“There’s no doubt that after the Democrats broke the rules to change the rules, it’s going...
Grassley, Bennet Look to Advance Provision for Children with Medically Complex Conditions
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado said today they will look for ways to advance their provision to better coordinate care for children with complex medical conditions under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program...
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck Grassley on the Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkis
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
On the Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
I have major concerns with Mr. Mayorkas’s nomination.
First, I want to...
Grassley, Wyden Look to Advance Provision to Improve Independence for Young Medicaid Beneficiaries with Disabilities
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said today they will look for ways to advance their provision to improve independent living and community employment for teen-age and young adult Medicaid beneficiaries...
Grassley Joins Effort to Reverse Negative Impact of Whistleblower Court Case
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley joined Senator Jon Tester to introduce legislation to help lessen the impact of a federal court ruling (Kaplan v. Conyers) that would have a chilling effect on whistleblowers who help root out waste, fraud and abuse from within the federal...
Grassley Hopes to Include Pharmacists in Accountable Care Organizations
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said today he will look for opportunities to advance his proposal to include pharmacists in Medicare’s program encouraging providers to give coordinated, high quality care to their Medicare patients.
“Pharmacists can play a critical role in...
Grassley: Budget Deal Promotes Too Much Spending
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on his vote against proceeding to the Senate vote on the House-Senate budget deal and his intention to vote against the legislation on final passage.
“While I appreciate the bipartisan effort that brokered this budget deal, I can’t support the...
Grassley, Reed Seeks Answers on Expungement of Investor Complaints
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to protect investors and the integrity of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) BrokerCheck program, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today sent a bipartisan letter asking FINRA to clarify and...
Grassley Comments on Investment in Wind Energy
Senator Chuck Grassley today commented on the announcement by MidAmerican Energy Company that it plans to add up to 1,050 megawatts of wind generation in Iowa by year-end 2015, which would include up to 448 new wind turbines, in Grundy, Madison, Marshall, O’Brien and Webster counties. All of the blades...
Q&A on the IRS Commissioner
Q: Will new leadership at the IRS fix the agency’s recent problems?
A: As the tax collector-in-chief for the federal treasury, the Internal Revenue Service and its commissioner bear a Herculean task to administer and enforce a tax code blanketing a nation of 300-plus million citizens. Regrettably, the agency’s efforts...
