Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Iranian AggressionThursday, January 9, 2020 Over the past year, the Iranian regime has been increasingly aggressive, attacking oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, shooting down a U.S. drone, seizing a British tanker, attacking a Saudi oil facility, attacking U.S. military bases in Iraq and...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the House of Representatives Legislative GraveyardWednesday, January 8, 2020 There is a story where George Washington is said to have told Jefferson that the Senate was created to "cool" House legislation as a saucer is used to cool hot tea. Whether historically accurate or...
WASHINGTON - Today, S.Res.343 passed the United States Senate with the support of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), an original cosponsor of the resolution. A resolution congratulating the people of the Czech Republic and the people of the Slovak Republic on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, the 26th anniversary of the formation of the...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today led the bipartisan passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, which was reported out of committee on a 25-3 basis and will update the North American Free Trade Agreement. Grassley held a press conference immediately following the...
Modernized Trade Agreement Will Open Market Access, Grow Economy, Protect Workers Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released the following statements regarding the broad, bipartisan passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation...
Prepared Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeExecutive Session on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementing ActTuesday, January 7, 2020VIDEO The committee will come to order. We are meeting today to consider H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaLooking Ahead to the New YearMonday, January 6, 2020VIDEO I want to wish all Iowans a happy New Year. As 2020 begins, I’m focused on passing the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. I’m leading a meeting of the Finance Committee tomorrow to report out the bill, so...
TownhallBy: Dick BrewbakerJanuary 4, 2020 For over a decade, prescription drug prices have soared with no end in sight. Price hikes have forced 1 in 10 Americans to ration their prescription drugs. This dangerous practice has taken the lives of at least 10 Americans – many of them never saw their 30th birthday. Some parents found second...
Let Americans unwrap savings on prescription medicineBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Lisa Murkowski These days it’s seems there’s scant agreement about much of anything in Washington. However, outside of the nation’s capital, Americans share full-throated agreement on an issue that really matters: the sky rocketing prices they pay for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) marked a series of policy and oversight accomplishments of 2019.
“Serving the people of Iowa as their United States Senator is my first priority and it’s an honor that I take seriously. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and through my extensive oversight efforts, my work focuses on making government more...
Unwrapping 2019 and Looking Ahead to 2020By U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley At the start of 2019, I became only the second U.S. senator from Iowa to be sworn in as Senate president pro tempore, one of only two constitutional officers in Congress. As the most senior lawmaker in the Senate Majority, it’s an honor to serve in this leadership position on...
Q&A: Improving U.S. Organ Transplant SystemWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why are you looking into the nation’s organ procurement and transplant system? A: Advances in medical science, specifically organ transplants, save lives and give loved ones a new lease on life. Incredible gifts of life are made possible when family...
Let's break silence and talk about mental health on the farmBy Sen. Chuck Grassley As this year nears its end, the Grassley family is grateful for another fall harvest. Like other family farms across Iowa, our three-generation farming operation experiences many of the uncertainties blanketing our profession. For starters, our livelihoods are at...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has nominated 50 Iowa students to be considered for appointments to the U.S. service academies. “These young Iowans who want to enter the academies and serve our country are a remarkable reflection on our state. Their accomplishments, leadership and desire to serve are exceptional, and signal...
A decade of making a difference: Senate Caucus on Foster YouthBy Sen. Chuck Grassley Ten years ago this month, Sen. Mary Landrieu and I founded the bipartisan Senate Caucus on Foster Youth. We launched this caucus a decade ago to give voice to the thousands of young people in America who deserved a platform to break the silence on the challenges and...
ICYMI: Grassley Explains Secret Holds in CongressFull MeasureDecember 22, 2019 In the odd inner workings of Congress, there’s something called a “legislative hold.” It gives any individual senator the power to stop a nominee or a bill— put a hold on them. The idea is to encourage negotiations between those for and against....
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced his intention to lead a markup of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on January 7, 2020, based on the expectation that the Senate will have received the legislation beforehand from the House of Representatives. “This markup will move us...
WASHINGTON – Following
inquiries from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) regarding TransDigm Group, Inc.’s (TransDigm) price-gouging of spare parts purchased by the Department of Defense (DoD), Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M. Lord provided further information about DoD’s TransDigm contracts and the efforts DoD is taking to...
Q&A: Creating Rx SavingsWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: How will the CREATES Act help drive down prescription drug prices? A: America’s free enterprise system has engineered technological and medical innovation like nowhere else on Earth. Consumers and patients benefit when competition drives the entrepreneurial spirit and pushes...
