WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma seeking an update on the status of a congressionally-mandated report which requires CMS to detail the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeThursday, October 31, 2019 Today is Halloween. This may sound a little candy corn-y, but this Iowan wants to talk about the scary prices of prescription drugs. Since January, I’ve joined bipartisan forces to drive a stake in the heart of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is highlighting Iowan Teresa Lynn Davison of Cedar Rapids who was appointed by President Trump to be a member of the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. As Senate president pro tempore, Grassley recommended Davison for this...
Bill would clarify DHS detainer authority, incentivize cooperation between DHS and law enforcement agencies WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Representatives Dan Bishop (R-NC-9), Ted Budd (R-NC-13) and Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) introduced the Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act, legislation that...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCelebrating National Women’s Small Business MonthWednesday, October 30, 2019 October is National Women’s Small Business Month and I want to recognize the many women owned businesses that make our economy stronger. In Iowa, we work hard to inspire women to start...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Impeachment CampaignWednesday, October 30, 2019 On January 20, 2017, President Trump was sworn into office and became our nation’s 45th president. Now, most presidents enjoy what political scientists refer to as a “honeymoon” period, where they are given a chance...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr Tuesday to call for transparency in the reported Department of Justice criminal inquiry into the origins of the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Bipartisan Effort to Address Prescription Drug CostsTuesday, October 29, 2019 As Democrats in the House of Representatives work to pass Speaker Pelosi’s prescription drug bill, I remind my colleagues that for any bill to become law, it must be bipartisan and President Trump must...
Why It’s Smart for Republicans to Act on Prescription Drug PricesBy John Blanton RealClearPolitics.com Going into the 2020 election, President Trump and Senate Republicans must take serious action regarding one of the most highly polled and oft-cited issues of concern: health care. Not only will the issue be key to retaining the White House and...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaComments on Recent Findings of Deliberate Mishandling of Classified Information byState Department OfficialsOctober 28, 2019 In March 2015, I began my investigation into Secretary Clinton’s use of non-government email for official business. Since then, I have written hundreds of letters,...
How the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act can reduce drug costsBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Mike Braun The cost of prescription drugs is too high, plain and simple. It’s a chorus we hear repeatedly from our constituents in Indiana and Iowa. If you ask any of our colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives, you’ll...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Need to Act on Prescription Drug CostsMonday, October 28, 2019 Polling consistently shows that lowering the cost of prescription drugs is a top priority for Americans. That’s why I hope we can act on this pressing issue in the coming months. A failure to act would...
WASHINGTON – Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to address the shortage of agricultural inspectors who protect the nation’s food supply and agricultural industries at the border. The Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019 would...
Q&A: Insulin Price InvestigationWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What prompted you to investigate insulin prices? A: In January, I regained the chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee. This committee has legislative and oversight jurisdiction over the nation’s federal healthcare programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the...
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Bipartisan Group Applauds Revisions to Interior Department’s Proposed FOIA Regulations and Constructive Dialogue
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) sent a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) David...
Preserving the legacies of Iowa’s service members through the Veterans History ProjectBy Sen. Chuck Grassley Serving and honoring those who have selflessly served us and this nation through military service is important. The sacrifices our service members and their families make on our behalf is great and their efforts deserve our continuing...
Citing string of classified leaks, Grassley & Johnson call for public accountability
WASHINGTON – The Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) is again refusing to provide any assurances that a
steady stream of sensitive and classified leaks from the nation’s intelligence personnel are being investigated. Senate Finance Committee Chairman...
WASHINGTON— Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), leaders in the fight against the opioid epidemic, are urging their fellow Iowans to participate in the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, 2019. Grassley and Ernst worked to get bipartisan legislation to increase participation in federal...
Prepared Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeHearing on Treating Substance Misuse in AmericaThursday, October 24, 2019 Good morning. I want to welcome our panelists to today’s hearing on the one-year anniversary of the SUPPORT Act. This landmark statute, which many of us had a hand in...
