Q&A: Insulin Pricing Gambit
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did you investigate insulin prices?
A: Sticker shock at the pharmacy counter is an issue I regularly hear about from Iowans. In particular, the soaring cost for one life-saving medicine, insulin, has gained greater urgency in the last several years. Stories of patients who skip or...
Flynn-Kislyak calls were classified, but leaks to press about it go unpunished
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling for DOJ to explain its findings in its reportedly closed investigation into the origins of a classified leak to the Washington Post.
“Time and again,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined his colleagues in sending a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the implementation of Phase 1 of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award more than $9.2 billion to reach more than 5.2 million unserved locations across rural...
Washington – The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today unanimously reported for consideration to the full Senate the nomination of Dr. Janet Yellen to the secretary of the Treasury.
“I will vote yes on Dr. Yellen’s nomination given her qualifications and belief that a President is entitled to pick his...
Q: Why is it important to keep health care clinics viable in small towns and rural communities?
A: In January, I started my annual 99 county meetings across Iowa. For the last four decades, I’ve traveled to every corner of the state to hold open dialogue with my constituents. At my recent meeting in Delaware County in Manchester, I had a Q&A with...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined their colleagues from the Midwest, Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in sending a
letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging him to avoid making any...
Q&A: Electoral College
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is the Electoral College?
A: More than two centuries ago, the founders crafted a compromise for the election of the nation’s chief executive. At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, this was one of the stickiest issues to make its way through months of debate to create a government...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) next week will begin his annual tradition of holding question-and-answer sessions with Iowans in every county this year for the 41st year in a row. On Monday, January 11, Grassley will kick off his 99 county meetings with Q&As in Jasper County and Poweshiek County. Grassley has held at least...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the statement below regarding the Congressional certification of Electoral College votes. His statement on the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol can be found HERE.
“The violence and disruption we saw today must not be allowed to disrupt or intimidate us from performing our constitutional...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today condemned the violent attack on the nation’s capital and implored all Americans to honor the nation’s principles through their actions.
“Today’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol was an attack on American democracy itself. This was not a demonstration of any of our...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 was recently signed into law as part of the year-end legislative package. This bipartisan legislation will provide tax relief to the individuals, families and small businesses in presidentially declared disaster...
Q&A: Counterfeit Vaccines and Pandemic Fraud
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What are you doing to protect taxpayer dollars included in the pandemic relief laws?
A: Iowans work hard for their money. I work hard to protect hard-earned tax dollars from waste, fraud and abuse. In times of emergency, such as natural disasters and the COVID-19...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today marked a series of policy and oversight accomplishments of 2020.
“While this past year has been challenging for us all, serving the people of Iowa 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...
2020 gave us silver linings and lessons to be learned
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
It’s been a rough year. We started 2020 with all eyes on Iowa for the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest. The Iowa caucuses took place under the cloud of a presidential impeachment. That surreal moment in history was eclipsed by a deadly virus that...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act, legislation based on their 2019 proposal to avert the collapse of critically underfunded...
Q&A: COVID-19 Vaccine Rolls Out
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: When can Iowans expect to be eligible for immunization?
A: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended states prioritize health care workers and long-term care residents during the initial rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive emergency use authorization...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its respective watchdog agency about the suspension of a security clearance and eventual departure of Dr. Mark Moyar from his position at USAID based on still ambiguous claims of publishing classified information...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the results of an investigation conducted by his staff into the relationship between World Vision, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), an organization that has been sanctioned by the United States since 2004 for its funding of...
