ICYMI: Grassley Puts Teeth Back Into Finance CommitteePoliticoBy Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn Powerful health care interests are starting to once again fear the Senate Finance Committee under its chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, who since taking the gavel in January has led investigations into high-profile targets such as drugmakers, major hospital...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will complete his annual 99 county meetings of 2019 on August 27 by holding a town meeting in Clay County. “My annual tradition of holding a question-and-answer session in each of Iowa’s 99 counties helps me better serve the people of Iowa. It gives me an opportunity to talk to Iowans face-to-face and...
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griculture and food processing in America feeds and fuels the world – and particularly North America. Over half of America’s agriculture exports are consumed by Canada and Mexico – everything from pork to powdered milk. But policies, like Canada’s discriminatory dairy supply management, have kept
U.S. farmers at a disadvantage. The USMCA reduces or...
Improving rural health careBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Rural communities are struggling to keep health care services available to their residents.Like most Americans, Iowans share growing concerns about the rising cost of prescription drugs, out-of-pocket health expenses and surprise medical bills. In states such as Iowa and...
Wind powers big opportunity in rural AmericaBy Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa Iowa’s economy is witnessing incredible growth. Our state’s GDP is growing faster than the national average, outpacing neighboring states like Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. This steady growth is good news for our state and for hardworking Iowans. It...
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is raising concerns over the process by which the Obama administration’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the acquisition of a U.S. automotive technology company, Henniges, with reported military applications. Henniges was reportedly jointly acquired...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. 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 today asking for his commitment to publicly release the results of the FBI and inspector general investigations into...
Perception vs. Reality: What I Learned During my Summer in Washington, D.C.By Rachel Collins of West Des Moines Rachel Collins is a native of West Des Moines and is currently a senior at St. Bonaventure University. She interned in Sen. Grassley’s Washington, D.C. office during the 2019 summer session. It seems the only reachable consensus...
Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels
By Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and former Sen. Timothy Wirth (D-Colo.)
The question of how best to address environmental challenges has increasingly become a partisan flashpoint. So, when there is a green solution on which many Republicans and Democrats see eye-to-eye, as we do, it’s...
In joint bipartisan interview, ICIG staff recount probe into alleged hack & attempts by State officials to downgrade classified email
WASHINGTON – Staff from the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s office (ICIG) witnessed efforts by senior Obama State Department officials to downplay the volume of classified emails that transited former...
Washington – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released three reports containing summaries of the work conducted by several bipartisan taskforces that examined temporary tax provisions that expired, or will expire, between December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2019 –...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received a
corrective action plan (CAP) from the Department of Defense (DoD) following his July 12
letter to then-Acting Secretary Mark Esper seeking more information about contracting practices in the DoD Office of Net Assessment (ONA).
“I’m glad to see the Defense Department has an action plan to address...
USMCA will bring home the bacon for Iowa, nationSens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa Our state leads the nation in pork production. In fact, Iowa pork exports account for approximately $2 billion annually. That’s roughly 30 percent of total U.S. pork export revenue, which totals more than $6 billion each year.Mexico and Canada are two of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding EPA’s announcement that it will grant 31 so-called “hardship” waivers to small refineries. “This is a small step in the right direction, but I’m very skeptical that every company receiving waivers truly needs them. When EPA began...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to
Novartis International AG CEO Vasant Narasimhan requesting documents relating
to AveXis, a subsidiary of Novartis, manipulating data about a treatment for
infants suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. The treatment, Zolgensma, is
the most...
Celebrating Iowa’s Agricultural Past, Present and Future By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa The Iowa State Fair is a celebration of agriculture and the farming families who feed and fuel the world. It is one of the oldest, largest and most well-known agricultural expositions in the United States. Approximately one million people make their way to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Undersecretary Greg Ibach outlining key priorities to help family farmers compete with large corporations. This comes as USDA begins to clarify rules within the Packers and Stockyards Act.Grassley and Tester —...
USMCA will help Iowa businessesBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Manufacturing is critical to our national and state economies. We rightfully take pride in seeing a “Made in America” label because it represents not only a high-quality product, but the prowess of our workers and the economic success and prosperity they bring...
