WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman Sharpless urging them to reinstate unannounced inspections of prescription drug manufacturing facilities in foreign countries in light of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Union County on August 14 and Page County on August 15 as a part of his annual 99 county meetings. “Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have representative government without...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene L. Dodaro requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) perform a review of how the federal government is implementing conflict-of-interest policies in taxpayer-supported research.
“Taxpayer money supports billions of dollars in federal...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received a response from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig regarding Grassley’s May 2, 2019 inquiry on a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s report that found the IRS was inconsistent in determining willful noncompliance by IRS staff...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Senate colleagues in a
letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledging support for the United Kingdom as it exits the European Union in the coming months. The letter calls for a new bilateral trade agreement between the United States and the United...
SAC COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding deadly shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend: “The terrible acts of violence in El Paso and Dayton over the weekend are heartbreaking and disgusting. There is no place for such cowardice and selfishness in a free society. Our...
Grassley Urges Esper to Take Action on Whistleblower Retaliation at DoD
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Mark Esper urging him to take action on DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommendations regarding cases of whistleblower retaliation.
“On June 12th, I received a concerning...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the committee advanced legislation to improve integrity and efficiency in the nation’s overburdened asylum system. The Secure and Protect Act was reported to the full Senate by a vote of 12-10. “The historic flow...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Mark Esper pressing for more information on the management of the F-35 program and how DoD plans to resolve ongoing issues in the program moving forward.
“The recent reports released by the Defense Department Office of the Inspector General are alarming, to say...
Family Farmer Relief Act---Small Business Reorganization Act---Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need (HAVEN) Act WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today passed by voice vote three bills backed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to improve the reorganization processes for family farmers, small business owners and veterans. The bills were previously...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Encouraging Bundled Payments in MedicaidThursday, August 1, 2019VIDEO Unlike Medicare and private insurance, Medicaid doesn’t incentivize bundle payments. This prevents states from testing a method that could potentially save money. The bipartisan prescription drug pricing reform...
VIDEO: Grassley Talks Prescription Drug Pricing Bill with Iowa Morning TV Shows WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this morning discussed the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 with WHO in Des Moines, KGAN in Cedar Rapids and KETV in Council Bluffs. As chairman of the Senate Finance...
Grassley On Treasury, Tax Court Nominations at Open Executive SessionPrepared Opening Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeOpen Executive Session on Treasury, Tax Court NominationsWednesday, July 31, 2019VIDEO The purpose of this executive session is to report to the Senate the four nominees that this Committee...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Ensuring Brand Name Drugs Pay Brand Name RebatesWednesday, July 31, 2019VIDEO Not all rebates are created equal in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Rebate obligations for brand-name drugs are currently based on both brand-name and authorized generic drug sales. That means...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Principal Deputy Inspector General (IG) Glenn Fine requesting to join a letter sent by Members in the House of Representatives requesting an audit of TransDigm Group, Inc. (TransDigm) and its business model. The request specifically highlights audits of the company’s...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeGoldilocks Moment to Reduce Rx PricesWednesday, July 31, 2019VIDEO I’m here today to give an update on important bipartisan advances we are making to reduce the price of prescription medicine for the American people. I’ve been tilling the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr seeking updates on the Justice Department’s efforts to clarify whether and how the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to websites. Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Marsha...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Mark Esper urging him to adopt a culture of budgetary discipline at the DoD. Grassley also added a handwritten note, urging action to stop waste, fraud and abuse.
“I appreciate your commitment to changing the culture at DoD. Safeguarding taxpayers’ money and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the House passage of the reauthorization of the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Program. The reauthorization extends the program for five years, which is the longest-ever extension of the program. The bipartisan legislation now heads...
Libertarian Cato Institute Supports Finance Committee Medicare Part D Reforms “Would Not Impose Price Controls,” “Would Not Increase Taxes,” “Would Reduce Wasteful Medicare Spending” “Commonsense Tweaks To A Bloated Entitlement Program Are Encountering Strong Opposition…Mostly From Those Who Would...
