WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to introduce the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, which seeks to provide justice for US victims of international terrorism while promoting the important security cooperation among US, Israeli, and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with several committee Republicans, sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar seeking information on how much Puerto Rico receives in Medicaid funding, what processes, if any, are in place to reduce waste, fraud and abuse of federal dollars...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness MonthWednesday, July 17, 2019VIDEO In honor of Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month, I would like to highlight the problem of counterfeits sold online. Counterfeiters are increasingly turning to e-commerce to...
Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeOn the Importance of Passing USMCATuesday, July 16, 2019VIDEO American farmers, workers and businesses stand to benefit greatly from the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. This successor trade agreement to NAFTA will allow for more market access for...
Grassley Statement on Withdrawal of HHS Rebate Rule“It’s Time for Congress to Legislate” Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) withdrawal of its proposed “rebate...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman of the Senate Finance CommitteeOn Tax Treaties and ProtocolsTuesday, July 16, 2019VIDEO I rise today to express my support for passage of the resolutions of advice and consent that the Senate is considering this week with respect to the protocols to our tax treaties with Spain,...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn Critical Regulatory Reforms to the EB-5 Investor Visa ProgramTuesday, July 16, 2019VIDEO I want to talk today about the deeply flawed EB-5 green card program. Several weeks ago, we learned that the Office of Management and Budget...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 MissionTuesday, July 16, 2019VIDEO July 20th marks 50 years since Neil Armstrong took, “one small step for man” and for the first time in human history, walked on the moon. The Apollo missions should be remembered for generations to...
Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeHearing on the President’s 2019 Trade Policy Agenda and the United States-Mexico-Canada AgreementTuesday, June 18, 2019VIDEO I am pleased to welcome our witness, Ambassador Lighthizer, and thank him for being here. We have been eager to have you before the committee...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman of the Senate Finance CommitteeSwearing-In Ceremony for the Honorable Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social SecurityMonday, July 15, 2019 The first Commissioner of Social Security began his tenure on July 16, 1946. Today, a day shy of 73 years later, I’d like to introduce...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the 24th Anniversary of the Srebrenica MassacreMonday, July 15, 2019VIDEO Twenty-four years ago, radical Serb forces committed the worst genocide on European soil since the Holocaust. In and around that hallowed ground at Srebrenica, over 8,000 Bosnians were murdered out of ethnic and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Acting Secretary Mark Esper seeking more information about contracting practices in the DoD Office of Net Assessment (ONA). It comes after an audit released by the DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD IG), which Grassley requested in a letter earlier this year.
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WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) use of the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the European Union (EU) to help ensure the safety and quality of prescription drugs in the United States.“Anytime the federal...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) released the following statements regarding a federal judge’s ruling that direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertisements do not have to include the list price of the drug.“The ever-rising cost of prescription drugs is one of the...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaTo the Autism Society of AmericaDirksen Senate Office Building, Washington D.C.Thursday, July 11, 2019 Good morning. It’s good to be here. I want to especially thank the Director of the Autism Society of Iowa, Kris Steinmetz, for the very good work you do. Let me start out with a...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding an announcement from Sanofi to reduce the price of insulin for qualifying patients to $99 a month. “Sanofi’s announcement is a step in the right direction. Millions of Americans with diabetes need insulin to...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the release of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Compliance Personnel Program Annual Report.“Data continue to show that the Private Debt Collection program is working. In fact, this report shows that as a direct result of the success...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, are expressing concern about the increased volume of methamphetamine being smuggled from Mexico into the United States. As the nation continues to grapple with an ongoing opioid epidemic, the Senators urged the Department of Homeland Security and Office...
