WASHINGTON – In March, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley was joined by Sens. Tina Smith of Minnesota and Joni Ernst of Iowa in introducing the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act, the Understanding the True Cost of College Act and the Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act to help students better understand the cost of college. Since the introduction of...
There’s a Smarter Way to Tackle Student DebtBy U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa Every year, I hold at least one meeting in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Many of these meetings are at schools, and the number one concern among students is student loan debt. They have every reason to be worried. Over 44 million Americans currently hold more...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation to fix deficiencies in a federal benefit program that are preventing first responders with certain injuries from receiving benefits intended by Congress. The
Protecting America’s First Responders Act...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is pressing the Department of Defense on its handling of conflicts of interest allegations in the procurement process of the new Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud computing program. The $10 billion JEDI program contract will be awarded to a single vendor.
“The size and scope of this...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry asking for clarity about the department’s review process concerning Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) hardship exemptions, submitted by small refineries. The DOE provides recommendations on exemption requests to the Environmental Protection Agency...
Q&A: Tax Day 2019With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Is the new federal tax law working as intended? A: April 15 is tax filing day in the United States. It’s also the first Tax Day Americans will file under the new federal tax code. Congress passed the historic Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, ushering in a new era of lower taxes and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa, along with Sen. Deb Fischer and Rep. Adrian Smith of Nebraska, have introduced legislation to provide tax relief for Iowans in areas impacted by the recent devastating floods.
“Families and businesses in Iowa and throughout the nation are working to rebuild their lives and reopen the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is seeking details on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to implement new information and cyber security policies to mitigate several vulnerabilities found in an inspector general audit.
On March 1, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed health care from the Senate floor. Video can be found here and text can be found below. Some elected officials are proposing radical changes to our health care system. These proposals include Medicare for All, Medicare Buy-In, Medicaid for All...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUpdate on Efforts to Address Midwest Floods and Introduction of Disaster Tax Relief BillThursday, April 11, 2019VIDEO I come before the Senate again to talk about the devastating flooding in Iowa and the Midwest. In western Iowa, we still have areas underwater from flooding on the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, one of two members of Congress with 6103 requesting authority, today issued the following statement regarding Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s response to House Democrats’ request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns.“Secretary Mnuchin is right to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today sought more information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General regarding pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) business practices, specifically so-called spread pricing in Medicaid. “Given the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans believe in patient-centered health care that delivers the choices they want, the affordability and protections they need and the quality they deserve. That’s why U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and 16 other senators in introducing the Protect Act, legislation that...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma in introducing the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (S.1120) to require federal agencies to analyze the full impact of a proposed regulation on small businesses during the rulemaking process. The bill is co-sponsored by Sens. Jim...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement. “The tax challenges that have arisen due to...
Democrats are releasing their plans to effectively eliminate private health insurance in favor of a national, single-payer system that would take away personal choice and freedom -- further expanding Washington’s control over Americans’ health care decisions. The Democrat plan would make private and employer-sponsored health coverage illegal,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are probing the Department of Defense for apparent failure to ask victims of sexual assault if they would prefer their case to be tried in a civilian or military court. Such notifications are required by law, but a recent
inspector general report found a...
Opening Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance Committee“The 2019 Tax Filing Season and the 21st Century IRS”Wednesday, April 10, 2019VIDEO Commissioner Rettig, thank you for joining us this morning. I appreciate your willingness to testify today on the 2019 tax filing season and IRS...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed from the Senate floor the need for answers to outstanding questions surrounding the FBI’s Clinton investigation. Video can be found here and text can be found below.On Tuesday I spoke about the Clinton investigation, and I want to reiterate one very...
