WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today discussed pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) on “Squawk Box” on CNBC and “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas” on Bloomberg TV ahead of the Committee’s third hearing so far this year on drug pricing. Five PBM executives from Cigna Corporation, CVS...
Rising prescription drug costs are a problem for many Americans – so let’s fix itBy U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa Innovative medical therapies discovered by doctors and researchers have improved the quality of life for millions of Americans and saved the lives of millions more. However, the public and policy...
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUnited States SenateDouble Standards in Trump and Clinton InvestigationsApril 8, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, After years of hearing Democrats falsely proclaim that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, Special Counsel Mueller found no collusion existed. The fact that there was no...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed 232 tariffs on the Senate floor. Video of the remarks can be found here and text can be found below. Congress needs to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement this year to give farmers and businesses the certainty they need and the certainty they...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Cass County on April 16, Carroll County on April 17 and Buchanan County on April 23 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...
Q: What is the TRACED Act?A: The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act would update federal telemarketing laws to widen the enforcement net for unsolicited phone calls. The bipartisan bill takes aim at malicious telemarketers, commonly known as robocallers, who prey on consumers at all hours of the day. One industry...
Prepared Floor Statement by Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Committee on FinanceOn Requests for the President’s Tax ReturnsThursday, April 4, 2019 Mr....
CREATES Act Unanimously Clears Energy & Commerce Committee WASHINGTON – The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved by a vote of 51-0 its version of the CREATES Act, which is cosponsored in the Senate by Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. The CREATES Act addresses abuses by brand-name drug companies that keep lower-cost generic...
Senator Grassley posted an Instagram of the event that can be found here. Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaAdvanced Bioeconomy Leadership ConferenceRecipient of the Holmberg Lifetime Achievement AwardThursday, April 4, 2019 It’s very good to be here with all of you this morning. I am in good company with like-minded...
Stop kicking Medicaid’s safety net hospital payments down the roadBy U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Budget scorekeepers tell us that taxpayers spent at least $600 billion in 2017 to pay for health care services for low-income Americans covered by Medicaid. This public health insurance program is a federal-state partnership that pays...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeOn the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019Wednesday, April 3, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, earlier this week I introduced the bipartisan Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 – or the RESA bill as we call it in the Finance Committee....
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered remarks to a joint session of Congress earlier today.“It was a privilege to welcome NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to a joint session...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding an announcement from Cigna (Express Scripts) to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin prescriptions for some patients.“Any time out-of-pocket prescription drug costs are lowered, that’s good news for patients. But...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Jeff Merkley of Oregon are leading a bipartisan push for “robust” wind energy funding in the 2020 funding bills, touting the benefits of the wind industry in American innovation and job growth.“This funding is necessary in order to continue supporting rural communities, advance...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon are calling on the IRS to fully enforce the tax laws against those involved in the recent college admissions scandal. Based on information in Department of Justice documents, parents of prospective students appear to have made purported...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon are requesting information from two companies affiliated with The MENTOR Network (Mentor) after recent news reports in Iowa and Oregon revealed multiple instances of abuse and neglect, and in one case, an apparent death. Mentor contracts...
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation to improve health outcomes and care coordination for children with complex medical conditions in Medicaid, led by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, unanimously passed in the Senate after passing the House of Representatives last week.“Since the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon, today celebrated congressional passage of their bill to prevent drug makers from manipulating Medicaid to gouge taxpayers and increase profits by misclassifying their drugs. The legislation was included in a broader package of Medicaid policies,...
