Commissioner Gottlieb recently stated that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will take measures to curb anticompetitive abuses of its regulatory process for the approval of generic drugs; This goal aligns with the objectives of legislation the senators introduced earlier this year, the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES)...
WASHINGTON – Sen Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Waterloo, Jason Mohr, will hold office hours in Buchanan, Fayette, Winneshiek, Chickasaw, Bremer, Butler, Floyd, Mitchell, Worth and Cerro Gordo counties on Wednesday, June 28, and Thursday, June 29. Mohr’s schedule is as follows: Wednesday, June 28 Buchanan County8...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement on the Minority’s obstruction of the Judiciary Committee’s work via a rarely-used procedural tool to curb committee work. “Three times this week, the Judiciary Committee has been obstructed by the Minority Leader’s refusal...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the Teachers Are Leaders Act, which would create partnerships between colleges and high-need schools to develop and support innovative teacher leader roles.Teachers are one of the most important factors in student achievement....
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the discussion draft of the Senate health care bill released today.
“Congress and the American people have been struggling with the problems with Obamacare since 2010. The Obamacare situation is bad for Iowans in the individual market, including farmers, small business owners,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein and Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse today made the following statement after holding a bipartisan meeting with Special Counsel Bob Mueller regarding investigations into Russian interference...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on a report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction that the Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million on camouflage uniforms inappropriate for the Afghan landscape. “By then, the United States already had been involved in Afghanistan for years. You’d think...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to examine legislative proposals and collaborate with other government agencies to increase consumer access to affordable prescription medications.
In a
letter to Gottlieb, Grassley agreed with the commissioner...
“Thumbs up to Sen. Chuck Grassley…for doubling down on his demand for transparency”“Chuck Grassley takes Congress’ oversight role seriously”Click here for Senator Grassley’s letter on the legal opinion regarding congressional inquiries.Click here for Senator Grassley’s Judiciary Committee remarks on holding a...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding the Justice Department’s announced decision requiring certain divestitures in the proposed merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont. “I am pleased that the Justice Department listened to the concerns I raised with the Dow-DuPont...
For months, Sen. Chuck Grassley has pressed for the accurate classification of prescription drugs under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Grassley’s work was prompted by the news that EpiPen maker Mylan was in discussions with the Justice Department to settle a case and repay the taxpayers for over-charging for EpiPen. The Department of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) and Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would produce high quality data on where general surgeons are in short supply around the country. The need for general surgeons is especially high in rural or other under-served...
Justice Department recently ended practice, but scope & specifics of the arrangements remain unclear
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking the Justice Department to provide details on a now-discontinued practice that funneled money from settlement agreements to pre-selected and politically active...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today that the committee will pursue investigations into any efforts to influence FBI investigations. In a letter to Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Grassley also said that the committee needs a full understanding of the events that led to former FBI Director James...
Click here for Senator Grassley’s work exposing the VA’s misleading wait times for veterans at Des Moines and Iowa City facilities.Click here for information on Senator Grassley’s bipartisan bill to combat the spread of dangerous synthetic drugs.New approach to controlling dangerous drugs: Grassley, Feinstein proposal is a positive step to...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the announcement today that the state of Iowa is working with insurance plans and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on a stopgap measure to help the 72,000 Iowans who otherwise will have nowhere to buy health insurance under Obamacare this fall.“I’ve spoken with the CMS...
Violations of security protocols could lead to revoked access to sensitive material
WASHINGTON – The State Department confirmed that it is continuing to review the mishandling of classified information that passed through Secretary Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized email server as she and seven former aides retain access to sensitive information. ...
