WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today pressed the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for details on agency spending for EpiPens amid substantial price increases for the product, including whether the taxpayers overpaid through those agencies and are owed a rebate.
“We know the price increase for EpiPens is hitting individual...
As the state of Iowa requested, with the support of the congressional delegation, President Obama issued a major disaster declaration for the state, triggering the release of federal funds to help communities recover from the severe storms and flooding that occurred September 21 to October 3, 2016. Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the...
Sen. Chuck Grassley works to reverse the negative effects of Obamacare with the goal of replacing the entire flawed law. He is working toward passage of his bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Health Care Relief Act, that would allow small businesses to resume helping their employees buy individual health insurance, something disrupted by...
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the letter from FBI Director James Comey regarding the investigation into the personal email server and emails of Hillary Clinton."The letter from Director Comey was unsolicited and, quite honestly, surprising. But it's left a lot more questions than answers for both the FBI and...
Sen. Chuck Grassley is the author of the original production tax credit for electricity from wind in 1992 and has successfully worked to renew the tax credit ever since. Late last year, he secured a long-term, five-year extension and phase-out of the tax credit, intended to give the industry certainty for investments and job creation. Grassley...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Jefferson, Wapello, Davis and Van Buren counties on November 2. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Wednesday, November 2, 20169:00...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Ren Jianxin, Chairman of China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), asking him to respond to outstanding questions about his company’s merger with Syngenta.
A recent Judiciary Committee hearing on potential mergers of seed and agrochemical companies identified some areas of concern where antitrust...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa received a response from the Treasury Department to his inquiry on oversight of the Hardest Hit Fund, meant to help homeowners who suffered during the housing crisis. Amid the poor federal oversight, a Nevada state agency engaged in “widespread waste and abuse in spending” and “abused the Hardest Hit Fund with, seemingly, a...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will hold a hearing to examine the reported settlement agreement between the Justice Department and EpiPen maker Mylan. The hearing will also explore whether the government is using its existing authority to prevent drug companies from misrepresenting their products...
WASHINGTON – Several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are condemning efforts by the Obama Administration to circumvent constitutional checks and balances by abusing its limited immigration parole authority, yet again, to effectively create a new visa program without congressional approval. The Department of Homeland Security proposal would...
Sen. Chuck Grassley works to reverse the negative effects of Obamacare with the goal of replacing the entire flawed law. He is working toward passage of his bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Health Care Relief Act, that would allow small businesses to resume helping their employees buy individual health insurance, something disrupted by...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding the proposed deal between AT&T and Time Warner.“This is the biggest deal of the year, combining one of the nation’s largest telecommunications providers with a media and entertainment giant. It’s imperative that the antitrust regulators...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa drafted the 2006 provisions that improved the IRS whistleblower office to cut tax fraud. Grassley has worked to make sure IRS properly implements the provisions and is responsive to whistleblowers. Since 2007, whistleblower information has helped the IRS collect more than $3 billion in taxes that otherwise would have...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and fellow senators today pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs on why only “one to six” people responsible for the wait time scandal have been fired in the past two years, despite President Obama’s assertion that a “whole bunch” of people have been fired. “Whenever scandals come up, whether at the VA or the...
WASHINGTON – The entire Iowa congressional delegation today urged President Obama to support Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s request to declare 19 Iowa counties a federal disaster area. The declaration would make the counties eligible to receive federal aid for the damage inflicted by high winds, severe thunderstorms, heavy rains, hail and flash flooding...
Sen. Chuck Grassley works to reverse the negative effects of Obamacare with the goal of replacing the entire flawed law. He is working toward passage of his bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Health Care Relief Act, that would allow small businesses to resume helping their employees buy individual health insurance, something disrupted by...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Henry and Lee counties on Monday, October 24. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Monday, October 24, 20169:00 a.m. – 10:00...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley encourages Iowans to take part in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, Oct. 22. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., approved collection sites will accept prescription medicines for safe disposal. “More than ever with the opioid crisis, we need to get unused medicines out of medicine...
