Grassley Urges Drug Companies to Inform Employees About False Claims Act
Sparked by today's Schering-Plough settlement and others, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, urged drug companies to launch systematic campaigns preventing fraud in federal health care programs, including informing all employees about the False Claim...
Grassley Analyses Show Medicare Drug Discount Cards Work
Today the Kaiser Family Foundation released a study confirming that the Medicare-approved drug discount cards offer real savings on prescription drugs compared with the retail prices paid by cash customers. The study authors found that all seven of the Medicare card programs offering the most...
Proposed Medicare regulations on doctors, preventive benefits
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed regulations to implement key elements of last year's historic Medicare Modernization Act. The proposed regulations will implement payment rate changes to physicians for 2005, assistance to rural physicians, Medicare...
Grassley Seeks Agency Action on Drug Company Overcharges
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has asked Secretary Tommy Thompson, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Administrator Elizabeth Duke, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to describe what action HRSA has taken to recover overcharges from...
Proposed regulations implementing Medicare drug benefit, Medicare Advantage
Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed regulations to implement the new voluntary Part D prescription drug benefit and the Medicare Advantage program established by last year's historic Medicare Modernization Act. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of...
Anti-fuel fraud provisions
This week, prosecutors in Miami charged 19 workers at Miami International Airport with falsely classifying jet fuel as contaminated and then selling it on the sly, stealing 2.7 million gallons of fuel. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today said the arrests make a fresh case for enacting his bipartisan...
Grassley, Baucus Release Details of Plans to Ensure Continued "Son of Boss"Enforcement
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today released details of their plans to revise their anti-tax shelter legislation to make sure several hundred taxpayers who used the "Son of Boss" tax shelter don't...
Grassley Pledges Renewed Push to Make Education Tax Incentives Permanent
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today said he will continue working to refine and make permanent education tax incentives enacted under his chairmanship, citing the popularity and usefulness of those tax breaks.
"Our economy demands well-educated...
Grassley Introduces Bill to Freeze Duty-free Imports of Brazilian Ethanol
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation to help ensure that the Caribbean Basin Initiative trade preference program is used as a tool of economic development for the region, and not as a vehicle to transship large quantities of...
9-11 Commission Final Report
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding the 9-11 Commission's final report.
"The 9-11 Commission report ratifies what President Bush said to Congress following the attacks of September 11. The Commission gave us a report that we will use as we take more steps forward in building our homeland defense. The...
Senator Chuck Grassley Statement on the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement
Mr. President,
Just yesterday the U.S. Senate passed the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act by a vote of 85 to 13. This followed on the heels of Senate approval of the U.S.-Australia Agreement by a vote of 80 to 16. The Australia bill itself was preceded by...
Senate passage of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Today the Senate passed the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act on an overwhelmingly bipartisan 85 to 13 vote. The House is expected to vote on the bill this week, clearing the way for the President's signature. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the...
Grassley Looks for Ways to Ease Burden on Honest Taxpayers
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today said the federal government could meet many needs and ease the burden on honest taxpayers by collecting the estimated $310.6 billion that taxpayers owe and have not paid.
"Due to a number of factors, especially the war and increased...
Senate passage of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Today the Senate passed the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act on an overwhelmingly bipartisan 85 to 13 vote. The House is expected to vote on the bill this week, clearing the way for the President's signature. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the...
Grassleys to Host 2004 Women's Conference, "Women of Influence, Women of Impact"
Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that he and his wife, Barbara, will be hosting their 8th Women's Conference in West Des Moines. The Grassleys invite women of all ages and backgrounds to attend the event.
The event, "Women of Influence, Women of Impact," will be held...
Steroid Abuse Among Young Athletes
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
A former Iowa high school football player recalls the abuse of steroids by fellow teammates a decade ago. According to him, coaches would give the pep talk before a game and leave the locker room knowing players would "shoot up" before kick-off.
That’s a disgraceful...
Grassley: Legislation Needed to Fix Visa Revocation Loophole
Homeland Security Threatened Due to Bureaucratic Inaction
Sen. Chuck Grassley today said the failure of the federal bureaucracy to fix a loophole in the wording of visa revocation certificates has led him to introduce legislation to take care of the problem. Grassley has been pressing the...
Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley on S. 2610, the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Mr. President, I rise in support of S. 2610, the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. This bill will implement the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement. While the agreement is not perfect, I believe it will provide significant...
Grassley to Complete Annual Tour of Iowa's 99 Counties
Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will be traveling across Iowa to meet with his constituents during the Senate recess the week of July 26. This is Grassley's 24th year of holding a public meeting in every county of Iowa.
The town meetings are planned in Corning, Bedford, Clarinda, Red...
Grassley Receives Trade Award, Delivers Speech on Free Trade Principles
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, last night received the Cordell Hull Award from the Cordell Hull Institute for his "stalwart and independent-minded support for trade liberalization and the multilateral trading system." The Cordell Hull Institute promotes...
