WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced legislation today to require open proceedings of the Supreme Court to be televised. The bipartisan Cameras in the Courtroom Act would require the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of...
Presidential Disaster DeclarationPresident Trump granted expedited Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for 56 counties, so far. Iowans in these counties may register online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-3362 or 1-800-462-7585 TTY.FEMA will provide public assistance to the following counties: Adair, Allamakee, Audubon, Boone,...
Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeOn the President’s FY 2020 BudgetFeaturing Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinThursday, March 14, 2019VIDEO Welcome to this afternoon’s hearing. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is here to testify about the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget...
Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeOn the President’s FY 2020 BudgetFeaturing HHS Secretary Alex AzarThursday, March 14, 2019VIDEO Good morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome our witness, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Mr....
WASHINGTON –Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina in introducing the PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act, commonsense legislation that provides much-needed oversight of asbestos bankruptcy trusts to ensure victims receive fair and just compensation. The bill is also cosponsored by senators John Cornyn of Texas and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray today to ensure that the FBI is fully and promptly cooperating with 9/11 victims and their families seeking justice through the...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to expand the public’s window into federal court processes and procedures by allowing television cameras in federal courtrooms. The
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act allows judges to permit media coverage of trial and appellate...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Senator Mike Lee of Utah to introduce the ARTICLE ONE Act today, a bill that would take back significant legislative powers given to the executive branch by the National Emergencies Act of 1976 (NEA). Specifically, the bill would automatically end all future emergency declarations made...
Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenior Member and Former Chairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Re-Introduction of the Accountability Through Electronic Verification ActTuesday, March 12, 2019VIDEO Madam President: I recently re-introduced the Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act this Congress. This commonsense...
Transparency, Competition Key to Lower Drug Prices NewsMaxBy Mark HahnMarch 12, 2019Since announcing his decision to return to the helm of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley has been working tirelessly to fulfill a policy priority to improve “the affordability, quality and accessibility of health care.”Nowhere has this been more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today invited executives from five pharmacy benefit manager (PBMs) companies to testify before a committee hearing on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, on drug pricing in the United States, the third in a series of hearings examining prescription drug...
Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance Committee“Approaching 25: The Road Ahead for the World Trade Organization”Tuesday, March 12, 2019VIDEO I want to welcome everyone here today for our first trade hearing of this Congress on the future of the World Trade Organization. The WTO is a critically...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today released the following comment regarding EPA’s proposed rule allowing the year-round sale of higher blends of ethanol known as E15.“I’m still reviewing the proposed rule, and while I have some concerns about certain...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today introduced bipartisan legislation to retroactively extend tax provisions that expired at the end of 2017 and 2018 through the balance of this year and provide disaster tax relief benefits to individuals and businesses affected by major disasters...
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided data to the Senate Finance Committee showing that the Private Debt Collection (PDC) program, a public/private partnership that works to bolster the U.S. Treasury, strengthen the effectiveness of the IRS and ensure fairness in the federal tax system, continues to demonstrate that it can more than...
“It is deeply concerning that CBP appears to be targeting American journalists at our borders.” WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, today requested answers about U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) Agents reportedly targeting journalists for...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) are again
calling on the Trump administration to finalize regulations reforming the EB-5 investor visa program, which has long been riddled with fraud and abuse. Grassley and Leahy have
previously called for the administration to approve regulations addressing the program’s...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Clinton County on March 20 and Cedar County on March 21 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 government without dialogue...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Finance Subcommittee on Health Care Chairman Pat Toomey are pushing to boost the oversight and integrity of Medicaid eligibility-related payments, nearly ten percent of which have been improper in recent years. The entire budget for the National Institutes of Health is smaller than the amount...
