Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeTuesday, November 5, 2019When I resumed the Chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee in January, I laid out my top priorities for the committee’s work. For international trade, my agenda included reviewing Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962,...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis, and Ranking Member Jackie Walorski today introduced the Family First Transition Act to help states transform their child welfare systems and keep more children safely...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Veterans Small Business WeekTuesday, November 5, 2019 Veterans have a big impact on the American economy. There are 2.5 million veteran-owned business in the United States that account for more than $1.1 trillion in revenue. In Iowa, there are 26,119 veteran owned...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is reaching out to college-aged Iowans with internship opportunities in his Iowa and Washington, D.C. offices. Internships are available in Grassley offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The 2020 Washington, D.C., spring internship program runs...
Letter also asks whether Clinton & Obama emails were part of security review
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking information on what administrative steps were taken to hold accountable officials who mishandled sensitive and classified information that transited former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized email...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today passed a bipartisan resolution authored by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) designating October 2019 as National Women’s Small Business Month. This resolution recognizes more than 12. 9 million women-owned small business across the United States that generate $1.9...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley urged the administration to put victims of international terrorism first during sanctions negotiations by securing a commitment from Sudan to compensate for its prior support of terrorism that has killed and injured Americans serving abroad.
In a letter to Secretary of State Michael...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s guidance on the Affordable Care Act’s 1332 waivers.“Using misinformation and outright lies to scare patients about their health care is unacceptable. Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act...
Q&A: LIHEAPWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What is LIHEAP? A: Congress adopted the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in 1981 to help Americans with financial hardship pay for heating and cooling energy costs. LIHEAP stemmed from previous outreach measures designed to avert harmful consequences to vulnerable...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced a bill to track law enforcement suicides. The Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act requires the FBI to collect voluntary, anonymous data on police suicides and attempted suicides...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined his colleagues Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to introduce a resolution in support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
“Unfortunately, too many Americans face violence and abuse from a loved one. It’s crucial that we continue to support...
Legislation targets fast-paced evolution of material that mimics controlled substances
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers from both houses of Congress today introduced a new framework to fight the rapid spread of deadly synthetic drugs, which can quickly be re-engineered to circumvent federal laws designed to outlaw them. The
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Senator Cites Bipartisan Support, Saying Americans 'Want This'Cedar Rapids GazetteBy James Lynch Americans want lower prescription drug prices. Sen. Chuck Grassley has a plan for that. The Iowa Republican who chairs the Senate Finance Committee said Wednesday that support is growing in the Senate for his Prescription Drug Pricing...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, president pro tempore of the United States Senate, today released the following statement regarding the House of Representatives vote on a resolution outlining impeachment proceedings. “House Democrats announced the opening of impeachment proceedings more than a month ago. So far, this process has been...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma seeking an update on the status of a congressionally-mandated report which requires CMS to detail the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeThursday, October 31, 2019 Today is Halloween. This may sound a little candy corn-y, but this Iowan wants to talk about the scary prices of prescription drugs. Since January, I’ve joined bipartisan forces to drive a stake in the heart of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is highlighting Iowan Teresa Lynn Davison of Cedar Rapids who was appointed by President Trump to be a member of the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. As Senate president pro tempore, Grassley recommended Davison for this...
Bill would clarify DHS detainer authority, incentivize cooperation between DHS and law enforcement agencies WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Representatives Dan Bishop (R-NC-9), Ted Budd (R-NC-13) and Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) introduced the Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act, legislation that...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCelebrating National Women’s Small Business MonthWednesday, October 30, 2019 October is National Women’s Small Business Month and I want to recognize the many women owned businesses that make our economy stronger. In Iowa, we work hard to inspire women to start...
