Washington – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released three reports containing summaries of the work conducted by several bipartisan taskforces that examined temporary tax provisions that expired, or will expire, between December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2019 –...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received a
corrective action plan (CAP) from the Department of Defense (DoD) following his July 12
letter to then-Acting Secretary Mark Esper seeking more information about contracting practices in the DoD Office of Net Assessment (ONA).
“I’m glad to see the Defense Department has an action plan to address...
USMCA will bring home the bacon for Iowa, nationSens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa Our state leads the nation in pork production. In fact, Iowa pork exports account for approximately $2 billion annually. That’s roughly 30 percent of total U.S. pork export revenue, which totals more than $6 billion each year.Mexico and Canada are two of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding EPA’s announcement that it will grant 31 so-called “hardship” waivers to small refineries. “This is a small step in the right direction, but I’m very skeptical that every company receiving waivers truly needs them. When EPA began...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to
Novartis International AG CEO Vasant Narasimhan requesting documents relating
to AveXis, a subsidiary of Novartis, manipulating data about a treatment for
infants suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. The treatment, Zolgensma, is
the most...
Celebrating Iowa’s Agricultural Past, Present and Future By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa The Iowa State Fair is a celebration of agriculture and the farming families who feed and fuel the world. It is one of the oldest, largest and most well-known agricultural expositions in the United States. Approximately one million people make their way to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Undersecretary Greg Ibach outlining key priorities to help family farmers compete with large corporations. This comes as USDA begins to clarify rules within the Packers and Stockyards Act.Grassley and Tester —...
USMCA will help Iowa businessesBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Manufacturing is critical to our national and state economies. We rightfully take pride in seeing a “Made in America” label because it represents not only a high-quality product, but the prowess of our workers and the economic success and prosperity they bring...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman Sharpless urging them to reinstate unannounced inspections of prescription drug manufacturing facilities in foreign countries in light of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Union County on August 14 and Page County on August 15 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...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene L. Dodaro requesting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) perform a review of how the federal government is implementing conflict-of-interest policies in taxpayer-supported research.
“Taxpayer money supports billions of dollars in federal...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received a response from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig regarding Grassley’s May 2, 2019 inquiry on a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s report that found the IRS was inconsistent in determining willful noncompliance by IRS staff...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Senate colleagues in a
letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledging support for the United Kingdom as it exits the European Union in the coming months. The letter calls for a new bilateral trade agreement between the United States and the United...
SAC COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement regarding deadly shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend: “The terrible acts of violence in El Paso and Dayton over the weekend are heartbreaking and disgusting. There is no place for such cowardice and selfishness in a free society. Our...
Grassley Urges Esper to Take Action on Whistleblower Retaliation at DoD
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Mark Esper urging him to take action on DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommendations regarding cases of whistleblower retaliation.
“On June 12th, I received a concerning...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the committee advanced legislation to improve integrity and efficiency in the nation’s overburdened asylum system. The Secure and Protect Act was reported to the full Senate by a vote of 12-10. “The historic flow...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Mark Esper pressing for more information on the management of the F-35 program and how DoD plans to resolve ongoing issues in the program moving forward.
“The recent reports released by the Defense Department Office of the Inspector General are alarming, to say...
Family Farmer Relief Act---Small Business Reorganization Act---Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need (HAVEN) Act WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today passed by voice vote three bills backed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to improve the reorganization processes for family farmers, small business owners and veterans. The bills were previously...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Encouraging Bundled Payments in MedicaidThursday, August 1, 2019VIDEO Unlike Medicare and private insurance, Medicaid doesn’t incentivize bundle payments. This prevents states from testing a method that could potentially save money. The bipartisan prescription drug pricing reform...
