Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman of the Senate Finance CommitteeMyths and Misinformation on 2019 Tax RefundsWednesday, February 13, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, The tax filing season began just over two weeks ago. Despite the disruption of the temporary, partial government shutdown, the IRS reports that all systems are a go....
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley, Thom Tillis, John Cornyn and Ben Sasse, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced legislation requiring disclosure of third party litigation financing agreements in civil lawsuits. Through such agreements, hedge funds and other commercial lenders finance the cost of civil litigation in return for a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Franklin County on February 19 and Tama County on February 20 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 – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley continued his inquiry into inappropriate payments made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to professionals within the electronic health records (EHR) program after a 2017 watchdog report indicated the payments could amount to more than $700 million.
In a letter to CMS...
Q&A: SOTU & 2018 Report CardU.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What does a recent report card about lawmakers tell Iowans about your work in Congress?A: In January I launched my 39th consecutive year holding county meetings, at least once, in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Keeping in touch with Iowans is a priority I take seriously....
WASHINGTON – The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) recognized U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa with its 2018 “Legislator of the Year” award. He also gave a speech to the organization that can be found below. “We are pleased to honor Senator Chuck Grassley this year with our Legislator of the Year award,” the...
Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman of the Senate Finance CommitteeOn the Tax Challenges of the Digitalization of the EconomyThursday, February 7, 2019VIDEO Mr. President: Today, I want to express my strong concerns about countries around the world potentially implementing discriminatory tax laws that target U.S.-based...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and a bipartisan group of Judiciary Committee senators today introduced bipartisan legislation that will let the federal government take action against price fixing by OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Mike Lee of Utah and Patrick Leahy of Vermont...
How a Tractor Driver from Iowa Can Claw Back the Senate’s PowerBy George Will“His tractor is so noisy that, when driving it, the man who calls himself ‘just a farmer from Butler County’ puts his cellphone under his cap, set on vibrate. Charles Grassley, 85, who has served in the Senate longer than all but 11 of the 1,983 other...
WASHINGTON – In response to an inquiry from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services indicated that the National Institutes of Health has recently referred for investigation a dozen allegations of noncompliance related to medical research. The inspector general...
Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman of the Senate Finance CommitteeOn the Success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs ActWednesday, February 6, 2019VIDEO Nearly fourteen months ago, Congress passed historic tax legislation that fundamentally reformed our tax code and provided tax relief to middle-income Americans and job creators. The...
Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaA Tribute to Ernie FitzgeraldWednesday, February 6, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, I come to the floor today to pay tribute to an extraordinary American. I stand here today to pay my respects to a World War Two veteran who dedicated his life to public service. After serving his country in uniform in the...
WASHINGTON – Following a recent letter from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced plans to double its voluntary grants to the U.S. Center for SafeSport, the entity tasked with investigating claims of abuse and sexual misconduct raised by athletes. The announcement came in a nine-page letter responding to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union Address.“I’m glad President Trump rightly discussed the many accomplishments of the last two years. Tax cuts and regulatory reforms have led to a booming economy with near-record low...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and other leading Judiciary Committee senators to reintroduce legislation to combat anticompetitive practices used by some brand-name pharmaceutical and biologic companies to block entry of lower-cost generic drugs. The Creating and Restoring Equal Access to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Michael Bennet of Colorado reintroduced their bipartisan bill to improve health outcomes and care coordination for children with complex medical conditions in Medicaid.“Children with complex medical conditions have complex medical needs,” Grassley said. “And they certainly have...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today invited seven major pharmaceutical companies to testify before a committee hearing on February 26, 2019, on drug pricing in the United States, the second in a series of hearings examining prescription drug costs.
The companies invited include...
Q&A: Shut Down Government ShutdownsWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What’s your position on government shutdowns?A: One of the most fundamental constitutional responsibilities afforded to Congress is the power of the purse. That means lawmakers have the authority to raise and spend revenue to operate the government. The founders’ decision...
WASHINGTON – On January 31, 2016, the night of her graduation, Sarah Root, a twenty-one year-old Iowan from Council Bluffs, was struck and killed in Omaha, Neb., by Edwin Mejia, who entered the country illegally and was driving drunk – three times over the legal limit.Today, on the third anniversary of her death, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of...
