Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeNational MS Society ConferenceWashington, D.C.Monday, March 2, 2020 Thanks for having me. It’s an honor to be given your Senator of the Year award. Multiple Sclerosis is an unpredictable disease. According to the experts here at the National MS...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaStand with our Dairy FarmersMonday, March 2, 2020VIDEO U.S. dairy producers have had a tough decade. Margins are thinner than ever and new milk substitutes can be found in every grocery store. And while dairy farmers scored a major victory in the USMCA with increased market access to...
Q&A: Farm Safety AwarenessWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why is farm safety an issue important to you? A: As one of Iowa’s U.S. Senators, I represent farm families and workers whose livelihoods are earned on more than 86,000 farms in my home state. As a lifelong family farmer, our three-generation farming operation has had its share...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) urged support for preserving Minor League Baseball clubs across the country, including those in Davenport, Burlington and Clinton, in response to Major League Baseball’s (MLB) proposal to eliminate 42 teams nationwide.
“Baseball is part of our country’s rich history. Growing up and...
The HillPeter SullivanFebruary 27, 2020 Two top advisers to President Trump on Wednesday discussed with GOP senators the need for Republicans to lower drug prices and act on health care costs ahead of the election, according to people familiar with the meeting. The discussion came at a retreat for GOP senators on Wednesday, where Trump’s...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wrote to Optum, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), warning it to fully comply with the committee’s investigation into skyrocketing insulin prices. Grassley and Wyden wrote that Optum’s production of irrelevant, already publicly...
House action follows Senate passage of Grassley-backed bipartisan anti-lynching measure last year WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee today praised the U.S. House of Representatives broad bipartisan approval of anti-lynching legislation yesterday. The bill is similar to...
Washington ExaminerPaul BedardFebruary 26, 2020 President Trump, hit unexpectedly with the coronavirus scare and facing voter pressure to focus on healthcare, is hastily moving to push a package through Congress to help people facing growing medical costs, an agenda sidelined last year by the impeachment debate. In an hourslong meeting with GOP...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaGoes to Bat for IowaThursday, February 27, 2020VIDEO As Iowa farmers count down the days to get in the fields, baseball fans are counting down the days for that first pitch to cross the plate. As a farmer and a baseball fan, hope springs eternal. However, we’ve gotten wind that...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn His Office’s Accessibility to IowansThursday, February 27, 2020VIDEO This is my 40th year holding a Q&A in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. My regional staff is also committed to holding meetings across Iowa. My Iowa staff serve as my eyes and ears when I’m working in...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and 68 of their colleagues in introducing a resolution honoring former U.S. Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels. This week marks 150 years since Revels was sworn-in as a U.S. senator from Mississippi. He was the first African American to serve in...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaVictims of Communism Event on World Bank lending to ChinaWashington, D.C.Monday, February 24, 2020 China is now the world’s second largest economy after the United States, yet it continues to claim it needs World Bank loans. Keep in mind that the World Bank was created to help economic...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeCredit Union National Association’s 2020 Governmental Affairs ConferenceWashington, D.C.Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Good morning, and thank you for the invitation to speak. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to hear from the CEOs of many credit unions from...
Prescription Drug Middleman Cigna Has So Far Failed to Produce Records Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today wrote to the president of Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) owned by the Cigna Corporation, making a final request for documents as part of the...
On the 100 year anniversary of the Mineral Leasing Act, senators introduce the Fair Returns for Public Lands Act of 2020 to modernize the country’s antiquated public lands royalty system, increase return to federal and state taxpayers by $200 million each in the next decade
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Tom Udall...
For Immediate ReleaseFriday, February 21, 2020 Grassley, Ernst Call for Prompt Biodiesel Tax Credit Processing WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) fought hard to include the biodiesel tax credit in the year-end funding package last year. Now, the two Iowa senators...
NOTE: Grassley’s tweet on this can be found here.Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeTuesday, February 25, 2020VIDEO The next time Big Pharma claims what we’re trying to do to lower drug prices undermines the free market, just remember: they supported Obamacare. Big Pharma...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Lithuanian and Estonian Independence DaysMonday, February 24, 2020 Today is Estonia’s 102nd Independence Day. Lithuania celebrated 102 years of continuous statehood on the 16th and Latvia will in November. This is significant not just because the Baltic states are...
