WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds today released the following joint statement regarding Iowa’s presidential caucuses. “Iowa’s unique role encourages a grassroots nominating process that empowers everyday Americans, not Washington insiders or powerful billionaires. The face-to-face...
WASHINGTON – Following the conclusion of presentations in the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate’s president pro tempore, announced that the House’s case falls well short of the constitutional bar to remove a sitting president. In an address on the Senate floor, Grassley...
Finance Committee Leaders Highlight How Legislation Takes on Cost of Life-Saving Diabetes Drugs Chairman and Ranking Member Update Public on Investigation to Spotlight Broken System that Drives High Insulin Prices at the Expense of Patients WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden...
Q&A: Iowa Caucuses 2020With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What makes the Iowa caucuses unique? A: Nearly fifty years ago, Iowa launched its first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses and has retained this prominent position since 1972. Every four years, the Hawkeye State becomes the launching pad to the White House as candidates kick-off their...
Grassley Looks Forward to U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. “The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has lasted for centuries and will...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the announcement made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding reforms to the Medicaid program that will allow more flexibility for states while they continue to care for and protect individual Americans and communities at most risk.“Each state...
RedState.comBy Jesse GradyJanuary 30, 2020 Impeachment should not distract lawmakers in Washington from real issues affecting Americans every day. A recent Gallup poll found that 58 million Americans cannot afford their prescription drugs due to the pharmaceutical giants increasing the prices of their most commonly taken drugs. Americans are...
WASHINGTON – The
Ensuring Quality Care for Our Veterans Act, authored by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and cosponsored by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), was voted unanimously out of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
“Whether at a VA facility in Iowa or anywhere across the country, our...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the First in the Nation Iowa CaucusesWednesday, January 29, 2020 This coming Monday, the First in the Nation Iowa caucuses kick off the Presidential nomination process. The Presidential preference part of the caucus is just one part, however. In truth, the Iowa caucuses...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a family farmer, today attended a White House signing ceremony led by President Donald Trump for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act. “President Trump campaigned on a promise to modernize our trade relationship with Canada and Mexico. He...
Senators set final deadline for compliance with subpoena Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are today continuing to press a subject of their bipartisan investigation into syndicated conservation easements transactions, which may have allowed some taxpayers to game the tax...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHonoring the Iowa CaucusesTuesday, January 28, 2020 In a week, all political focus will be set on my home state of Iowa for the First in the Nation Precinct Caucuses. Many pundits ask why Iowa should be awarded this much impact in the Presidential nomination...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Senate Resolution to Support National Trafficking, Modern Slavery Prevention MonthTuesday, January 28, 2020 Today, I join my colleagues on an important resolution condemning human trafficking both at home and around the world. Congress made human trafficking a federal crime...
Grassley Has Been Probing Chinese Government Influence within American Research Institutions and Theft of U.S. Intellectual Property
Washington
– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding
reports that Charles Lieber, the head of Harvard University’s chemistry department, was arrested...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a classified letter Tuesday to U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr to request the declassification of four footnotes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) to introduce a bipartisan resolution to bring awareness to human trafficking. The resolution expresses the Senate’s support for National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.
“Human...
Prepared Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeHearing on Foreign Threats to Taxpayer-Funded Research:Oversight Opportunities and Policy SolutionsTuesday, June 5, 2019VIDEO I’d like to welcome everyone to the Finance Committee’s hearing on foreign threats to taxpayer-funded...
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement after the issuance of the Trump administration’s
report on the effort to combat trafficking in counterfeit and pirated goods.
“E-commerce has empowered American businesses to reach more consumers, allowing them to increase profits and grow their...
USMCA paves the way for productivity and prosperity Expanded markets in Mexico and Canada are good news in Iowa for farm and industrial manufacturing workers, dairy farmers and small-business owners By Sen. Chuck Grassley Skeptics of President Donald Trump’s bold way of negotiating trade ate a bit of crow this month. That includes...
