WASHINGTON – A national campaign on Facebook designed to empower people to break the stigma and shame associated with seeking treatment for opioid use disorder begins today with a video campaign featuring U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Stop Opioid Silence, which organized the campaign, offers Iowa residents struggling with opioid use disorders, as...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body losing its quorum and therefore the ability to hear or rule on appeals. “There have been bipartisan concerns raised by numerous American...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement regarding House Democrats’ announced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: “The Democrats’ desire to overturn the 2016 election by impeaching President Trump has been abundantly clear since before he took the oath of office. But try as...
Op-ed: Prescription Drug Prices Are Hurting Americans, Here’s The SolutionRedState.comBy Jesse Grady, former Texas Republican National Committee (RNC) staff memberDecember 10, 2019 …Americans playing Russian roulette with their medications has prompted Congress to act, and a recently introduced bill is the solution to curbing prescription...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the announcement of a deal on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “This is long overdue but very welcome news. I’m glad a deal has finally been reached. I look forward to reviewing...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
announced that it has accepted two oil pipeline amendments aimed at moving additional propane to the Midwest. This agreement was reached as a result of Iowa officials’ recent
call for an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to prioritize pipeline shipments to Iowa.
“The shortage of liquid...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding House Republicans’ legislation to lower prescription drug prices. “I’m glad both Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives have now put forward proposals to lower prescription drug...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the Justice Department Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016. “Anyone who values fundamental civil liberties in the United...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeMonday, December 9, 2019 Senator Wyden and I released an updated version of our bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act. It will now deliver even more savings for seniors and Americans with disabilities. It also helps pay for...
**UPDATE April 2021: Fourth Quarter 2020 Data Shows Continued Effectiveness of IRS Private Debt Collection Program**WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the release of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Compliance Personnel Program Annual Report. “Numbers don’t lie. With every...
The Washington TimesBy Tom Howell Jr.December 7, 2019 President Trump late Friday endorsed a Senate drug-pricing bill that would cap what seniors pay at the pharmacy counter and require drug makers to rebate Medicare if prices rise faster than inflation. The bipartisan measure “would be another huge step forward for American families —...
Q&A: Expanding Markets for Family FarmsWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why did you push to create Value-Added Producer Grants? A: As a lifelong family farmer, I know first-hand the many obstacles farmers face to stay afloat and pay the bills from one season to the next. A farmer’s prosperity is heavily influenced by external factors,...
Stakeholders, Experts Weigh In on Grassley-Alexander Plan to Shore Up Failing Multiemployer Pension System American Bakers Association“We applaud the dedicated leadership of Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Lamar Alexander, for this vitally important step towards solving...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) in introducing the
IMPACT Act, which would reinstate and expand reporting requirements to determine the...
Updated Bipartisan Legislation Delivers Even More Savings and Affordability Measures to Medicare Beneficiaries, Holds Middlemen Accountable to Consumers
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released an updated version of their bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction...
Alleged foreign interference, collusion demand due scrutiny
WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are seeking records from and transcribed staff interviews with two individuals...
Op-ed: The Senate has a bipartisan compromise that could deliver lower drug prices for Americans. The president is ready to sign it into law…FoxBusiness.comBy White House Officials Joe Grogan & Tom PhilipsonDecember 6, 2019 It is within our grasp to provide a real win for Americans worried about the high price of prescription drugs—if...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to a Memphis, Tennessee hospital regarding a recent news report outlining its potential failure to live up to its legal obligations as a tax-exempt organization. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is tax-exempt and therefore must serve community health needs, provide...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are today pressing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its lack of action on writing rules to allow the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids. The Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act, a bill led by Grassley and Warren, was signed into...
