Prepared Floor Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeDirect-to-Consumer Prescription AdvertisingWednesday, May 8, 2019VIDEO Millions of Americans rely on life-saving prescription medicine. Americans across the country expect and depend upon breakthrough drugs to live longer, healthier...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois today issued the following statement following an announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the issuance of final regulations requiring pharmaceutical companies to list prices of their prescription drugs in...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cosponsored legislation introduced this week to prevent foreign governments from exploiting U.S. immigration laws in an effort to undermine American democracy. The bipartisan Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes (DETER) Act makes...
Prepared Floor Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenior Member and Former Chairman, U.S. Senate Judiciary CommitteeOn the Mueller InvestigationMonday, May 6, 2019VIDEO Madam President, The taxpayers spent $30 million on the Special Counsel’s investigation. Now we know without a doubt that there was no collusion by the Trump...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeOn the Department of Labor ScorecardMonday, May 6, 2019VIDEO Last week, the Department of Labor released its monthly scorecard for the U.S. workforce. The unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent, which is the lowest rate since December 1969, a...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCo-Chairman, Senate Caucus on Foster YouthOn National Foster Care MonthMonday, May 6, 2019VIDEO May has been recognized as National Foster Care Month for over 20 years to bring awareness to the challenges that foster youth face. Through my work on the...
WASHINGTON – In a
letter sent to Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael K. Atkinson today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are spotlighting specific concerning messages regarding the FBI’s apparent awareness of leaks by other...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding a disturbing incident detailed by the Wall Street Journal in which the National Institutes of Health (NIH) initially prohibited two of its doctors from speaking with government officials regarding an ongoing investigation. When...
WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Sen. Joni Ernst in urging the Army Corps of Engineers to immediately address communications shortcomings that were brought to light during and after the disastrous flood events in Southwest Iowa.Grassley and Ernst, along with several other senators from states in the Missouri River Basin, sent a...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today released the following statement after meeting with President Donald Trump, several members of the Administration and his Senate colleagues at the White House to discuss trade policy. “I was glad...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig requesting information on a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s report that found the IRS was inconsistent in determining willful noncompliance by IRS staff members and reviewing such cases.
“If...
Combat financial exploitation of our seniorsBy: Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa May, Older Americans Month, is a time to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of America’s older citizens. It should also be a platform to highlight serious issues this generation faces. One of those issues is financial exploitation. It’s a growing...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement regarding the report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Democrats’ proposed “Medicare for All” plan.“Americans don't support a government-run health care system when they’re told about the countless...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley today discussed the current flooding in Davenport. Video of his comments can be found here and the text can be found below. As we remember about five weeks ago, we had to talk about the catastrophe on the Missouri river with the drastic flooding in southwest Iowa. Today, and starting yesterday, the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn National Small Business WeekWednesday, May 1, 2019VIDEO I’m happy to recognize small businesses in Iowa and across the country by celebrating National Small Business Week. In Iowa, 99.3 percent of all businesses are small businesses. Also, almost half of Iowa employees are...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeOn Opportunity ZonesWednesday, May 1, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, As the chairman of the Finance Committee, I have worked to secure tax policies to help spur entrepreneurship, competition and innovation. Opportunity Zones are an example of the type of...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeOn the Conclusion of Tax Filing SeasonWednesday, May 1, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, A few weeks ago, the tax filing season came to an end. This filing season was an important mile stone as it was the first under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
WASHINGTON – The House Judiciary Committee yesterday advanced four legislative proposals similar or identical to plans offered by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, aimed at improving competition and affordability in the prescription drug market. “So often, we hear that...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaAt an Event by the Center for a Secure Free SocietyThe VRIC: Tracing the roots of Venezuela, Russia, Iran & China Security & Intelligence CooperationDelivered Tuesday, April 30, 2019VIDEO Thank you all for having me and thank you to the Center for a Secure Free Society for hosting this very...
WASHINGTON – Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced a resolution in support of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. “We must lift the stigma associated with sexual assault in order to help stop this horrible epidemic,” said Senator Feinstein. “Over...
