WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today joined Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Member of the Senate Committee on Finance in sending a bipartisan, bicameral
letter to...
WASHINGTON – Patricia Blank of Shell Rock, Iowa, will testify Wednesday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on protecting Americans from abuse and neglect in nursing homes. Blank’s mother, Virginia Olthoff, was allegedly left in severe pain and may not have had any water for days before her death while in the care of a nursing home. That...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on the Treasury Department to explain why it omitted bank records sought in a congressional inquiry into Russian influence that were later leaked to the news media. Grassley also wants to know what steps the IRS is taking to hold accountable an employee who leaked sensitive banking...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley earned the top spot as the “most effective lawmaker” in the U.S. Senate for the 115th Congress, according to a non-partisan analysis conducted by the Center for Effective Lawmaking. “Iowans expect their elected representatives to work hard and represent the interests of our great state here in...
Q & A: Electronic Health RecordsWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What are your concerns with the federal Electronic Health Records program?A: As a taxpayer watchdog, I pursue waste, fraud and abuse wherever and whenever I get a whiff of wrongdoing or mismanagement. Congress holds the power of the purse strings. It is our constitutional responsibility...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley praised the decision announced today by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide relief with respect to the March 1 deadline for farmers and fishermen who chose to forgo making quarterly estimated tax payments in 2018. After hearing from farmers, tax return preparers and the Iowa State...
WASHINGTON – Former Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and others to introduce Singh’s Law, legislation that would bar foreign nationals associated with a criminal gang and convicted of a crime from entering the United States. Foreign nationals with gang associations also...
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Paul, Grassley Introduce Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2019
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Chuck Grassley of Iowa introduced the Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2019 (S.581), legislation that would remove burdensome regulations on domestic...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today made the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Michael J. Desmond to be Chief Counsel for the IRS and Assistant General Counsel for the Treasury Department. Yesterday, 84 senators voted to invoke cloture, and Desmond was confirmed today 83 to 15.“Mr. Desmond will...
Prepared Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeOn Tax Filing SeasonWednesday, February 27, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, We’re now in the fifth week of the tax filing season. Based on all reports from the IRS, the filing season is running smoothly. All systems are operating as expected, returns are...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Maria Cantwell of Washington led a bipartisan group of 12 senators in writing to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross questioning the Administration’s changed circumstances review of antidumping and countervailing duty orders that were imposed only months prior on imports of certain...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed his thoughts on today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing on drug pricing with Neil Cavuto on Fox News Channel. Grassley’s opening remarks can be found here, an op-ed he wrote on the hearing can be found here and the interview can be found below. Your...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed drug pricing on Squawk Box on CNBC and on Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas on Bloomberg ahead of today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II.” The witness list includes top executives from...
Pharma execs should stop grandstanding and work to lower prescription pricesBy U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa It’s not every day an Iowan has the opportunity to wake up and ask top executives of seven major pharmaceutical companies the question that’s on the minds of most Americans: Why do prescription drug prices keep rising in...
Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeHearing on Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part IITuesday, February 26, 2019VIDEO I want to welcome the witnesses and thank them for being here.The information they share will help inform the committee as it addresses the issue of high prescription...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa reintroduced legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce. The
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act would permanently authorize the E-Verify program, an internet–based system that assists employers in determining whether...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley continued his years-long effort to ensure tax-exempt hospitals are fulfilling the standards for serving communities and low-income patients as required by law.
In a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, Grassley pressed for data on how many hospitals are in compliance with the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today began a bipartisan investigation into insulin prices. The probe is part of the committee’s broader effort to examine drug pricing in the United States and rising costs for consumers and taxpayers.
The senators sent letters to leading...
