DUBUQUE, IOWA – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on the Justice Department to swiftly bring online a national law enforcement threat alert system that was established in law more than a year ago but has since been mired in department bureaucracy. Recent media reports indicate that despite an uptick in ambush-style attacks...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide information on the effect of Mylan’s price increases on the government’s prescription drug costs. The alarming price increase of Mylan Pharmaceutical’s EpiPen not only harms...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senators David Vitter and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana today are seeking background information on the driver of a bus that collided with emergency personnel who were responding to another incident on a Louisiana roadway, killing two individuals and injuring scores more. The driver,...
WASHINGTON -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter asking the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) about steps it is taking to include medical devices' unique device identifier (UDI) on health insurance claim forms. ASC X12 is the body responsible for setting standards for and recommending any...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) are pressing the Obama Administration on why it appears that billions of dollars in unobligated funds aren’t being directed to a Zika response. “We urge you to act and use funding available to ensure our nation is prepared,” Grassley and Lankford wrote to...
Last week, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to the manufacturer of the EpiPen, used for emergency treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions, to explain a steep price increase in the product in recent years. Grassley’s letter came after Iowans expressed concern to him about the prices. Grassley also led a letter from five senators to the...
August 26, 2016Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Sioux City, Jacob Bossman, will be holding open office hours in Woodbury, Plymouth, Sioux and Lyon counties on September 6. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views.Bossman’s schedule is as follows:Tuesday, September 6,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on the status of legislation providing new leasing authority at the Rock Island Arsenal.“I worked closely with Senator Ernst, the Rock Island Arsenal Development Group, and the rest of the Iowa-Illinois delegation to advance an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to provide new...
On Monday, Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote to the manufacturer of the EpiPen, used for emergency treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions, to explain a steep price increase in the product in recent years. Grassley’s letter came after Iowans expressed concern to him about the prices. On Wednesday, Grassley led a letter from five senators...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold his 99th county meeting of 2016 in Anamosa on Thursday, September 1, at the Jones County Courthouse.With this meeting, Grassley will mark the conclusion of another year in his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once annually. Grassley...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is praising the work of four Iowans who collaborated to bring down a Sioux City gang member with a lengthy criminal record ranging from drug dealing to the attempted murder of a Sioux City police officer. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) Special Agent Todd Monney, Sioux City Police...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) today asked the Food and Drug Administration to answer questions about its approval process and other steps for alternatives to the EpiPen, a self-injectable remedy for severe allergic reactions that has been the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced a hearing on the increasing consolidation within the seed and chemical industry. The hearing will be held in late September. “The seed and chemical industries are critical to agriculture and the nation’s economy, and Iowans are concerned that this...
DES MOINES – Sen. Chuck Grassley is bringing national and state anti-human trafficking experts together for an Iowa-based forum on ending human trafficking and modern slavery. The discussion is intended to be a guide for medical professionals, first responders and the public at large in recognizing and combating trafficking.The event will take place...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Cherokee on Monday, August 29, and in Sioux Rapids on Tuesday, August 30, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.With these meetings, Grassley will continue his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Grassley has held a...
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement regarding the completion of the review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) on the ChemChina-Syngenta merger. Grassley has introduced the Securing American Food Equity (SAFE) Act, to permanently add the U.S. Department...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the manufacturer of the EpiPen, used for emergency treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions, to explain a steep price increase in the product in recent years. Grassley cited concerns expressed to him from Iowans, including a father in Iowa who said he had to pay more than $500 for one EpiPen for his...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has a veterans fellow based in his Cedar Rapids office. Nathan Peterson is available to help fellow veterans and help bring their concerns to Grassley’s attention. “I’m glad to have Nathan available to meet with veterans and join in community events with service organizations,”...
