WASHINGTON – The entire Iowa congressional delegation today urged President Obama to support Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s request to declare 19 Iowa counties a federal disaster area. The declaration would make the counties eligible to receive federal aid for the damage inflicted by high winds, severe thunderstorms, heavy rains, hail and flash flooding...
Sen. Chuck Grassley works to reverse the negative effects of Obamacare with the goal of replacing the entire flawed law. He is working toward passage of his bipartisan legislation, the Small Business Health Care Relief Act, that would allow small businesses to resume helping their employees buy individual health insurance, something disrupted by...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Henry and Lee counties on Monday, October 24. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Monday, October 24, 20169:00 a.m. – 10:00...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley encourages Iowans to take part in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, Oct. 22. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., approved collection sites will accept prescription medicines for safe disposal. “More than ever with the opioid crisis, we need to get unused medicines out of medicine...
Investigation revealed taxpayer dollars squandered by agencies that failed to implement recommendations made by inspectors general.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a joint majority staff...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today pressed the Treasury Department for better oversight of a $9.6 billion program meant to help homeowners who suffered during the housing crisis. Amid the poor federal oversight, a Nevada state agency engaged in “widespread waste and abuse in spending” and “abused the Hardest Hit Fund with, seemingly, a sense of...
Senator Grassley is well-known for beefing up whistleblower protections and incentives to come forward to expose waste, fraud and abuse. The whistleblower provisions he authored that amended the federal False Claims Act have returned more than $48 billion to the federal Treasury that otherwise would have been lost to fraud. Similarly, Senator...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today pressed the Justice Department for details of a reported $465 million settlement with Mylan over overcharges to the taxpayers for EpiPens. The settlement involves the misclassification of the product under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Grassley has been seeking answers on whether Iowa taxpayers and those in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Joni Ernst today pressed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explain the flawed policy that leads to the downgrading of flood control projects in Iowa cities for funding prioritization. Grassley and Ernst cited Cedar Rapids and Des Moines as losing priority under the broken formula.
“It appears that the budget...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Louisa and Des Moines counties on October 14. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Friday, October 14, 20161:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.Louisa...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the Mylan-Justice Department settlement announced today.“This substantiates my concern that Mylan was overcharging the people of Iowa and elsewhere. It’s unclear whether this settlement is fair or in proportion to the amount Mylan overcharged the taxpayers. It’s also unclear how...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement after President Obama signed into law legislation securing new rights for survivors of sexual assault. The Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act was championed by Amanda Nguyen, a survivor and founder of RISE, which advocates on behalf of victims...
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Steve King, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Rod Blum, Rep. David Young, and Rep. Dave Loebsack sent a letter to Governor Terry Branstad supporting the State of Iowa in its response and recovery efforts underway for the severe weather and flooding event starting September 21st. The delegation states in the...
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General today released Report # 2017-001, "Report of Investigation: Ronald F. Lewis Major General, U.S. Army." The inspector general investigated allegations that the major general, who was the senior military assistant to the Secretary of Defense, misused his government travel charge card for personal...
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office compared newly released information about Medicaid and Medicare costs for EpiPens with Mylan filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Grassley analysis finds that the share of Mylan’s revenue for EpiPens from the taxpayers went up each year from 2011 to 2015, from 23.3 percent in 2011 to 53.4 percent in...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s regional director based in Davenport, Penny Vacek, will be holding open office hours in Jackson, Scott, Cedar and Muscatine counties on October 12. The office hours provide an opportunity for Iowans to obtain casework assistance or to express views. Vacek’s schedule is as follows:Wednesday, October 12, 20168:00...
Newly uncovered letters raise concerns that DOJ agreed to substantial and inappropriate limitations on the scope of its investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and...
