Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, February 5, 2020VIDEO Last night, in his State of the Union address, President Trump called on Congress to put bipartisan legislation to lower prescription drug prices on his desk. Here are the facts. The House is controlled by Democrats....
Trump Calls on Congress to Pass Grassley’s Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act in State of the Union Address Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) hailed President Donald Trump’s call to action on prescription drug pricing during his State of the Union address. In his address to the nation, Trump...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. “By almost every metric, the United States is better off than it was just a few years ago. Unemployment is lower, growth is higher and wages are rising faster than they have in recent...
Grassley Oversight & Investigations Staff Receive Briefings from HHS and its Subcomponents Washington – Oversight and investigations staff for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today received a classified briefing from the HHS...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), in his capacity as President pro tempore of the United States Senate, will accompany President Donald Trump into the chamber of the House of Representatives for the 68th annual State of the Union address as a member of the president’s escort committee. “Having attended State of the Union...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds today released the following joint statement regarding Iowa’s presidential caucuses. “Iowa’s unique role encourages a grassroots nominating process that empowers everyday Americans, not Washington insiders or powerful billionaires. The face-to-face...
WASHINGTON – Following the conclusion of presentations in the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate’s president pro tempore, announced that the House’s case falls well short of the constitutional bar to remove a sitting president. In an address on the Senate floor, Grassley...
Finance Committee Leaders Highlight How Legislation Takes on Cost of Life-Saving Diabetes Drugs Chairman and Ranking Member Update Public on Investigation to Spotlight Broken System that Drives High Insulin Prices at the Expense of Patients WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden...
Q&A: Iowa Caucuses 2020With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What makes the Iowa caucuses unique? A: Nearly fifty years ago, Iowa launched its first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses and has retained this prominent position since 1972. Every four years, the Hawkeye State becomes the launching pad to the White House as candidates kick-off their...
Grassley Looks Forward to U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. “The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom has lasted for centuries and will...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the announcement made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding reforms to the Medicaid program that will allow more flexibility for states while they continue to care for and protect individual Americans and communities at most risk.“Each state...
RedState.comBy Jesse GradyJanuary 30, 2020 Impeachment should not distract lawmakers in Washington from real issues affecting Americans every day. A recent Gallup poll found that 58 million Americans cannot afford their prescription drugs due to the pharmaceutical giants increasing the prices of their most commonly taken drugs. Americans are...
WASHINGTON – The
Ensuring Quality Care for Our Veterans Act, authored by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and cosponsored by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), was voted unanimously out of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
“Whether at a VA facility in Iowa or anywhere across the country, our...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the First in the Nation Iowa CaucusesWednesday, January 29, 2020 This coming Monday, the First in the Nation Iowa caucuses kick off the Presidential nomination process. The Presidential preference part of the caucus is just one part, however. In truth, the Iowa caucuses...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a family farmer, today attended a White House signing ceremony led by President Donald Trump for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act. “President Trump campaigned on a promise to modernize our trade relationship with Canada and Mexico. He...
Senators set final deadline for compliance with subpoena Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are today continuing to press a subject of their bipartisan investigation into syndicated conservation easements transactions, which may have allowed some taxpayers to game the tax...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHonoring the Iowa CaucusesTuesday, January 28, 2020 In a week, all political focus will be set on my home state of Iowa for the First in the Nation Precinct Caucuses. Many pundits ask why Iowa should be awarded this much impact in the Presidential nomination...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Senate Resolution to Support National Trafficking, Modern Slavery Prevention MonthTuesday, January 28, 2020 Today, I join my colleagues on an important resolution condemning human trafficking both at home and around the world. Congress made human trafficking a federal crime...
Grassley Has Been Probing Chinese Government Influence within American Research Institutions and Theft of U.S. Intellectual Property
Washington
– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding
reports that Charles Lieber, the head of Harvard University’s chemistry department, was arrested...
