Grassley, Cramer Op-ed: How Congress Can Fix High Drug Prices
How Congress Can Fix High Drug Prices By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Kevin Cramer Washington is consumed with wall-to-wall coverage of impeachment, Ukraine, and transcripts. Every question we receive from the D.C. press corps is about that. But do you know who isn’t obsessed with this? Our constituents. Every day, we hear from people […]
Grassley Op-ed: Without Retirement Reform, Too Many Americans Will Be Left Behind
Without Retirement Reform, Too Many Americans Will Be Left Behind By Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Society and the way people work has undergone a significant shift over the past decade. Advances in technology and increased economic opportunity are contributors to this shift. As the economy continues to change, the way we approach retirement savings must change as well. […]
Grassley on the Need to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
Grassley on the Need to Lower Prescription Drug Costs Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Senate Floor Thursday, October 17, 2019 VIDEO I come to the floor today to speak about lowering the cost of prescription drugs for America’s seniors. I’ve spoken on this topic many […]
Grassley Presses UVA Medical Center on Tax-Exempt Obligations
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote to the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System regarding a recent news report in Kaiser Health News outlining its potential failure to live up to its legal obligations as a tax-exempt organization. The UVA Health System is tax-exempt and therefore must serve community […]
Grassley Presses HHS On Waste In Graduate Medical Education Programs
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar seeking information on Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs, how the money is spent and what oversight processes are currently in place to prevent waste, fraud and abuse of the programs. “With three separate […]
Grassley, Wyden op-ed: Congress Can Act Now to Lower Drug Prices
Congress Can Act Now to Lower Drug Prices Bipartisan legislation would redesign Medicare Part D to lower costs for beneficiaries and taxpayers By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden It’s no secret that health care is a politically divisive issue. In the past decade, national elections have been decided on it, and control of […]
Grassley Statement on House Prescription Drug Bill CBO Score
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) analysis of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) legislation to lower prescription drug prices. “I’m glad the House of Representative is working on prescription drug legislation. Lowering costs for patients and taxpayers while protecting American medical […]
Grassley Statement on Partial U.S.-China Trade Deal
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the partial trade deal with China that has been reached. “Any time progress is made, that’s good news. Farmers in Iowa know far too well that the trade war has caused real financial pain in the heartland. But we […]
Grassley op-ed: Farm communities need USMCA
Farm communities need USMCA By Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa Farming is about community. It always has been. From the earliest known farming communities in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the modern farms punctuating the landscape of Rural America, people have worked together for centuries to cultivate the crops that feed the world. […]
Grassley: Don’t Weaponize IRS for Left’s Political NRA Probe
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today cautioned the Internal Revenue Service against indulging Democrats’ political demands to investigate the National Rifle Association. Such ideological weaponizing of the agency would harm the public trust and repeat the mistakes of the Obama Administration. In a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, Grassley […]