Grassley Presses Commerce Department Inspector General on Office Productivity, Low Morale
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the internal watchdog arm of the Department of Commerce regarding recent staff departures, low morale and falling productivity after hearing from nearly a dozen whistleblowers. “As you are aware, whistleblowers are pivotal to identifying waste, fraud, and abuse in our federal government and […]
ICYMI: Grassley Puts Teeth Back Into Finance Committee
ICYMI: Grassley Puts Teeth Back Into Finance Committee Politico By Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn Powerful health care interests are starting to once again fear the Senate Finance Committee under its chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, who since taking the gavel in January has led investigations into high-profile targets such as drugmakers, major hospital […]
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Grassley op-ed: Improving rural health care
Improving rural health care By Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Rural communities are struggling to keep health care services available to their residents. Like most Americans, Iowans share growing concerns about the rising cost of prescription drugs, out-of-pocket health expenses and surprise medical bills. In states such as Iowa and Nebraska, we also […]
Grassley Raises Concerns Over Obama Admin Approval of U.S. Tech Company Joint Sale to Chinese Government and Investment Firm Linked to Biden, Kerry Families
Grassley Questions Potential Obama-Biden-Kerry Conflicts of Interest That May Have Benefited Chinese Government and Military Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is raising concerns over the process by which the Obama administration’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the acquisition of a U.S. automotive technology company, Henniges, […]
Grassley, Wyden Release Committee Summary Reports on Long-Term Solutions to Temporary Tax Policy
Washington – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released three reports containing summaries of the work conducted by several bipartisan taskforces that examined temporary tax provisions that expired, or will expire, between December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2019 – totaling more than 40 provisions. The […]
Securing Quality Care: Rural Health in Iowa
Securing Quality Care: Rural Health in Iowa Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center and UnityPoint in Des Moines, Iowa Delivered on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 VIDEO I’d like to start by thanking our hosts here at UnityPoint for rolling out the […]
Grassley Pressures Drug Manufacturer over Data Manipulation
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Novartis International AG CEO Vasant Narasimhan requesting documents relating to AveXis, a subsidiary of Novartis, manipulating data about a treatment for infants suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. The treatment, Zolgensma, is the most expensive drug in the world. “…AveXis […]
Grassley Op-ed: USMCA will bring home the bacon for Iowa, nation
USMCA will bring home the bacon for Iowa, nation Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa Our state leads the nation in pork production. In fact, Iowa pork exports account for approximately $2 billion annually. That’s roughly 30 percent of total U.S. pork export revenue, which totals more than $6 billion each year. […]
Grassley Urges HHS, FDA to Implement Unannounced Inspections of Foreign Drug Manufacturing Facilities
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman Sharpless urging them to reinstate unannounced inspections of prescription drug manufacturing facilities in foreign countries in light of the administration’s new “Safe Importation […]