Grassley-backed IRS Private Debt Collection Program Bringing in Millions to Treasury
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided data to the Senate Finance Committee showing that the Private Debt Collection (PDC) program, a public/private partnership that works to bolster the U.S. Treasury, strengthen the effectiveness of the IRS and ensure fairness in the federal tax system, continues to demonstrate that it can more than pay […]
Wyden, Grassley Demand Answers On CBP List Targeting Journalists
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, today requested answers about U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) Agents reportedly targeting journalists for searches, in a letter to Customs Commissioner Kevin McAleenan. Media reports indicate that CBP placed at least seven American journalists covering U.S.-Mexico […]
Grassley, Toomey Slam 27 Years of Improper Medicaid Payments
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Finance Subcommittee on Health Care Chairman Pat Toomey are pushing to boost the oversight and integrity of Medicaid eligibility-related payments, nearly ten percent of which have been improper in recent years. The entire budget for the National Institutes of Health is smaller than the amount of […]
Grassley: NIH Failure to Consider Risks from Foreign Exposure Alarming
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding a Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report publicly released March 6, 2019 that Grassley originally received on February 13, 2019 under restricted status. The report found that “NIH did not consider the […]
Grassley on Tax Filing Season
Mr. President, We are now in our sixth week of the tax filing season. Over 50 million Americans have filed their tax returns. As in previous weeks, the IRS is moving forward in the filing season at a pace consistent with previous years. In some aspects, they are exceeding benchmarks set by the last […]
Grassley Statement at Hearing on Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse
Opening Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance “Not Forgotten: Protecting Older Americans from Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes” Wednesday, March 6, 2019 VIDEO Good morning. I want to welcome everyone to our hearing on an extremely important topic, elder abuse, and thank our witnesses for joining […]
Grassley Announces First Trade Hearing of 116th Congress
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today announced that the committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 with testimony from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer assessing the current state of the World Trade Organization (WTO) nearly 25 years after its creation and potential reforms that would strengthen […]
Iowan to Recount Story of Mother’s Death at Delinquent Nursing Home before Finance Committee
WASHINGTON – Patricia Blank of Shell Rock, Iowa, will testify Wednesday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on protecting Americans from abuse and neglect in nursing homes. Blank’s mother, Virginia Olthoff, was allegedly left in severe pain and may not have had any water for days before her death while in the care of a […]
Grassley Presses Treasury, IRS for Accountability in Handling of Banking Information
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on the Treasury Department to explain why it omitted bank records sought in a congressional inquiry into Russian influence that were later leaked to the news media. Grassley also wants to know what steps the IRS is taking to hold accountable an employee who leaked […]
Grassley Ranks First as Most Effective Lawmaker in U.S. Senate for 115th Congress
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley earned the top spot as the “most effective lawmaker” in the U.S. Senate for the 115th Congress, according to a non-partisan analysis conducted by the Center for Effective Lawmaking. “Iowans expect their elected representatives to work hard and represent the interests of our great state here in the nation’s capital. Using […]