Grassley Statement at Hearing on Drug Pricing in America
NOTE: Below are prepared remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley on returning as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee followed by his prepared statement for the hearing on Drug Pricing in America. Before we begin, I wanted to say a few words about returning as chairman. Twelve years ago, when I last sat in this chair, […]
Grassley Presses HHS, CMS for Medicare Overpayments for Lab Services
WASHINGTON – Following recent a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to explain the potential for a striking increase in costs to Medicare for laboratory services. “The Administration ought to be […]
Grassley, Wyden Release Bill to Crack Down on Big Pharma Games
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today reintroduced the Right Rebate Act, which would close a loophole in Medicaid that has allowed pharmaceutical manufacturers to misclassify their drugs and overcharge taxpayers by billions of dollars and provide HHS with additional authorities […]
Grassley, Blunt, 20 Senate Colleagues Demand Answers on Changes to National Liver Distribution Policy
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, led 20 of their Senate colleagues in sending a bipartisanletter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
Grassley Seeks Details on U.S. Olympic Committee’s Response Following Nassar Scandal
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is calling on the U.S. Olympic Committee to outline steps being taken to support athletes affected by the recent sexual assault scandal and prevent future abuse of athletes. Recent legislation passed by Congress expanded the Olympic Committee’s purpose to include […]
Grassley Announces First Finance Committee Hearing of 116th Congress
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced a hearing titled “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part I” scheduled to convene at 10:15 a.m. ET on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. The hearing will be the first in a series of hearings scrutinizing prescription drug pricing and considering policy and oversight solutions to […]
Grassley Seeks More Information on Foreign Threats to U.S. Research Institutions
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (IG) requesting information about the threats posed by foreign actors seeking […]
Grassley Op-ed: Top priority is reducing health care costs
Grassley: Top priority is reducing health care costs U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa As Americans, we’re blessed to live in a nation where investments and innovations in health care help millions of people every day to manage and overcome their illnesses. Yet the escalating prices of prescription drugs are a daily concern for every […]
VIDEO: Grassley Discusses Finance Committee Priorities on Morning TV
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, discussed trade, health and tax issues as well as his top priorities for the Senate Finance Committee this morning on Squawk Box on CNBC and Daybreak on Bloomberg TV. Video of the interviews can be found here and here and below. Grassley’s agenda […]
VIDEO: Grassley Discusses Finance Committee Priorities on Morning TV
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, discussed trade, health and tax issues as well as his top priorities for the Senate Finance Committee this morning on Squawk Box on CNBC and Daybreak on Bloomberg TV. Video of the interviews can be found here and here and below. Grassley’s agenda […]