Grassley Releases Results of Investigation into World Vision’s Interactions with ISRA, a Sanctioned Foreign Organization tied to Terrorism
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the results of an investigation conducted by his staff into the relationship between World Vision, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), an organization that has been sanctioned by the United States since 2004 for its funding of terrorist activities, including […]
Grassley Calls on Biden to Make Permanent Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
WASHINGTON—On the third anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017, by President Donald Trump, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on President-elect Joe Biden to commit to making permanent the many temporary tax provisions that helped create the strongest economy in generations and […]
Neal, Grassley, and Brady Statement Regarding New USITC Report on COVID-Related Supply Chains
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released a report that the officials requested of the agency regarding U.S. […]
Grassley Statement on Year-End Funding and Pandemic Relief Legislation
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after Senate passage of the legislative package including COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus, tax and health care policy extensions and government funding. On pandemic relief, Grassley said: “It’s past time Congress acted to provide relief to the families, communities and […]
Grassley, Tillis, Ernst and Coons Lead Bipartisan Push to Protect Americans from Counterfeit Vaccines
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in sending a bipartisan letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) commending the agency for its quick action to combat online fraud related to unemployment benefits, dangerous counterfeit […]
Grassley, Hassan, Lankford Introduce Retirement Bill to Give Small Businesses More Flexibility
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced the Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act, S.5064. This bill will build off the successful implementation of the SECURE Act and make improvements so that more organizations and small businesses can participate in multiple […]
Grassley, Warner, Portman, Blumenthal Urge Lighthizer to Not Include Tech Liability Shield in U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), today sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, urging the Trump administration to refrain from including sweeping liability protection language modeled on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act […]
Grassley, Alexander Introduce Multiemployer Pension Reform Plan Following Year of Stakeholder Feedback
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act, legislation based on their 2019 proposal to avert the collapse of critically underfunded multiemployer pension plans and reform rules for these plans to […]
Grassley, Wyden Request Immediate IRS Briefing on Whether Taxpayer Data Was Compromised in SolarWinds Hack
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today requested IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig provide an immediate briefing on whether taxpayer data was compromised in the SolarWinds hack. “The IRS appears to have been a customer of SolarWinds as recently as 2017. Given the extreme sensitivity […]
Grassley, Wyden, Daines, Stabenow Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to End Abuse of Conservation Easements
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) today reintroduced a bipartisan bill, the “Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act,” to stop the abuse of conservation easements, save taxpayers billions of dollars and promote conservation in the U.S. “The conservation easement program is an important […]