Grassley Seeks Committee Member Input on Policies to Reduce Health Disparities
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote to each member of the committee seeking input and policy suggestions to complement ongoing efforts to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Following several comments from committee members, which have not included specific policy ideas or solutions, Grassley is asking for input on policy […]
Grassley Joins Bipartisan Letter Urging the Administration to Provide Paperwork Relief for Small Businesses who Utilized the COVID-19 Relief Program
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and 43 senators in sending a bipartisan letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza urging the administration to ease paperwork requirements for small businesses seeking loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). […]
Grassley and Wyden Call for Provider Fund Transparency, Comprehensive Database to Track Grants and Loans
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a comprehensive public database of funds distributed from the CARES Act to health care providers in the effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “We write to you today […]
Grassley Urges Support for Affordable Future Coronavirus Treatments
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Thursday, June 11, 2020 VIDEO The miracles of scientific innovation have cured illnesses that a generation ago delivered a death sentence to many Americans. Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine in 1953 eradicated the fatal effects of the virus that […]
Bipartisan, Bicameral Leaders Commend Relief Funds for Medicaid-Dependent Providers
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-Ore.) commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for taking the first steps to address […]
Grassley on Protecting Future Generations
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Wednesday, June 10, 2020 VIDEO The coronavirus pandemic underscores the vital contribution pharmaceutical sciences make for the nation’s public health, economic prosperity and our way of life. It also confirms that we need a policy solution to treat soaring […]
Grassley at Hearing on Unemployment Insurance During COVID-19
Prepared Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Unemployment Insurance During COVID-19: The CARES Act and the Role of Unemployment Insurance During the Pandemic Tuesday, June 9, 2020 VIDEO Welcome to today’s hearing. Before we start, I think it’s important again to note what’s going […]
Grassley, Wyden Want IG Help in Stopping Nursing Homes from Taking Medicaid Recipients’ COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are asking the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) to issue alerts to providers and the public about the unlawful practices of some nursing homes that are requiring Medicaid recipients in their care to […]
Grassley: Americans Need to be Able to Afford Lifesaving Treatments
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Monday, June 8, 2020 VIDEO It’s no longer business as usual in America. Let’s end business as usual in Washington. We’re experiencing a deadly pandemic. The United States is firing on all cylinders to fight it and find […]
CBO: Extending Increased Unemployment Benefits Weakens Economy, Increases Unemployment in the Long-Run as Benefits Exceed Wages for Most
Washington – According to an analysis released today by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an extension of increased unemployment benefits would result in more unemployment and lower economic productivity in 2021 and would “weaken incentives to work as people compared the benefits available during unemployment to their potential earnings, and those weakened incentives would in […]