Grassley Welcomes CMS Action to Require Coronavirus Reporting in Nursing Homes
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding an announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requiring nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to report all cases of COVID-19 to the federal government. On April 17, Grassley called on CMS to take such actions […]
Grassley: People Need Disaster Aid in Puerto Rico; it Can’t Keep Going to Waste
– The Honorable Wanda Vázquez Garced Office of the Governor 52 Fortaleza Street When the coronavirus began to spread in Puerto Rico, this company, 313 LLC, changed its objectives to incorporate medical services, according to the Department of State Registry of […]
Grassley Seeks Details of Federal Response to Coronavirus in Nursing Homes
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma regarding several issues related to the outbreak of COVID-19 at long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities across […]
Grassley op-ed: Coronavirus-damaged businesses deserve financial relief
Coronavirus-damaged businesses deserve financial relief By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa For the first time in our nation’s history, a pandemic has closed the economy, shutting down businesses, schools and our way of life. Congress acted swiftly to respond to the public health emergency and triage the economic fall-out. The $2.2 trillion […]
Grassley Named to Task Force Focused on Post-Pandemic Economic Re-Opening
Washington – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate president pro tempore, will join the bipartisan task force focused on safely re-opening America following the current public health crisis. The task force includes Democrat and Republican members of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. “The resilience and […]
Grassley, Cassidy op-ed: An Ounce Of Coronavirus Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure
An Ounce Of Coronavirus Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Bill Cassidy It’s no longer business as usual in America. Let’s end business as usual in Washington. The coronavirus pandemic is creating extraordinary times that call upon us to be ready for the next one. When […]
Grassley, Wyden Press Watchdog Council on Role in Inspector General Nominating Process
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today wrote to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, in his role as chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), regarding CIGIE’s role in the inspector general nominating process. Under the Inspector General […]
Nonpartisan Government Watchdog: Treasury Followed Correct Procedures in Denying Democrats Trump Tax Returns
Washington – Following a request from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Department of the Treasury Acting Inspector General Richard Delmar, a nonpartisan career civil servant, provided the results of an inquiry requested on September 30, 2019, by the House Ways and Means Committee regarding the process by which, based on advice from […]
Grassley Questions World Health Organization Response to Coronavirus Pandemic and its Political Independence from China
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding its initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned its potential reliance on manipulated Chinese health data, thereby hindering the world’s ability to effectively prepare and respond, costing countless lives. Reports indicate the communist government of China downplayed […]
Grassley Statement on Senate Democrats Blocking Additional Paycheck Protection Funding
Butler County, Iowa – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats this morning blocked additional necessary funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, which was established in the CARES Act to help small businesses keep employees on the payroll through the public health crisis. “On the same day […]