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Azar on Grassley-Wyden: No Price Controls, No Impact on Innovation

“I fundamentally disagree with the notion that the inflation penalty provisions that are in the Grassley-Wyden bill constitute price caps or price controls.”   “The changes here still leave plenty of room for profit-margin innovation and investment. There would be no material impact in any way to the R&D enterprise in the United States…”   […]

Grassley Speaks to Iowa Business Leaders on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices

Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Corridor Business Journal Health Care Summit Coralville, Iowa Friday, February 14, 2020   Thank you for inviting me to speak at this year’s Corridor Business Journal Health Care Summit.   I’m proud of the businesses that are key to economic activity in […]

ICYMI: Multiemployer Pensions Take Center Stage in 2020

Washington Examiner Ross Marchand February 12, 2020   As the primary season gets underway, one candidate, President Trump, doesn’t seem particularly worried about which presidential hopeful wins which state. He has a strong economic record to run on and he can seemingly easily expose the follies of his opponents’ big government plans. But he has […]

Grassley at Hearing on President Trump’s Proposed 2021 Budget, Secretary Mnuchin Testimony

Prepared Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the President’s Fiscal year 2021 Budget Wednesday, February 12, 2020 VIDEO   We are pleased to have Treasury Secretary Mnuchin here today to testify on the President’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal.   The President’s budget includes proposals to […]

Grassley: Democrats Ignore History on Bipartisan Green Energy Policies

Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today responded to Senate Democrats’ misleading and baseless letter on energy tax policies that ignores recent and longer-term history on how to successfully enact bipartisan green energy policies.   “Since I returned as Chairman of the Finance Committee last year, a top priority was the extension […]

Finance Committee Members Probe U.S. Organ Transplant System

Washington – Four members of the Senate Finance Committee have started probing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) after numerous inspector general audits and news reports raised questions about the adequacy of patient safety standards, suggested thousands of available organs are not being used, and highlighted questionable financial practices of some organ procurement […]

Grassley on Tax Reform and Impact on Multinational Companies

Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, February 11, 2020 VIDEO   Since tax reform was enacted in 2017, our economy has grown and strengthened, with American families and businesses seeing real benefits. Unemployment rates have dropped dramatically, with unemployment among Hispanic, Latino and African American workers […]

ICYMI: Bipartisan Bill Would Help Lower Rx Drug Prices

RealClearHealth.com February 10, 2020 By Anthony Kern   The Trump administration recently announced its support for a bipartisan bill that would help curb prescription drug prices. The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act—introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley, R-IA, and Ron Wyden, D-OR—would shield vulnerable senior communities on Medicare from rising drug costs and penalize pharmaceutical corporations for price […]

Grassley on Growing Support for the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act

Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, February 11, 2020 VIDEO   Yesterday, Senator Martha McSally announced her support for the bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act.   Senator McSally and I worked together on several parts of the bill. Arizonans should know that Senator McSally’s leadership […]