ICYMI: Drug Price Outrage Threatens To Be Liability For GOP
By Jessie Hellmann TheHill.com January 10, 2020 The GOP’s reluctance to challenge rising prescription drug costs could be a political liability for the party in 2020. Outrage over increasing prices has propelled the issue to the top of voters’ minds heading into the November elections, when Republicans hope to keep control of the […]
Grassley Statement on the Passing of Chris Allen
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the passing of Chris Allen, Senior Advisor for Benefits and Exempt Organizations on the Senate Finance Committee majority staff. “Chris made brighter every room he entered with his positivity and sincerity. He had a way of injecting levity into […]
Grassley Continues to Highlight USMCA
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today led a press conference with Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch (R-Idaho) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Grassley also discussed details of […]
Grassley Touts Committee Approval of USMCA
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today led the bipartisan passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, which was reported out of committee on a 25-3 basis and will update the North American Free Trade Agreement. Grassley held a press conference immediately following the committee markup. He also provided updates on “Squawk Box” […]
Grassley at Committee Markup on USMCA
Prepared Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Executive Session on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementing Act Tuesday, January 7, 2020 VIDEO The committee will come to order. We are meeting today to consider H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act. Before we start, I’d like to […]
Grassley, Wyden Hail Passage of Historic USMCA
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released the following statements regarding the broad, bipartisan passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, which was reported out of committee on a 25-3 basis and will update the North American Free Trade Agreement. “Today is years in the making. […]
ICYMI: Congress Has the Answer to Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices
Townhall By: Dick Brewbaker January 4, 2020 For over a decade, prescription drug prices have soared with no end in sight. Price hikes have forced 1 in 10 Americans to ration their prescription drugs. This dangerous practice has taken the lives of at least 10 Americans – many of them never saw their 30th birthday. Some […]
Grassley, Murkowski op-ed: Let Americans unwrap savings on prescription medicine
Let Americans unwrap savings on prescription medicine By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Lisa Murkowski These days it’s seems there’s scant agreement about much of anything in Washington. However, outside of the nation’s capital, Americans share full-throated agreement on an issue that really matters: the sky rocketing prices they pay for prescription medicine. From […]
Grassley Announces USMCA Markup January 7
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced his intention to lead a markup of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on January 7, 2020, based on the expectation that the Senate will have received the legislation beforehand from the House of Representatives. “This markup will move us closer to ratifying USMCA […]
Bipartisan Legislation Boosting Support for Foster Care System Passes Congress
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas), praised the inclusion of the Family First Transition Act in the end-of-year funding legislation that passed in the Senate today and heads […]