WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — Bipartisan legislation to improve health-outcomes and care-coordination for children with complex medical conditions in Medicaid, led by US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Sen Michael Bennet of Colorado, unanimously passed in the Senate after passing the House of Representatives last week.

WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon, today celebrated congressional passage of their bill to prevent drug makers from manipulating Medicaid to gouge taxpayers and increase profits by misclassifying their drugs.

WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — Senators Charles "Chuck" Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, along with Sens Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Marco Rubio of Florida, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and Mark Warner of Virginia reintroduced the bipartisan Campus Accountability and Safety Act, legislation to combat sexual assault on college and

WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today sent letters to Cigna Corporation (Express Scripts), CVS Health Corporation, and Optum, the three leading pharmacy benefit-managers (PBMs), regarding their role in the skyrocketing cost of insulin in the United States.

WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley continued and expanded his inquiry into foreign threats to taxpayer-funded research by seeking information from the Department of Defense, which plays a significant role in commissioning and funding research and development.

WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement on calls from Democrats to abolish the Electoral College.

WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — Over the past two years, some in this body have decided that they will oppose any nominee suggested by President Trump.

There isn’t a senator in this room who serves their state’s interest when qualified, noncontroversial nominees are prevented from being confirmed.

However, some members continue to do just that by slow-walking the president’s nominees for partisan purposes.

WASHINGTON DC (April 2, 2019) — This morning, Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley discussed on the Senate floor the disaster relief bill that Senate Democrats blocked yesterday that would help Iowa recover from recent devastating floods. Video can be found here and text can be found below.  

WASHINGTON DC (April 1, 2019) – Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa issued the following statement after Democrats blocked the Senate’s consideration of a disaster aid-appropriations package that would have provided relief following the devastating floods in the Midwest, including southwest Iowa.
 

WASHINGTON DC (April 1, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today introduced the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 (RESA). The legislation would encourage employers to adopt new retirement plans and reduce the cost of operating retirement plans for their employees. The bill also includes new provisions to encourage workers to plan and save for retirement.

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