WASHINGTON DC (August 12, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Novartis International AG CEO Vasant Narasimhan requesting documents relating to AveXis, a subsidiary of Novartis, manipulating data about a treatment for infants suffering from spinal muscular atrophy.

WASHINGTON DC (August 12, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, will headline a rural health care event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, August 13. The event will be held at the UnityPoint Health Des Moines, Education and Research Center, Virginia Thompson Auditorium located at 1415 Woodland Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309, 3:30–4:45PM CT.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 11, 2019) — The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) went to great heights at the Iowa State Fair to call on Senator Joni Ernst to acknowledge that climate change is real and take legislative action to address the crisis contributing to record flooding across the state.

SAVANNA, ILLINOIS (August 9, 2019) — Through a collaborative and bipartisan effort in Springfield this year, State Representative Tony McCombie (IL-71st) was successful in championing three new bills that were signed into law this week. Each of the bills is a product of collaboration and compromise, and each passed through the General Assembly with wide, bipartisan support.