09 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Judiciary Committee Hearing, “Abortion Until Birth: The Need To Pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act”

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 9, 2019) — This is not the first occasion on which this Committee has debated the importance of protecting babies after the fifth month of pregnancy. I welcome the opportunity to hear from experts on this topic again today.

09 Apr 2019

Sens Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Dick Durbin Lead Bipartisan Effort to Fund the Modernization of Locks Along Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 9, 2019) — Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa, Dick Durbin of Illinois, along with Sens Roy Blunt of Missouri and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Reps. Cheri Bustos of Illinois, and Jason Smith of Missouri, led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Senate and House appropriators urging the inclusion of funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Restoration Program (NESP) in the Fiscal Year 2020 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bills.

09 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman, US Senate Finance Committee, “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part III”

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 9, 2019) — Today, the Committee continues its look at why prescription-drug costs are so high and what can be done to bring them down.

I’d like to welcome our witnesses, who are top executives from major pharmacy-benefit managers, or PBMs.

Medicare prescription drug-plans hire PBMs to manage Part D benefits. In Medicaid, state and managed-care organizations also employ PBMs.

09 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Discusses PBMs on CNBC, Bloomberg Ahead of Drug-Pricing Hearing

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 9, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today discussed pharmacy-benefit managers (PBMs) on “Squawk Box” on CNBC and “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas” on Bloomberg TV, ahead of the Committee’s third hearing so far this year on drug-pricing. Five PBM executives from Cigna Corporation, CVS Health and CVS Caremark, Humana, OptumRx, and Prime Therapeutics will serve as witnesses. Video of the interviews can be found below.

09 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley: Rising Prescription-Drug Costs Are a Problem for Many Americans — So Let’s Fix It

By Grassley Press

PRESS RELEASE (April 8, 2019) — Innovative medical therapies discovered by doctors and researchers have improved the quality of life for millions of Americans and saved the lives of millions more. However, the public and policy-makers are concerned with the rising prescription-drug costs, and the political will to address the problem is increasing.

08 Apr 2019

Broad Alliance to Call on Congress to Take Action to Protect DACA and TPS Recipients

By Jon Krieg

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 8, 2019) — A broad coalition from around Iowa will gather on Wednesday, April 10, at the statehouse in support of HR18, a resolution in the Iowa House of Representatives that urges Iowa’s members of Congress to support the American Dream and Promise Act of 2

08 Apr 2019

A Conversation on Care in America: Progressive Alternatives to Nationalized Health Care

By Katy Siddall
DES MOINES, IOWA (April 8, 2019) — Join Colorado Governor and 2020 presidential candidate John Hickenlooper, former congressional candidate Theresa Greenfield and Progressive Policy Institute President Will Marshall in Des Moines for a panel discussion on how policy makers can bring down health care costs during the 116th Congress. The panel will take questions from the audience after making introductory remarks.
08 Apr 2019

Prepared Floor Statement by U.S. Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa on Double Standards in Trump and Clinton Investigations

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 8, 2019) —

Mr President,

After years of hearing Democrats falsely proclaim that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, Special Counsel Mueller found no collusion existed.

08 Apr 2019

Gov Kim Reynolds to sign Iowa CARE Act

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES – Governor Kim Reynolds will sign SF210, the Iowa CARE Act, into law on Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

The following event is open to credentialed members of the media:

 

Tuesday, April 9

Gov Kim Reynolds to sign the Iowa CARE Act

Governor’s Formal Office

Iowa State Capitol

Des Moines, IA

4:30PM

 

08 Apr 2019

Sen Kamala Harris to Hold Town Hall at the University Of Iowa, Attend Des Moines Women’s House Party

By Miryam Lipper

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 8, 2019) — Senator Kamala Harris will make her third trip to Iowa as a Democratic presidential candidate April 10 and 11. On Wednesday, Sen Harris will hold a town-hall meeting in Iowa City at the University of Iowa where, among other issues, she will lay out her plan to give Iowa teachers a $12,200 raise by the end of her first term.

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