04 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley: Stop Kicking Medicaid’s Safety-Net Hospital-Payments Down the Road

By Grassley Press

PRESS RELEASE (April 4, 2019) — Budget scorekeepers tell us that taxpayers spent at least $600 billion in 2017 to pay for health-care services for low-income Americans covered by Medicaid. This public-health insurance program is a federal-state partnership that pays hospitals, nursing-homes, and health-care providers to care for more than 70 million people. That’s 1 out of 5 people living in the United States.

04 Apr 2019

Prepared Remarks by Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa, Chairman, US Senate Finance Committee on the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2019) —

Mr President, earlier this week I introduced the bipartisan Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 — or the RESA bill as we call it in the Finance Committee. I’m pleased to be joined by my colleague, Finance Committee Ranking Member [Ron] Wyden, in introducing this important legislation.

04 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Statement on NATO Secretary General Speech to Joint Session of Congress

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON – Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, president pro tempore of the US Senate, issued the following statement after North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered remarks to a joint session of Congress earlier today.

04 Apr 2019

Iowa Democratic Party Statement on 10 Years of Marriage Equality in Iowa

By IDP Press

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 3, 2019) — Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price released the following statement recognizing ten years of marriage equality in Iowa:

04 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Statement on Cigna Insulin Price Announcement

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2019) – US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding an announcement from Cigna (Express Scripts) to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin prescriptions for some patients.

04 Apr 2019

Sens Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Jeff Merkley Lead Bipartisan Push for Wind-Energy Funding

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2019) — US Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Jeff Merkley of Oregon are leading a bipartisan push for “robust” wind-energy funding in the 2020 funding bills, touting the benefits of the wind industry in American innovation and job growth.

03 Apr 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Announces Tax-Filing Season Hearing with IRS Commissioner

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2019) — The Chairman wishes to inform Members that the Committee on Finance will meet on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at 10:15AM, in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on “The 2019 Tax Filing Season and the 21st Century IRS.”

The following witness is scheduled to testify:

The Honorable Charles P Rettig, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC

The Chairman urges every Member to attend.

 

03 Apr 2019

Protections for Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Adult Protective Service Workers passes IL House of Representatives Unanimously

By David Kubik

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 3, 2019) — Today, after an almost two year-long journey, legislation sponsored by state Representative Tony McCombie to extend protections to Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Adult Protective Services workers in honor of slain-DCFS worker Pam Knight, received the unanimous approval of the Illinois House of Representatives.

03 Apr 2019

Sens Charles "Chuck" Grassley and Ron Wyden: Payments in College Admission Scandal May Violate Tax Laws

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon are calling on the IRS to fully enforce the tax laws against those involved in the recent college admissions scandal.

03 Apr 2019

Sens Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Ron Wyden Probe Reports of Abuse at Group Homes in Iowa and Oregon

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (April 3, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon are requesting information from two companies affiliated with The MENTOR Network (Mentor) after recent news reports in Iowa and 

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