Chuck Grassley
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Recent News About Chuck Grassley
Grassley Joins Cornyn, Hagerty, Inhofe, Senate GOP To Introduce Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill
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U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), along with several of their Senate GOP colleagues, today introduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.
Grassley, Klobuchar Reintroduce Bipartisan Bills To Reduce Prescription Drug Costs, Promote Competition
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Preserving Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act and the Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act to promote competition and reduce drug costs.
Grassley, Cantwell Lead Bipartisan Bill To Examine Activity Of Prescription Drug Middlemen
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) reintroduced legislation requiring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study the role and recent merger activity of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), including possible anticompetitive behavior.
Grassley, Johnson Call For Removal Of FHFA Inspector General Following Findings Of Misconduct, Reprisal
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are calling on the Biden Administration to remove Federal Housing and Finance Agency’s inspector general (IG) Laura Wertheimer.
Grassley Statement Following President Biden’s Joint Address
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after President Biden delivered a joint address to Congress this evening.
Grassley, Casey, Brown Re-Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Help Pharmacists Provide Medical Services To Older Americans In Underserved Areas
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today re-introduced bipartisan legislation encouraging pharmacists to serve older Americans in communities lacking easy access to doctors or where pharmacists are able to provide certain basic medical services.
Grassley Probes Missing Data In Fraud-Prone Student Visa Work Program
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on the Biden administration to explain why critical employer data was omitted from a recent annual report on our nation’s student visa programs and paid work programs for international students, such as the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program.
Q&A: Improving U.S. Organ Donation System With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
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Q&A: Improving U.S. Organ Donation System With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Grassley, Durbin, Colleagues Push Resolution Commemorating National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced their bipartisan collaboration on a resolution observing this week as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
Grassley Leads Effort To Curb Red Tape Created Without Public Input
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the SenateJudiciary Committee, reintroduced legislation to end the practice of creatingnew federal red tape outside of the public rulemaking process.
Grassley, Durbin Pan H-2B Visa Expansion Without Needed Reforms To Fix Program
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U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the respective chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today criticized a Department of Homeland Security decision to release additional H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visas.
Grassley Joins Midwest Colleagues On Legislation To Expand Renewable Fuel Infrastructure
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined bipartisan legislation led by his colleagues Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to expand renewable fuel infrastructure.
Grassley Joins Colleagues In Pressing U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers To Quickly & Fully Implement Missouri River Flood Control Provisions Included In Water Resources Law
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and several colleagues in sending a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to quickly and fully utilize the tools and resources Congress provided in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 and the FY2020 Energy and Water appropriations bill to reduce flood risk and improve flood protection along the Lower Missouri River.
Grassley Calls On Schumer To Extend Restrictions On Deadly Fentanyl Analogues Fueling Opioid Overdose Deaths
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to extend temporary restrictions on fentanyl analogues that are driving overdose deaths during the opioid epidemic.
Grassley, Warren Urge Committee Finalize Its Unique Device Identifiers Recommendation For Medicare Claims Forms
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Accredited Standards Committee (X12) urging them to finalize their recommendation that Medicare claims forms include the device identifier portion of a medical device’s unique device identifier (UDI). UDI’s are serial numbers used to identify specific types of medical devices, including implantable devices like pacemakers or artificial joints and provide critical information to patients.
Packing The Court Strikes Out Independent Judiciary
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Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his bully pulpit to try to pack the Supreme Court.
Grassley, Ernst Join Bipartisan Effort To Help Iowa Farmers Enter Carbon Credit Markets, Capitalize On Their Commitment To Conservation
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Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today continued to build on their work to recognize Iowa farmers’ commitment to conservation and responsible land stewardship by introducing the Growing Climate Solutions Act, alongside a bipartisan group of colleagues.
Grassley, Spartz Urge President Biden To Prohibit ‘Sue-And-Settle’ Practice
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Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Representative Victoria Spartz (IN-05) and 16 colleagues to send a letter to President Biden urging him to prohibit a practice known as ‘sue-and-settle.’
Iowa Senators Push For Support For Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
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During National Parks Week, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced legislation to support the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA), an affiliate of the National Park Service (NPS).
