Articles Tagged: Chuck Grassley

His office says he expects to be back to work next week

Sen. Chuck Grassley hospitalized, cannabis flower and pharmacy bills advance in legislature

Grassley is receiving antibiotic infusions, a news release from his office says

Building on its existing collection of pre-U.S. Senate political papers from Chuck Grassley, the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday announced the long-serving senator will make another gift leaving UNI with a complete collection of papers from his entire career spanning 60-plus years.

Supporters argue the bill it would crack down on child trafficking as well as "child recycling," which refers to bad actors bringing children with them across the border multiple times and falsely claiming them as a relative to appear as a family unit.

In a call with reporters Wednesday, Iowa’s U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley also shrugged off former President Donald Trump’s latest call to scrap Obamacare, saying Republicans are working to bring health care costs down, but have little interest in rehashing the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Here’s what that means for Iowa farmers

Pharmacies across Iowa have closed at an alarming rate over the past decade-plus, partly because insurance payouts don't cover drug costs. Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and colleagues this week introduced a proposal that would tackle practices used by pharmacy benefit managers that drive up costs for prescription medications.

Also, Chuck Grassley won’t endorse for caucus

Request includes aid to Ukraine and Israel as well as border security funding

Senator sends letter to Justice, FBI seeking records

Miller-Meeks and Grassley also move to freeze Iranian assets.

Iowa Republican U.S. House Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks publicly declared their support for Steve Scalise as the next House Speaker.

“During the time I was Judiciary chairman and she was the ranking Democrat, we had a wonderful working relationship. She was a true public servant,” Grassley said..

With only a few days left for Congress to avert a government shutdown, Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley criticized the move by some House Republicans to hold up government funding over certain policy goals. He said a shutdown would hurt American taxpayers.