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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

It is shocking that a commissioner would choose to resign rather than watch an agency's bipartisan tradition crumble in front of her eyes.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

PBMs will claim they pass on savings to consumers or through lowering premiums, but their spread pricing and clawback tactics prove otherwise.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

The Cantwell-Grassley PBM Transparency Act directs the FTC to end well-known and documented PBM practices that drive up consumer costs.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I worked at the FTC, and I can tell you that with the Agency's overreach and activism, which will no doubt be difficult to sustain in court, it is no surprise that FTC staff morale has dramatically dropped.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Congratulations on your appointment, and I'm sure your family and everybody who knows you is proud of the responsibilities you assume.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

So, let's just assume that the FDIC or some other regulator or bank say to the community bank in Parkersburg, Iowa that you've got to make sure that you know what the carbon footprint is of the farmer and in 60 years of arming I don't know…

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Knockoffs not only violate intellectual property rights; they also threaten the economy and consumer safety.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

So, let's just assume that the FDIC or some other regulator or bank say to the community bank in Parkersburg, Iowa that you've got to make sure that you know what the carbon footprint is of the farmer and in 60 years of arming I don't know…

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Namely, and most pressing of which, is fentanyl--which is coming from China and destroying our communities.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

For decades, Congress turned a blind eye as our nation walked toward a fiscal cliff, but Democrats turned that walk into a sprint.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

But that banker in Parkersburg can say to Chuck Grassley you tell us what your carbon footprint is.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I urge under your leadership to hold a hearing with CBO on the latest outlook.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Improved information sharing between CBP and its private-sector partners would aid efforts to identify and curtail the sale of counterfeit imports.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

In March 2021, Democrats to advantage an emergency situation to pass a $2 trillion partisan spending bill.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Our rising deficits are cast by a lot of people as long-term challenge, but not immediate problem today.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Yes. I don't have a question, but you said--even though I have 1 and 12 seconds left, I'd like to just make a statement, but it's kind of a question for information from Dr. Litterman and Dr. Carney and it deals with the ESG movements…

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Today, three PBMs control 80 percent of the market. We must do something about powerful middlemen to lower drug costs for consumers.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Mr. President, the media likes narratives that split issues neatly into two opposing positions and often Republican against Democrat. There is one narrative that has been repeated so often it has become conventional wisdom. It holds that…

Congressional Record · 2023-02-15