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Chuck Grassley

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Chuck Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa, a position he has held since 1981. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley has been influential in various legislative areas, including agriculture, judiciary, and finance. He has served in several key roles, including as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history. Grassley is known for his commitment to transparency and accountability in government, often emphasizing the importance of oversight in federal agencies.

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Mar 30, 2023

In the Grassley-Wyden 2-year investigation into insulin price-gouging, we found that that PBM scheme encourages drug makers to spike the drug list price.

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Mar 30, 2023

This bill puts sunshine on PBMs and saves taxpayers $740 million.

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Mar 30, 2023

The current drug price system is so opaque that it is easy to see why there are many questions about PBM motives and practices.

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Mar 30, 2023

The Prescription Pricing for the People bill requires the FTC to study pharmaceutical intermediaries, including vertical integration.

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Mar 30, 2023

Something ought to get done this Congress, considering the fact that there is already a bill out of Judiciary, a bill out of Commerce.

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Mar 29, 2023

Prohibits deceptive, unfair pricing schemes, including spread pricing and arbitrary clawbacks of payments made to pharmacies.

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Mar 29, 2023

The Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Transparency Act (S. 127) requires transparency reporting by PBMs to shine sunlight on prices and fees associated with prescription drugs.

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Mar 29, 2023

This bill puts sunshine on PBMs and saves taxpayers $740 million.

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Mar 29, 2023

In the Grassley-Wyden 2-year investigation into insulin price-gouging, we found that that PBM scheme encourages drug makers to spike the drug list price.

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Mar 29, 2023

The current drug price system is so opaque that it is easy to see why there are many questions about PBM motives and practices.

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Mar 29, 2023

I believe it is our duty to understand how the pharmaceutical supply chain is working, and what we can do to improve it.

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Mar 28, 2023

We are preached at by corporate elitists that think that we ought to be carbon-neutral by some arbitrary dates.

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Mar 28, 2023

Bipartisanship is going to be really, really necessary if we're ever going to crawl out of our deep fiscal hole that we're in right now.

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Mar 28, 2023

No one ever addresses just how harmful their decarbonization dreams would be in practice.

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Mar 23, 2023

This is unfair, it is unjustified, and yet President Biden made no mention whatsoever that I know of about the new tariff when he had the chance.

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Mar 23, 2023

I do not understand your equivocation over whether or not these agreements ought to be submitted to Congress.

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Mar 23, 2023

This is unfair, it is unjustified, and yet President Biden made no mention whatsoever that I know of about the new tariff when he had the chance.

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Mar 23, 2023

If you do not let the Mexican Government know right now that you are going to institute that, you are going to continue these conversations for the 2 years that they have already gone on.

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Mar 23, 2023

When you were in Iowa, you heard about how concerned Iowa farmers are about Mexico's ban on biotech corn.

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Mar 23, 2023

I do not understand your equivocation over whether or not these agreements ought to be submitted to Congress.

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Mar 22, 2023

I want to thank the administration for implementing the new and voluntary Rural Emergency Hospital program that I have worked for 3 or 4 years to get passed.

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Mar 22, 2023

Letting them continue has been a bipartisan priority under Presidents Obama, Trump, and now Biden.

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Mar 22, 2023

Simply put, this is beyond unacceptable.

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Mar 22, 2023

Do you think that we should be underutilizing cost-effective rural hospital programs like the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration?

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Mar 22, 2023

I want to thank the administration for implementing the new and voluntary Rural Emergency Hospital program that I have worked for 3 or 4 years to get passed.

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