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Senator
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
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Grassley, senior Senator from Iowa, serves as Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Finance, which is responsible
for legislation dealing with Medicare, Medicaid, Social
Security and taxes. As Chairman, Senator Grassley was the
main architect in the Senate of the Medicare prescription
drug bill, which included landmark provisions for rural
health care. Senator Grassley is a senior member of the
Judiciary and Budget committees.
He is also a member of the Agriculture Committee and Joint
Committee on Taxation and Chairman of the Senate Caucus
on International Narcotics Control. Over the years, Senator
Grassley has been responsible for numerous policy initiatives
that have become law and expanded access to health care
services for the elderly.
In 1984, as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aging of the
then-Labor and Human Resources Committee, he was responsible
for updates to the Older Americans Act. In 1986, Senator
Grassley sponsored changes to the False Claims Act that
have today become the government's most effective tool
against health care fraud. In 1997, he sponsored bipartisan
legislation to extend the solvency of Social Security.
In 1998, as Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on
Aging, Senator Grassley led an oversight effort which resulted
in greater and more effective federal scrutiny of the quality
of care in nursing homes.
In 2000, Senator Grassley got included in the Older Americans
Act a new program to support family caregivers. In 2001,
Senator Grassley was responsible for passage of tax measures
to help working Americans save more for retirement. He
has sponsored legislation to simplify and protect workers'
pensions, lessen the tax burden on retirees and expand
long-term care insurance coverage. Senator Grassley served
in the Iowa House of Representatives for 16 years. He was
elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974 and
to the U.S. Senate in 1980. He earned a B.A. and an M.A.
from the University of Northern Iowa. He did Ph.D. work
at the University of Iowa.
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