Grassley Redlines President Biden’s Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the below statement on President Biden’s costly Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget released today, over a month past its statutory due date. “President Biden’s FY 2025 budget is chock full of corner-cutting to circumvent congressional spending caps and presents short-sighted plans to burn through […]
Whitehouse Holds Hearing Highlighting How Strengthening Primary Care Would Improve Patient Health, Reduce Costs
Washington, D.C.—This morning, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, held a hearing titled “How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency,” to highlight how strengthening primary care can deliver better health care, lower costs, and improve outcomes for patients. The U.S. spends more on health care as a share of its GDP than […]
03.06.24 Chairman Whitehouse REEF Act Opening Statement
03.06.24 Senator Grassley REEF Act Opening Statement
03.06.24 Chairman Whitehouse Opening Statement
03.06.24 Senator Grassley Opening Statement
Grassley Discusses Efforts To Make Primary Care More Accessible And Effective
Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee Hearing on “How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency” Wednesday, March 6, 2024 VIDEO Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding today’s hearing on strengthening primary care. Americans spend more than 4.3 trillion dollars annually on health care. Our spending has more […]
Whitehouse Advances Bipartisan REEF Act to Protect Railroad Workers’ Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Benefits
Washington, D.C.—This morning, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, held a legislative markup of S. 1274, the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act. The bipartisan legislation would permanently exempt railroad workers’ unemployment and sickness insurance benefits from mandated sequestration cuts. It was introduced by Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), […]
Chairman Whitehouse Announces Markup of Bipartisan REEF Act
Washington, D.C.—Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced today that the Committee will hold a markup of the bipartisan Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 9:30 AM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608. The legislation was introduced by Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) with original co-sponsors Senators […]
Republicans’ IRS cuts to add $24 billion to the deficit, finds CBO
Washington, D.C.—While holding hostage the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, MAGA Republicans demanded $20 billion in cuts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now finds will add $24 billion to the deficit—even more than previously reported. According to a new CBO report, prepared at the […]