WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), president pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate, was recognized
today for his significant work on behalf of workplace injury victims. The
National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA) presented Grassley
with their Lifetime Achievement Award during an annual business meeting this
morning.
“Structured settlements are critical to
ensuring workplace injury victims and their families are financially secure
while living free of reliance on government benefit programs. The issue caught
my attention because I saw the good that could be accomplished – these victims
deserve to live their lives with dignity and security. I’m honored to receive
this Lifetime Achievement Award and thank the NSSTA for recognizing my work on
behalf of injury victims,” Grassley
said.
The
NSSTA assists individuals who have been severely
injured in car accidents, on the job or harassed in the workplace by helping
ensure they receive the long-term financial security they deserve through the
use of structured settlements. Their stated mission is to “promote growth,
establishment and preservation of structured settlements in order to provide
long-term financial security to personal injury claimants and their families”.
Grassley worked with former Sen. Max
Baucus (D-Mont.) to extend the structured settlement tax rules to worker’s
compensation to cover physical injuries suffered in the workplace. Previous
recipients of NSSTA’s Lifetime Achievement Award include former Sens. Bob Dole
(R-Kan.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
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