Ranking Member Grassley Letter to Attorney General Holder About Whistleblower Allegations
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley's letter to Attorney General Eric Holder about whistleblower allegations at the ATF
More Than $2 Million to Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded disaster relief funding totaling $2,248,269.09 to the Nishnabotna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative.
The cooperative, which serves rural areas in southwest Iowa, will...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive Nearly $270,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award three grants totaling $269,859 to Iowa fire departments.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Birmingham Volunteer Fire Department will receive...
Grassley: Billions of Dollars Wasted in Tax Program
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Improper payments in tax program
Da: Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on a report released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, "Reduction Targets and Strategies...
Grassley: Sioux Center Student Secures Appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Colton Van’t Hof has been selected by the U.S. Navy for admission to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2011-2012 school year.
Van’t Hof is a senior at Sioux Center Community High School and...
Grassley works to stop abuse of government charge cards by federal employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced a bill to require federal agencies to put new safeguards and controls on government charge cards used by federal employees. The bill also would require penalties for...
$169,541 to Dubuque Health Center from the Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $169,541 Health Center Program Service Area Competition grant to the Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque.
According to the Department of Health...
Q & A: Dollars and Sense
Q. What is the difference between federal deficit and federal debt?
A. The federal deficit is the annual amount the federal government spends over what it takes in. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the federal government is projected to take in $2.2 trillion in fiscal year 2011...
Grassley Works to Clear Rape Kit Backlog
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley this week introduced the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2011, along with Senator Al Franken of Minn., to help clear the backlog of untested rape kits around the country. Senators Dianne Feinstein of Calif., Michael Bennet of Colo., Richard Burr of N.C., Bernie...
Grassley Presses Administration to Move Forward on Trade Agreements
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley in a letter to President Barack Obama yesterday pressed for action on three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
Grassley said that he was encouraged to hear the positive remarks in last week’s State of the Union...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $900,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award 11 grants totaling $942,365 to Iowa fire departments.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Coggon Fire Department will receive $9,486 through...
Ranking Member Grassley letter to ATF Acting Director Melson re: Whistleblower Retaliation
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Acting Director Kenneth Melson on Whistleblower Retaliation
Iowa-Tested Reality Check Helps Keep Washington Accountable
In one of the first orders of business of the 112th Congress, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a good government measure I’ve pursued for more than a decade.
In a move that will pull back the cloak of secrecy that effectively hog-ties the people’s business in the U.S. Senate, anonymous...
Grassley, Durbin Say GAO Report Highlights Need for Major Reform of the H-1B Visa Program
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin today pressed Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, for answers to long-standing problems in the H-1B visa program. Grassley is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and...
Grassley: Proposed Dust Rules Would Cause Significant Harm to Rural America
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to make a good faith effort to review industry comments, studies, and economic analysis on the impact of proposed rules on...
Q & A: Encouraging American Innovation
Q. As the new Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, what will be your first item of business?
A. With the start of the 112th Congress, I became the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, or the leader of the committee Republicans. As the Ranking Member, my first piece...
Long-sought Grassley reform to end secret holds passes Senate
WASHINGTON --- Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden have scored a major victory in their bipartisan effort, which started more than a decade ago, to end the secrecy of Senate holds, a practice that allows individual senators to...
Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Grassley Letter to ATF on Southwest Border
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley's letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Acting Director Kenneth Melson re: Southwest Border and Whistleblower Allegations
KOHL, GRASSLEY: STOPPING “PAY-FOR-DELAY” DEALS ESSENTIAL TO LOWERING RX DRUG COSTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Herb Kohl and Chuck Grassley have reintroduced legislation limiting pay-for-delay settlements used to keep lower-cost generic drugs off pharmacy shelves. Under these pay-off agreements, brand name drug companies settle patent disputes by...
Grassley Joins Legislation to Cut Tax Paperwork Requirement for Small Businesses, Farms
***This press release has been updated to reflect 23 Iowa constituent meetings instead of the previously listed 24 due to a weather-related school closing in Independence.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to repeal a...
