Grassley Co-authored Bill Would Encourage Hiring of Veterans
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), today announced they introduced legislation to create job opportunities for veterans returning home from war and help businesses create jobs.
“These men and women are extremely capable,”...
Grassley re-introduces bill to apply health care reforms to White House and administration leaders, and equitably in Congress
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today renewed his effort to apply the health care reform law to the President, Vice President, cabinet members, top White House staff, and the congressional staff who worked for passage of the...
Grassley, Harkin Honor Medal of Honor Recipient from Hiawatha, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin, along with the rest of the Iowa Congressional delegation, held a ceremony presenting Hiawatha native Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta with a Concurrent Resolution honoring his incredible valor and courage on the...
Stop automatic pay raises for Congress
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is an original cosponsor of a bill by Senator David Vitter of Louisiana which permanently eliminates the automatic pay raise for members of Congress that exists in current law.
“There is definitely a lack of accountability to the American people when members of Congress receive an...
Grassley Highlights Introduction of Tax Patent Bill to Advance via Broad Patent Reform Act
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa with colleagues today introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent any individual or firm from being able to receive patents on tax strategies. The tax patent legislation also is included in the broad patent reform bill...
More Than $1 Million to Increase Access to Telemedicine
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development, has awarded funding $1,107,173 to Avera Health through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. Avera Health is a network of hospitals and clinics serving Iowa,...
Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on State of the Union Address by the President
***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.
Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
State of the Union Address by the...
Grassley on Health Card Fraud Recovery, Legislative Plans
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Health care fraud announcement
Da: Monday, Jan. 24, 2011
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the Administration’s announcement that the federal government has recovered more than $4...
Medicaid Prescriptions Warrant Closer Look
A new year gives us a symbolic fresh start for self-improvement. Many people like to make resolutions, such as losing weight, getting organized, and better managing their time and money.
The 112th Congress opened for business in January. Not unlike the self-improvement goals so often embraced around the first of...
More Than $680,000 to Iowa for Biofuels from USDA
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded funding totaling $682,256.06 to Iowa through the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels.
“Biofuels are good for the environment, lessen our dependence on foreign oil, and create thousands of American...
Grassley says EPA did the right thing by expanding the model years of vehicles eligible for E15
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said the Environmental Protection Agency has done the right thing in expanding eligibility for its E15 waiver, which lets ethanol be blended with gasoline at 15 percent.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson called Grassley this...
Q & A: The Filibuster
Q. What exactly is a filibuster?
A. A filibuster is an attempt to stop or delay action in the U.S. Senate on a piece of legislation or nomination by debating it at length, offering numerous procedural motions, or any other delaying action. It is often thought of as one senator speaking nonstop on the Senate...
$329,401 to the University of Iowa from the Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $329,401 grant to the University of Iowa.
According to the Department of Health and Human...
Leahy, Hatch, Grassley: Patent Reform Will Protect American Jobs, Promote Economic Development
WASHINGTON (Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011) – A bipartisan group of Senators will introduce patent reform legislation when the Senate returns to session next week, Senate Judiciary Committee Members Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)...
Disaster Aid to Iowa after Severe Storms
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that eight Iowa counties have received a primary natural disaster designation and 27 Iowa counties have received a contiguous disaster designation from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, due to severe storms that occurred in 2010.
The following eight...
BAUCUS, GRASSLEY RELEASE BILL TO DETER TAX SHELTERS AND INCREASE TAX FAIRNESS BY PREVENTING PATENTING OF TAX STRATEGIES
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released language of legislation they intend to introduce to protect taxpayers and fight tax evasion. The bill would...
More Than $1.4 Million to Iowa for Biofuels and Renewable Energy from USDA
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will award or has already awarded funding totaling $1,445,435.18 to Iowa through the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels and the Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP).
“Biofuels...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $350,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award nine grants totaling $350,831 to Iowa fire departments.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Centralia Peosta Volunteer Fire Department will receive $189,614...
$162,367 to the University of Iowa from the Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has awarded a $162,367 grant to the University of Iowa.
According to the Department of Health...
$400,000 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
According to the National Science Foundation, the university will use the money to fund the project entitled, “CAREER: Ultrafast...
