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Grassley releases medical ghostwriting report, recommends NIH promote transparency WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has released a staff report of the Committee on Finance on the practice of medical ghostwriting and is urging the National Institutes of Health to incorporate its findings in new, final disclosure guidelines. The committee staff report is...

Q & A: Tax Relief for Families, Job Creation Q. What’s going on with the 2001–2003 tax cuts?    A. The marginal rate cuts and the family tax relief of the bipartisan tax reform that was enacted in 2001 and 2003 are among the most important issues facing this Congress. These cuts are scheduled to expire in December 2010. If Congress doesn’t...

Spend Less, Listen More Living in a world filled with uncertainty – joblessness, the Gulf oil spill and undercurrents of the next terrorism strike – it should be obvious the American public wants political leadership that will get the country back on the right track. Unfortunately, Washington doesn’t seem to be getting the message. The White House and the...

$331,815 to Iowa Department of Public Health WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has awarded a $331,815 competitive grant to the Iowa Department of Public Health.    The Iowa Department of Public Health will use the money to fund...

$1.5 Million to Ottumwa from Commerce Department WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1.5 million grant to Ottumwa.   Ottumwa will use the funds to construct additional infrastructure at the Ottumwa Industrial Airport.  This will help retain existing jobs,...

$158,754 to the University of Northern Iowa from the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the University of Northern Iowa has received a $158,754 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.    The university’s project, titled “Collaborative Research: Multi-band Differential Code-Shifted...

Fighting to End Secret Holds   Prepared Testimony of Senator Chuck Grassley  Thank you Mr. Chairman, Senator Bennett, I appreciate the opportunity to give my perspective on the work Senator Wyden and I have been doing for many years now to bring transparency to the practice of holds in the Senate. Holds are an informal process outside the Senate...

$1,236,385 to University of Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two competitive grants totaling $1,236,385 to the University of Iowa.   The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute awarded $1,205,390 to the university, for lung disease research.   The National...

Grassley African American Revolutionary War Patriot Memorial Measure Moves Out of Committee WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced by Senator Chuck Grassley that would help establish a memorial to honor free and enslaved African Americans who served or provided civilian assistance during the American Revolution has received committee approval. Earlier this...

Grassley Resolution to Make Senate Amendments More Transparent to the Public WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today introduced a Senate resolution to improve transparency in the legislative process by making the amendments filed by senators immediately available to the public online.  Amendments are already available online to senators and...

Grassley: U.S. Should Seek WTO Case Over China Currency, Propose Strategy for U.S.-China Economic Engagement  Submitted for the Record Opening Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Hearing on “The U.S.-China Trade Relationship: Finding A New Path Forward” with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke & USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk, testifying June 23, 2010 The...

$386,000 to the University of Iowa WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that the University of Iowa will receive a $386,000 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.    The University of Iowa will use the money to study flexible precursor strategies to new catalytic metal phosphide and phosphide-sulfide materials.   Each year,...

More Than $2 Million to Iowa Airports WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has awarded seven grants totaling $2,351,908 to Iowa airports.    “This funding is to increase the safety and efficiency of these airports, as well as help provide important economic...

$399,875 to Help Iowa’s Homeless Veterans WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded two grants totaling $399,875 to Iowa organizations through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.   “Veterans put their lives on the line for this country and we owe them a great deal.  This funding should...

$165,000 to University of Iowa WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $165,000 in congressionally directed spending to the University of Iowa.    The University of Iowa will use the funds to establish the National Institute for Twice-Exceptionality at the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted...

Senators Press Obama on Administration’s Commitment to Homegrown Renewable Fuels Actions Don’t Match Administration’s Rhetoric                 WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley, John Thune, Mike Johanns and Kit Bond today pressed President Barack Obama on his administration’s...

Senators Question Possible Administration Plans to Defer Action on Millions of Illegal Aliens   WASHINGTON – Several U.S. senators today questioned possible plans by the administration to unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.  Senator Chuck Grassley was joined by Senators Orrin...

$202,630 to Iowa from Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development, has awarded five grants and loans totaling $202,630 to Iowa through the Community Facility Grant and Loan and Economic Impact Initiative Grant programs.   “The projects funded today will increase...

$225,000 to University of Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a competitive $225,000 grant to the University of Iowa.    The University of Iowa will use the funds to conduct diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic research.    Each year, thousands of...

Grassley, Bond Work for Accountability with Stimulus Dollars for Housing WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Kit Bond have sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, reiterating their concerns about possible waste, fraud and abuse in the Department’s distribution of stimulus funds to troubled Public...