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Grassley, Leahy Introduce Bill to Make FBI More Accountable for Actions ? Sen. Chuck Grassley is the lead Republican on legislation introduced today to improve accountability within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Key components of the reform proposal reflect Grassley's many years of scrutiny of the nation's largest law enforcement agency. The bill he...

Grassley Works for Increased Immigration Enforcement Senator Urges Cooperation Among Federal, State and Local Officials ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today sent a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft urging the Department of Justice to empower local police to take action against illegal immigration in their own communities. Grassley said that immigration...

Grassley Receives Distinguished Public Service Award Iowa Senator Recognized as a Voice for Older Americans ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today received the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Alliance for Aging Research. The award recognizes Grassley's leadership on behalf of health research that helps aging Americans. "I thought that federal aging...

Grassley Advocates New Pension Protections Since the Enron and Global Crossing controversies erupted, I've been concerned about the larger consequences these bankruptcies have for retirement plans across the country. What we've learned about so far and will continue to explore are problems with manipulation of employer stock in retirement plans. Based on...

Grassley Offers New Protections for Pensions ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that he will introduce legislation that would tighten up protections for retirement plan participants in the future in light of the collapse of the Enron Corp., Global Crossing and other similarly situated companies. Grassley's bill, the National Employee Savings and Trust Equity...

Grassley Works to Ensure Future Military Votes Are Counted Senate Approves Election Reform Amendment ? Troubled by reports of rejected votes cast by overseas military personnel during the 2000 presidential election, Sen. Chuck Grassley today won Senate approval for his plan to improve the delivery of absentee ballots cast by service members who are...

Grassley Offers Summer, Fall Opportunities to Iowa College Students, New Graduates ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said young Iowans interested in government can apply for internships in his Washington office for the upcoming summer or next fall. The internships are available to Iowans who commit to working either a six-week summer session or September through...

Senators Release GAO Review on Alternative Development Assistance to Colombia Report Finds Efforts Hampered by Lack of Government Control - A General Accounting Office review of U.S. counternarcotics efforts designed to help Colombian drug producers cultivate alternative crops reveals that a lack of control by the Colombian government is hampering the...

Senators Release GAO Review on Alternative Development Assistance to Colombia Report Finds Efforts Hampered by Lack of Government Control - A General Accounting Office review of U.S. counternarcotics efforts designed to help Colombian drug producers cultivate alternative crops reveals that a lack of control by the Colombian government is hampering the...

Senators Release GAO Review on Alternative Development Assistance to Colombia Report Finds Efforts Hampered by Lack of Government Control - A General Accounting Office review of U.S. counternarcotics efforts designed to help Colombian drug producers cultivate alternative crops reveals that a lack of control by the Colombian government is hampering the...

Waxman, Grassley Release Report on Serious Flaws in Key Nursing Home Website ? A new report released today by Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman and Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, finds serious flaws in the federal website designed to give the public reliable information about nursing homes. The report reveals that the federal...

Grassley Praises Iowans for Success of Adopt A Soldier Program Hundreds of Iowans Send Greetings to Troops Overseas -- Sen. Chuck Grassley today thanked the hundreds of Iowans who supported U.S. troops through participation in the "Adopt an Iowa Soldier" program. Grassley is marking the end of "Adopt an Iowa Soldier." The program, a team effort between...

nursing home staffing Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, has a long history of working to improve the government's oversight of the nation's nursing homes. In 2000, as chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, he secured the release of the first part of a nursing home staffing study, with an original due date of Jan. 1, 1992....

government agency dealings with Enron Corp. Last week, Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, received an accounting of all actions that the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency have taken since 1985 in support of the Enron Corp.'s business transactions. Today, Grassley received an...

Grassley Works to Protect U.S. Farm Exports to China ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, has asked the Chinese government for more reasonable regulations regarding U.S. shipments of soybeans and other agricultural products to China. The text of the letter Grassley sent with his Democratic counterpart follows. February 15,...

Farm Bill Clears Hurdle By Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   The U.S. Senate passed a five-year farm bill in February, clearing the way for a bicameral conference committee to iron out the differences between the House and Senate versions of U.S. farm policy.   Some of my colleagues may believe I sound like a broken record when it comes to my...

Senate Approves Federal Judicial Nominee from Iowa Gritzner Confirmed by the Senate for U.S. District Judge ? The Senate last night approved by voice vote the nomination of James Gritzner of West Des Moines to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. "Jim Gritzner has extensive trial experience and is fully qualified to serve on the...

Grassley Works to Protect Theft, Protect SS Numbers Madam Chairwoman and Senator Kyl, thank you for allowing me to make a few comments on this important matter. As you know, I'm no longer a member of this subcommittee, but I remain very interested in making sure that we eradicate identity theft. So I thank the Chair for her indulgence. The dangers to our...

Senate Passes Farm Bill The Senate passed the farm bill today by a vote of 58 to 40. Sen. Chuck Grassley voted for the bill. During the Senate debate, Grassley won approval for his amendments to limit farm program payments to family farms, prohibit packer ownership of livestock, give farmers greater leverage in dispute resolutions, help farmers develop...

Opening Statement at Steel and Lumber Trade Hearing Today's hearing will examine the trade-related problems and concerns of two American industries, steel and lumber. These concerns are important and deserve appropriate review by this Committee. I would like to make three points with regard to this hearing. The first is that this administration deserves a...