Grassley Wins Committee Approval for Alternative Energy Initiatives
-- Sen. Chuck Grassley won committee approval last night for a number of environmentally responsible alternative energy initiatives that he has championed for years, including wind, biomass, ethanol and biodiesel.
"It makes sense to use the tax code to develop alternative energy," Grassley...
2002 Tax Season
by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
Although many opt to procrastinate until the last possible moment, the 2002 tax filing season is well underway. As Iowa families, employers and small business owners organize and review their record-keeping from the year before, very few seem to look forward to filing their tax returns. Unless you’re...
Grassley Works to Keep International Markets Open for Farmers
Senate Approves Trade Compliance Amendment to Farm Bill
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today won Senate approval of his amendment to protect farmers by ensuring that the farm bill does not violate World Trade Organization regulations.
"Trade is absolutely critical to the success of the family farmer. If...
Floor Speech on Mexico's High Fructose Corn Syrup Tax
Mr. President, few trade policy developments in recent years have been more significant for the United States than our flourishing economic partnership with Mexico. The comprehensive free trade agreement in which we both participate, and which has contributed so much to the prosperity and freedom in both...
Grassley Initiatives Help to Make Energy Package Environmentally Friendly
-- The chairman's mark of an energy tax incentives bill includes numerous pieces of environmentally responsible alternative energy legislation that Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, has championed for years.
"It makes sense to use the tax code to develop...
Grassley Seeks Investigation
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the legislative branch's Office of Compliance to investigate Senate employees' complaints about ill health effects from the Hart building clean-up and irradiated mail.
"One of the responsibilities of the Office of Compliance is to make sure legislative branch employees have a safe work...
2002 Tax Season
by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
Although many opt to procrastinate until the last possible moment, the 2002 tax filing season is well underway. As Iowa families, employers and small business owners organize and review their record-keeping from the year before, very few seem to look forward to filing their tax returns. Unless you’re...
Word On: VITA
Q: What is VITA?
A: Authorized by the Internal Revenue Service, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program offers free tax preparation services for older, disabled, low-income and non-English speaking persons. IRS trained and certified VITA volunteers have helped prepare basic tax returns for taxpayers unable to afford professional tax...
Grassley Scores Major Victory for Family Farmers
Senator's Amendment Keeps Payments Aimed at Family-sized Farmers
Sen. Chuck Grassley today scored a major victory for family farmers when the Senate voted in support of his amendment to limit farm subsidies and target assistance to small and mid-sized farming operations.
"Today's vote is a huge victory for...
Farm Bill Would Make Chapter 12 Permanent
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Senate has once again gone on record in support of permanent status for Chapter 12 of the federal bankruptcy code.
"Chapter 12 has proven itself and deserves to be a permanent part of the bankruptcy code," Grassley said. "It gets the borrower and the lender to sit down...
Finance Committee Hearing On Ongoing U.S. Trade Negotiations
Just last November, we successfully launched the ninth round of WTO trade negotiations at Doha. There we agreed on a far-reaching set of negotiations to be completed within three years. As Ambassador Zoellick said at the time, "We removed the stain of Seattle." Now we have to make the most of this...
Congressional Access to Justice Department Documents
Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on an issue that I believe is at the core of the viability of our democracy. The issue is sunshine in government. I firmly believe that openness of government has kept our country as strong as it is today. If we can see...
Grassley Works to Shut Down Medicare, Medicaid Consulting Fraud
This afternoon, Sen. Chuck Grassley is scheduled to offer an amendment to the farm bill with Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota that would limit farm payments and target assistance to small and mid-size family farmers.
The Grassley/Dorgan amendment would establish a combined payment limitation...
Separating Life-Saving Research from Human Cloning
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, I have come to realize how blessed I am. I think most Americans have. As a proud father, grandfather and great-grandfather, I know how precious the gift of life is. Yet, I believe that the process of cloning essentially disregards this respect for...
Grassley Comment on Defeat of Bipartisan Economic Stimulus Bill
? Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following comment about the Senate vote to defeat of a bipartisan economic stimulus bill.
"Apparently Sen. Daschle is willing to put at risk Americans who may be on the verge of losing their jobs in the...
Revenue Proposals in the Administration's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Proposal
Before I get into substance, I'd like to make a preliminary note about process. This committee has a very fine bipartisan tradition. The bipartisan tradition of this committee means bipartisan action here usually means bipartisan success on the Senate floor. Far too often the...
irradiated mail complaints
This morning, representatives from the Legislative Mail Task Force, including the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the United States Postal Service, and the Office of the Attending Physician held a briefing for Senate chiefs of staff, administrative...
President's Fiscal Year 2003 budget proposal
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on President Bush's Fiscal Year 2003 budget proposal.
"It's always up to Congress to go over the President's budget proposal and see whether we agree with the spending and cutting priorities. It's wartime, and we have to...
Grassley, Others File Dissenting Views on Trade Adjustment Bill
? Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and other Republican members late today filed the following report with the Committee.
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS, FARMERS, FISHERMAN, COMMUNITIES AND FIRMS ACT OF 2001
DISSENTING VIEWS OF SENATORS GRASSLEY, HATCH,...
War and Recession
by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
The president in January spoke with confidence and resolve during his first State of the Union message before Congress. Not known to mince words, President Bush readily acknowledged the United States is at war and struggling to shake an economic recession. But he immediately reassured America that...
