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Grassley Applauds Bush Selection of Iowan for Farm Credit Administration Board Nancy Pellett, of Atlantic, Tapped Today ? President Bush intends to nominate another influential Iowan to a key administration post, Sen. Chuck Grassley said today. Nancy C. Pellett, of Atlantic, has been selected to serve on the three-member Farm Credit Administration...

  Grassley Advances Priorities on Charities, Corporate Expatriation     ? Proposals from Sen. Chuck Grassley on giving more tax incentives to encourage charitable giving and preventing corporations from nominally moving overseas to avoid taxes, among others, are scheduled for Committee on Finance consideration this week. Grassley, ranking...

Most Wanted: Fixing the FBI by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   The clean-up and recovery effort at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan ended nearly nine months after suicide hijackers crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. The terrorist attacks stunned America and the rest of the world, killing almost 2,800 people in New York City and hundreds...

Word On: FBI Q: What is the "Phoenix memo?" A: The controversial memorandum was written last summer in advance of Sept. 11 by an FBI field agent based in the Phoenix, Arizona office. The field agent wrote to his superiors warning them Middle Eastern men that were associated with a radical Islamic group and tied to Osama Bin Laden were taking aviation...

Anniversary of bipartisan tax relief On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed the bipartisan tax relief package passed by Congress under the leadership of members including Sen. Chuck Grassley, who was chairman of the Committee on Finance when the legislation passed. Grassley, now ranking member of the committee, made the following comment on the...

Department of Homeland Security Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following statement about President Bush's proposal to create a new Department of Homeland Security. If approved by Congress, the new agency would be organized with four divisions: Border and Transportation Security; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Chemical, Biological, Radiological and...

Grassley Conducts Oversight of FBI's Operations Prior to September 11 Senator questions Mueller, Rowley about bureau's problems, reorganization ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked FBI Director Mueller to personally guarantee that FBI Special Agent Coleen Rowley would not suffer from retaliation for blowing the whistle on how cultural problems at the FBI...

Red Cross announcement Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, on May 7 wrote to the American National Red Cross to better understand how it intends to deliver disaster relief, particularly "9-11" monetary relief, judiciously and with due speed to qualified recipients. Grassley asked for a response by June 14. Grassley made the...

Grassley Promotes Tax Relief for Farmers, Small Business Chairman Baucus and I have called this hearing to focus on an issue on which Republicans and Democrats all agree -- the importance of tax relief for small business and farmers. All across America, the problem of high federal taxes is evident. Wall Street measures the economic slowdown by high-tech...

Grassley Promotes Tax Relief for Farmers, Small Business Chairman Baucus and I have called this hearing to focus on an issue on which Republicans and Democrats all agree -- the importance of tax relief for small business and farmers. All across America, the problem of high federal taxes is evident. Wall Street measures the economic slowdown by high-tech...

Grassley Works to Safeguard Social Security Numbers New Government Report Finds Social Security Numbers "Identifier" of Choice Among Thieves ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, today said that the government should provide better safeguards on Social Security number use. Grassley based his comments...

Grassley Seeks Public Forum for Rowley Testimony ? Sen. Chuck Grassley made the case today that Minneapolis-based FBI agent Coleen Rowley should testify publicly next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley released a copy of a letter he sent to the committee chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, giving his full support to the chairman in seeking her...

New Authority to Monitor for the FBI Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, issued the following comment regarding the new authority to monitor given to the FBI today by Attorney General John Ashcroft. Grassley is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Some of the current restrictions on investigations don't make sense. So, as Congress did with the...

Grassley Comment on FBI Reorganization Plan ? Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment regarding the organizational changes announced today by FBI Director Robert Mueller. Grassley is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he has conducted oversight of the FBI since 1996. "I appreciate Director Mueller saying today that he knows...

Grassley on FBI Reorganization Effort ? Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment in anticipation of an announcement to be made Wednesday by Director Robert Mueller on reorganizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Grassley is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he has conducted oversight of the FBI since 1996. "Director...

Farm Law Puts Iowa Farmers At Risk by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   As farmers wrap up spring planting, consider how strange the landscape would look to "windshield farmers" if just every other row was planted. While the mental picture may seem odd, it helps illustrate how critical farm exports are to Iowa farmers. That’s about how many soybean acres...

Grassley Comments on Rowley Letter Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment after being briefed on the contents of the May 21, 2002 letter from Coleen Rowley, Chief Division Counsel in the Minneapolis Field Office. "This letter has me very alarmed about the nation's security. If FBI headquarters is still handling terrorism information like it...

Grassley, Leahy and Specter Request FBI Follow-up on Moussaoui, Phoenix Memorandum and Rowley Letter ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today joined with Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania in requesting a copy of the letter regarding the Moussaoui case that was sent to FBI Director Robert Mueller by Agent Coleen Rowley. In addition, the...

Grassley Works to Stiffen Penalties for Identity Theft Crimes ? Sen. Chuck Grassley has joined his colleagues Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Jon Kyl of Arizona and Jeff Sessions of Alabama in introducing bipartisan legislation to increase penalties for individuals who commit crimes while using a stolen identity. "Identity theft is one of the fastest...

Grassley Works to Protect Iowans Against Bioterrorism, Agroterrorism ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said the bioterrorism bill passed today by the Senate on a vote of 98 to 0 will help the United States better prevent, prepare for and respond to public health emergencies related to bioterrorism. The legislation, which has already passed the House of Representatives,...