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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,...

INS Approval of Visas Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following statement today on the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General report on the Immigration and Naturalization Service's approval of visas for two of the September 11 hijackers. "This report confirms that the INS is an inefficient bureaucracy that has put security and...

Parsonage housing tax exemption Today President Bush signed into law a bill protecting the housing tax break that ministers, priests and rabbis receive. The bill clarifies that parsonage allowances are limited to the fair market rental value of the residence. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, was the lead co-sponsor of this...

Grassley Works to Protect Consumers from Identity Theft ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said the U.S. Senate is one step closer to passing legislation that helps victims recover from identity theft crimes and assists law enforcement personnel in catching the criminals. "Unfortunately, knowing someone whose identity has been stolen is all too common," Grassley said....

Grassley Seeks Investigation of CIA Handling of 1999 Report on Al Qaeda ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the Central Intelligence Agency Office of Inspector General to probe how the agency handled a government report in 1999 that warned al Qaeda terrorists could crash planes into government buildings in the Washington area, including the Pentagon, CIA...