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Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  Two weeks ago, I urged the Department of Agriculture to make the environmental impact statement for Roundup Ready alfalfa a priority for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.  APHIS is what that's normally called.  Just yesterday, the department...

$350,000 to Iowa State University from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $350,000 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. “This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding...

Grassley Calls for Increased Efforts to Address Trade Barriers to Indian Market WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today called for improved access for U.S. agricultural products to the Indian market following the release of a U.S. International Trade Commission report showing Indian tariff and non-tariff measures are a serious impediment to U.S....

CMS Actuary analysis requested by Grassley and Enzi shows health care costs would go up under Senate bill WASHINGTON --- Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) today said that in response to their request, the Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reported on the overall financial effects, coverage...

Grassley Q&A: Job Creation through Wind Energy Q:  How can wind energy help create jobs? A:  As I talk with Iowans, there seems to be a recurring theme:  they are worried, even scared, about where the country and economy are heading.  As the unemployment rate stays at 10 percent nationally and 6.7 percent in Iowa, creating jobs is...

$558,150 to Southeastern Community College from the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the National Science Foundation has awarded a $558,150 competitive grant to Southeastern Community College in Burlington through the S-STEM program.  Southeastern Community College will use the money to help pay for a...

$984,000 to Iowa from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded grants and loans totaling $984,000 to Iowa. “This funding will help deliver quality programs, increase economic opportunities, and improve the quality of life of rural Iowans,” Grassley said. The Office...

Grassley: Health Care Bill Does Not Eliminate “Hidden Tax,” Adds Others Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck Grassley on the So-Called “Hidden Tax” Delivered Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 My Democratic friends have taken to the floor arguing that the Reid bill eliminates a so-called “hidden tax.” What is the so-called “hidden tax”?  The Democrats argue that there is...

Some Taxpayers Get a Tax Increase Under the Reid Bill Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck Grassley Does the Reid Bill Provide a Tax Cut?  Does the Bill Raise Taxes? Delivered Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Earlier today, I explained to my fellow senators – and my friends in the media – that the Reid bill does not provide a net tax cut to Americans, contrary to the...

Grassley: Businesses of All Sizes Oppose Health Care Reform Bill Senator Chuck Grassley Floor Speech on Business Group Reactions to Health Care Bill Delivered Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 As I travel around Iowa I hear a lot of concern about out of control government spending.  People are worried about all the bailouts … the banks, the automakers. ...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report  STAFF: The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, speaking to you live from Washington. Participating in today's public affairs program are Michael Cooley with KSIB radio in Creston and Rusty Ebert with the Van Buren County Register in Keosauqua. The first...

Grassley says Treasury has obligation to track and disclose how TARP dollars are used WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said the Treasury Department has finally agreed to a recommendation from the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) that it report on use of TARP funds by individual TARP recipients, and that what...

Grassley: Health Care Bill Will Not Give All Taxpayers a Tax Cut Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley Response to Claim That the Bill Results in a Net Tax Cut Delivered Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009   My friends on the other side of the aisle have consistently stated that the Reid bill – according to the Joint Committee on Taxation – is a NET tax...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's conference call with Iowa Reporters  GRASSLEY:  Last week, I urged President Obama to get behind three initiatives to help create jobs.  So at 11 o'clock this morning I'm going to the White House for a bipartisan meeting with the president about job creation.    I'll be with a group of senators as...

Grassley: Tax Increases in Reid Health Reform Bill Are Numerous, Widespread, Worrisome Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley: Crapo Motion to Commit the Reid Health Care Reform Bill to the Finance Committee re: tax increases I’d like to take a few minutes to talk about Senator Crapo’s motion to commit.  If Senator Crapo prevails, and he should...

$309,868 to Iowa State University from the U.S. Department of Commerce WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that Iowa State University has received a grant totaling $309,868 from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. “The Iowa Manufacturing...

Grassley participates in White House meeting to discuss job creation WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today attended a White House meeting to discuss the economy and job creation with President Barack Obama and Republicans and Democrats from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Grassley said he made two points during the meeting in the Cabinet...

Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, December 16 WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, December 16, from 6:30-7 p.m. (Central Time) on television stations across Iowa. “Ask Your Senator” will be broadcast from Washington, D.C. and can be seen live in communities served by...

$449,939 to Iowa State University from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $449,939 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. “This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding...

Grassley works to build on success of tax relief for education WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is introducing legislation today to make permanent a number of education-related tax relief initiatives he’s spearheaded, which have delivered an estimated $257 million in savings to Iowans so far.   Grassley made affordable education a priority from...