Grassley holds Treasury Department accountable for safeguarding tax dollars in bailouts
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to account for the Treasury Department not implementing numerous recommendations to safeguard tax dollars dedicated to the TALF program, a federal program designed to ensure access to credit...
Grassley Welcomes U.S. Involvement in Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations, Urges Implementation of Pending Trade Agreements to Increase U.S. Jobs, Growth
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement
DA: Friday,...
More Than $1 Million to Waverly-Shell Rock Community Schools for Disaster Recovery
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has awarded $1,090,394 to the Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District through the Hazard Mitigation Grant program as it continues...
Taxes go up in pending health care legislation
The federal government has put taxpayers on the hook this year for hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the economy and pump up the banking sector and auto industry. The out-of-control spending has mortgaged the future with historic debt and diminished present-day opportunities for economic...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report
OPERATOR: The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley speaking to you live from Des Moines.
Participating in today's public affairs program are Joel Herman with KAYL Radio in Storm Lake and Ken Black with the Marshalltown Times-Republican in...
$737,151 to Iowa Hospitals from USDA
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded grants totaling $737,151 to Iowa hospitals through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.
“This money will help purchase technology to increase efficiency at rural hospitals while...
$396,693 to Iowa Hospitals from USDA
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a $396,693 competitive grant to Avera Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which is partnering with hospitals in Osceola, Plymouth and Sioux counties, through the Distance Learning and...
Honoring Veterans
Senator Chuck Grassley today released the following statement to honor U.S. veterans. Audio of this statement can be found on Grassley's website, http://grassley.senate.gov by scrolling over "News Center" and clicking on "News Conference Calls." The file is called "Grassley Veterans Day Message."
Grassley also met yesterday...
USDA purchasing $50 million more pork for nutrition programs
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: USDA purchasing $50 million more pork for nutrition programs
Senator Chuck Grassley today released the following statement after the U.S....
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call
GRASSLEY: Congress has placed a very high priority on renewable resources over the last 10 years, more than just ethanol and wind energy. We got the 2008 farm bill authorizing and reauthorizing a program that gives preference within the federal government to bio-based...
Health Care Reform and the Economy
Floor Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance
Health Care Reform and the Economy
Mr. President, last week we learned that the nation’s unemployment rate has risen to 10.2 percent. One out of every ten working American is out of a job. But the real number is even...
Grassley: Experts Say Cap-and-trade Program Would Take Money from Taxpayers, Out of the Economy
Opening Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley
“Climate Change Legislation: Considerations for Future Jobs”
It’s the responsibility of Congress to weigh the costs and benefits of every policy decision it makes, and the bigger the issue the more important it...
Grassley works to promote adoption of children in foster care
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today received a “Legislator of the Year” award from Voice for Adoption, a national organization dedicated to “speaking out for our nation’s waiting children.”
“Improving opportunities for children and young adults is one of the most important things we can...
Grassley calls on Treasury Secretary to require TARP participants to report on use of funds
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking why the Treasury Department isn’t requiring TARP recipients to report on the actual uses of TARP funds.
Grassley said an October report to Congress from the Special Inspector General for TARP says the Treasury Department...
Justice Department Unresponsive to Oversight Questions
Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Attorney General Holder’s Responses to Questions for the Record from Monday, November 9, 2009
Mr./Madam President, I’m here to discuss a very important matter that I intended to discuss in...
Unhealthy Rx for U.S. Medicine
Like many citizens across the country, Iowans flocked to town meetings this summer to express strongly held views about proposals to reform the delivery of health care in America. To a large degree, people seemed to divide along the lines of those for and against a nationalized health care system.
These face-to-face meetings...
Grassley says CRS legal opinion confirms HHS campaign may violate federal law
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that an opinion from the American Law Division at the Congressional Research Service says the online initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services called “State Your Support” may violate federal prohibitions on the use of...
Grassley Pushes Immigration Authorities to Hold Employers Accountable for H-1B Visa Fraud
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to step up its commitment to end the fraud and abuse of the H-1B visa program.
Grassley noted that...
Grassley: Military Personnel Soon Will Benefit from First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today welcomed the enactment of legislation he co-sponsored to help members of the military benefit from the first-time homebuyer tax credit. The President signed the provision into law today.
“Members of the military are...
