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Grassley Works to Keep EPA from Regulating Farm Dust            WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced an amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill that would ensure that no funds be allocated to the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate agricultural...

Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley at the Judiciary Committee hearing on Examining Enforcement of Criminal Insider Trading and Hedge Fund Activity Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Judiciary Committee Hearing Examining Enforcement of Criminal Insider Trading and Hedge Fund Activity Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Good morning, I would like...

Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley at the Judiciary Committee hearing on Examining Enforcement of Criminal Insider Trading and Hedge Fund Activity Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Judiciary Committee Hearing Examining Enforcement of Criminal Insider Trading and Hedge Fund Activity   Tuesday, December 5, 2006   Good morning,...

Grassley Announces Nominations of Young Iowans to U.S. Service Academies             WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that he has nominated several young Iowans to the United States Service...

GAO Report Indicates Up To 30,000 Citizenship Applications Processed without Consultation of Important Background Materials             WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Susan Collins today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that says 111,000 alien files (A-files) were...

  Justice Department Says $1.3 Billion Recovered This Year Because of Grassley-Authored Legislation                 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced this week that another $1.3 billion has been recovered for the U.S. Treasury thanks to whistleblower legislation sponsored in...

Grassley Q&A: Presidential $1 Coins    Q: What is the Presidential $1 Coin?   A: Many Iowa families have made the U.S. Mint’s popular 50 State Quarters® program an enjoyable learning tool for their children and grandchildren. As a life-long public servant, I’m tickled to observe genuine enthusiasm when kids show their parents a state...

Grassley Calls for Smooth Transition to New Medicare Part B Premiums Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), today commented on new information from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) ability to successfully implement income-related Medicare Part B...

Word On: Medicare Rx Open Season    Q: When can Medicare beneficiaries enroll or change prescription drug providers?    A: From Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, Medicare patients may choose to change their current drug-coverage plans. Administrators are encouraging beneficiaries to enroll by Dec. 8 to ensure the smoothest transition when the new...

Tax-exempt hospitals, community benefit and charitable care Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, continues to look into whether the nation’s non-profit hospitals properly account for their charitable activities, given the tax-exempt status they receive. The designation results in tax benefits totaling tens of billions of dollars every...

Grassley Calls on Trade Office to Ensure Implementation of China’s WTO Financial Services Commitments WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Finance Committee, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking Democrat, this week sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab urging her to ensure that China implement the promises it made in the World Trade...

Farm Policy in 110th Congress by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley    America’s agricultural abundance launched an historic feast of thanksgiving in 1621 between the colonists and Native Americans. Giving thanks for a plentiful harvest foreshadowed America’s berth as breadbasket to the world. Eventually President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed in 1863 a...

Grassley: Pension Reforms Are Easing Guaranty Agency’s Deficit Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance and a key author of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, made the following comment on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s Fiscal Year 2006 financial results released today. "It’s good to see the new pension reforms already working...

Say No to Federal Tax Increase By U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley      The U.S. Constitution grants the power of the purse to federal lawmakers. Article 1, section 8 says Congress “shall have the power to lay and collect taxes…[to] pay the debts and provide for the Defense and general welfare of the United States.”   The federal budget exceeds...

Grassley Urges Social Security to Improve Disability Programs Administration Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over Social Security, today highlighted the release of a report by the Government Accountability Office entitled, "Social Security Disability Programs: Clearer Guidance Could Help SSA Apply the Medical...

Grassley Seeks Economic Analysis of Industrial Biotechnology WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over international trade, has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to conduct an analysis of the competitive conditions in the industrial biotechnology industry. "Industrial biotechnology is emerging...

Grassley, Baucus Express Concern Over Continued Tax Free File Program Problems WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking Democrat, today expressed concern that the Internal Revenue Service continues to make the tax Free File program inaccessible, complicated, and otherwise frustrating for...

Grassley, Baucus, Colleagues Urge CMS to Continue Improving Medicare Drug Benefit Pharmacy Policies to Help Beneficiaries WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, Sen. Max Baucus, ranking Democrat, and 15 fellow senators are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue improving Medicare prescription...

Partisan attacks on Medicare drug benefit              Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over the Medicare program, was instrumental in the development of Medicare’s first-ever prescription drug benefit.  Today he made the following comment on...

Grassley Continues to Press FDA on Handling of Hampshire Case WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, continues to press the federal Food and Drug Administration for details of how the agency handled an internal investigation of one of its scientists, Dr. Victoria Hampshire. Grassley also wants to know how the agency...