News Releases

Social Security earnings limit Today several senators and representatives of grass roots groups are holding a news conference to urge swift Senate approval of a bill to repeal the Social Security earnings limit on workers ages 65 to 69. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, is an original co-sponsor of a bill to repeal the...

Airport Bill Clears Major Hurdle ? Iowa's senators said today that a Senate-House conference committee has finished worked on the airport bill containing their amendment to phase-out the system that leaves Iowa travelers with high air fares and few choices of air carriers. The amendment offered by Sens. Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin updates the 30-year slot...

Grassley Takes Legislative Action to Lower Cost of Diesel Fuel, Gasoline ? Sen. Chuck Grassley introduced a bill today that would require the President of the United States to cut off foreign aid and arms sales to countries engaged in oil price fixing. Grassley's legislation takes aim at members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ? OPEC ?...

Grassley Announces Grant to Western Iowa Tech Community College Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that Western Iowa Tech Community College will receive a $56,310 grant from the United States Department of Education. The funding will be used under the Business and International Education Program. "International trade is becoming more and more important...

Grassley Announces Grant to Western Iowa Tech Community College Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that Western Iowa Tech Community College will receive a $56,310 grant from the United States Department of Education. The funding will be used under the Business and International Education Program. "International trade is becoming more and more important...

Grassley Praises Additional Funds for Iowa Veterans ? Veterans in Iowa will benefit from an additional $16.3 million awarded to the Veterans Integrated Service Network 14, Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today. Grassley learned today that the Department of Veterans Affairs has approved $9.8 in supplemental funds for this fiscal year for health care services...

Grassley Announces Improved Crop Insurance ? Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that a "quality" crop insurance bill, which benefits Iowa farmers hit hard by poor prices, has passed the Senate Agriculture Committee. "Improving the crop insurance program and insuring that quality coverage is more affordable and better suited to the needs of farmers...

Grassley Announces FAA Funding Bill Clears Important Hurdle - Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the FAA transportation bill has cleared an important hurdle, which means Iowans are one step closer to seeing lower airfares and increased convenience when they fly the friendly skies. The agreement, reached between budget negotiators, maintains that...

Grassley Wants GAO to Examine Mississippi River Study ? Vowing to "get to the bottom of the controversy," Sen. Chuck Grassley said he planned to have the independent General Accounting Office examine a whistle-blowers' allegations that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers illegally tinkered with a navigational study to boost chances for major lock-and-dam...

Grassley Comments on House Social Security Bill Today the House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to repeal the Social Security earnings limit on workers ages 65 to 69. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, is an original co-sponsor of a bill to repeal the earnings limit. That bill is the Social Security Earnings Test...

Grassley Supports Increased Medicare Oversight ? Senator Chuck Grassley said the government's new plan to increase oversight of the insurance companies that process Medicare claims is a step in the right direction. "Medicare still pays out $12.6 billion a year in improper payments ? we have to stop throwing away money like Monopoly dollars when we're...

Grassley Comments on Expanded Train Service Sen. Grassley issued the following comment regarding Amtrak's 10 percent planned increase in long-distance passenger service. The plan includes adding an overnight train from Chicago to Des Moines via Savanna, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. "This is great news for Central Iowa. And it is a very positive...

Grassley Comments on Expanded Train Service Sen. Grassley issued the following comment regarding Amtrak's 10 percent planned increase in long-distance passenger service. The plan includes adding an overnight train from Chicago to Des Moines via Savanna, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. "This is great news for Central Iowa. And it is a very positive...

Grassley Offers Summer, Fall Internships to Iowa College Students, New Graduates , DC ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today encouraged college students and new graduates in Iowa to apply for summer internships, or to make plans now for a fall semester internship in Washington. Grassley said the program he offers is available to Iowans who commit to working from May...

Grassley Urges Money for Family Caregivers, Older Americans ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, today announced that he will urge appropriators to fund a national program to support thousands of family caregivers. He also will ask budget writers to increase funding for programs serving the elderly. "Today approximately 12.8...

Grassley Supports Rural TV Bill - Senator Chuck Grassley said today he is co-sponsoring legislation to help satellite customers in rural and small markets receive local television programming. "This issue has caused heartburn for years between the satellite, cable and broadcasting industries, and consumers in rural America have been caught in the middle,"...

Grassley Urges President to Tap Strategic Oil Reserves - Senator Chuck Grassley said today that recent news reports of Saudi Arabia's interest in increasing OPEC oil production to stabilize prices is encouraging, but he added that any production increase needs to occur quickly. "If oil ministers are going to begin sending more gas into the market, they...

Grassley Announces HUD Grant Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the Iowa Housing Corporation in Des Moines has received two technical assistance grants ? the first, $54, 940, to be used in the HOME program and the second, $28, 275, to be used for Community Housing Development Organizations ? through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

Grassley Comments on WTO Decision Senator Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement on the decision handed down by World Trade Organization Appellate Body: "Mr. President, I am extremely disappointed by the adverse decision handed down in Geneva today by the WTO Appellate Body in the Foreign Sales Corporation case, sometimes called the FSC...

Grassley Resists Saudi Arabia's Entrance Into WTO ? Senator Chuck Grassley today spoke out against Saudi Arabia joining the World Trade Organization because of the country's pivotal role in cutting oil production and hiking gas prices worldwide. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, Grassley reversed his support for Saudi Arabia's...