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Grassley Comments on Medical Errors Proposal Today President Clinton announced a proposal designed to reduce medical errors by asking states to impose mandatory reporting of medical errors by hospitals, among other changes. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, is among a group of senators who on Feb. 3 sent letters to key federal...

Grassley Calls for "Strategic Plan" to Help Colombia ? Somewhere in Colombia, a fresh crop of coca leafs are being stripped from their bushes, or opium gum is being drained from the bulbs of poppies growing in vast fields. The harvest will head for ramshackle processing labs where chemicals transform plants into cocaine or heroin for worldwide...

Aging Committee Offers Tax Help to Older Americans -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today announced the updated publication of a brochure designed to prevent older Americans from paying too much income tax. "Every year thousands of older residents pay too much money to the IRS because they're not aware of deductions...

Grassley Seeks Action Against OPEC Members AMES ? With no relief in sight from sharp increases in diesel fuel and gasoline prices, Sen. Chuck Grassley is continuing his protest of OPEC's "stranglehold on the U.S. economy." The Iowa senator said he is writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund to ask for the market-distorting behavior of the 11...

Grassley Announces Grant to Marshalltown Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has approved more than $8 million to be used toward improving the kitchen facilities and more than $2 million for general renovations at the state veterans home in Marshalltown. "The men and women who have served our country in uniform...

Grassley:New Study Exposes Oil Industry Hoax ONAWA ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said that new findings on soil and groundwater contamination in Iowa reveal a potential violation of Iowa law and debunk efforts to blame federal clean air standards for water contamination caused by the oil industry. Grassley said the fact that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources...

Grassley Urges Action to Level Diesel Fuel, Gasoline Prices ? In response to sharp increases in diesel fuel and gasoline prices, Sen. Chuck Grassley has called on the government to re-evaluate its recent decision against tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In a letter to Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, Grassley said, "the president has the power to...

Grassley Presents World War II Medals to Area Vets SIOUX CITY ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today honored Siouxland World War II veterans for their service and sacrifice. He presented the Asiastic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars and the World War II Victory Medal to Donald Molden of Sioux City. Leo Camerer of Hinton was given his Navy...

Grassley Announces More Money to Low-Income Iowans Sen. Chuck Grassley issued a comment regarding the additional federal dollars released today to help low-income Iowans heat their homes. Iowa will receive $493,463 in addition to the $1.6 million provided last week through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program known as LIHEAP. "The cost of keeping...

Grassley Takes Calls from Iowans During Cable TV Program ? Sen. Chuck Grassley will open the phone lines to Iowans during a 30-minute live cable television program next Wednesday, February 23, from 7-7:30 p.m. (Central time). Grassley's monthly, viewer call-in program gives Iowans the opportunity to express opinions and ask questions on any issue to Iowa's...

Grassley: Include Silage in Plan to Assist Grain Storage ? Livestock producers should have access to the same low-cost financing USDA is planning to offer other farmers for grain storage and handling facilities, according to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. The Iowa senator made his case in a letter sent to the Secretary of Agriculture this week, urging the...

Grassley Announces Joint Narcotics Control/TradeHearing ***** HEARING ANNOUNCEMENT ***** Hearing:"U.S. Assistance Options for the Andes" Convened By:Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Tradeboth panels are chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 Time: 10...

Iowa Senator to Launch Census 2000 Awareness Campaign ? Iowa households across the state soon will have the opportunity to ensure that their local communities get their fair share of government funding and the representation they deserve based on population, according to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. "Iowans may not realize what's at stake when they receive...

Grassley Announces Grant to Iowa Counties Sen. Chuck Grassley received notice late Tuesday that 17 Iowa counties ? Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington and Wayne ? can now apply for disaster loan assistance from the U.S. Small Business...

Grassley to Examine Medicare's Future Senator Hopes to Secure Program, Bring Prescription Drug Benefits to Seniors Sitting in his office in the 52-bed Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa, CEO Stephen Goeser says he can see the financial woes of the Medicare system chipping away at the financial stability of rural hospitals in the state. "Even with an...

Grassley to Host Budget Feedback Tour - The president's budget for the next fiscal year has been released. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have added their two cents worth to the spending debate. Now it's Iowans turn, said U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley today. Grassley will use next week's President's Day recess to meet with Iowans in four communities to...

National Rural Health Association Honors Grassley ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, this evening will receive the 1999 Legislative Award from the National Rural Health Association. The text of Grassley's remarks from the awards ceremony follows. Remarks of Sen. Chuck Grassley to the National Rural Health Association: Thank...

Grassley, Aging Committee Work to Save Medicare ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today advanced the cause of saving Medicare with a hearing to examine the only pending bipartisan bill to save the nation's health insurance program for older Americans. Grassley convened a hearing of the Special Committee on Aging, which he chairs, to look at S. 1895, The Medicare...

Senators Push Federal Agencies to Move MoreAggressively on Medical Errors in Major Programs -- A high-ranking group of Senators have called on four key federal agencies to detail the steps they plan to take to crack down on medical errors in the main federal health programs and reduce the number of preventable deaths caused each year by mistakes. Senators...

Grassley Comments on Glickman Proposal Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment regarding the proposal released today by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman: "The administration's paltry plan for farmers is out-of-touch with the economic crisis in rural America. Not only is the proposal for economic relief payments almost half the size of what...