Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Letter to Customs and Border Protection
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley letter to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin about involvement in Operation Fast and Furious.
Watchdogs and Whistleblowers Protect the Public’s Right to Know
Younger generations of Americans are growing up with information technology that puts the world at their fingertips. Google and GPS have become modern day must-haves.
The fast-paced evolution to a digital era has changed the way consumers shop, socialize and search for information,...
Grassley calls on HHS Secretary to be more transparent in Medicaid payment regulation
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Potential Medicaid rate changes
Da: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Today in a hearing before the Senate Finance...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $500,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award two grants totaling $538,601 to fire departments in Iowa.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Hansell Volunteer Fire Department will receive...
Nearly $70,000 to Iowa from The Department of Commerce
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded grants totaling $69,820 to Iowa through the Economic Development District Planning Program.
The Region Six Planning Commission, which serves Hardin, Marshall,...
More Than $1.7 Million to Iowa from USDA
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development is awarding two grants totaling $1,187,000 and a $590,000 loan to Iowa.
Community Childcare of Manchester will receive a $50,000 grant through the Community Facility Program to construct a new...
Grassley Works to Extend Whistleblower Protections to Congressional Employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley wants Congress to live by the same rules as everybody else. It’s a crusade he started in 1995, when he authored the Congressional Accountability Act which brought Congress under major civil rights, labor and workplace safety laws. ...
More Than $200,000 to Iowa Lakes Regional Water
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development is awarding a $148,000 loan and a $68,300 grant to Iowa Lakes Regional Water through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program.
According to the Department of Agriculture,...
Q & A: Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Q. What is the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
A. It’s a government-owned stockpile of petroleum. The United States has the largest reserve of this kind in the world. As of November 30, 2010, the reserve contained more than 726 million barrels of oil. The maximum storage capacity...
Grassley applauds success of NE Iowa students in C-SPAN competition
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today congratulated four Iowa high school students for winning 1st and 2nd prizes in C-SPAN’s national 2011 StudentCam competition. The honors were announced by C-SPAN on Wednesday.
Matthew Wicks, a junior at Aplington-Parkersburg High...
Senate Judiciary Committee Adopts Grassley Amendment to Extend Death Penalty to Terrorists
WASHINGTON – During debate of a controversial bill to extend, amend and add provisions to the USA PATRIOT Act, the Senate Judiciary Committee today adopted an amendment offered by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley that...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $380,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award three grants totaling $381,418 to fire departments in Iowa.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Epworth Fire Department will receive $81,220...
$400,000 to Iowa from the Department of Transportation
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has awarded a $400,000 grant to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will use the funds to replace the bridge over Keg Creek on...
Senate votes on spending bills
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Senate votes on spending bills
DA: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about the Senate budget votes today. Grassley voted for the House-passed...
More Than $180,000 to Iowa for Traffic Safety
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded a $182,029 grant to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will use the funds to implement and...
Senate Passes Historic America Invents Act
Bill Unleashes Innovation, Creates Jobs Without Adding To Deficit
WASHINGTON – The Senate Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to approve legislation to make the first reforms to the nation’s patent system in nearly six decades. The America Invents Act is the product of nearly six years of debate in...
Grassley Requests Investigation of ATF’s Fast and Furious Policy be Removed from the Justice Department Inspector General
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he did not have confidence that the Justice Department Inspector General’s office could produce a report that the public would view as frank and unbiased in its investigation of the...
Ranking Member Grassley comments on the President's New Guantanamo Policy
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the White House indicated it would resume military commissions, but continued to state its desire to move foreign terrorists housed at the Guantanamo Bay detention...
Grassley: Middle East Unrest Underscores Ethanol’s Value for Energy Independence
Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck Grassley
Ethanol and Energy Independence
Delivered Monday, March 07, 2011
The American economy remains on unsettled footing. While there are some small signs of an economic recovery, it is still fragile.
The consumer confidence level...
