Q & A: Dollars and Sense
Q. What is the difference between federal deficit and federal debt?
A. The federal deficit is the annual amount the federal government spends over what it takes in. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the federal government is projected to take in $2.2 trillion in fiscal year 2011...
Grassley Works to Clear Rape Kit Backlog
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley this week introduced the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2011, along with Senator Al Franken of Minn., to help clear the backlog of untested rape kits around the country. Senators Dianne Feinstein of Calif., Michael Bennet of Colo., Richard Burr of N.C., Bernie...
Grassley Presses Administration to Move Forward on Trade Agreements
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley in a letter to President Barack Obama yesterday pressed for action on three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
Grassley said that he was encouraged to hear the positive remarks in last week’s State of the Union...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $900,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award 11 grants totaling $942,365 to Iowa fire departments.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Coggon Fire Department will receive $9,486 through...
Ranking Member Grassley letter to ATF Acting Director Melson re: Whistleblower Retaliation
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Acting Director Kenneth Melson on Whistleblower Retaliation
Iowa-Tested Reality Check Helps Keep Washington Accountable
In one of the first orders of business of the 112th Congress, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a good government measure I’ve pursued for more than a decade.
In a move that will pull back the cloak of secrecy that effectively hog-ties the people’s business in the U.S. Senate, anonymous...
Grassley, Durbin Say GAO Report Highlights Need for Major Reform of the H-1B Visa Program
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin today pressed Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, for answers to long-standing problems in the H-1B visa program. Grassley is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and...
Grassley: Proposed Dust Rules Would Cause Significant Harm to Rural America
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to make a good faith effort to review industry comments, studies, and economic analysis on the impact of proposed rules on...
Q & A: Encouraging American Innovation
Q. As the new Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, what will be your first item of business?
A. With the start of the 112th Congress, I became the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, or the leader of the committee Republicans. As the Ranking Member, my first piece...
Long-sought Grassley reform to end secret holds passes Senate
WASHINGTON --- Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden have scored a major victory in their bipartisan effort, which started more than a decade ago, to end the secrecy of Senate holds, a practice that allows individual senators to...
Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Grassley Letter to ATF on Southwest Border
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley's letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Acting Director Kenneth Melson re: Southwest Border and Whistleblower Allegations
KOHL, GRASSLEY: STOPPING “PAY-FOR-DELAY” DEALS ESSENTIAL TO LOWERING RX DRUG COSTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Herb Kohl and Chuck Grassley have reintroduced legislation limiting pay-for-delay settlements used to keep lower-cost generic drugs off pharmacy shelves. Under these pay-off agreements, brand name drug companies settle patent disputes by...
Grassley Joins Legislation to Cut Tax Paperwork Requirement for Small Businesses, Farms
***This press release has been updated to reflect 23 Iowa constituent meetings instead of the previously listed 24 due to a weather-related school closing in Independence.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to repeal a...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $450,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award five grants totaling $487,129 to Iowa fire departments through the Operations and Safety Program. The Operations and Safety Program is part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants...
Grassley Co-authored Bill Would Encourage Hiring of Veterans
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), today announced they introduced legislation to create job opportunities for veterans returning home from war and help businesses create jobs.
“These men and women are extremely capable,”...
Grassley re-introduces bill to apply health care reforms to White House and administration leaders, and equitably in Congress
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today renewed his effort to apply the health care reform law to the President, Vice President, cabinet members, top White House staff, and the congressional staff who worked for passage of the...
Grassley, Harkin Honor Medal of Honor Recipient from Hiawatha, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin, along with the rest of the Iowa Congressional delegation, held a ceremony presenting Hiawatha native Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta with a Concurrent Resolution honoring his incredible valor and courage on the...
Stop automatic pay raises for Congress
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is an original cosponsor of a bill by Senator David Vitter of Louisiana which permanently eliminates the automatic pay raise for members of Congress that exists in current law.
“There is definitely a lack of accountability to the American people when members of Congress receive an...
Grassley Highlights Introduction of Tax Patent Bill to Advance via Broad Patent Reform Act
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa with colleagues today introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent any individual or firm from being able to receive patents on tax strategies. The tax patent legislation also is included in the broad patent reform bill...
More Than $1 Million to Increase Access to Telemedicine
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development, has awarded funding $1,107,173 to Avera Health through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. Avera Health is a network of hospitals and clinics serving Iowa,...
