Grassley, Baucus ask about use of spinal surgery device on veterans and soldiers
Senators Grassley and Baucus sent a letter to Major General Carla G. Hawley-Bowland of Walter Reed Army Medical Center about the use of a spinal surgery device on veterans and soldiers. The letter is available here.
Q & A: A Healthy Dose of Disclosure
Q. What is the Physician Payment Sunshine Act?
A. The Physician Payment Sunshine Act – which I authored with Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin – requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to disclose payments to physicians.
Q. Why is disclosure necessary and how will the...
Grassley: Medicare fraud data doesn’t support rhetoric or spending to crack down on criminal health care fraud
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to account for the way their departments allocate and utilize taxpayer monies aimed at health care fraud. ...
Grassley Disappointed by Lack of Progress on Trade Agenda
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over international trade, made the following comment about today’s passage of legislation to extend by six weeks the Andean Trade Preference Act and the Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
“This is a modest but...
Creston Fire Department to Receive More Than $28,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award a $28,116 grant to the Creston Fire Department.
The Creston Fire Department will receive the grant through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Operations and Safety program. The program...
START Treaty Vote
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Iowa Media
RE: Grassley vote on New START
DA: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Senator Grassley issued this comment about his vote against the New START Treaty today:
“I voted against the Treaty because it makes the...
Grassley: GAO Report Shows Need for Improved Budget Planning for Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called for new guidelines to be set for Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) so the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Washington Needs to Get on Board and Tackle Deficit Spending
Taxpayers all across America can ring in the New Year with a sigh of relief. Thanks to a bipartisan agreement brokered between the White House and Republican congressional leaders, paychecks won’t automatically see higher federal tax withholdings starting January 1.
For the last two years, the...
Grassley-authored Tax Relief for Families, Biofuels Extended
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Tax extension bill signed into law
Da: Friday, December 17, 2010
President Obama today signed into law an extension of tax...
Iowa Senators Introduce Resolution Honoring Iowa Native Bob Feller
Washington, D.C - Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today introduced a resolution in the Senate honoring baseball great Bob Feller who passed away on Wednesday. Feller, a Van Meter native, was known as a great Iowan, a great baseball player and a great...
Q&A: The Continental Navy
Q. What was the Continental Navy and when was it formed?
A. The Continental Navy was the first American navy. It was formed during the American Revolutionary War. When 12 of the 13 American colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress in 1774, their goal was not...
Grassley Nominates Young Iowans to U.S. Service Academies
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he has nominated outstanding young Iowans to serve in the United States service academies.
“Nominating students to the service academies gives me the opportunity to see some of the highest caliber young men and women our state has to...
Walker Fire Department to Receive More Than $14,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award a $14,725 grant to the Walker Fire Department through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program.
The Walker Fire Department will use the funds to purchase a fire hose and a small fire fighting...
Senate Vote on the Tax Agreement
Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance
Senate Vote on the Tax Agreement
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
“Preventing a tax increase is the best thing we can do for the economy right now. It’s common sense that you don’t raise taxes in a recession, including on employers...
More Than $750,000 to the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded $752,084 to the University of Iowa.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the university will use the funds to conduct biological...
Health Care Lawsuit
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Virginia health care lawsuit
DA: Monday, December 13, 2010
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about the ruling by a federal judge in Virginia that said Congress could not order...
Grassley: Tax Relief Agreement Follows Economists’ Advice for Growth
Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley
I’d like to discuss the tax hike prevention agreement. Some have described this as a second economic stimulus package. But, more accurately, it is a prevention of tax hikes scheduled to take effect in a mere 19 days. The tax hike...
Grassley: Tax Relief Agreement Follows Economists’ Advice for Growth
Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley
I’d like to discuss the tax hike prevention agreement. Some have described this as a second economic stimulus package. But, more accurately, it is a prevention of tax hikes scheduled to take effect in a mere 19 days. The tax hike...
Q & A: The Bill of Rights
Q. What is Bill of Rights Day?
A. Bill of Rights Day, which is December 15th, celebrates the day the Bill of Rights was ratified. Many states refused to ratify the U.S. Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added. On September 25, 1789, 12 amendments were proposed for ratification by the state...
$150,000 to Interactive Flow Studies in Waterloo
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the Waterloo location of Interactive Flow Studies received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Interactive Flow Studies specializes in developing laboratory and educational products.
According to the National Science...
