News Releases

  • 09.27.2010

    $46,041 to Iowa Department of Education WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $46,041 grant to the Iowa Department of Education.   According to the U.S. Department of Education, the Iowa Department of Education will use the money to fund an in-service training program for Iowa Vocational...
  • 09.27.2010

    Grassley: Independent assessment needed to verify savings for hospitals and others under existing system for group purchasing WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that more needs to be done to determine if Group Purchasing Organizations are helping to achieve significant savings for hospitals and others buying medical products, much of which is...
  • 09.27.2010

    Grassley: Democratic Leaders’ Bill Would Decrease Jobs in the United States Senator Grassley Floor Speech Reid-Durbin-Dorgan’s “Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act” Delivered, September 27, 2010 Mr. President, I rise to speak out against the Reid-Durbin-Dorgan bill, S. 3816.  This bill is being sold as somehow having the potential to...
  • 09.27.2010

    More Than $3 Million to Iowa State Department of Public Health WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Substance Abuse Treatment has awarded a $3,352,000 grant to the Iowa State Department of Public Health.   According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Iowa State...
  • 09.24.2010

    Senators Seek Review of Whether Obama Administration Officials Illegally Accessed, Disclosed Confidential Taxpayer Information WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Finance Committee, and six other committee members are asking for an inspector general review of whether Obama Administration officials illegally accessed and disclosed...
  • 09.24.2010

    More Than $2 Million for Nemaha and Webb WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded two grants totaling $1,870,000 and two loans totaling $846,000 to Iowa Lakes Regional Water.   According to the Department of Agriculture, Iowa Lakes Regional Water will use the funds...
  • 09.24.2010

    Grassley Continues to Press for Release of Congressionally Mandated Report on Medicaid’s Status WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is again pressing the federal Department of Health and Human Services to finish and release a long overdue, congressionally mandated report on Medicaid’s financial and enrollment status.  The report was due Jan. 1,...
  • 09.24.2010

    Grassley works to stop squandering of tax dollars for green jobs WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Labor Department to justify how it counts arbitrators, mediators, conciliators, financial analysts, investment underwriters, marketing managers, personal financial advisers, public relations specialists, and reporters in its definition of what...
  • 09.24.2010

    Q & A: Holding the Bureaucracy Accountable Q. What is the REINS Act?   A. The Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny, or REINS, Act would require Congress to give final approval to major, new federal regulations before those regulations can take effect. The new bill responds to concerns of the growing regulatory burden and the negative...
  • 09.24.2010

    Grassley, Colleagues Seek Further Analysis on Health Overhaul’s Effects on Medicare Advantage WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, joined by Sens. Orrin Hatch, Jon Kyl and Mike Crapo, today asked the chief actuary at the Department of Health and Human Services for all analysis leading to findings that the health care overhaul’s billions of dollars in cuts to...
  • 09.23.2010

    More Than $3 Million to Iowa for Disaster Relief WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded funding totaling $3,135,846.17 to the Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative.   The cooperative will use the funds to repair or replace electrical...
  • 09.23.2010

    $200,000 to Iowa State University WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $200,000 investment to the University Center Program at Iowa State University.   According to the Department of Commerce, the university will use the money to fund research and...
  • 09.23.2010

    Nearly $2 Million to University of Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two grants totaling $1,956,031 to the University of Iowa.   According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the university will receive $1,458,033 from the National Institute on Aging to fund the...
  • 09.23.2010

    Grassley: Iowa’s Request for a Delay in Key Health Requirement Shows Flaws of Hastily Written Law M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: Iowa seeking delay in health requirement Da: Thursday, September 23, 2010 Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Finance Committee, today...
  • 09.23.2010

    More Than $800,000 to Iowa Universities from the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University and the University of Iowa have received competitive grants totaling $838,018 from the National Science Foundation.    According to the National Science Foundation, Iowa State University received...
  • 09.23.2010

    $573,416 to Iowa after Thermo Fisher Scientific Layoffs WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $573,416 to Iowa Workforce Development through the National Emergency Grant program.   The East Central Intergovernmental Association will operate the funds to help provide employment related services to...
  • 09.23.2010

    $500,000 to Iowa Schools from U.S. Department of Education WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $500,000 in congressionally directed spending to Briar Cliff University and the American Institute of Business.   According to the U.S. Department of Education, Briar Cliff University will receive $100,000...
  • 09.23.2010

    Senators seek removal of Special IG for Afghanistan Reconstruction WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of four senators today called on President Barack Obama to fire the government watchdog responsible for investigating tax dollar misuse in Afghanistan amid mounting evidence of incompetence and mismanagement.  U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO),...
  • 09.23.2010

    Grassley Highlights Need for School Stability for Foster Youth WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined fellow foster youth advocates to release new data showing the educational playing field is not level for children in foster care, whose academic careers are often affected by multiple school relocations.  Grassley is founder and co-chair...
  • 09.23.2010

    Families face major tax increase next year without congressional action; Senate majority leader continues to delay Senator Chuck Grassley made the comment below about the Senate Majority Leader delaying a decision on whether to raise taxes until after the November elections.  As Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Grassley worked to get through...