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Grassley asks hospitals about experiences with federal health information technology program WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has sent letters to 31 hospitals nationwide asking about their experiences in implementing the $19 billion federal health information technology program launched last year. “Given the taxpayer investment and the investment of...

Grassley Welcomes President’s Interest in Stopping Tax-delinquent Companies from Getting Federal Contracts M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: Tax-avoiding federal contractors Da: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 On December 14, right after a story about federal employees not paying...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Conference Call with Iowa Reporters  GRASSLEY:  I just came from the Judiciary Committee, where we're questioning the FBI director and leaders of the Department of State and Homeland Security.  This hearing was scheduled following the December 25th bombing, to get to the bottom of how the Christmas Day...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  I'm going to be meeting tomorrow with the secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke.  And I haven't had meetings with him before.  And during our meeting, I want to bring up the importance of our country implementing free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and...

$20 Million to Rathbun Regional Water Association from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded a $20 million loan to Rathbun Regional Water Association in Centerville through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan program. “This funding will make possible several needed...

Grassley Questions Severance Package for AIG Executive WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) special master for compensation to explain why an AIG executive who resigned is entitled to a multi-million dollar severance agreement.  The company received significant TARP money, and the federal special...

Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, January 20 WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, January 20, from 6:30-7 p.m. (Central Time) on television stations across Iowa. “Ask Your Senator” will be broadcast from Washington, D.C. and can be seen live in communities served by...

Grassley Q&A: Oversight of Veteran’s Affairs Q:  Why do you conduct oversight of Veterans Affairs (VA)? A:  I regularly conduct pro-active and vigorous congressional oversight of the executive branch of government on behalf of taxpayers and beneficiaries of federal programs, including veterans.  I recently received an internal memo from...

What’s In Store for 2010 Many Americans look forward to a fresh start with each new calendar year.  After weathering troubling times in the last decade, from terrorism attacks to sky-high taxpayer-financed bailouts and stimulus spending, high unemployment rates, catastrophic natural disasters, meltdowns in the mortgage markets, fears of a flu pandemic...

$360,396 to Iowa State University from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $360,396 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. “This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding...

Grassley Leads Effort Questioning Administration on Pending Visa Security Units WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is leading a group of senators who are asking for answers from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, about why pending applications for Visa Security units in several countries, including Yemen, have yet to be...

$93,536 to Iowa from HUD WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a $93,536 grant through a competitive process to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission in Des Moines through the Education and Outreach Initiative in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing...

$399,000 to Iowa State University from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $399,000 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. “This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding...

$499,833 to Iowa State University from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $499,833 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. “This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding...

Grassley Seeks CBO, JCT Analysis of President’s Proposed Bank Fee WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today continued his effort to ensure transparency and oversight of the financial bailout, asking the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation for an analysis of President Obama’s...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report  STAFF:  The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley speaking to you live from Muscatine.  Participating in today's public affairs program are Mike Peterson with KMA Radio in Shenandoah and Glenn Schreiber with the Dayton Review in Dayton.    And...

Grassley asks VA secretary about exposure of VA patients to infectious diseases due to health system mishaps WASHINGTON --- Based on an internal agency memo documenting the incident, Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to respond to information about the wrong filter being used in dialysis machines at the VA Palo Alto Health...

Grassley: Committee Vetting of Nominees Hasn’t Changed, Myth to Suggest Otherwise M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: Finance Committee vetting of nominees Da: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 A new report from a group called the Partnership for Public Service says the Finance...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  On Friday, the crop insurance industry comments are due on the Risk Management Agency on the first round of the standard reinsurance agreement.  I'm concerned that the large proposed cuts to the delivery of crop insurance is going to detrimentally impact...

$95,893 to Iowa for Housing WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded grants totaling $95,893 to the Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency and the Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority through the Family Self Sufficiency Program. “These funds will give families the opportunity to...