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Grassley Q&A: Job Creation through International Trade Q:  How can international trade help create jobs? A:  By opening markets through trade liberalizing agreements with countries around the globe, we increase the size of our marketplace.  And that fosters greater demand for our goods and services, resulting in increased sales for our...

Grassley Welcomes IRS Guidance to Help Midwestern Disaster Recovery WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today welcomed IRS guidance to help Iowa businesses and public utilities rebuild after the floods and storms of 2008.  The guidance came after Grassley pushed the agency to publicly answer questions about using tax-exempt bond provisions, which...

Grassley launches U.S. Senate caucus to focus on foster youth WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced the formation of a new Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, which he will co-chair with Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.  Three young Iowans who have been in and out of the foster care system and now are actively involved in helping other...

Transription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report  STAFF: The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, speaking to you live from Washington. Participating in today's public affairs program is Jim Magdefrau with the belle Plaines Star Press Union in Belle Plaine. Jim, go ahead with your first...

Democratic Inaction on Biodiesel Tax Credit Means Tens of Thousands of Job Losses   Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Democratic Inaction on Biodiesel Tax Credit Means Tens of Thousands of Job Losses Thursday, December 17, 2009   Mr. President,   As I rise today, our nation’s unemployment rate stands at 10...

Grassley works to identify Medicare fraud, waste and abuse             WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking top officials why the federal government is failing to deliver an annual assessment of the level of improper Medicare payments for the second year in a...

Democratic Inaction on Biodiesel Tax Credit Means Tens of Thousands of Job Losses   Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Democratic Inaction on Biodiesel Tax Credit Means Tens of Thousands of Job Losses Thursday, December 17, 2009   Mr. President,   As I rise today, our nation’s unemployment rate stands at 10...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Conference Call with Iowa Reporters  GRASSLEY:  Tomorrow I'm going to be announcing the formation of a new caucus on foster youth, which I'll chair with Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.  So it will be a bipartisan leadership.    The purpose of the caucus is to focus attention on the needs of...

Grassley, Cornyn Express “Extreme Disappointment” With IRS Oversight Board Response to Huge Challenge of IRS’ Administering of Health Care Reform WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. John Cornyn today expressed “extreme disappointment” with the IRS oversight board’s lack of engagement in addressing the challenges facing the agency under the...

Grassley Disappointed Over Languishing of Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Under Democratic Leaders M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: Biodiesel tax credit extension Da: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member and former chairman of the Committee on...

Grassley Presses Army IG to Get to Bottom of Arlington National Cemetery Problems            WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today asked the Inspector General at the Department of the Army to get involved in ongoing and mounting investigations of alleged misconduct at Arlington National...

Guantanamo terrorists being moved to the heartland   Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement regarding the Administration’s decision to move the terrorists currently housed at Guantanamo to a Thomson, Ill. prison.   “I don’t agree with bringing terrorists anywhere in the United States, let alone a stone’s throw from Iowa. ...

Grassley seeks action against tax delinquent federal contractors             WASHINGTON --- Following Monday’s report that federal workers collectively owe more than $3 billion in income taxes from 2008, Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service about unpaid taxes...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  Two weeks ago, I urged the Department of Agriculture to make the environmental impact statement for Roundup Ready alfalfa a priority for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.  APHIS is what that's normally called.  Just yesterday, the department...

$350,000 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 $350,000 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. “This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding...

Grassley Calls for Increased Efforts to Address Trade Barriers to Indian Market WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today called for improved access for U.S. agricultural products to the Indian market following the release of a U.S. International Trade Commission report showing Indian tariff and non-tariff measures are a serious impediment to U.S....

CMS Actuary analysis requested by Grassley and Enzi shows health care costs would go up under Senate bill WASHINGTON --- Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) today said that in response to their request, the Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reported on the overall financial effects, coverage...

Grassley Q&A: Job Creation through Wind Energy Q:  How can wind energy help create jobs? A:  As I talk with Iowans, there seems to be a recurring theme:  they are worried, even scared, about where the country and economy are heading.  As the unemployment rate stays at 10 percent nationally and 6.7 percent in Iowa, creating jobs is...

$558,150 to Southeastern Community College from the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the National Science Foundation has awarded a $558,150 competitive grant to Southeastern Community College in Burlington through the S-STEM program.  Southeastern Community College will use the money to help pay for a...

$984,000 to Iowa from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded grants and loans totaling $984,000 to Iowa. “This funding will help deliver quality programs, increase economic opportunities, and improve the quality of life of rural Iowans,” Grassley said. The Office...