Grassley Urges USDA to Employ Attorneys at GIPSA to Keep Anti-Competitive Behavior at Bay
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is encouraging the Department of Agriculture to allow GIPSA to employ attorneys that would report directly to the agency administrator.
"If GIPSA attorneys were involved with...
Grassley: Pay-go is Cover for More Spending, Despite Calls for Fiscal Discipline
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Restoring pay-go requirements
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance and a senior member of the Budget...
$62,225 to Monticello from the Federal Aviation Administration
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $62,225 grant to...
$210,000 in Loan Guarantees and Grants to Glenn Miller Birthplace Society
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a loan guarantee of $120,000 and a grant of $90,000 to the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society in Clarinda through the Community Facility Guaranteed Loan and...
$309,120 to the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $309,120 competitive grant to the University of Iowa.
The University of Iowa will use the funds from the National...
$399,955 to the University of Iowa from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the University of Iowa has received a $399,955 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.
The University of Iowa will use the money to help pay for a research project titled, "Enhancing...
Grassley legislation to keep up fight against meth clears Senate
WASHINGTON –Senator Chuck Grassley today continued his efforts to keep meth off the streets and out of the homes of Iowans. Legislation he co-sponsored with Senator Dianne Feinstein to help control meth precursor...
Grassley Q & A: Flag Day
Q: What is Flag Day?
A: Flag Day celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress on June 14th, 1777. Flag Day is still celebrated on June 14th, but it wasn't officially recognized as a federal holiday until 1949, when Congress approved it, and President Harry...
Dubuque Receives 2009 Excellence in Economic Development Award
Senator Chuck Grassley offered the following comment after Dubuque received the 2009 Excellence in Economic Development Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation-led Strategies from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
"Dubuque has a long history of innovative economic development...
$822,532 to Eastern Iowa Community College
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Eastern Iowa Community College in Davenport has received a continuing grant with the intended total amount of $822,532 from the National Science Foundation.
Eastern Iowa Community College will use the money to help pay for a project...
$97,000 to Iowa State University
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that Iowa State University received a competitive grant totaling $97,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
"These funds will allow...
Nearly $231 Million in Loan Guarantees to Benefit Iowa from USDA
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development is awarding four loan guarantees totaling $230,951,000 that will benefit Iowa through the Electric...
Grassley asks how FINRA handled allegations of insider trading
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority – the securities industry's own regulator – to explain how it handled allegations made in April 2008 about insider trading and other violations of the rules and regulations that govern...
$224,100 to the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $224,100 competitive grant to the University of Iowa.
The University of Iowa will use the funds to help pay for a...
Grassley works to improve Medicare quality with improved QIO system
WASHINGTON --- Senator Grassley is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to explain how it justifies using a government auditing firm that the Government Accountability Office has found to be "non-compliant" for its audits of the Quality Improvement...
Levin, Grassley, Specter Release GAO Report onSEC Actions to Curb Stock Failures to Deliver and Manipulative Naked Short Selling
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Ranking Member of the Finance Committee; and Senator Arlen Specter,...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call
GRASSLEY: Last week, I learned that an EPA employee who heads the department writing the indirect land use guidelines has never set foot on an American farm.
I understand she has met with people in the Agriculture Committee, but I don't think anybody can fully...
$491,422 to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded competitive grants totaling $491,422 to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa.
The...
EPA's Impact on Agriculture
Grassley Speaks on Senate Floor
Prepared FloorStatement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Nomination of Regina McCarthy
Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Mr. President,
I’d like to speak for a few minutes regarding the nomination of Regina...
$145,457 to Iowa Airports
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has awarded two grants totaling $145,457 to Iowa...
