Grassley Q & A: Father’s Day
Q: What is Father's Day?
A: Father's Day is a time to celebrate and appreciate the hard work that fathers do for their children and families. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the holiday began in 1909, when Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, listened to a Mother's Day sermon and decided she wanted a special...
$287,500 for Iowa from the U.S. Department of Labor
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $670,085 competitive grant to Goodwill Industries/Wall Street Mission in Sioux City through the YouthBuild competitive grant process.
"These funds will help provide education, experience, and training for...
FEMA Public Assistance Program Funding Increased
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: FEMA Public Assistance Program Funding Increased
Senator Grassley had the following comment after FEMA's Public Assistance Program was increased yesterday to 100 percent...
Grassley: Digital Television Transition to Take Place on Friday, June 12
WASHINGTON – Senator Grassley today reminded Iowans that the digital television transition is set to take place tomorrow, Friday, June 12. After June 12, television signals will no longer be broadcast using analog frequencies and will exclusively use a digital...
Grassley Urges White House to make Transparent any Ethics Waivers and Recusals
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pushing the Obama administration to make public the waivers and recusals it has issued to former lobbyists across the federal government. Late yesterday he wrote to the director of...
Grassley calls on administration to safeguard independence of Inspectors General
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is urging the administration to follow the letter and spirit of the law, which the President co-sponsored as legislation as a U.S. senator in 2007, regarding the dismissal of the...
$17,000 to Iowa from the USDA
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded two competitive grants totaling $17,000 to Iowa through the Economic Impact Initiative Grant program and the Water and Waste Disposal Grant program.
"This funding will help provide important...
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 Washington. Participating in today's public affairs program are Michael Earl with KDSN Radio in Denison and Ken Black with the Marshalltown Times Republican in Marshalltown.
The first...
$248,810 to Iowa from USDA
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded three competitive grants totaling $248,810 to Iowa through the Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program.
"This money will help small and rural businesses create jobs for Iowans and stimulate...
$30,000 to University of Northern Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $30,000 competitive grant to the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, in partnership with Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo and Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, through the U.S.-Brazil Higher...
$200,700 to Iowa Department of Public Health and the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two competitive grants totaling $200,700 to the Iowa Department of Public Health and the...
Hammer & Nails, Hope & Heroes
Unless you've survived a natural disaster, it's hard to imagine the devastation and despair that 500-year-flood waters last summer have brought to Eastern Iowa residents, neighborhoods and businesses.
Last May, I watched from my farmhouse in Butler County when a violent spring storm turned into a...
More Than $13.3 Million to Iowa for Disaster Recovery
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has awarded funds totaling $13,341,245.73 to Iowa as the state continues to recover from 2008...
Grassley checks SEC handling of previous allegations to help avoid repeat of mistakes
WASHINGTON – Following the closing of Pequot Capital Management, Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission for information about the total number of suspicious trading...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference
GRASSLEY: Hello, everybody.
Thus far, President Obama appears to be willing to help ensure a
competitive marketplace for agriculture. I spoke a couple weeks ago
about positive news from Christine Barney, who...
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...
