$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...
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,...
$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...
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...
Grassley Issues Formal Invitation to EPA
Invites EPA Personnel to Iowa to See Working Family Farm
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has made a formal request to have the EPA administrator and several staff visit a family farm in Iowa. Grassley made a verbal request...
$156,873 to the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has awarded two competitive grants totaling $156,873 to the Iowa Department of Elder...
$4.65 Million to Iowa for Disaster Recovery
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation and Coe College in Cedar Rapids received a grant totaling $4.65 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development...
Grassley: CBO Has Final Word on Health Industry’s $2 Trillion Cost Savings Proposals
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and editors
Re: Health industry cost savings
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following...
$583,461 to Central College
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $583,461 competitive grant to Central College in Pella through the Upward Bound Program.
“These funds will help underprivileged and first-generation students get a college education,” Grassley said.
The...
