News Releases

$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...

Entitlement Forecast: Unsustainable    The economic recession has put millions of Americans out of work.  Joblessness puts a heavy burden on households to put food on the table, not to mention keeping ahead of debt.  Widespread unemployment also means lower tax revenues for government programs financed by tax dollars. Consider the...

Senator Grassley speaks with Jim Turbes from KWBG Boone and Gregory Norfleet from the West Branch Times    SEN. CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, R-IOWA, HOLDS A NEWS TELECONFERENCE               MAY 28, 2009   GRASSLEY STAFF:  The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator...

Grassley Encourages Antitrust Division to Focus on Agriculture Grassley Encourages Antitrust Division to Focus on Agriculture   WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has sent a letter to the new Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Justice Department, Christine Varney, after she reportedly made promising comments about putting...

Grassley Agriculture News Conference Call    SEN. CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, R-IOWA   TELECONFERENCE   MAY 26, 2009   GRASSLEY: A couple weeks ago, the new attorney general for anti- trust made some promising comments about her division within the Justice Department putting more focus on competition in agriculture. Well, that was good...

Sotomayor React    M E M O R A N D U M   TO:      Reporters and Editors RE:      React to Sotomayor nomination DA:     Tuesday, May 26, 2009               U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about the...

$484,107 to Iowa Airports                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has awarded two competitive grants totaling $484,107 to Iowa...

$355,469 to Coe College    WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $355,469 competitive grant to Coe College through the Upward Bound Program.   “These funds will help underprivileged and first-generation students get a college education,” Grassley said.    The Upward...

Grassley Q & A: National Dairy Month    Q: What is National Dairy Month? A: National Dairy Month is celebrated in June to show milk's nutritional benefits and recognize the hard work of dairy farmers. Dairy products' popularity took off in 1993, when the California Milk Processor Board began their "Got Milk?" campaign. Since then, the slogan...

Borrow-and-Spend Bad for America    Most parents can relate to the saying that if you give an inch, they’ll take a mile.  It seems second nature for kids to test the rules, whether they’re toddlers or teenagers.  Without limits and consequences, things evolve into chaos pretty...

Grassley Urges Speedy Implementation of U.S.-Panama Trade Agreement    Opening Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Hearing, the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Thursday, May 21, 2009   I’ll begin by thanking the chairman for his leadership in scheduling today’s hearing on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.  I...

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 Nick Wilkens with KCII Radio in Washington, and Glenn Schreiber with Dayton...

Grassley: Office of Thrift Supervision Should Stop Allowing Thrift Backdating, Hold Employees Accountable for Recent Instances    M E M O R A N D U M   To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       Inspector general report on Office of Thrift Supervision   Sen. Chuck Grassley today...

Grassley Continues Efforts to Ensure Science, Not Rhetoric, is Basis for EPA Biofuels Rules             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation to ensure the biofuels industry is not penalized for the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of non-scientific data when determining...

Grassley Continues Efforts to Ensure Science, Not Rhetoric, is Basis for EPA Biofuels Rules             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation to ensure the biofuels industry is not penalized for the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of non-scientific data when determining...

President Obama Signs Anti-fraud Legislation Senator Chuck Grassley today issued the following comment after President Barack Obama signed legislation he authored with Senators Patrick Leahy and Ted Kaufman.  The Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act will help protect Americans from fraud as well as recover taxpayers’ money lost to fraud.  The...

$579,000 to 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 $579,000 to the University of Iowa.   The funds will be distributed as shown...

Grassley Bill to Rein In Government Charge Card Abuse Clears Committee                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that his legislation to end the reckless spending on government charge cards cleared its first hurdle by passing the Senate Homeland Security and Government...