News Releases

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Conference Call with Iowa Reporters         GRASSLEY:  Good morning, everybody.  This is Chuck Grassley.         Obviously, you know, our Committee on Finance yesterday had a second roundtable discussion on health care reform focusing on making coverage...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference         GRASSLEY:  I want to talk about the 2008 Farm Bill, talk about how we tried to help African-American farmers who were denied entry to the Pigford Settlement.  We included that in a bill as a big step forward in our efforts to give black farmers...

Grassley, Hagan Work to Ensure Black Farmers Receive Funds for Pigford Settlement Claims                WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Kay Hagan today introduced legislation to ensure that African American farmers, who successfully filed claims as a result of the 2008 farm bill, will...

Nearly $1.9 Million to the University of Iowa                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded four competitive grants totaling $1,897,970 to the University of Iowa.   The grants will be distributed to the...

Grassley discusses Biofuels and the EPA    M E M O R A N D U M TO:      Reporters and Editors RE:      EPA and Biofuels     Senator Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency released its notice of proposed rulemaking on the Renewable Fuels...

Nearly $1.6 Million to the University of Iowa                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded four grants totaling $1,569,918 to the University of Iowa.   The grants will be distributed to the University...

President’s Corporate Tax Proposals Could Cause Job Losses, Must Be Vetted Carefully    M E M O R A N D U M   To:       Reporters and Editors Fr:        Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re:       President Obama's corporate tax...

$112,912 to Vivakor from National Eye Institute                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the National Eye Institute has awarded a $112,912 grant to Vivakor in Coralville through the Small Business Innovation Research Awards – Phase...

Grassley Q & A: Life After Graduation    Q: What advice would you give to graduating high school students? A:  The first thing I'd say to graduating high school students would be congratulations and job well done.  Graduating from high school is a time of great joy for students receiving their diploma.  Years of hard work have...

Grassley works to improve oversight of TARP                WASHINGTON --- Senators Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus have filed an amendment that would require companies who have taken tax dollars from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to cooperate with requests for information from the...

Iowa Students Selected as U.S. Presidential Scholars    WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the U.S. Department of Education have selected Sandy Huang of Ames High School in Ames and Stephen Henrich of Newman High School in Mason City to represent Iowa in the U.S....

Grassley Works to Reign In Government Charge Card Abuse                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he’s continuing his efforts to end the reckless spending on government charge cards.  Grassley introduced legislation today that would require federal agencies to...

$100,000 to Drake University    WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Drake University received a $100,000 competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training – Job Development and Job Placement Services to Individuals with Disabilities program.   “These funds will help...

$77,000 to Regional Utility Service Systems Commission    WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a $77,000 competitive grant to Regional Utility Service Systems Commission in Fairfield through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant...

Grassley calls on FDA to explain letting device maker off the hook                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Food and Drug Administration to explain how it justifies its decision not to hold the manufacturer accountable for marketing a heart valve device without FDA...

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 Nikki Thunder with KCHE Radio in Cherokee and Rusty Ebert with the...

Budget’s Tax Increases Will Hurt Small Business Hiring    The charts Senator Grassley referred to are posted at the end of the release.   Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley: FY 2010 Budget Conference Report: What are the new debt and deficits under the budget? Where is the policy to grow private sector jobs? Wednesday, April 29,...

U.S. Supreme Court Releases Audio Recordings    Senator Chuck Grassley gave the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today released audio tapes of the oral arguments from Northwest Austin Mun. Util. v. Holder. The Supreme Court made available the recordings after a request from C-SPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News.  This...

Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, April 29              WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, April 29, from 6:30-7 p.m. (Central Time) on television stations across Iowa.   "Ask Your Senator" will be broadcast...

Response to Claim That Only Dick Cheney, Bill Gates Types Will Face Small Business Tax Increases    Placed in the record.   Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Response to Senator Conrad Regarding Effect of Proposed Rate Hikes on Small Business Activity Wednesday, April 29,...