$755,987 to Iowa from FEMA
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is releasing grant guidance and making allocations of funds totaling $755,987 to Iowa through the fiscal 2009...
$450,000 Loan to Help Businesses Impacted by Floods
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration will recapitalize a revolving loan fund of $450,000 to Region XII Council of...
Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, December 17
Senator Encourages Iowans to Tune-in, Ask Questions
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, December 17, from 6:30-7 p.m. (Central Time) on television stations across Iowa...
Grassley Continues Meetings with Iowans
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he will visit Des Moines and Waverly December 17-18.
Grassley said these meetings are an important part of how he keeps in touch as he represents Iowa . He has held a meeting in every...
Iowa National Guard Members Visit Senator Grassley
WASHINGTON – Members of the Iowa National Guard recently visited with Senator Chuck Grassley while they were in Washington, D.C. The members were in Washington to help honor SFC Sean Eckhardt as the National Guard Recruiter of...
$1.5 Million Loan to Help Businesses impacted by Floods
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, has established a revolving loan fund of $1.5 million to East Central Iowa Council of...
Grassley Q & A: Charitable Giving
Q: How should Iowans choose where to give to charity this holiday season?
A: Iowans have very big hearts. That was shown with the outpouring of resources donated to help victims of the tornado and flooding disasters that hit our state this year. The holiday season is a great time to give to charity and...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report
MODERATOR: 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 Jeff Bayer with KZAT Radio in Tama and Glenn Schreiber with the Dayton Review in...
$475,000 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Iowa State University has received a grant of $475,000 from the National Science Foundation.
“Iowa State has a long tradition of conducting excellent research,” Grassley said. “These funds will help...
Auto bailout
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Auto bailout
DA: December 11, 2008
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after voting against the auto bailout.
“The bill we voted on tonight left a lot to be desired. Several...
Cedar Rapids and Waterloo Workers Eligible for Assistance
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that workers in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance.
"The assistance will...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Conference Call with Iowa Reporters
GRASSLEY: I'm protesting a provision in the draft auto bailout bill that has nothing to do with automakers.
It's a provision that would prop up a tax shelter I shut down as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in 2004. This tax shelter bailout within...
$127,409 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants to Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded grants totaling $127,409 to two communities in Iowa through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call
GRASSLEY: There's been a lot of controversy out there at the grass roots about what the media reports as the cow tax. There's a lot of calls coming in from Iowans and a lot of people have been face-to-face with me on this issue. In July, the Environmental Protection Agency issued an...
Grassley says auto bailout bill also would bail out tax shelter participants
Senator protests investment of tax dollars where private equity owner of Chrysler has declined to invest
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said proposed legislation to help American automakers would put tax dollars on the line to assist participants in controversial tax...
Grassley Congratulates Iowa Marching Band Set to Play at the Inaugural
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today extended congratulations to the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps of Dubuque after the group was selected to play in the 2009 Inaugural Parade. The group was selected out of nearly 1,400 applicants seeking to participate in Inaugural events....
Krysilis Awarded $120,000 in Guaranteed Loans for Rural Development
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development is awarding a $120,000 conditional commitment for a guaranteed loan to Krysilis in Forest City through the Community Facility Guaranteed Loan program.
The...
$52,000 to East Central Intergovernmental Association for Economic Development
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, has awarded a grant of $52,000 to East Central Intergovernmental...
Q & A: Capitol Visitor Center
Q: What is the Capitol Visitor Center?
A: The Capitol Visitor Center is a newly opened, free-of- charge, informative place that now serves as the secure and seamless gateway to the United States Capitol. Iowans young and old, whether they have never visited Washington or have been there 100 times, will be...
$31,500 to the University of Iowa for Heart and Vascular Diseases Research
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a grant of $31,500 to the University of Iowa.
The University of Iowa will use the...
