News Releases

Iowa National Guard troops to receive back compensation Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after learning that the timeline had been set for Iowa National Guard members to receive back compensation for time they were deployed beyond their established rotation cycle.    Grassley was the lead co-sponsor of legislation in 2008...

More Than $1.1 Million to the Council Bluffs Community Health Center WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $1,137,592 competitive grant to the Council Bluffs Community Health Center. “Community health centers provide primary and preventive health care services to medically underserved...

Overdue Compensation for Iowa National Guard Members Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after the Department of the Army provided direction to the National Guard Bureau so they may finalize guidance for a state National Guard whose members have been impacted by a bureaucratic snafu that left thousands of service members without certain...

Grassley follows up on FDA effort to improve foreign drug inspection WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Food and Drug Administration about progress made to improve foreign drug inspection, following commitments made by the agency when Baxter International temporarily suspended production of its blood thinner heparin in 2008 because of...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  OK.  Good morning, everybody.  I know the topic on most everybody's mind is the biodiesel tax credit.  The driving force behind the package proposed by Senator Baucus and me was the extension of the expired tax credits.  And there's about 70 of...

In Age of Terror, Do Foreign Suspects Deserve Civilian Trials? by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley As Americans, we share collective memories of singular moments that shape and define us as a nation. Many people vividly recall where they were the day Neil Armstrong planted the U.S. flag on the moon, JFK was assassinated, the Space Shuttle Challenger...

Grassley Q&A: Winter Olympics Q: When did the Winter Olympics start? A:  The Nordic Games were the first international multi-sport event specifically for winter sports.  The Nordic Games were held in 1901, in Sweden, and organized by a charter member of the International Olympic Committee, General Viktor Gustaf Balck.  Balck wanted...

Jobs Legislation in the U.S. Senate   The following is a comment from a spokesperson of Senator Grassley's regarding comments made this afternoon by Senator Reid about jobs legislation.   “Senator Reid’s announcement sends a message that he wants to go partisan and blame Republicans when Senator Grassley and others were trying to find common...

Grassley Calls for Intellectual Honesty About Deficits, Spending, Entitlements    Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the President’s Budget for Fiscal 2011 OMB Director Peter Orszag   I would like to thank the Chairman for scheduling this hearing and the opportunity to review the President’s...

Transcipt of Grassley's Capitol Hill Report Conference Call    QUESTION:  Senator, western Iowa was hit recently with some winter weather, and a FEMA request has come through from the governor.  Do you know where that stands right now?  And how do you -- what's your opinion of that issue?  GRASSLEY:  Yes, well, my opinion...

Grassley Q & A: Transparency in the Federal Government Q: Why is transparency in the federal government so important? A:  I’ve worked for years to make the federal government a more accessible and transparent operation. The public’s business ought to be public. So, I had high hopes when President Obama pledged to make his administration more...

Grassley Announces Selection of Mondamin Resident to Military Academy               WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Steven Tallon of Mondamin has been selected to attend the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. for the 2010/2011 school year.  Tallon is a senior...

Grassley asks Orszag to explain reporting requirements for recipients of stimulus dollars Senator seeks vigilance over $787 billion taxpayer-funded program            WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is following up on the response he received from the Director of the White House Office of Management and...

Grassley Encourages President to Name China a Currency Manipulator, Help U.S. Exporters              Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over international trade, made the following comment in response to the President’s comments today that China and...

Grassley, Coburn Press for Answers to IG Findings of Fiscal Mismanagement at Marine Corps Senators Cite Flawed Finance System at Defense Department              WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Coburn, M.D. today questioned the financial management in the Defense Department and...

Transcript of 02-03-10 conference call with Iowa newspapers   SEN. CHUCK. GRASSLEY, R-IOWA, HOLDS A NEWS TELECONFERENCE  FEBRUARY 3, 2010  [*]  GRASSLEY:  Are you guys at the other end?  (UNKNOWN):  Yes, Senator.  GRASSLEY:  Now, we've got the red light on.  Can you believe that?   I wanted to make...

Grassley Seeks to Learn Whether Some AIG Bonus Contracts Were Executed After the Bailout      WASHINGTON--- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Treasury Secretary to disclose information about the timing of bonus contracts for executives at American International Group (AIG), in response to comments by the administration’s Special...

Nearly $1.5 Million to 29 Iowa Fire Departments from FEMA WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded competitive grants totaling $1,486,655 to Iowa Fire Departments through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants’ Operations and Safety and Vehicle Acquisition...

Grassley: Unanswered Inquiries to HHS Undermine Pledges of Openness, Transparency   Opening Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley Finance Committee Hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010   Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you Secretary Sebelius for being here today to discuss the President’s proposal for the...

Grassley: More AIG Bonuses Show Administration Has Been Outmaneuvered M E M O R A N D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Fr:        Jill Gerber for Sen. Chuck Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re:       AIG bonuses Da:       Tuesday, Feb. 2,...