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Grassley, Issa Letter to Holder on Melson Transcript and the Agreement with Grassley Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, House Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa Letter to Attorney General Holder about Melson Transcript, Holder Response to Questions for the Record

Grassley Asks SEC to Account for Serious Allegations of Case-related Document Destruction WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to account for serious allegations that case-related document destruction might have compromised enforcement in cases involving suspicious activity at major banks and hedge...

Grassley plans town meetings with Iowans in 14 counties WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in 14 Iowa communities later this month.  Three of the town meetings will focus on agriculture, in advance of the upcoming debate in Congress over a farm bill. His meetings are scheduled for the week of August 29 in Carroll, Denison,...

Q&A: Exports and Jobs Q: Why is it important for the United States to pursue international trade agreements? A: International trade opens new markets for U.S. products and supports good-paying jobs in the United States.  Likewise, international trade presents goods and services to U.S. employers and consumers that fuel commerce and choice. Pursing...

Grassley Urges President to Reconsider Definition of Tax Reform  WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today urged President Obama to adopt a definition of tax reform that would make U.S. employers more competitive worldwide and encourage job creation in the United States rather than impose scattershot tax increases that do not constitute reform and...

Grassley Pursues Answers After American Bar Association's "Inadequate" Response           WASHINGTON – Continuing his work to help make sure law students who take out taxpayer-backed student loans are in a position to pay back the loans, Sen. Chuck Grassley is continuing to ask the American Bar Association (ABA)...

Grassley Seeks Adjustments for Flood Control on the Missouri River            WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, along with senators from six states along the Missouri River, is asking the Army Corps of Engineers for a complete accounting of how it sees the scope and limits of its authority to reduce...

Q&A: Balanced Budget Amendment Q & A:  Balanced Budget Amendment Q:       Why is a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution needed? A:        Congress can vote to abandon plans put in place for spending restraint and history proves that, too often, Congress either unravels...

Grassley Urges Agency Not to Weaken Federal Health Research Transparency Rule WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today urged a key federal agency not to dilute a long-awaited transparency rule that would help disclose financial ties between medical researchers who receive billions of dollars in federal funding and the pharmaceutical industry.   "The...

Grassley: More Regulations on Farmers Unnecessarily Burdensome Iowa Senator joins colleagues to admonish administration for additional, cumbersome regulations               WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has joined 21 senators to voice concerns with proposed regulations put forth by the...

Vote against plan to increase the government's debt limit Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below regarding his vote against the deal with the White House to increase the federal debt limit. “I voted against the plan because it delays meaningful spending reductions, fails to address entitlement spending in a way that will save the programs for...

Iowa delegation gets commitment from Postmaster General for information and, potentially, additional consideration WASHINGTON – Iowa’s senators and Rep. Steve King today met with the Postmaster General about the Sioux City mail processing center.  The Iowa representatives in Congress sought the meeting to get answers about the Postal Service’s...

Grassley Statement on Senate Vote   Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about his vote against Majority Leader Harry Reid’s proposal to increase the nation’s borrowing authority by $2.4 trillion.  Senator Grassley is a senior member of the Budget Committee.  He also is Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee and supports a...

Q & A: Tax Expenditures Q:  What are tax expenditures, and why are they in the news? A:  Tax expenditures are defined in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as lost federal income due to provisions in the tax code that exempt or reduce taxes for certain groups, products or activities.  Tax expenditures were intentionally passed by...

Grassley Bill to Ban Synthetic Drug Advances via Committee WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today received Judiciary Committee passage of his legislation to ban the chemicals used to make the dangerous drug known as “K2” or “Spice.” As committee Ranking Member, Grassley advanced the legislation, named for a young Iowa man who took his own life...

  Grassley supports Branstad’s request for federal disaster assistance     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the President to grant the request made by Governor Terry Branstad for a declaration of a major disaster in response to the severe weather earlier this month in Benton, Marshall, Story and Tama...

  FCC response on LightSquared     M E M O R A N D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       FCC response on LightSquared Da:      Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has been seeking disclosure from the Federal Communications...

  Grassley Asks for Education Department Policies for Contact with Investors Seeking to Profit from Agency Information     WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the Department of Education secretary to provide details of any policies governing how department employees should handle contact with private investors seeking to profit from...

ATF Officials in Mexico Denied Access to Information by U.S. Counterparts about Reckless Strategy that Allowed Guns to Fall Into the Hands of Mexican Drug Cartels Issa, Grassley release staff report focusing on impact of Operation Fast and Furious on Mexico             "The consequences of arming...

More Than $200,000 to Iowa from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Humility of Mary Shelter, Inc. has received a $242,655 Homeless Prevention Grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.   The funds are distributed through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program.  They...