News Releases

Grassley Urges White House to make Transparent any Ethics Waivers and Recusals            WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pushing the Obama administration to make public the waivers and recusals it has issued to former lobbyists across the federal government. Late yesterday he wrote to the director of...

Grassley calls on administration to safeguard independence of Inspectors General            WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is urging the administration to follow the letter and spirit of the law, which the President co-sponsored as legislation as a U.S. senator in 2007, regarding the dismissal of the...

$17,000 to Iowa from the USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded two competitive grants totaling $17,000 to Iowa through the Economic Impact Initiative Grant program and the Water and Waste Disposal Grant program.   "This funding will help provide important...

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 Michael Earl with KDSN Radio in Denison and Ken Black with the Marshalltown Times Republican in Marshalltown.   The first...

$248,810 to Iowa from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded three competitive grants totaling $248,810 to Iowa through the Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program.   "This money will help small and rural businesses create jobs for Iowans and stimulate...

$30,000 to University of Northern Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $30,000 competitive grant to the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, in partnership with Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo and Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, through the U.S.-Brazil Higher...

$200,700 to Iowa Department of Public Health and the University of Iowa                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two competitive grants totaling $200,700 to the Iowa Department of Public Health and the...

Hammer & Nails, Hope & Heroes    Unless you've survived a natural disaster, it's hard to imagine the devastation and despair that 500-year-flood waters last summer have brought to Eastern Iowa residents, neighborhoods and businesses.   Last May, I watched from my farmhouse in Butler County when a violent spring storm turned into a...

More Than $13.3 Million to Iowa for Disaster Recovery             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has awarded funds totaling $13,341,245.73 to Iowa as the state continues to recover from 2008...

Grassley checks SEC handling of previous allegations to help avoid repeat of mistakes             WASHINGTON – Following the closing of Pequot Capital Management, Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission for information about the total number of suspicious trading...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference         GRASSLEY:  Hello, everybody.        Thus far, President Obama appears to be willing to help ensure a competitive marketplace for agriculture.  I spoke a couple weeks ago about positive news from Christine Barney, who...

Grassley: Pay-go is Cover for More Spending, Despite Calls for Fiscal Discipline    M E M O R A N D U M   To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       Restoring pay-go requirements   Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance and a senior member of the Budget...

Grassley Urges USDA to Employ Attorneys at GIPSA to Keep Anti-Competitive Behavior at Bay          WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is encouraging the Department of Agriculture to allow GIPSA to employ attorneys that would report directly to the agency administrator.    "If GIPSA attorneys were involved with...

$210,000 in Loan Guarantees and Grants to Glenn Miller Birthplace Society WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a loan guarantee of $120,000 and a grant of $90,000 to the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society in Clarinda through the Community Facility Guaranteed Loan and...

$62,225 to Monticello from the Federal Aviation Administration             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $62,225 grant to...

$309,120 to the University of Iowa                WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $309,120 competitive grant to the University of Iowa.   The University of Iowa will use the funds from the National...

$399,955 to the University of Iowa from the National Science Foundation   WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the University of Iowa has received a $399,955 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.    The University of Iowa will use the money to help pay for a research project titled, "Enhancing...

Grassley legislation to keep up fight against meth clears Senate              WASHINGTON –Senator Chuck Grassley today continued his efforts to keep meth off the streets and out of the homes of Iowans.  Legislation he co-sponsored with Senator Dianne Feinstein to help control meth precursor...

Grassley Q & A: Flag Day    Q: What is Flag Day? A:  Flag Day celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress on June 14th, 1777.  Flag Day is still celebrated on June 14th, but it wasn't officially recognized as a federal holiday until 1949, when Congress approved it, and President Harry...

Dubuque Receives 2009 Excellence in Economic Development Award Senator Chuck Grassley offered the following comment after Dubuque received the 2009 Excellence in Economic Development Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation-led Strategies from the U.S. Department of Commerce.   "Dubuque has a long history of innovative economic development...