Grassley, Harkin Work to Provide Iowa with Additional Funds for Flood Relief
WASHINGTON - Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin today filed an amendment to the stimulus bill being debated in the Senate that would help Iowa provide important social services related to flood and tornado recovery.
The amendment would direct $200...
Senators work to bring accountability to the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON- Senators Chuck Grassley, Barbara Mikulski and Richard Shelby today introduced an amendment to bring more accountability to the National Science Foundation after the Inspector General's Semiannual Report found extensive use of NSF computers to view sexually...
Senators work to protect biomedical research funding from potential bias
WASHINGTON- Senators Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl today put forward legislation that would take steps to better protect federally funded biomedical research from possible bias.
The legislation, filed as an amendment to the economic recovery bill being...
$696,922 to Iowa State and the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $696,922 in grants to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa.
Iowa State University will receive...
Grassley Acts to Put Americans Back to Work
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today filed an amendment to the stimulus bill that would prohibit businesses that have received taxpayer bailout funds through the TARP program from hiring H-1B visa holders. Grassley sponsored...
Grassley, Leahy Introduce Anti-Fraud Legislation
WASHINGTON (Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced legislation Thursday to provide the federal government with more tools to investigate and prosecute financial fraud. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act makes necessary...
Grassley seeks fair treatment with Medicaid dollars
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today took aim at unfair treatment in the so-called stimulus bill of Iowa, 33 other states and the District of Columbia, and called on senators to adopt his amendment to redistribute $2.3...
BAUCUS, GRASSLEY WELCOME FIRST TARP OVERSIGHT REPORT
Washington, DC– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) commented today on the first 60-day report from Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), a $700 billion allocation...
Grassley Seeks to Improve Education Tax Incentives in Stimulus Package
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is seeking to improve the education tax incentives in the economic stimulus bill under debate in the Senate.
“In a slow economy, people cut whatever they have to, including education,” Grassley said. “They might...
$700,000 Direct Loan to Wesley Retirement Services
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a $700,000 direct loan to Wesley Retirement Services in Johnston through the Community Facility Direct Loan Program.
The Community Facilities Direct Loan...
Grassley Seeks to Boost Charitable Services Via Economic Stimulus Bill
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is seeking to strengthen provisions in the economic stimulus bill that would help charities continue to provide their services to people in need. Grassley filed...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Conference Call with Iowa Reporters Part 2
Tim Rohwer?
QUESTION: Yes, Senator. I received some information from Senator Harkin's office yesterday and I, obviously, wanted your comments. He says that $1.5 billion is included for Iowa in that Senate stimulus...
Grassley on $1 Trillion Stimulus: Let’s Look Before We Leap
Floor Statement of Senator Charles E. Grassley
A $1 Trillion Stimulus?
Let's Look Before We Leap
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Our nation's fiscal outlook is grim. The Congressional Budget Office, projects the federal budget deficit will exceed $1 trillion this year. Despite this...
$283,118 for Iowa Fire Departments
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded grants totaling $283,118 to seven Iowa fire departments.
"Firefighters put their lives on the line every day for the good of the community," Grassley said....
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Conference Call with Iowa Reporters Part 1
GRASSLEY: Good morning, everybody. Sorry I'm 10 minutes late. I've come from a strategy session on the stimulus bill.
We'll have the floor all day because Democrats are in retreat -- in a retreat, I should say. And they are going to...
Grassley, Harkin work to name Davenport Courthouse after former Congressman Jim Leach
WASHINGTON- Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin today reintroduced legislation to name the Federal Courthouse in Davenport the "James A. Leach United State Courthouse" in honor of former...
Grassley says CBO analysis shows stimulus jobs to cost as much as $300,000 each
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said today that a preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office shows that the jobs created by the economic stimulus legislation being debated in the Senate would...
Grassley, Kohl Work to Level Playing Field in Agriculture Industry
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl today introduced legislation to ensure a level playing field for all market participants in the agriculture industry, including the independent producer and family...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference
GRASSLEY: During this conference call every week, you've often heard me talk about what I call a need to address the unfair practices and a word called monopsony as opposed to monopoly, which a monopsony applies to agriculture and agribusiness and, particularly,...
