Grassley on the Truth About Tax Cuts
I rise today to discuss the one year anniversary of the bipartisan tax relief package. On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed the legislation. On Friday, June 7th of this year, the President marked the first anniversary of that event in Des Moines, Iowa. I was pleased to join the President for that anniversary...
Grassley on the Graham Amendment on Prescription Drugs
I rise to oppose the amendment before us. For the third time in as many weeks, a mostly partisan Democrat prescription drug bill is about to fail on this floor. And beyond failing here, today's amendment fails seniors and taxpayers as well. It fails seniors because it fails to cover most of them. From...
Grassley Urges Trade Vote This Week
Last Saturday the House of Representatives took an historic vote and passed the Conference Report on the Trade Act of 2002. It's time for the Senate to do the same. The Trade Act of 2002 contains several pieces of critical legislation which need to be enacted into law as soon as possible. Let me elaborate on two of...
Grassley Announces $2,645,000 Loan to Moulton Telephone Company
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company in Moulton will receive a $2,645,000 Rural Utilities Service loan from the United States Department of Agriculture.
According to the USDA, the Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company loan will be used...
trade agreement
Late last night, Rep. Bill Thomas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and chairman of the House-Senate trade conference, and Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Committee on Finance and a trade conferee, announced an agreement on landmark legislation to grant the President Trade Promotion Authority. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking...
Conference Agreement on Bankruptcy Bill
Sen. Chuck Grassley hailed the conference committee agreement reached tonight on his comprehensive overhaul of the federal bankruptcy code.
Grassley began work on the legislation in 1998. The House and Senate passed similar bankruptcy reform bills last year. Conferees were close to agreement over many months on most...
Grassley Backs Corporate Reforms
Iowa Senator Secures Whistleblower Protections for Employees of Big Business
? Sen. Chuck Grassley said Congress did the right thing with swift and sure passage today of legislation to hold corporate America accountable with an independent oversight board, criminal penalties for executives who engage in misconduct, and...
Grassley: Funding Released for Iowa Teacher Shortage Forgivable Loan
$3 Million Awarded to Iowa Programs
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released $2 million to the Iowa College Student Aid Commission and $1,055,000 for the English Language Learners program.
The $2 million to the Iowa...
Grassley: Funding for Iowa Projects Included in Transportation Spending Bill
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee has included funding for several Iowa projects as part of its spending plan for the next fiscal year.
"Funding for these projects would improve Iowans' access to businesses and services,"...
Grassley Updates Iowans on Constituent Mail Delays
? Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that enhanced security procedures for mail delivery to the U.S. Senate continue to delay constituent letters sent to Washington, and he urged Iowans who need help with casework to contact his offices in Iowa.
"The delays are significant," Grassley said. "So I want to make...
Grassley Announces Nearly $1.2 Million to Iowa State
? Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that Iowa State University will receive a $1,191,156 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will be used to study biological response to environmental health hazards.
"This research...
Grassley Announces 23 Grants to Iowa Communities
Funding from USDA
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced funding for 23 Iowa communities from the United States Department of Agriculture. The money is part of the Community Facilities Economic Impact Initiative grant program."These grants will help in the development of important community services and...
Grassley Requests Emergency Haying and Grazing Assistance for Iowa
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today requested that Iowa be approved for Conservation Reserve Program emergency haying and grazing assistance.
The letter follows a personal request from Grassley to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman earlier in the week.
"Iowa is feeling the effects of a drought. As I...
Grassley Announces Funding for Smart Growth Use of Brownfields Areas in Des Moines
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that Des Moines will receive $45,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency's "Smart Growth: Saving Open Space, Revitalizing Brownfields" program. The funding will be used for the Des Moines Agrimergent Technology Park.
"Applying smart...
Grassley on the Tripartisan Medicare Bill, Other Proposals
Mr. President, our time is very short this morning, so I will be brief. Let me discuss the key criteria Senators should consider.
Permanent and Dependable?
First, is the drug coverage permanent and dependable? Under the Tripartisan Amendment, drug coverage would be a permanent part of the Medicare...
Grassley Seeks Permanent Prescription Drug Benefit for Iowa Seniors
? Senators failed to give filibuster-proof support to competing Medicare prescription drug plans in back to back roll-call votes this afternoon.
One of the proposals was sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley. His bill represented the only Medicare drug benefit plan with support across political...
Grassley on Resolving Trade Legislation
I'd like to thank Chairmen Thomas and Baucus for convening this meeting of the trade conferees this afternoon. It's high time we begin our work in resolving the differences between the House and Senate trade bills. It's been almost eight months since the House passed its version of Trade Promotion Authority. The...
Word On: Livestock Sales
Q: What is the Transparency for Independent Livestock Producers Act?
A: In an effort to give independent livestock producers a fair shake in the marketplace, I'm beefing up my crusade in Washington to keep genuine competition alive and kicking. With packer ownership and control of livestock making it harder and harder for...
Modernize Medicare Once and For All
by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
This summer I joined forces with a tri-partisan team of senators to introduce permanent Medicare drug coverage for the 40 million elderly and disabled Americans who rely on the government health insurance program to help pay for their medical needs. For months we worked across party...
Grassley Applauds Funding for UNI, ISU and City of Des Moines
Senate Committee Approves Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Appropriations Bill
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said he is pleased that Senate appropriators have included funding for projects at two Iowa universities and the City of Des Moines as part of the Commerce, Justice, State and the...
