Grassley: President’s Budget is Very Disappointing
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: President’s proposed budget
Da: Monday, February 14, 2011
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on the President’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012 released today. Grassley is a senior member of the Budget...
Q & A: Helping Communities Fight Illegal Drugs
Q. What can Congress do to help communities fight substance abuse?
A. Congress can support community-based anti-drug coalitions like those associated with the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. It’s a national advocacy and coalition training group...
Grassley asks enforcement agencies to explain top official’s comment about helping defense counsel
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking for an explanation of the “big divide” between the stated policy of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Wall Street watchdog’s actual practice in communicating and cooperating...
Senators Ask for Next Steps on Agriculture Competition
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, along with Senator Patrick Leahy, today asked for the next steps planned for agricultural competition issues by the Departments of Justice and Agriculture. The two agencies held joint workshops over the last year to learn about the key competition issues facing...
Grassley Welcomes New Timeframe for U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: U.S.-Korea trade agreement
Da: Wednesday, February 09, 2011
The United States trade representative today said the administration would submit the United States-Korea free trade agreement to Congress “in the next few weeks.” The...
Ranking Member Grassley Letter to Attorney General Holder About Whistleblower Allegations
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley's letter to Attorney General Eric Holder about whistleblower allegations at the ATF
More Than $2 Million to Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded disaster relief funding totaling $2,248,269.09 to the Nishnabotna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative.
The cooperative, which serves rural areas in southwest Iowa, will...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive Nearly $270,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award three grants totaling $269,859 to Iowa fire departments.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Birmingham Volunteer Fire Department will receive...
Grassley: Billions of Dollars Wasted in Tax Program
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Improper payments in tax program
Da: Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on a report released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, "Reduction Targets and Strategies...
Grassley: Sioux Center Student Secures Appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Colton Van’t Hof has been selected by the U.S. Navy for admission to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2011-2012 school year.
Van’t Hof is a senior at Sioux Center Community High School and...
Grassley works to stop abuse of government charge cards by federal employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced a bill to require federal agencies to put new safeguards and controls on government charge cards used by federal employees. The bill also would require penalties for...
$169,541 to Dubuque Health Center from the Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $169,541 Health Center Program Service Area Competition grant to the Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque.
According to the Department of Health...
Q & A: Dollars and Sense
Q. What is the difference between federal deficit and federal debt?
A. The federal deficit is the annual amount the federal government spends over what it takes in. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the federal government is projected to take in $2.2 trillion in fiscal year 2011...
Grassley Works to Clear Rape Kit Backlog
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley this week introduced the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2011, along with Senator Al Franken of Minn., to help clear the backlog of untested rape kits around the country. Senators Dianne Feinstein of Calif., Michael Bennet of Colo., Richard Burr of N.C., Bernie...
Grassley Presses Administration to Move Forward on Trade Agreements
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley in a letter to President Barack Obama yesterday pressed for action on three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
Grassley said that he was encouraged to hear the positive remarks in last week’s State of the Union...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $900,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award 11 grants totaling $942,365 to Iowa fire departments.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• Coggon Fire Department will receive $9,486 through...
Ranking Member Grassley letter to ATF Acting Director Melson re: Whistleblower Retaliation
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley Letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Acting Director Kenneth Melson on Whistleblower Retaliation
Iowa-Tested Reality Check Helps Keep Washington Accountable
In one of the first orders of business of the 112th Congress, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a good government measure I’ve pursued for more than a decade.
In a move that will pull back the cloak of secrecy that effectively hog-ties the people’s business in the U.S. Senate, anonymous...
Grassley, Durbin Say GAO Report Highlights Need for Major Reform of the H-1B Visa Program
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin today pressed Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, for answers to long-standing problems in the H-1B visa program. Grassley is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and...
Grassley: Proposed Dust Rules Would Cause Significant Harm to Rural America
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to make a good faith effort to review industry comments, studies, and economic analysis on the impact of proposed rules on...
