More Than $2 Million for Nemaha and Webb
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded two grants totaling $1,870,000 and two loans totaling $846,000 to Iowa Lakes Regional Water.
According to the Department of Agriculture, Iowa Lakes Regional Water will use the funds...
Grassley Continues to Press for Release of Congressionally Mandated Report on Medicaid’s Status
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley is again pressing the federal Department of Health and Human Services to finish and release a long overdue, congressionally mandated report on Medicaid’s financial and enrollment status. The report was due Jan. 1,...
Grassley works to stop squandering of tax dollars for green jobs
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Labor Department to justify how it counts arbitrators, mediators, conciliators, financial analysts, investment underwriters, marketing managers, personal financial advisers, public relations specialists, and reporters in its definition of what...
Q & A: Holding the Bureaucracy Accountable
Q. What is the REINS Act?
A. The Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny, or REINS, Act would require Congress to give final approval to major, new federal regulations before those regulations can take effect. The new bill responds to concerns of the growing regulatory burden and the negative...
Grassley, Colleagues Seek Further Analysis on Health Overhaul’s Effects on Medicare Advantage
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, joined by Sens. Orrin Hatch, Jon Kyl and Mike Crapo, today asked the chief actuary at the Department of Health and Human Services for all analysis leading to findings that the health care overhaul’s billions of dollars in cuts to...
More Than $3 Million to Iowa for Disaster Relief
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded funding totaling $3,135,846.17 to the Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative.
The cooperative will use the funds to repair or replace electrical...
$200,000 to Iowa State University
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $200,000 investment to the University Center Program at Iowa State University.
According to the Department of Commerce, the university will use the money to fund research and...
Nearly $2 Million to University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two grants totaling $1,956,031 to the University of Iowa.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the university will receive $1,458,033 from the National Institute on Aging to fund the...
Grassley: Iowa’s Request for a Delay in Key Health Requirement Shows Flaws of Hastily Written Law
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522
Re: Iowa seeking delay in health requirement
Da: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Finance Committee, today...
More Than $800,000 to Iowa Universities from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University and the University of Iowa have received competitive grants totaling $838,018 from the National Science Foundation.
According to the National Science Foundation, Iowa State University received...
$573,416 to Iowa after Thermo Fisher Scientific Layoffs
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $573,416 to Iowa Workforce Development through the National Emergency Grant program.
The East Central Intergovernmental Association will operate the funds to help provide employment related services to...
$500,000 to Iowa Schools from U.S. Department of Education
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $500,000 in congressionally directed spending to Briar Cliff University and the American Institute of Business.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, Briar Cliff University will receive $100,000...
Senators seek removal of Special IG for Afghanistan Reconstruction
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of four senators today called on President Barack Obama to fire the government watchdog responsible for investigating tax dollar misuse in Afghanistan amid mounting evidence of incompetence and mismanagement. U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO),...
Grassley Highlights Need for School Stability for Foster Youth
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined fellow foster youth advocates to release new data showing the educational playing field is not level for children in foster care, whose academic careers are often affected by multiple school relocations. Grassley is founder and co-chair...
Families face major tax increase next year without congressional action; Senate majority leader continues to delay
Senator Chuck Grassley made the comment below about the Senate Majority Leader delaying a decision on whether to raise taxes until after the November elections. As Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Grassley worked to get through...
Grassley Seeks Accountability for federal regulations
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has joined in introducing a bill that would require Congress to give final approval to major, new federal regulations before those regulations can take effect.
“A tidal wave of new regulations is hitting the private sector with health care reform and other big pieces...
More Than $3 Million Loan to Bernard Telephone Company
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a $3,666,000 conditional commitment for a loan to Bernard Telephone Company, Inc. through the Telecommunications Loan Program.
According to the Department of Agriculture,...
Grassley Finds Out What’s Needed to Make Taxpayers Whole in GM Bailout
WASHINGTON – Continuing to look out for taxpayers in the bailout of General Motors, Senator Chuck Grassley has secured an official determination that the U.S. government needs to sell all its stock in GM at an average price of $133.78 a share to fully recoup the tax dollars spent to...
Disaster Recovery Centers: Opening in Lee County, Closing in Wright County
WASHINGTON – A new Disaster Recovery Center will open in Lee County on Thursday, September 23, at 9 a.m., to assist individuals, households and businesses affected by the recent storms and flooding in Iowa. The center will be located at 300 Main St., Ste. 408, in...
Grassley Highlights Testimony of Iowa Small Business Owner Who Employs Military Reservists, Veterans
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today highlighted the testimony of a Des Moines small business owner who hires many military reservists and veterans and educated the Senate’s tax-writing committee about the hardships of such employment and possible...
