Iowa Students Selected as U.S. Presidential Scholars
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the U.S. Department of Education have selected Sandy Huang of Ames High School in Ames and Stephen Henrich of Newman High School in Mason City to represent Iowa in the U.S....
Grassley Works to Reign In Government Charge Card Abuse
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he’s continuing his efforts to end the reckless spending on government charge cards. Grassley introduced legislation today that would require federal agencies to...
$100,000 to Drake University
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Drake University received a $100,000 competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training – Job Development and Job Placement Services to Individuals with Disabilities program.
“These funds will help...
$77,000 to Regional Utility Service Systems Commission
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a $77,000 competitive grant to Regional Utility Service Systems Commission in Fairfield through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant...
Grassley calls on FDA to explain letting device maker off the hook
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Food and Drug Administration to explain how it justifies its decision not to hold the manufacturer accountable for marketing a heart valve device without FDA...
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 Nikki Thunder with KCHE Radio in Cherokee and Rusty Ebert with the...
Budget’s Tax Increases Will Hurt Small Business Hiring
The charts Senator Grassley referred to are posted at the end of the release.
Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley:
FY 2010 Budget Conference Report:
What are the new debt and deficits under the budget? Where is the policy to grow private sector jobs?
Wednesday, April 29,...
U.S. Supreme Court Releases Audio Recordings
Senator Chuck Grassley gave the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today released audio tapes of the oral arguments from Northwest Austin Mun. Util. v. Holder. The Supreme Court made available the recordings after a request from C-SPAN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News. This...
Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, April 29
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, April 29, from 6:30-7 p.m. (Central Time) on television stations across Iowa.
"Ask Your Senator" will be broadcast...
Response to Claim That Only Dick Cheney, Bill Gates Types Will Face Small Business Tax Increases
Placed in the record.
Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Response to Senator Conrad Regarding Effect of Proposed Rate Hikes on Small Business Activity
Wednesday, April 29,...
Grassley urges Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack to move quickly on REAP
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging him to move forward quickly with implementing the Notice of Solicitation for Applications for the Rural...
More Than $29 Million to Iowa from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Iowa has received a $29,044,362 competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs through the State Veterans Home Grant program. The program provides up to 65 percent of the cost of construction or...
Grassley comments on Institute of Medicine report about conflict of interest in medical research, education and practice
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Institute of Medicine report on Conflict of Interest...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference
GRASSLEY: Today I'm writing to Vilsack to express concern about the timing of the applications for funding through the Rural Energy for America Program. The program has been extremely valuable in helping farmers and rural businesses invest in clean...
Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Bipartisan Fraud Enforcement And Recovery Act
WASHINGTON – The Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to bolster existing tools and increase resources available to federal prosecutors to combat fraud. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA) will help both to protect Americans from...
Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Floor Debate on Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (S.386)
Madam Chairwoman, I’m pleased to speak in support of the Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act. As the lead Republican cosponsor of this timely anti-fraud legislation, I believe...
$649,993 to Hancock County Memorial Hospital and the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two grants totaling $649,993 to the Hancock County Memorial Hospital and the University...
Groundbreaking for the Federal Courthouse in Cedar Rapids
Prepared Remarks of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Thank you for that nice introduction. It’s nice to be with you today.
There are many people to thank today for bringing us to this point. I’d like to start by thanking the Judges of the Northern District, the...
BAILOUT OVERSIGHT BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama today signed into law a bill introduced and championed by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that will significantly strengthen oversight of the $700 billion financial rescue plan. The new law increases the power and authority of...
$53,000 to Iowa for Economic Development
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the Southern Iowa Council of Governments in Creston received a $53,000 competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
“These...
