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Grassley on Homeland Security and Trade The creation of a department to oversee homeland security is a tremendous undertaking for the White House which presents multiple challenges. This is certainly true in the context of incorporating the U.S. Customs Service into the new department, which will be the focus of today's hearing. The U.S. Customs Service is...

Grassley Seeks Tougher Accounting Standards Bill Mr. President, I spent the congressional recess week holding meetings across Iowa. During that time, 5,000 Iowans jobs were put in jeopardy because of the WorldCom mess. People are mad about what's happened, and they want Congress to respond swiftly and in a responsible way to prevent future abuses by...

Grassley Describes New Developments on Visa Express ? Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Dave Weldon today sent a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell to express concern about the detention and questioning of a reporter who wrote about the Visa Express program. In a related development, Grassley and Weldon received a response from the State Department's...

Grassley Continues Fight for Fair Markets for Independent Producers -- Sen. Chuck Grassley is preparing legislation to increase competition in the livestock market. Grassley said today his proposal, Transparency for Independent Livestock Producers Act, would give independent producers a guaranteed share in the marketplace by making improvements to the...

Grassley Continues Fight for Fair Markets for Independent Producers -- Sen. Chuck Grassley is preparing legislation to increase competition in the livestock market. Grassley said today his proposal, Transparency for Independent Livestock Producers Act, would give independent producers a guaranteed share in the marketplace by making improvements to the...

Word On: Poison Control   Q: What is the new national number for poison centers across the country? A: No matter where you live in the United States, Americans now are able to access a life-saving resource toll-free by calling 1-800-222-1222. Regardless from where you call, Iowans using the poison hotline will be routed to the nearest local poison...

Update Sludge Rules by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   For many years, a number of farmers, gardeners and homeowners across the United States has used a by-product of treated sewage as a soil-conditioning agent to fertilize property. The waste-treatment residue commonly called sludge or biosolids cuts down on fertilizing costs for the landowner. When...

Grassley Named Conferee on Trade Legislation -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today was named a conferee to negotiate the differences between Senate- and House-passed trade legislation. Grassley and Sen. Orrin Hatch are the Republican Senate conferees. Sens. Max Baucus, John Rockefeller, and John Breaux are the Democratic...

Grassley Plan to Help Disabled Children Wins Committee Approval ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today won committee approval for his bill to provide health coverage to disabled children. The Senate Committee on Finance passed the bipartisan Family Opportunity Act, S.321, by voice vote. Grassley said his initiative means that "parents with disabled children won't have...

Committee Approves Grassley Bill to Protect Employees' Pensions ? The Committee on Finance today unanimously passed legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, to better protect employees' pension plans from corporate malfeasance. Also included are corrections to laws that penalize teachers in Iowa and elsewhere. "Enron...

Grassley Requests Funding for Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Investigation ? Sen. Chuck Grassley has asked Senate appropriators to consider funding for an investigation of the radiological contamination at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. On July 2, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designated portions of the plant as eligible under the Formerly Utilized Sites...

Protecting Social Security Numbers Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the need to protect Social Security numbers. Although the Social Security number was originally created to administer the Social Security program, its use has expanded over the years, so that today, it has for all practical purposes become a national identity...

Grassley Questions Work of INS Law Enforcement Center ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today released an inquiry he's made of Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner James Ziglar about reports of mismanagement of a law enforcement support center that plays an important role in securing the nation's borders. July 9, 2002 The Honorable James W....

Grassley: Funding Approved for Cedar Rapids and Davenport Courthouses ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that Senate appropriators have confirmed that they will approve his full request for funding for federal courthouses in Cedar Rapids and Davenport when they meet on Thursday to consider fiscal 2003 funding legislation. "This is good news for Iowa,"...

Grassley: Funding Approved for Cedar Rapids and Davenport Courthouses ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that Senate appropriators have confirmed that they will approve his full request for funding for federal courthouses in Cedar Rapids and Davenport when they meet on Thursday to consider fiscal 2003 funding legislation. "This is good news for Iowa,"...

Visa Express program On July 2, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Dave Weldon wrote to Secretary of State Colin Powell to urge termination of the Visa Express program. Grassley made the following comment today on the Visa Express program. "Terrorism has changed the way we look at visas. After September 11, we can no longer grant visas willy nilly. These days,...

Grassley Supports Yucca Mountain Senator Says Permanent Storage Site Would Protect Public Safety ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following comment regarding Yucca Mountain: "Given the threat of terrorist activity on U.S. soil, it's absolutely necessary that the government provide safe and secure permanent storage for spent nuclear fuel. We can't...

Grassley Works to Strengthen Accounting Standards Legislation ? Sen. Chuck Grassley has filed several amendments to significantly strengthen the accounting legislation under consideration by the U.S. Senate. Grassley said the overall bill ? S.2673, the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 ? represents an opportunity for...

Committee to Consider Grassley Bills on Children's Health, Pension Reform ? Two pieces of legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, will advance this week when they receive committee consideration. Grassley's bills to improve health care for children with disabilities and to reform pension laws to better protect...

Grassley Raises Public Disclosure of Some Corporate Tax Returns ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today asked two federal agencies to analyze whether key information from the tax returns of publicly traded companies should be public. Grassley asked Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Securities and Exchange Commission...