Grassley Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Drug-Abundant Raves
? Sen. Chuck Grassley has joined with his colleague Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware to introduce legislation to crack down on the widespread use of illegal drugs at all-night dance parties, or raves.
"Drug dealers have discovered that all-night raves are just the place to push their poison,"...
Breaux, Grassley, McCain Introduce Trade Bill for Turkey
-- Democratic Sen. John Breaux and Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and John McCain today introduced bipartisan legislation to enhance economic growth and opportunity for the Republic of Turkey.
"Turkey is essential for regional stability in the Middle East, and has contributed to the war efforts in...
Grassley Urges Good Oversight, Fiscal Management of New Security Agency
? Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today offered comments and concerns about the creation of a new Department of Homeland Security. He urged strong internal oversight provisions, whistleblower protections, and cost-efficient, non-duplicative...
Committee Passes Grassley Bill Reining in Corporate Expatriation
? The Committee on Finance today passed bipartisan legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member, to prevent corporations from nominally moving overseas to avoid taxes.
"Recent corporate actions, such as Enron and its financial dealings, show the need for greater congressional oversight...
Word On: Methamphetamine
Q: How is Iowa faring in its struggle against methamphetamine?
A: For most of the last decade, Iowa authorities have struggled to stay on top of the devastating consequences wrought by the dangerous, addictive stimulant called methamphetamine. The illegal drug, which can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected, is easy to...
Grassley on Charitable Giving, Tax Shelters, Corporate Inversions
Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this markup on the President's charitable proposal as well as legislation that addresses corporate tax shelters and inversions. I also want to say how pleased I am that we have worked closely on a bipartisan basis on all three of these proposals. The...
Grassley Applauds Bush Selection of Iowan for Farm Credit Administration Board
Nancy Pellett, of Atlantic, Tapped Today
? President Bush intends to nominate another influential Iowan to a key administration post, Sen. Chuck Grassley said today.
Nancy C. Pellett, of Atlantic, has been selected to serve on the three-member Farm Credit Administration...
Grassley Advances Priorities on Charities, Corporate Expatriation
? Proposals from Sen. Chuck Grassley on giving more tax incentives to encourage charitable giving and preventing corporations from nominally moving overseas to avoid taxes, among others, are scheduled for Committee on Finance consideration this week. Grassley, ranking...
Most Wanted: Fixing the FBI
by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
The clean-up and recovery effort at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan ended nearly nine months after suicide hijackers crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. The terrorist attacks stunned America and the rest of the world, killing almost 2,800 people in New York City and hundreds...
Word On: FBI
Q: What is the "Phoenix memo?"
A: The controversial memorandum was written last summer in advance of Sept. 11 by an FBI field agent based in the Phoenix, Arizona office. The field agent wrote to his superiors warning them Middle Eastern men that were associated with a radical Islamic group and tied to Osama Bin Laden were taking aviation...
Anniversary of bipartisan tax relief
On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed the bipartisan tax relief package passed by Congress under the leadership of members including Sen. Chuck Grassley, who was chairman of the Committee on Finance when the legislation passed. Grassley, now ranking member of the committee, made the following comment on the...
Department of Homeland Security
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following statement about President Bush's proposal to create a new Department of Homeland Security. If approved by Congress, the new agency would be organized with four divisions: Border and Transportation Security; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Chemical, Biological, Radiological and...
Grassley Conducts Oversight of FBI's Operations Prior to September 11
Senator questions Mueller, Rowley about bureau's problems, reorganization
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked FBI Director Mueller to personally guarantee that FBI Special Agent Coleen Rowley would not suffer from retaliation for blowing the whistle on how cultural problems at the FBI...
Red Cross announcement
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, on May 7 wrote to the American National Red Cross to better understand how it intends to deliver disaster relief, particularly "9-11" monetary relief, judiciously and with due speed to qualified recipients. Grassley asked for a response by June 14. Grassley made the...
Grassley Promotes Tax Relief for Farmers, Small Business
Chairman Baucus and I have called this hearing to focus on an issue on which Republicans and Democrats all agree -- the importance of tax relief for small business and farmers. All across America, the problem of high federal taxes is evident. Wall Street measures the economic slowdown by high-tech...
Grassley Promotes Tax Relief for Farmers, Small Business
Chairman Baucus and I have called this hearing to focus on an issue on which Republicans and Democrats all agree -- the importance of tax relief for small business and farmers. All across America, the problem of high federal taxes is evident. Wall Street measures the economic slowdown by high-tech...
Grassley Works to Safeguard Social Security Numbers
New Government Report Finds Social Security Numbers "Identifier" of Choice Among Thieves
? Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, today said that the government should provide better safeguards on Social Security number use.
Grassley based his comments...
Grassley Seeks Public Forum for Rowley Testimony
? Sen. Chuck Grassley made the case today that Minneapolis-based FBI agent Coleen Rowley should testify publicly next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Grassley released a copy of a letter he sent to the committee chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, giving his full support to the chairman in seeking her...
New Authority to Monitor for the FBI
Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, issued the following comment regarding the new authority to monitor given to the FBI today by Attorney General John Ashcroft. Grassley is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"Some of the current restrictions on investigations don't make sense. So, as Congress did with the...
Grassley Comment on FBI Reorganization Plan
? Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment regarding the organizational changes announced today by FBI Director Robert Mueller. Grassley is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he has conducted oversight of the FBI since 1996.
"I appreciate Director Mueller saying today that he knows...
