FBI Memo on Flight Schools
Sen. Chuck Grassley issued a comment regarding the Associated Press report that an FBI agent in Arizona alerted Washington headquarters in July 2001 that several Middle Easterners were training at a U.S. aviation school.
Sen. Grassley is a co-sponsor of S.1867, the bill to create The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon...
Grassley Urges For Better INS Management and More Personnel in Iowa
Senator Reviews Plans for INS Reform
- Sen. Chuck Grassley today said he wants the Immigration and Naturalization Service to locate more service and enforcement personnel in Iowa and across the country as part of a plan to overhaul the agency. Grassley's comments came during a Senate...
Grassley Statement on IRS Restructuring
I am glad to be here today to voice my support for long overdue reforms to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Last November, Attorney General Ashcroft and Commissioner Ziglar released their proposal to restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service. That same day, I asked Senators Kennedy and...
SENATORS CALL FOR TIMELY ACTION ON EPA OMBUDSMAN BILL
Bill establishes independence for EPA Ombudsman
, DC ? In a letter today to Senator James Jeffords, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Idaho Senators Larry Craig and Mike Crapo, Colorado Senator Wayne Allard and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley, called for swift action to be...
Grassley Wins Amendment for Common Sense Energy Policy
Senator Works to Increase Energy Efficiency of Air Conditioners, Protect Consumers, Save Jobs
? One of the amendments included in the comprehensive energy bill passed last night by the U.S. Senate was a Grassley-sponsored measure that requires the Department of Energy to issue air-conditioner...
Congressional Research Service analysis
Earlier this month, Sen. Chuck Grassley asked the Congressional Research Service to research the consequences of a corporation, such as the Enron Corp., providing incorrect information to the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Overseas Private Investment Corp. Grassley made the following comment on the...
Grassley Expresses Disappointment for Apparent Farm Bill Compromise
Sen. Chuck Grassley today expressed extreme disappointment for an apparent compromise by House and Senate negotiators on the farm bill. Grassley said that the proposed agreement will hurt family farmers because it leaves out an important ban on packer ownership of livestock and...
Senate Committee Approves Grassley Bill to Reform FBI
? The Senate Judiciary Committee has given its stamp of approval to the FBI reform legislation sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley and the committee chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy.
Committee members approved the measure without amendment and by voice vote during this morning's executive session. A copy of...
Grassley Scores Major Victories for Iowa in Energy Bill
? Numerous alternative energy production tax incentives sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley were approved by the U.S. Senate tonight as part of a comprehensive energy policy bill, along with a groundbreaking renewable fuels standard that represents a major breakthrough for ethanol.
"There are few issues...
Grassley: Young Iowan Accepted to Air Force Academy
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today congratulated Jacob Fisher, of Merrill, on being offered an appointment to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
"Jacob is an outstanding young man. He has worked hard for this opportunity and I'm glad he is being rewarded," Grassley said. "The caliber of young people...
Grassley: Young Iowan Accepted to West Point Military Academy
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today congratulated Wyatt Davis, of Bayard, on being offered an appointment to West Point Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
"Wyatt is an outstanding young man. He has worked hard for this opportunity and I'm glad he is being rewarded," Grassley said. "The caliber of young...
Grassley Scores Major Victories in Energy Tax Bill
-- Key alternative energy production tax incentives from Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, passed today as part of a comprehensive energy policy bill.
"It makes sense to use the tax code to develop alternative energy," Grassley said. "Cutting taxes is an effective incentive to...
Grassley Works to Reform Bankruptcy System
I'm pleased that we are getting down to the final stages of the bankruptcy conference. Hopefully we'll get this done today because this legislation has been a long time in the making. There has been strong bipartisan support for bankruptcy reform for years. The bills received overwhelming support from both bodies...
Nursing home quality initiative
Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released quality data about individual nursing homes in a six-state pilot project. The six states are Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington. The pilot project is designed to give older Americans and their families comparative quality data about...
Grassley Initiatives Advance in Energy Tax Bill
-- Key alternative energy production tax incentives from Sen. Chuck Grassley advanced today when Senate leaders agreed to include the items as an amendment to the pending energy policy bill.
"It makes sense to use the tax code to develop alternative energy," Grassley said. "Cutting taxes is an effective way to...
Grassley Wins Additional Support for Ethanol and Biodiesel
? Ethanol and biodiesel have received another boost from Sen. Chuck Grassley.
A bipartisan amendment to the energy bill sponsored by Grassley and Sen. Mark Dayton of Minnesota requires the federal government to increase the use of ethanol and biodiesel fuels in its vehicles. It was accepted today as...
Waxman, Grassley Applaud Decision to Post Complaint Data on Web
-- Rep. Henry A. Waxman, ranking member of the Government Reform Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today congratulated the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its decision to post nursing home complaint data on...
Grassley Questions Lack of Democratic Budget Vote
Last Monday was April 15th, that's the day Americans filed their income tax return with the IRS. April 15th was also the deadline for Congress to complete its work on the budget resolution for the federal government. But, the deadline has come and gone and we still don't have a budget.It seems the Democratic...
Trade Promotion Authority and Agriculture
Sen. Roberts and I are here today with USTR Ambassador Bob Zoellick, and our chief agricultural trade negotiator, Ambassador Al Johnson. We're here to listen to an Iowa pork producer and farmer, Glen Keppy. He's come to Washington to tell Congress why farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers across America need...
Fix the Flat
by Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
In a free society, entrepreneurs with a good idea can work hard to make it big in the marketplace. Likewise, consumers can make it or break it for them with the freedom to choose where and how they spend their money. Voters pick which direction they'd like to see their democracy go by giving public office...
