Grassley Works to Make Education More Affordable,Help Teachers, and Improve Schools Via the Tax Code
-- Sen. Chuck Grassley convened the year's first legislative hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance and focused on tax proposals to make education more affordable and improve the condition of the nation's public school buildings."Families today have a...
Making Education More Affordable: The Tax Code as a Student Aide
Good morning. I call this hearing to order.
On a preliminary note, I see from our witness list that nine senators, none from the Finance Committee, plan to testify on today's topic. To the best of my recollection, and the recollection of senior Finance Committee staff, that is a new record....
Grassley Announces Federal Money to Iowa
More Than $18 million from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $18 million to communities in Iowa.
"This money is great news for all of Iowa. The funding will help keep families in their...
Grassley Introduces Bill to Help Save Family Farms
-- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Finance Committee, today introduced a package of tax relief measures to help preserve family farms and fisheries.
Grassley said the legislation would assist family farmers across the nation. "With the number of family farms shrinking every year, it seems all of us...
Grassley Continues to Seek Fair Treatment for Veterans
Senator Presses for Solution for Farmers, Small Business Owners Deemed Ineligible for Benefits
? Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that he has asked the federal government for an update on its work to change veterans pension guidelines.
Grassley made his request along with Rep. Jim Leach in a letter sent...
Grassley Keeps in Touch with Iowans
Iowa Senator Plans to Visit 16 Iowa Communities Next Week
Sen. Chuck Grassley will visit 16 Iowa communities next week during a five-day congressional recess honoring President's Day.
Grassley will conduct meetings and visit local schools and businesses as part of his long-time commitment to visit each of Iowa's 99...
Word On: Farm Storage Facility Loan Program
Q: What is the Farm Storage Facility Loan program?
A: After months of delay, the U.S. Department of Agriculture in January finalized rules for a low-interest loan program designed to help farmers meet future grain storage and handling needs. The glut of grain worldwide has made extra grain storage all the...
Word On: Farm Storage Facility Loan Program
Q: What is the Farm Storage Facility Loan program?
A: After months of delay, the U.S. Department of Agriculture in January finalized rules for a low-interest loan program designed to help farmers meet future grain storage and handling needs. The glut of grain worldwide has made extra grain storage all the...
Anchors Away
When Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan gave his thumbs up to tax relief in January, he took some of the wind out of the big spenders’ sails in Washington. And when the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office soon thereafter issued a sunny skies forecast, predicting a $5.6 trillion budget surplus over the next 10 years,...
Grassley Schedules Hearing on Education Tax Initiatives
Event: hearing, "Making Education More Affordable: The Tax Code as a Student Aide"
Date/time: Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2001, at 10 a.m.
Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Description: Sen. Chuck Grassley, Finance Committee chairman, will convene a hearing to explore a series of proposals to make...
Grassley Announces Appointment of Young Iowans to Service Academiess
Senator Sessions, thank you for chairing this hearing on bankruptcy reform, which we all consider to be unfinished business from the 106th Congress. As you know, the issue of bankruptcy reform is familiar to all of us here in the Senate. For the past 4 or so years, we've debated the...
Grassley Introduces Legislation for Special Needs Children
Joined by an Iowa family, Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced introduction of his legislation to improve health coverage for children with special needs. This legislation is a revision to the bill he championed last year.
"When you're a parent, your main objective is to provide...
News Conference to Receive President's Tax Bill
To those who say we can't afford tax cuts:
Let me tell you a story about the mountain and the mole hill. The mountain is the $27.9 trillion that the government expects to take in over the next 10 years. The mole hill is the $1.6 trillion in tax cuts that President Bush plans over the next 10 years.
So can...
Grassley Recognized For Work on Behalf of Children with Disabilities
Bipartisan Hero Award given to Grassley, Kennedy for Work Together in 106th Congress
Sen. Chuck Grassley this week received the "Bipartisan Heros Award" from the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners.
Grassley, along with Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts,...
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Airline Consolidation
I thank the Chairman for holding this hearing this morning and giving me the opportunity to speak and ask questions on this subject. As you know, I've been following airline competition issues closely for several years because their importance to my state of Iowa. Iowa air travelers and businesses...
Grassley, Kennedy, Sessions, Waxman to Re-introduce Family Opportunity Act
Event: News conference
Participants: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Finance Committee chairman
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), HELP Committee ranking member
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Rules Committee member
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Commerce Subcommittee on Health and...
Grassley, Kennedy, Sessions, Waxman to Re-introduce Family Opportunity Act
Event: News conference
Participants: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Finance Committee chairman
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), HELP Committee ranking member
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Rules Committee member
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Commerce Subcommittee on Health and...
Nomination of Robert B. Zoellick
I rise this afternoon in support of President Bush's nomination of Robert B. Zoellick to the position of United States Trade Representative. As Chairman of the Finance Committee, I am pleased to report to my distinguished colleagues that Robert Zoellick is uniquely qualified to represent the United States in the extremely...
Bush tax proposal
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Finance Committee, issued the following statement about the remarks on tax relief made today by President George W. Bush.
"President Bush has made tax relief a cornerstone of his agenda, and that's good for American families. Tax relief fosters economic growth. The recent testimony of the Federal...
