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Grassley Announces Appointment of Young Iowans to Service Academies Students Chosen from Anamosa, Bettendorf, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Iowa City and Iowa Falls Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that six young Iowans have been offered appointments to U.S. military academies. "I'm proud of these outstanding students," Grassley said. "They've put forth a...

Grassley Welcomes Senators Kyl, Snowe to Finance Committee -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, the incoming chairman of the Finance Committee, today praised the selection of Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona and Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine as the newest Republicans to join the committee. "I'm very pleased with the additions of Senators Kyl and Snowe to the Finance Committee,"...

Grassley Releases Witness List for Education Tax Hearing - Sen. Chuck Grassley, the incoming chairman of the Finance Committee, today praised the selection of Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona and Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine as the newest Republicans to join the committee. "I'm very pleased with the additions of Senators Kyl and Snowe to the Finance Committee,"...

Word On: Inauguration   Q.When was the first presidential inauguration? A. In 1789, the country's first presidential inauguration took place in New York City when George Washington took the oath of office. The first inauguration held in Washington, D.C. took place 200 years ago for the swearing in of Thomas Jefferson in 1801. The inaugurations began as...

Grassley Begins 22nd Year of Visiting Iowa's 99 Counties Senator Meets with Iowans to Discuss Farm Issues ? In keeping with his pledge to annually visit every county in Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley will travel to 23 counties during the month of January. The Senator will hold town meetings on farm policy and meet with high school students about the war on...

Grassley Alerts Iowans About Federal Law Enforcement Positions Sen. Chuck Grassley today encouraged Iowans who are interested in applying for a U.S. attorney or U.S. marshal post in Iowa to contact his office. President-elect Bush is expected to replace the two U.S. marshals and two U.S. attorneys now serving in Iowa. Grassley has urged Bush to keep the...

Grassley Works for Good Government Senator Seeks Reinstatement of Lobby Prohibition for Government Officials Sen. Chuck Grassley today protested President Clinton's recent move to revoke the five-year prohibition on senior government officials from lobbying the agencies in which they had served and said he would introduce legislation to enforce the ban if...

Iowa Airports Receive $6.5 Million for Airport Improvements Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that Iowa's regional airports will receive more than $6.5 million for new construction and other structural improvements. The airports will use the funding for construction and rehabilitation of taxiways and runways, as well as for projects that improve the...

Grassley Praises Iowa's New Resource Conservation and Development Areas Sen. Chuck Grassley today praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) new designation of two areas of Iowa as participants in the Resource Conservation and Development Program. They are the Cedar Valley and Prairie Rivers areas. "This designation is important to communities...

Grassley Pushes for Scrutiny of Tyson Foods Purchase of IBP Iowa Senator Advocates Antitrust Policy to Look Out for Family Farmers Sen. Chuck Grassley today released a letter he sent urging vigorous scrutiny of the Tyson Foods purchase of IBP, Inc. Grassley's letter to Attorney General Janet Reno and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky urged...

Grassley Pushes for Scrutiny of Tyson Foods Purchase of IBP Iowa Senator Advocates Antitrust Policy to Look Out for Family Farmers Sen. Chuck Grassley today released a letter he sent urging vigorous scrutiny of the Tyson Foods purchase of IBP, Inc. Grassley's letter to Attorney General Janet Reno and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky urged...

Senator Grassley to meet with Treasury Secretary nominee Paul O'Neill Sen. Chuck Grassley will meet on Wednesday morning with Treasury Secretary nominee Paul O'Neill. Grassley is expected to become chairman of the Finance Committee. The Grassley/O'Neill meeting on Jan. 3 will occur at 10:05 a.m., in Hart 135, Grassley's office. There will be a photo-op at...

Grassley Responds to Tyson Purchase of IBP Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment today regarding the purchase of IBP Inc. by Tyson Foods Inc. "I'm concerned that the Tyson Foods purchase of IBP will only further an increasingly concentrated meatpacking industry and hurt independent producers looking to get fair prices for their products. It's...

Grassley Secures Greater Medicare Funding for Iowa Hospitals, Hospice Care ? Sen. Chuck Grassley has won a significant victory in his ongoing effort to achieve Medicare funding fairness for Iowa's small-town hospitals. His priorities are reflected in a comprehensive spending bill Congress just approved. "I'm pleased with this package," Grassley said....

Pocket veto of the bankruptcy bill Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about President Bill Clinton's pocket veto today of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000. "President Clinton let the American people down by pocket vetoing the bi-partisan bankruptcy reform bill. This veto means that financially-troubled family farmers don't have protection...

Pocket veto of the bankruptcy bill Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about President Bill Clinton's pocket veto today of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000. "President Clinton let the American people down by pocket vetoing the bi-partisan bankruptcy reform bill. This veto means that financially-troubled family farmers don't have protection...

Health Care Bankruptcy Provision Sen. Chuck Grassley's comprehensive bankruptcy reform bill, which President Clinton vetoed today, contained provisions to protect patients in health care businesses that file for bankruptcy. Grassley made the following comment on the President's veto of the patient protection provisions. "Thousands of patients tie their...

Grassley Comments on Health Care Bankruptcy Provision Sen. Chuck Grassley's comprehensive bankruptcy reform bill, which President Clinton vetoed today, contained provisions to protect patients in health care businesses that file for bankruptcy. Grassley made the following comment on the President's veto of the patient protection provisions. "Thousands of...

Grassley, Harkin, House Members Urge Iowa to Adopt Breast Cancer Program ? Sen. Tom Harkin, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Iowa's five U.S. House members are urging the state of Iowa to enroll in a new federal treatment program for low-income women with breast and cervical cancer. "The federal government provides detection of but not treatment for these cancers,"...

Grassley Works for Good Government ? Sen. Chuck Grassley is urging President-elect George W. Bush to keep U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals on the job in Iowa until replacements can be named. "When the current administration assumed power in 1993, all U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals were terminated with little or no notice," Grassley said. "Doing so...