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Grassley Supports Increased Medicare Oversight ? Senator Chuck Grassley said the government's new plan to increase oversight of the insurance companies that process Medicare claims is a step in the right direction. "Medicare still pays out $12.6 billion a year in improper payments ? we have to stop throwing away money like Monopoly dollars when we're...

Grassley Comments on Expanded Train Service Sen. Grassley issued the following comment regarding Amtrak's 10 percent planned increase in long-distance passenger service. The plan includes adding an overnight train from Chicago to Des Moines via Savanna, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. "This is great news for Central Iowa. And it is a very positive...

Grassley Comments on Expanded Train Service Sen. Grassley issued the following comment regarding Amtrak's 10 percent planned increase in long-distance passenger service. The plan includes adding an overnight train from Chicago to Des Moines via Savanna, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. "This is great news for Central Iowa. And it is a very positive...

Grassley Offers Summer, Fall Internships to Iowa College Students, New Graduates , DC ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today encouraged college students and new graduates in Iowa to apply for summer internships, or to make plans now for a fall semester internship in Washington. Grassley said the program he offers is available to Iowans who commit to working from May...

Grassley Urges Money for Family Caregivers, Older Americans ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, today announced that he will urge appropriators to fund a national program to support thousands of family caregivers. He also will ask budget writers to increase funding for programs serving the elderly. "Today approximately 12.8...

Grassley Supports Rural TV Bill - Senator Chuck Grassley said today he is co-sponsoring legislation to help satellite customers in rural and small markets receive local television programming. "This issue has caused heartburn for years between the satellite, cable and broadcasting industries, and consumers in rural America have been caught in the middle,"...

Grassley Urges President to Tap Strategic Oil Reserves - Senator Chuck Grassley said today that recent news reports of Saudi Arabia's interest in increasing OPEC oil production to stabilize prices is encouraging, but he added that any production increase needs to occur quickly. "If oil ministers are going to begin sending more gas into the market, they...

Grassley Announces HUD Grant Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the Iowa Housing Corporation in Des Moines has received two technical assistance grants ? the first, $54, 940, to be used in the HOME program and the second, $28, 275, to be used for Community Housing Development Organizations ? through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

Grassley Comments on WTO Decision Senator Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement on the decision handed down by World Trade Organization Appellate Body: "Mr. President, I am extremely disappointed by the adverse decision handed down in Geneva today by the WTO Appellate Body in the Foreign Sales Corporation case, sometimes called the FSC...

Grassley Resists Saudi Arabia's Entrance Into WTO ? Senator Chuck Grassley today spoke out against Saudi Arabia joining the World Trade Organization because of the country's pivotal role in cutting oil production and hiking gas prices worldwide. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, Grassley reversed his support for Saudi Arabia's...

Grassley Wants More Investment in Education ? Calling upon his colleagues to "put the money where their mouth is," Sen. Chuck Grassley asked lawmakers to support a $7.7 billion investment in education. The Republican-led Senate today brought an education package to the floor for debate. The plan enhances capital resources for school construction by...

Grassley Works to Repeal Social Security Earnings Limit ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, today announced that he will help advance legislation to ease a burden on older Americans who wish to continue working. Grassley will co-sponsor the Social Security Earnings Test Elimination Act of 2000. "People are living longer. They...

Grassley Comments on Medical Errors Proposal Today President Clinton announced a proposal designed to reduce medical errors by asking states to impose mandatory reporting of medical errors by hospitals, among other changes. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, is among a group of senators who on Feb. 3 sent letters to key federal...

Grassley Calls for "Strategic Plan" to Help Colombia ? Somewhere in Colombia, a fresh crop of coca leafs are being stripped from their bushes, or opium gum is being drained from the bulbs of poppies growing in vast fields. The harvest will head for ramshackle processing labs where chemicals transform plants into cocaine or heroin for worldwide...

Aging Committee Offers Tax Help to Older Americans -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today announced the updated publication of a brochure designed to prevent older Americans from paying too much income tax. "Every year thousands of older residents pay too much money to the IRS because they're not aware of deductions...

Grassley Seeks Action Against OPEC Members AMES ? With no relief in sight from sharp increases in diesel fuel and gasoline prices, Sen. Chuck Grassley is continuing his protest of OPEC's "stranglehold on the U.S. economy." The Iowa senator said he is writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund to ask for the market-distorting behavior of the 11...

Grassley Announces Grant to Marshalltown Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has approved more than $8 million to be used toward improving the kitchen facilities and more than $2 million for general renovations at the state veterans home in Marshalltown. "The men and women who have served our country in uniform...

Grassley:New Study Exposes Oil Industry Hoax ONAWA ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said that new findings on soil and groundwater contamination in Iowa reveal a potential violation of Iowa law and debunk efforts to blame federal clean air standards for water contamination caused by the oil industry. Grassley said the fact that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources...

Grassley Urges Action to Level Diesel Fuel, Gasoline Prices ? In response to sharp increases in diesel fuel and gasoline prices, Sen. Chuck Grassley has called on the government to re-evaluate its recent decision against tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In a letter to Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, Grassley said, "the president has the power to...

Grassley Presents World War II Medals to Area Vets SIOUX CITY ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today honored Siouxland World War II veterans for their service and sacrifice. He presented the Asiastic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars and the World War II Victory Medal to Donald Molden of Sioux City. Leo Camerer of Hinton was given his Navy...