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Grassley Plans Meetings to Address Youth Violence Iowans in Sioux City, Council Bluffs Invited to Participate in Discussions - Bringing together students, parents, educators, community and religious leaders, Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will host two town meetings in Iowa to discuss how individual communities can help address youth...

Chinese penetration of U.S. nuclear laboratories Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment regarding the report issued today by the special House committee charged with investigating Chinese penetration of U.S. nuclear laboratories and the transfer of sensitive military technology. Here is Sen. Grassley's comment. "This is a national security...

Grassley Works to Advance U.S. Interests in Trade Relationship with Canada Sen. Chuck Grassley is participating this weekend in legislativeconference in Canada as chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on International Trade.The 40th U.S.-Canada Inter-Parliamentary Conference is being held in Quebec City throughMonday. The meeting is attended by members...

Supplemental Spending Bill RE:Supplemental Spending BillDA:May 20, 1999 Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment regarding his vote in opposition to thesupplemental spending bill adopted this afternoon by the U.S. Senate. "I cast my vote 'no' to send a signal that Congress needs to continue to exertthe kind of budget discipline that was exercised to...

Committee Approves Grassley Initiatives to Help with School Construction, College Costs Sen. Chuck Grassley today won committee approval for initiatives he hasadvanced to help school districts with construction and building repairs and to provideadditional tax relief for those repaying student loans for college.Grassley's measures were included in a package...

Grassley Builds Bipartisan Support to Increase Federal Diabetes Research Sen. Chuck Grassley today met with Miss America Nicole Johnson, whowas diagnosed with the disease as a young adult, to discuss increased federal funding to finda cure for diabetes.Next month, Grassley is scheduled to participate at the first Juvenile Diabetes Foundation...

Grassley: Loess Hills Study Approved by Senate Committee A Senate committee today gave its stamp of approval to a proposal advancedby Iowa senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin for a federal study on the preserving theLoess Hills in Western Iowa.A bill introduced by Grassley and Harkin provides $275,000 for completion of a year-long study bythe Secretary...

Grassley Invites Iowans to E-mail, Call In With Questions, Comments Iowa Senator to Discuss Kosovo, School Violence Sen. Chuck Grassley will discuss current events and field questions from constituents during Thursday's airing of "Ask Your Senator: A Live Town Meeting." Grassley's monthly, LIVE viewer call-in cable television program gives Iowans the...

Grassley Works to Increase Availability of Low-Interest Loans for Beginning Farmers - Sen. Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation that would allow expansion of a program that helps new farmers get started and fosters a promising future for Iowa's agricultural backbone. "As the average age of the family farmer in Iowa continues to climb, we need to...

GRASSLEY AND NUSSLE TO INTRODUCE BILL TO EXPAND LOAN PROGRAM FOR BEGINNING FARMERS Event:News conference Date:Thursday, May 13, 1999 Time:2 pm (ET) Location:Senate Swamp Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Jim Nussle will hold a news conference to mark introduction on Thursday of legislation to help more agricultural states establish new beginning farmers finance...

Grassley Works to Improve Rural Health Care - Sen. Chuck Grassley is a key Republican sponsor of a bill introduced today to expand access, increase choice and improve the quality of health care provided in rural America. Grassley said he developed the comprehensive rural health package with Sen. Max Baucus of Montana and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle....

Grassley Works to Protect Consumers - As part of his ongoing effort to protect consumers from unscrupulous lawyers, Sen. Chuck Grassley today held a hearing to examine abuse of the class action lawsuit system by attorneys who line their own pockets at the expense of aggrieved consumers. Grassley also has introduced a bipartisan bill to curb such abuse and...

Grassley Seeks Fair Treatment, Improved Conditions for Air Travel in Iowa - Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will join Sen. Tom Harkin in an effort to open up three of the country's biggest airports to new competition and better serve small and medium-sized airports, including Des Moines and other communities in Iowa. The amendment that Grassley...

Grassley Announces Hearing on Class Action Lawsuit Abuses Hearing:"Class Action Fairness: Protecting Consumer Rights" Date/Time:Tuesday, May 4, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. Location:226 Dirksen Senate Office Building Description: In February, Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Herb Kohl of Wisconsin introduced The Class Action Fairness Act of 1999 to curb the rampant...

Grassley developing new legislation Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa announced today that he is developinglegislation to direct federal resources to the methamphetamine problem in rural America."Meth disproportionately affects smaller cities, towns and rural areas. My plan would help thesecommunities fight back," Grassley said. "Right now, the federal anti-drug...

COPS federal grants for Iowa Schools Sen. Chuck Grassley was notified today of federal grants for four Iowa communities,which will help provide community policing officers to work in the schools. This grant wasannounced by The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S.Department of Justice."Unfortunately, the recent tragedy at...

Grassley Wins Strong Support for Bankruptcy Reform Sen. Chuck Grassley today won Judiciary Committee approval forhis plan to overhaul the nation's bankruptcy laws, with all committee Republicans and one-half of the committee's Democratic senators voting in favor of the bill.The bill which Grassley has advanced with Sens. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey,...

Grassley Requests Federal Dollars for Iowa Anti-Drug Efforts Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he is seeking federalresources to support anti-drug efforts in Iowa.On Friday, Grassley delivered a letter to the chairman of the Senate subcommittee chargedwith providing funds to programs nationwide that take aim at the drug problem. Grassleyspecifically...

Grassley Urges Assisted Living Consumers to Shop Carefully - Sen. Chuck Grassley today urged assisted living consumers to shop carefully. Grassley's comments came after an Aging Committee hearing examining consumer protection problems in some assisted living facilities. "We learned that assisted living is popular, and consumer demand is on the rise,"...

Grassley Continues Effort to Reform Bankruptcy Code - Sen. Chuck Grassley today introduced bi-partisan legislation to protect patients when health care providers declare bankruptcy. The initiative is part of Grassley's effort to achieve an overhaul of the federal bankruptcy code. "Right now, the bankruptcy code does a good job of helping debtors reorganize...