Grassley: Appropriations Bill Benefits Iowa Projects and Defense Industries
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that several Iowa projects, universities and defense industries will benefit from funding that was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee today. The...
Grassley, Durbin, Leahy, Specter sponsor legislation to fortify taxpayers against fraud
WASHINGTONh --- Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin are sponsoring new legislation in response to recent federal court decisions that threaten to limit the scope and applicability intended by Congress with its highly successful 1986 update of the False Claims Act, which...
Grassley comment on newly released JAMA articles and commentary
Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the comment below regarding the analysis released today by JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, regarding the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia. Sen. Grassley has conducted...
Grassley Q & A: Disclosing drug industry dollars to doctors
Q: What is the Physician Payments Sunshine Act?
A: I introduced legislation in September that would require manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs, devices and biologics to disclose the amount of...
Grassley Questions FBI on More Alleged Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has again reminded the FBI that the law does not allow retaliation against government whistleblowers. Grassley reiterated his concerns to FBI Director Robert Mueller in a...
Grassley Urges Implementation of Trade Agreements This Fall
WASHINGTON- Sen. Chuck Grassley today hosted a pro-trade rally with key administration officials to express support for advancing the trade agenda, including pending trade agreements, this fall. Attendees included United States Trade...
Grassley Speaks at National Recovery Month Kick-Off
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley yesterday spoke at the kick-off of the 18th annual celebration of Recovery Month. This kick-off also recognized Grassley’s continued support for addictions treatment and recovery...
Grassley Works to Keep in Touch with Next Generation
Senator keeps up with Iowans through social networking sites Facebook, MySpace
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley has been keeping in touch with Iowa ’s youngest citizens through social networking sites Facebook and MySpace. Grassley became a...
Iowa City Readiness Center Complex Receives Funding in Military Construction Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that $13.186 million was included in the Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill that passed the Senate today. The bill...
Grassley, Kohl say public should know when pharmaceutical makers give money to doctors
McCaskill, Schumer, Klobuchar and Kennedy co-sponsor new Grassley-Kohl legislation
WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl are introducing legislation to require manufacturers of...
Carried Interest Part III: Pension Issues
Grassley Statement from Senate Finance Commitee Hearing
Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley
Hearing, “Carried Interest Part III: Pension Issues.”
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007
Thank you, Chairman Baucus, for calling this hearing, our third hearing on the carried interest issue. The first two hearings...
Grassley, Dorgan Keep Heat on Senate to Include Legitimate Payment Limits in Farm Bill
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has continued to pressure the Senate Agriculture Committee to include reasonable and legitimate payment limits in the farm bill that is expected to soon be debated in the Committee. Grassley, along with Senator Byron Dorgan, sent...
Grassley Comment on Center for Rural Affairs Report on House Farm Bill Payment Limits
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following statement about the House farm bill payment limits provisions. Grassley has worked with the Center for Rural Affairs to implement a hard cap on farm payments in the upcoming farm bill. He has introduced legislation...
Grassley Asks President to Grant Assistance for Iowa After Devastating Rains Hit State
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today sent a letter to President George Bush asking for prompt consideration of a request for federal assistance for several Iowa counties after heavy storms impacted...
Grassley questions NIH leader about his response to questionable actions of division head
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the director of the National Institutes of Health to address concerns that an internal review he supervised of actions by an NIH division head glossed over...
Census Bureau statistics on the uninsured
Today the Census Bureau released an update on the number of Americans, both children and adults, without health insurance. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on today’s update.
"This should motivate the House and Senate to re-authorize SCHIP this...
Grassley Statement on Resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Senator Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation.
"First and foremost, I want to thank Attorney General Gonzales for his service to our country. Alberto Gonzales made a tremendous impact in...
Airfields and Alternative Fuels: Exploring Rural America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Grassley Opening Statement from Senate Committee on Finance Hearing
Opening Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Senate Committee on Finance Hearing
"Airfields and Alternative Fuels: Exploring Rural America’s Transportation Infrastructure"
Monday,...
Grassley: 32 Iowa Counties Eligible for Disaster Aid after April Freeze
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 32 Iowa counties as disaster areas after the late spring freeze from April 4 – April 10. Farm operators in each county...
Grassley Presses GSA Officials to Consider Cancelling Sun Microsystems Contract
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today asked the Administrator of the General Services Administration to look at following the Inspector General’s recommendation to give a 30-day notice of cancellation of the...
