Sibel Edmonds allegations
Sen. Chuck Grassley has complained to FBI Director Robert Mueller and Attorney General Ashcroft at recent hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the Justice Department and FBI's recent classification of information that had previously been made public and was widely reported. The information is about allegations made...
Grassley Expresses Concerns to USTR on WTO Food Aid Proposals
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today wrote to the U.S. Trade Representative to express his concerns regarding proposals in the current World Trade Organization (WTO) agricultural negotiations that could threaten U.S. food aid programs, including programs that provide...
Grassley Expresses Concerns to USTR on WTO Food Aid Proposals
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today wrote to the U.S. Trade Representative to express his concerns regarding proposals in the current World Trade Organization (WTO) agricultural negotiations that could threaten U.S. food aid programs, including programs that provide...
Grassley: Department of Defense Spending Approved by Committee
The Senate Appropriations Committee today passed the annual spending bill for defense related projects. Sen. Chuck Grassley said that a number of Iowa projects will benefit from the fiscal 2005 Defense Appropriations bill.
"The defense spending bill is critical to our current efforts in Iraq and...
Grassley: Homeland Security Threatened Due to Bureaucratic Sloth
Visa Revocation Loophole Remains Open for Terrorists
Sen. Chuck Grassley today said a failure to follow up on its pledge to fix a dangerous border security loophole endangers national security. The wording of visa revocation certificates allows a legal loophole for suspected terrorists to...
Grassley Works to Protect Charities from Misuse, Exploitation
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today convened a hearing to expose bad actors who exploit charities for personal gain. Grassley is considering a series of legislative reforms that would protect charities from unscrupulous behavior.
"It's obvious from the abuses we see...
Word On: Pentagon Waste
Q: Has the Department of Defense improved its handling of tax dollars?
A: For 20 years I’ve kept the pressure on the Pentagon to take a more conscientious approach to spending taxpayers’ money. As many Iowans will remember, I exposed the spending scandal in the ‘80s when federal bureaucrats saw no problem in spending $600 for...
USDA Must Improve Scrutiny Over Farm Payments
By U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
A 1987 federal law intended to prevent non-farmers from cashing in on federal farm payments is not getting enforced adequately by the USDA.
According to an investigation by the nonpartisan auditing arm of Congress, the USDA’s eligibility criteria do not clearly...
Grassley's Work to Move IAAP Claims to Department of Labor Pays Off
Amendment Included in Defense Department Authorization Bill
Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Defense authorization bill will include an amendment to move the claims of former workers at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant from the Department of Energy to Department of...
Signing of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following statement regarding the signing of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
"I'm very pleased with the signing of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. With 95 percent of industrial tariffs going to zero upon implementation of...
Grassley: Key Official Repeats No Loss of Food Stamps With Medicare Drug Card
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today released a reiteration from a key Medicare official that no older American will lose eligibility for food stamps with a new Medicare drug discount card. Grassley made public a letter from Dr. Mark McClellan,...
Long-Term Care: Making it Affordable and Accountable
By Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
The blessings of extended longevity give each successive generation of Americans a better opportunity to enjoy life’s pleasures great and small well past the traditional retirement age. Healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine and technology are helping to...
Grassley Encourages Critics to Set Politics Aside, Let Medicare Drug Discount Cards Work
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today encouraged older Americans to keep an open mind on Medicare's drug discount cards, a brand-new program that offers immediate, significant relief for millions of Medicare beneficiaries suffering under high...
Grassley: Department of Veterans Affairs to Add 6 New Outpatient Clinics in Iowa
Carroll, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa, Shenandoah and Spirit Lake to Gain Facilitiese
Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Veterans Affairs will create six new outpatient clinics in Iowa as part of a comprehensive plan to modernize its facilities.
The...
Spirit of the Mississippi
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
Folks looking to mix history, culture and good old-fashioned family entertainment this summer need look no further than Iowa’s eastern "shoreline."
Riverfront communities along the northern stretches of the mighty Mississippi in four states will play host this summer to an...
Latest job creation report/outlook for JOBS Act passage
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has been the Senate's primary Republican author of job-creating tax relief legislation over the last three years. In June 2001, the President signed legislation Grassley co-authored that lowered individual tax rates, provided relief from the...
Word On: Tax Tips for Small Business
Q: How can Iowans looking to start up a business learn more about their tax obligations?
A: Good question. Energetic entrepreneurs eager to open up shop and become self-employed and/or launch a small business must deal first with plenty of red tape. Before turning one’s bright idea into a money maker, it is...
Latest job creation report/outlook for JOBS Act passage
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has been the Senate's primary Republican author of job-creating tax relief legislation over the last three years. In June 2001, the President signed legislation Grassley co-authored that lowered individual tax rates, provided relief from the...
Grassley Announces Hearing on Medicare Drug Discount Cards
On the first effective day of Medicare's drug discount cards, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, announced a hearing to make sure the card program is running smoothly and delivering discounts as Congress intended. Grassley's committee hearing, "Medicare Drug Card: Delivering...
Grassley Praises Signing of U.S-Central America Free Trade Agreement
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today applauded the signing of the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). His comments follow.
"This agreement is an important part of our continuing efforts to open foreign markets to U.S. goods and services. This...
