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Word On: U.S. Savings Bonds   Q: Why is the U.S. Treasury converting traditional savings bonds into paperless, electronic accounts? A: Times have changed since President Franklin D. Roosevelt placed the first order for a $500 Series E Savings Bond in a radio broadcast on April 30, 1941. With the advances in electronic banking and widespread Internet...

Senate Passes Military Construction Appropriations Bill Several Iowa Projects Included Totaling More Than $10 million ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the Senate has included several Iowa projects in the Military Construction Appropriations Bill that was passed by the full Senate Friday morning. Grassley said $6.091 million for the Sioux City Air...

Grassley Encourages Iowans to Call-In, Email Questions and Comments ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air on Thursday, July 17, from 7:00-7:30 p.m. (Central Time). "Ask Your Senator" will be broadcast live from Washington, DC, and can be seen on local cable TV stations in Iowa. The show also is streamlined over the...

Grassley, Baucus Express Concern About E.U. Attempts to Undermine Prior Trade Accords ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today expressed concern about several European Union proposals to undermine existing terms and mandates on the geographic origin of goods. The text of the senators' letter to...

Grassley Urges Key World Trade Official to Liberalize Agricultural Trade Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today urged Stuart Harbinson, chairman of the World Trade Organization's negotiating group on agriculture, to advance a much more aggressive liberalization agenda on agricultural trade at the WTO than presented so far. "This is...

Grassley Urges Dedication of Proposed Nursing Home Dollars to Resident Care Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, is urging the Health and Human Services Department to direct nursing homes to use a proposed $6.9 billion federal windfall over 10 years to improve direct patient care. Grassley also will convene and chair a hearing next...

Ranger Bob Jackson Rehired Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following statement regarding a settlement between Iowan Ranger Bob Jackson and the National Park Service that will allow Ranger Jackson to continue working as a back-country ranger at Yellowstone National Park. Grassley recently sent a letter to the Director of the National Park Service outlining a...

Grassley Announces Hearing on Tax Policy, International Competitiveness Description: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, recognizes that the international competitiveness of U.S. companies is under increasing pressure in an era of expanding global markets, falling trade barriers, and technological innovations that melt away...

Grassley Concerned About Office of Civil Rights at Department of Agriculture 20250Dear Secretary Veneman: As you know, I attended the nomination hearing of your new Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Mr. Vernon Parker. I stated during the hearing that I would like to witness Assistant Secretary Parker have success in overcoming USDA's problems and assist...

Grassley Advances Bill to Secure Children's Health Care Money for Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has won Senate passage of his legislation to ensure that Iowa keeps a share of its unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program funds for health insurance for low-income children. The Grassley legislation would ensure that...

Grassley Re-introduces Bill to Help People Pay for Long-term Care Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has re-introduced his bipartisan legislation to help Americans pay for the high costs of long-term care -- nursing home stays, assisted living, home health aides, and other services -- that easily can exceed retirement budgets. "More...

Grassley: Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Receives Funding ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today received confirmation from the Office of Management and Budget that they will restore funding to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System to supply safe, reliable drinking water to thousands of residents in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. "Rural water not only provides...

Grassley: Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Receives Funding ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today received confirmation from the Office of Management and Budget that they will restore funding to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System to supply safe, reliable drinking water to thousands of residents in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. "Rural water not only provides...

European Union's agricultural reforms Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on the European Union's agricultural reforms announced today. "A step by the EU on agricultural reform is better than no step at all. I look forward to examining further what is being presented by the EU as a major restructuring of its...

HCA fraud settlement Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on the Justice Department's settlement of the HCA Inc. health fraud case. "I had to badger the Justice Department to see the math in this case. At the last minute, the Justice Department agreed to show my investigators why this settlement was the best...

Grassley Announces $10 Million for Housing Assistance in Iowa ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released $10,408,898 in funds to five communities in Iowa. The funding will be used for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships, and Emergency Shelter...

Grassley Announces Grants for Eight Iowa Fire Departments ? Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $503,224 to eight fire departments in Iowa through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. Fire Operations and Fire Safety grants have been awarded to Anamosa, Cylinder, Hawkeye,...

Grassley Urges Mexico to Drop Trade Barriers to U.S. Agricultural Products ? In a strongly worded, example-laden speech on the Senate floor last night, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, urged the Mexican government to stop imposing barriers on U.S. agricultural products ? many from Iowa ? and thereby undermining its commitments...

Potential softwood lumber agreement Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on his preferences for a resolution of the softwood lumber dispute. "The Commerce Department recently released a policy paper designed to move Canada toward a more market-based system of selling its timber. This policy paper provides...

Grassley Announces $2.5 Million in Grants for Brownfields Projects in Iowa ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that six communities in Iowa will receive a total of $2,500,000 from the Brownfields program within the Environmental Protection Agency. "Redeveloping industrial areas is an important investment in the future of Iowa. Rejuvenating these areas...