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Grassley Comments on President's Supreme Court Nominee             Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment after the President nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the next Justice on the United States Supreme Court.  Grassley is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee...

Push to End Secret Holds Continues             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley, along with Senator Ron Wyden, this week filed an amendment to the banking reform bill that would make it even harder for individual senators to secretly obstruct the legislative process.  Grassley and Wyden have led...

Grassley Works to Improve Services to Veterans Living in Rural Iowa                  WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said he has introduced legislation with Senator Mark Begich of Alaska to waive copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits for veterans. ...

Grassley Receives Small Business Group’s Rare Award for Leadership, Efforts to Support Small Businesses WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa just received the Small Business Council of America’s Special Congressional Appreciation Award, which has been given only a handful of times over the last 26 years.  Grassley received the award for his...

$135,438 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University has received a $135,438 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation. Iowa State will use the money to help pay for a project titled, “HOpf Algebras, Frobenius-Schur Indicators and Modular Categories.” Each...

More Than $1.1 Million in Loans and Grants to Iowa from USDA WASHINGTON- Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded competitive loans and grants totaling $1,152,046 to Iowa through the Community Facility Economic Impact Initiative Grant Program and the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant...

Q&A with Senator Grassley, Oversight of Government Bailout Q: How exactly is the claim made that General Motors paid back a multi-billion dollar taxpayer-supported government bailout loan “in full, with interest, ahead of schedule, because more customers are buying vehicles.” A: Here’s what’s happened and, unfortunately, the reality doesn’t match the...

More Than $3.4 Million to Primary Health Care in Des Moines WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $3,417,113 competitive grant to Primary Health Care in Des Moines. “Community health centers provide primary and preventive health care services to medically underserved areas,” Grassley...

Grassley Amendment Passes, Extends Whistleblower Protections for Credit Rating Agency Employees             WASHINGTON – The champion for whistleblowers, Senator Chuck Grassley, today said that late last night an amendment he offered with Senator Ben Cardin to extend whistleblower protections to credit...

Grassley Seeks to have Whistleblower Protections Extended for Credit Rating Agency Employees             WASHINGTON –Chuck Grassley this week continued his efforts to protect those who stand up to blow the whistle on wrong doing, even when it’s unpopular, for fear of...

Grassley works to stop automatic pay raises for senators WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is the cosponsor of an amendment to the financial regulation bill to permanently eliminate the automatic pay raise for senators that exists in current law. “There should never be a pay raise for members of Congress without a yes-or-no vote by members of...

Grassley asks for naturalization records of Times Square terrorist WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Department of Homeland Security for records on the naturalization of the suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt, in order to gain a better understanding of how red flags were resolved, or not, prior to naturalization....

Grassley works to hold Federal Reserve accountable WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is working to make greater transparency at the Federal Reserve part of the financial regulation bill under consideration this week in the U.S. Senate. “During the last two and a-half years, the Fed has gone well beyond what was viewed as its historical authority, and...

$692,360 to Iowa Fire Departments from FEMA WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded competitive grants totaling $692,360 to six Iowa Fire Departments through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Operations and Safety and Vehicle Acquisition Programs. “Day in...

Workers in Webster City Eligible for Assistance WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today noted that workers from Kenco Logistic Services in Webster City who provided third party logistic services for Electrolux  in Webster City, including on-site leased workers from Spherion Staffing Services and Manpower in Webster City are eligible to apply for benefits...

Grassley says proposed tax could fuel more government spending and hit consumers, rather than pay back taxpayers Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Hearing of the Committee on Finance The President’s Proposed Fee on Financial Institutions Regarding TARP: Part 2 Tuesday, May 4, 2010   I want to thank two Iowans who will be testifying on our second...

Working to Save 20,000 Renewable Energy Jobs Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Extension of the Biodiesel Tax Credit Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Mr. President, Last Tuesday, President Obama traveled to Iowa.  He visited counties and towns that have been hit particularly hard by the economic downturn.  While Iowa’s average unemployment...

More Than $1 Million to the University of Iowa from the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that the University of Iowa will receive a $1,052,835 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.    The University of Iowa will use the money to help pay for a project titled, “CAREER: Structural and Biochemical...

Grassley seeks full accounting of H1N1 purchase by government WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services for additional information about the government’s supply of the H1N1 vaccine, based on information provided by the Secretary in an earlier response to Grassley and policies of the Centers for Disease Control...

$45,809 to Jackson County from USDA WASHINGTON- Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development awarded a $45,809 competitive grant to Jackson County through the Community Facilities Economic Impact Initiative Grant program. “These funds should help improve safety for Jackson County residents,” Grassley...