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Grassley Thanks President for Work on U.S.-Japan Beef Trade WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, have thanked President Bush for his direct involvement in encouraging Japan to lift its ban on U.S. beef exports and encouraged his continued involvement. For months, the senators have urged...

Grassley Demands Answers to Declassified Material, Delay in IAAP Claims Senator Asks for Advisory Board Meeting in Iowa for an Open Discussion WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley today demanded answers from the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health about declassified information that was recently made available for NIOSH to...

Farm State Senators Introduce Legislation to Boost Renewable Fuels Consumption ***An audio comment from Sen. Grassley is available by dialing 1-800-545-1267. Then dial 500. The comment is also available via the Internet by visiting Grassley’s website: http://grassley.senate.gov . Then click the link to "news" and then "radio actualities."*** WASHINGTON —...

Farm State Senators Introduce Legislation to Boost Renewable Fuels Consumption ***An audio comment from Sen. Grassley is available by dialing 1-800-545-1267. Then dial 500. The comment is also available via the Internet by visiting Grassley’s website: http://grassley.senate.gov . Then click the link to "news" and then "radio actualities."*** WASHINGTON —...

Farm State Senators Introduce Legislation to Boost Renewable Fuels Consumption ***An audio comment from Sen. Grassley is available by dialing 1-800-545-1267. Then dial 500. The comment is also available via the Internet by visiting Grassley’s website: http://grassley.senate.gov . Then click the link to "news" and then "radio actualities."*** WASHINGTON —...

Grassley to Visit 17 Communities to Meet with Iowans Iowa Senator Encourages Local Residents to Come, Ask Questions During Town Hall Meetings WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will visit 17 counties to meet with Iowans during the Congressional recess to be held March 21 – 31. Town meetings are planned for Audubon, Denison, Onawa,...

Grassley Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Bill Passes Senate Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment after the Senate passed the bankruptcy reform bill by a vote of 74 – 25. "The bankruptcy bill got its legs more than ten years ago when former Sen. Howell Heflin and I got legislation passed in 1994 to form the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. The...

Grassley Introduces Bill to Strengthen Efforts to Stop Steroid Use by Amateur Athletes Bill would Authorize Funding for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today introduced legislation that would authorize continued federal funding for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency...

Grassley Continues Efforts to Help Gifted and Talented Students and Educators WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley has re-introduced legislation to help raise awareness among all teachers of the educational needs of gifted and talented students. "What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at...

Class Action Reform by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   Class action lawsuits play an important role in holding companies that injure or otherwise endanger a broad group of people accountable. When the damage to an individual isn’t substantial enough to justify the cost of one person bringing a lawsuit, class actions allow a group of people...

President Bush Signs Grassley's Class Action Fairness Bill Into Law Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, today made the following comment after the President signed into law the Class Action Fairness Act. Grassley first held hearings in 1997 in the Judiciary Administrative Oversight and the Courts subcommittee. He then introduced the Class Action Fairness Act in...

President Bush Signs Grassley's Class Action Fairness Bill Into Law Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, today made the following comment after the President signed into law the Class Action Fairness Act. Grassley first held hearings in 1997 in the Judiciary Administrative Oversight and the Courts subcommittee. He then introduced the Class Action Fairness Act in...

President Bush Signs Grassley's Class Action Fairness Bill Into Law Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, today made the following comment after the President signed into law the Class Action Fairness Act. Grassley first held hearings in 1997 in the Judiciary Administrative Oversight and the Courts subcommittee. He then introduced the Class Action Fairness Act in...

Grassley Bankruptcy Bill Passes Committee Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following comment after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed his bankruptcy reform bill. Grassley praised the committee for leaving the legislation generally intact for the debate by the full Senate. The legislation is expected to be considered by the full Senate the week...

Grassley Announces $75,000 to Support Coalition Mentoring, Discourage Drug use in Iowa WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today announced that the Mason City Youth Task Force will receive a $75,000 Coalition Mentoring Grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy. This funding is part of...

TALENT-FEINSTEIN-GRASSLEY BILL WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO KEY INGREDIENT USED TO MAKE METH (WASHINGTON, D.C.)U.S.Senators Jim Talent (R-Mo.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced bipartisan legislation to curb methamphetamine production by moving pseudoephedrine, the primary ingredient to make meth, behind the pharmacy...

Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control to Hold Hearing on the Abuse of Anabolic Steroids and their Precursors by Adolescent and Amateur Athletes Hearing: "The Abuse of Anabolic Steroids and their Precursors by Adolescent and Amateur Athletes" Date/time: Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 10 a.m. Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington,...

Grassley Introduces Bill to Get Drivers Under the Influence of Drugs Off the Road WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley said that he has introduced a bill that would help states develop and carry out efforts to get drivers impaired by drugs off the road. Grassley's bill would make grants available to states that have passed legislation to address drugged...

Word On: President’s Budget   Q: What does the President’s budget do to address the budget deficit? A: Following up on his State of the Union Address, President Bush presented Congress with his annual budget that will meet his goal of cutting the deficit in half by 2009. As a fiscal conservative, I appreciate the President giving Congress a budget that...

Grassley to Visit 20 Communities to Meet with Iowans Iowa Senator Encourages Local Residents to Come, Ask Questions WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will visit twenty counties to meet with Iowans during the President’s Day Congressional recess to be held Feb. 21 – 25. Town meetings are planned for Creston, Mt. Ayr, Leon, Corydon,...