Iowan Selected to Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice
, DC ? Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowan Jordan Hansell has been selected to serve as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Hansell is presently a law clerk to Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Hansell graduated with...
Grassley: Senate Committee to Look at the Impact of Economic Concentration on Agriculture
Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that the Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing next month to scrutinize economic concentration in agribusiness. Grassley had urged the chairman to hold this hearing and is particularly concerned the about the economic...
Bombing of Iraq
Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement regarding the military strike against Baghdad.
"Above all, I support the men and women in uniform who put their lives at risk to carry out this mission. There's no question about the need for firm action against Saddam Hussein. Today's air strike was long overdue. My concern is that a...
Grassley: Iowa to Gain Up to 20 New INS Agents
Senator Leads Effort for Increased Law Enforcement, Expanded Casework Services
Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa may gain as many as 20 new federal law enforcement agents to crack down on illegal immigration.
"This would more than double the number of INS personnel on the ground in Iowa working to crack...
Grassley Hails 2,500th Beginning Farmer Loan in Iowa
Father of "Aggie Bond" Program Helped Secure Program Improvements
Marking the 2,500th beginning farmer loan closing, Sen. Chuck Grassley today hails the importance of the 17-year-old low-interest loan program that helps new farmers get started and fosters a promising future for Iowa's agricultural...
Airline Competition and Airfares
Sen. Chuck Grassley late yesterday petitioned Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman John McCain to conduct a field hearing in Iowa to investigate the issues of airline competition and airfares.
In a letter sent yesterday, Grassley said "the lack of meaningful competition and high airfares have both an...
Grassley: Iowa's Immigration Officers May Double
Senator Emphasizes Need for Help with Casework
Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that new INS officers will be put on the job in Iowa to crack down on illegal immigration. According to Grassley, INS field staff is recommending up to a dozen new agents for Iowa. The INS Commissioner Doris Meissner has...
Grassley Seeks Information on Cargill Purchase of Continental
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked federal officials to keep him apprised of their antitrust analysis of the recently announced purchase by Cargill, Inc. of Continental Grain Company's grain operations.
"With declining grain prices many farmers fear that further concentration in agri-business will...
Grassley Urges Attorney General Reno to Address INS Problems in Iowa
Sen. Chuck Grassley today wrote to Attorney General Janet Reno asking her to look into several areas where the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Iowa can be improved, including service, support personnel and enforcement.
In a letter sent today, Grassley specifically cited the...
Grassley Praises Appointment of Drug-Free Communities Act Oversight Board
Iowan Selected to Serve on National Commission
Sen. Chuck Grassley today welcomed President Clinton's appointment of 11 individuals, including former Iowa drug czar Chuck Larson, to serve on The President's Commission on Drug-Free Communities, a board created by Grassley's 1997 Drug...
Grassley Praises Appointment of Drug-Free Communities Act Oversight Board
Iowan Selected to Serve on National Commission
Sen. Chuck Grassley today welcomed President Clinton's appointment of 11 individuals, including former Iowa drug czar Chuck Larson, to serve on The President's Commission on Drug-Free Communities, a board created by Grassley's 1997 Drug...
Grassley Schedules Visits in Council Bluffs
Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that he will visit Council Bluffs for two separate visits on Wednesday, October 28. Grassley will meet with students at Abraham Lincoln High School, and he will be joined by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison at a press conference to discuss the Homemaker IRA.
From 8:30 to 9:30...
Grassley Schedules Visits in Council Bluffs
Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that he will visit Council Bluffs for two separate visits on Wednesday, October 28. Grassley will meet with students at Abraham Lincoln High School, and he will be joined by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison at a press conference to discuss the Homemaker IRA.
From 8:30 to 9:30...
False Claims Act
The Department of Justice announced today that it has recovered more than $2 billion in civil fraud cases brought under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act since the Act was amended in 1986.
Sen. Grassley was the principal author of the 1986 amendments, which allow anyone who knows about fraud to sue companies on the...
FY 1999 OMNIBUS BUDGET AGREEMENT
Mr. President, Otto von Bismarck, former Chancellor of Germany, once said, "Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made." Yet even Bismarck would have gagged over how this bill evolved.
Several times in recent years, I have disparaged the process of eleventh-hour budgeting because it inevitably leads to...
Grassley: 105th Congress Works to Get Washington's Fiscal House in Order
Restoring fiscal discipline to the federal government is the single greatest accomplishment of the 105th Congress, Sen. Chuck Grassley said today.
"A year ago, we delivered the first balanced budget in a generation," Grassley said. "We created surpluses as far as the eye can see. The...
Grassley to Help Break Ground for New Wind Farm
Iowa Senator to Attend Ceremony in Clear Lake
Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will help celebrate the ground breaking for the new Cerro Gordo Wind Farm near Clear Lake.
On Monday, October 26, Sen. Grassley will join community leaders, area residents and government officials to celebrate the future...
Grassley Uses Legislative Hold to Press for Action on Airline Competition
Sen. Chuck Grassley today placed a legislative hold on three nominees to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a move designed to prompt congressional action on legislation to increase airline competition.
"By placing this hold, I intend to get the attention of members of...
Airline Legislation
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comments on the House defeat of legislation to add more landing and take-off slots to designated major airports to increase airline competition.
"I'm profoundly disappointed with the action that stopped additional airline competition in Iowa. It's important to have additional slots at the...
Grassley, D'Amato Anti-Money Laundering Bill Clears the Senate
? In a move toward striking a blow against drug traffickers and other criminals, the U.S. Senate today passed a bill from Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Alfonse D'Amato of New York requiring the development of a national strategy to combat money laundering.
"This bill will hit criminals where...
