Grassley comments on the administration’s new proposal for Mexican trucks
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley issued the statement below about the Obama Administration’s release of a proposed framework for talks with the Government of Mexico to establish a pilot program that would allow certain trucks from Mexico access to the United States under prescribed...
Q&A: Export Markets for Iowa
Q. How would the U.S.-South Korea trade promotion agreement benefit Iowa?
A. The U.S.-South Korea trade promotion agreement is the most commercially significant U.S. trade agreement in over 15 years. With 49 million consumers, South Korea is the world’s 12th largest economy. According to the...
Work for Iowans Continues in 112th Congress
The 112th Congress convened in January, with newly elected and reelected lawmakers taking the oath of office to “support and defend the Constitution.” It was an honor to reaffirm my allegiance to the U.S. Constitution and pledge to faithfully uphold my duties as a U.S. senator for Iowa for another...
Grassley Releases Review of Tax Issues Raised by Media-based Ministries
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today released a staff review of the activities and practices of six media-based ministries and reports concerning other churches and religious organizations referred to the committee. He pursued this review...
Wyden, Grassley, McCaskill, Collins Introduce Resolution to End Secret Holds
Washington, D.C. – As the 112th Congress gavels in this afternoon, the bipartisan coalition fighting to end secret holds has introduced a resolution to eliminate the undemocratic practice and move the Senate closer to an up-or-down vote on their proposal. U.S. Senators Ron...
Q & A: A Healthy Dose of Disclosure
Q. What can be done to drive down prescription drug costs for U.S. consumers?
A. There are two specific barriers to lower prescription drug costs that Congress should tear down immediately. One is agreements that delay market entry of generic drugs. The other is the prohibition on...
Grassley: Agencies Need to Work Together to Curb Prisoner Tax Fraud
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Fr: Jill Gerber for Senator Grassley, 202/224-6522
Re: Prisoner tax fraud
Da: Monday, Jan. 3, 2011
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has completed a report required under Public Law 110-428, the Inmate...
Iowa Receives Disaster Relief Funds
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded disaster relief funding totaling $11,077,992.77 to the Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative and the Western Iowa Power Cooperative.
The Raccoon Valley Electric...
Iowa Fire Departments to Receive More Than $400,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award grants totaling $423,276 to Iowa fire departments.
The Department of Homeland Security will distribute the money as shown below.
• The Canton-Benton-Shellsburg Fire Department will...
Grassley, Baucus ask about use of spinal surgery device on veterans and soldiers
Senators Grassley and Baucus sent a letter to Major General Carla G. Hawley-Bowland of Walter Reed Army Medical Center about the use of a spinal surgery device on veterans and soldiers. The letter is available here.
Q & A: A Healthy Dose of Disclosure
Q. What is the Physician Payment Sunshine Act?
A. The Physician Payment Sunshine Act – which I authored with Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin – requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to disclose payments to physicians.
Q. Why is disclosure necessary and how will the...
Grassley: Medicare fraud data doesn’t support rhetoric or spending to crack down on criminal health care fraud
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to account for the way their departments allocate and utilize taxpayer monies aimed at health care fraud. ...
Grassley Disappointed by Lack of Progress on Trade Agenda
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over international trade, made the following comment about today’s passage of legislation to extend by six weeks the Andean Trade Preference Act and the Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
“This is a modest but...
Creston Fire Department to Receive More Than $28,000
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will award a $28,116 grant to the Creston Fire Department.
The Creston Fire Department will receive the grant through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Operations and Safety program. The program...
START Treaty Vote
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TO: Iowa Media
RE: Grassley vote on New START
DA: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Senator Grassley issued this comment about his vote against the New START Treaty today:
“I voted against the Treaty because it makes the...
Grassley: GAO Report Shows Need for Improved Budget Planning for Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called for new guidelines to be set for Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) so the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Washington Needs to Get on Board and Tackle Deficit Spending
Taxpayers all across America can ring in the New Year with a sigh of relief. Thanks to a bipartisan agreement brokered between the White House and Republican congressional leaders, paychecks won’t automatically see higher federal tax withholdings starting January 1.
For the last two years, the...
Grassley-authored Tax Relief for Families, Biofuels Extended
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To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Tax extension bill signed into law
Da: Friday, December 17, 2010
President Obama today signed into law an extension of tax...
Iowa Senators Introduce Resolution Honoring Iowa Native Bob Feller
Washington, D.C - Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today introduced a resolution in the Senate honoring baseball great Bob Feller who passed away on Wednesday. Feller, a Van Meter native, was known as a great Iowan, a great baseball player and a great...
Q&A: The Continental Navy
Q. What was the Continental Navy and when was it formed?
A. The Continental Navy was the first American navy. It was formed during the American Revolutionary War. When 12 of the 13 American colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress in 1774, their goal was not...
