Grassley works to empower whistleblowers and fight fraud, urges Treasury Secretary to prevent IRS whistleblower law from being undermined
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is calling on the Treasury Secretary to explain and further study IRS proposals that would undermine legislation Grassley authored four years ago to make the IRS whistleblower program...
$582,006 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University has received a $582,006 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.
Iowa State will use the money to fund the project, titled “Structural Interpretation of the Protein...
More Than $3 Million to Iowa Department of Transportation
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration has awarded $3,405,800 to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
The Iowa DOT will use the funds to purchase 29 vehicles that comply with the accessibility standards outlined...
$6,470 to Melrose from USDA
WASHINGTON- Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded a $6,470 grant to Melrose through the Community Facility Grant Program.
The funds will be used to purchase an emergency generator and related equipment which will allow Melrose to use the community...
Grassley Presses for Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today continued his efforts to pass an extension of the biodiesel tax credit. Reinstating the biodiesel tax credit would likely put nearly 20,000 people across the country, including 2000 Iowans, back to work. Grassley filed an amendment on the small business bill...
National Emergency Grant Awarded to Siouxland from Labor Department
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a National Emergency Grant to Iowa Workforce Development to provide services to the approximately 800 workers affected by layoffs at John Morrell and Company in Sioux City. Earlier this year,...
$381,000 to Ankeny DMACC from U.S. Department of Labor
WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $381,000 in congressionally directed spending to Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny.
DMACC will use the funds to provide career readiness certification training, industry specific short-term training,...
$52,506 to Ottumwa from Department of Transportation
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $52,506 to Ottumwa Regional Airport.
Ottumwa will use the funds to design runway safety improvements.
“As communities look to bring jobs to the area, airports...
Q & A: Star Spangled Banner
Q. What is the history of the U.S. national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner?
A. The poem that later became the U.S. national anthem was written about the famous Battle of Baltimore during the British-American War of 1812. At one point during this battle, Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, was bombed for 25 hours...
Grassley, DeLauro comment on JAMA reports re. diabetes drug Avandia
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
FR: Jill Kozeny for Senator Grassley, 202-224-1308
Kaelan Richards for Representative DeLauro, 202-225-3661
RE: JAMA reports on Avandia
DA: Monday, June 28, 2010
Below are statements from Senator Chuck Grassley...
More Than $8 Million to Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two competitive grants totaling $8,069,325 to the University of Iowa and Metabolic Technologies in Ames.
The University of Iowa received a $7,969,325 grant through the National Center for Research...
$592,229 to University of Iowa from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the University of Iowa has received a $592,229 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.
The University will use the money to fund the project, titled “Linking Molecular Scale Surface Speciation to Interfacial Fe...
Spend Less, Listen More
Living in a world filled with uncertainty – joblessness, the Gulf oil spill and undercurrents of the next terrorism strike – it should be obvious the American public wants political leadership that will get the country back on the right track.
Unfortunately, Washington doesn’t seem to be getting the message. The White House and the...
States Continue to Fail to Engage Families in Welfare-to-work Activities
WASHINGTON -- Senator Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Congressman John Linder, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the Committee on Ways and Means, today released a report prepared at their request from the...
Grassley releases medical ghostwriting report, recommends NIH promote transparency
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has released a staff report of the Committee on Finance on the practice of medical ghostwriting and is urging the National Institutes of Health to incorporate its findings in new, final disclosure guidelines.
The committee staff report is...
Q & A: Tax Relief for Families, Job Creation
Q. What’s going on with the 2001–2003 tax cuts?
A. The marginal rate cuts and the family tax relief of the bipartisan tax reform that was enacted in 2001 and 2003 are among the most important issues facing this Congress. These cuts are scheduled to expire in December 2010. If Congress doesn’t...
$331,815 to Iowa Department of Public Health
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has awarded a $331,815 competitive grant to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
The Iowa Department of Public Health will use the money to fund...
$1.5 Million to Ottumwa from Commerce Department
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1.5 million grant to Ottumwa.
Ottumwa will use the funds to construct additional infrastructure at the Ottumwa Industrial Airport. This will help retain existing jobs,...
$158,754 to the University of Northern Iowa from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the University of Northern Iowa has received a $158,754 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.
The university’s project, titled “Collaborative Research: Multi-band Differential Code-Shifted...
Fighting to End Secret Holds
Prepared Testimony of Senator Chuck Grassley
Thank you Mr. Chairman, Senator Bennett,
I appreciate the opportunity to give my perspective on the work Senator Wyden and I have been doing for many years now to bring transparency to the practice of holds in the Senate.
Holds are an informal process outside the Senate...
