Grassley says auto bailout bill also would bail out tax shelter participants
Senator protests investment of tax dollars where private equity owner of Chrysler has declined to invest
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said proposed legislation to help American automakers would put tax dollars on the line to assist participants in controversial tax...
Grassley Congratulates Iowa Marching Band Set to Play at the Inaugural
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today extended congratulations to the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps of Dubuque after the group was selected to play in the 2009 Inaugural Parade. The group was selected out of nearly 1,400 applicants seeking to participate in Inaugural events....
Krysilis Awarded $120,000 in Guaranteed Loans for Rural Development
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development is awarding a $120,000 conditional commitment for a guaranteed loan to Krysilis in Forest City through the Community Facility Guaranteed Loan program.
The...
$52,000 to East Central Intergovernmental Association for Economic Development
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, has awarded a grant of $52,000 to East Central Intergovernmental...
Q & A: Capitol Visitor Center
Q: What is the Capitol Visitor Center?
A: The Capitol Visitor Center is a newly opened, free-of- charge, informative place that now serves as the secure and seamless gateway to the United States Capitol. Iowans young and old, whether they have never visited Washington or have been there 100 times, will be...
$31,500 to the University of Iowa for Heart and Vascular Diseases Research
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a grant of $31,500 to the University of Iowa.
The University of Iowa will use the...
Grassley Urges USDA to Release Funds for Floodplain Easement in Wake of Iowa Storms
WASHINGTON – Following the historic flooding that impacted much of Iowa, Senator Chuck Grassley has urged the Natural Resources Conservation Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release Emergency...
Grassley fights to get federal money to Iowa for social services related to flood and tornado recovery
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is working to shake loose from the federal bureaucracy funds Congress appropriated more than two months ago for a broad ranges of services, including child welfare, protection of vulnerable adults including...
Grassley: Decorah VA Outpatient Clinics Cleared for Opening
Facility scheduled to open by 2010
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs has approved an outpatient clinic to be opened in Decorah. The process of establishing the Decorah Community Based Outpatient Clinic will begin immediately and...
$473,880 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants to Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded grants totaling $473,880 to three communities in Iowa through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
...
ICYMI:Cleveland Clinic Takes Steps to Disclose Conflicts of Interest - New York Times
Click here to read a New York Times story detailing how Senator Grassley's oversight lead to more transperancy at a Cleveland Clinic.
Grassley: More Than $3.3 Million in Loans for Rural Development in Dysart
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development is awarding a $1.5 million direct loan and a $1,888,342 conditional commitment for a...
Transcription of Senators Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call
GRASSLEY: Last week, I told you all about a new Government
Accountability Office report, a report that I had requested. The
report outlined many instances where the Department of Agriculture
made nearly $50 million worth of potentially improper payments...
Keeping in Touch: Grassley invites Iowans to use new website
Iowans take seriously the privilege to serve as ground zero every four years on the presidential campaign trail. Asking tough questions and expecting thorough answers are the rule, not the exception, in the Hawkeye State.
As Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator, I appreciate the high...
Transcript of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report
SEN. GRASSLEY HOLDS A NEWS TELECONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 26, 2008
SPEAKER: SEN. CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, R-IOWA
MODERATOR: The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa
Senator Chuck Grassley speaking to you live from his farm in New
Hartford. Participating in...
$601,266 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants to Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded grants totaling $601,266 to eight communities in Iowa through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
...
Grassley: Federal Treasury Not a Cash Cow
Lincoln Law Recovers Billions, Puts Wrongdoers Out to Pasture
Households in Iowa are trimming back spending and finding ways to save money. Triggered by meltdowns on Wall Street, job losses, housing foreclosures and tight credit, the crisis in consumer confidence is putting even more pressure on the...
Transcript of Senator Grassley's Agriculture Radio Show
SEN. GRASSLEY HOLDS A NEWS TELECONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 25, 2008
SPEAKER: SEN. CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, R-IOWA
GRASSLEY: Happy Thanksgiving to everybody.
Say, I've got several points I want to make on a story that I think came out yesterday. And my interest in something...
Obama Cites Grassley Report
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today released a report by the Government Accountability Office that said the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made nearly $50 million worth of potentially improper payments to farmers who exceed income eligibility limits put in place by Congress. The 2002 farm bill prohibited payments...
Deadline to Request Inaugural Tickets Quickly Approaching, Lottery Will be Used to Distribute
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowans have until December 1 to submit their name for tickets to his office for the Inauguration of the new president. It’s expected that each member of the Iowa congressional delegation will...
