Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on the Economic Stabilization Bill
Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
on the Economic Stabilization Bill
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
During the last week, I’ve heard from Iowans that they don’t like this legislation. Many are angry that taxpayers are being asked to clean up a mess without any...
Grassley: $687,000 to the Highway 63 Gateway Community Development Project
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services has awarded a grant of $687,000 to the Highway 63 Gateway Community...
Grassley: More Than $1.9 Million for Trade Adjustment Assistance
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Labor has released $1,918,696 in Trade Adjustment Assistance funds to Iowa.
“These funds will be a helping hand up to workers so they can receive training for new skills and can better compete for...
“Actively Engaged” in the farm bill
Senator Chuck Grassley today made the following comment after some senators wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the farm bill did not require changes in the way individuals or entities are determined to be "actively-engaged" in farming.
Grassley said the farm bill does,...
Grassley: $94,231 to Iowa from U.S. Department of Justice
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs has awarded a grant of $94,231 to the Iowa Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy in Des Moines through the...
Grassley: Legislation to Give Meskwaki Code Talkers Commemorative Medals Sent to President
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that legislation he co-sponsored to recognize the Meskwaki Code Talkers with commemorative gold medals for their service to the United States during World War II has cleared both the Senate and the House of Representatives...
Floor Speech of Senator Chuck Grassley on the McCain Tax Credit for Health Insurance
I come to the floor today to talk about the tax treatment of health insurance. Republicans and Democrats who have studied the issue agree that the current tax treatment of health insurance is inequitable. Others believe that our current tax rules increase health care...
Grassley Announces Workers in Dubuque Eligible for Assistance
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that workers in Dubuque are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance.
"The assistance will provide an opportunity for these workers to receive training for new skills so they can...
Grassley: More Than $21.6 Million to Iowa for Neighborhood Stabilization
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $21,607,197.08 in Community Development Block Grants to Iowa through the...
Grassley Analyzes Impact of McCain, Obama Tax Plans on Middle Class Part 2
Even if he really did want to provide the tax relief he is promising, would a Democratic Congress let Senator Obama make good on most of his promises that he will provide middle-class tax relief? Also, would a Democratic Congress fight attempts by Senator McCain to enact the...
Grassley: $199,250 to Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa from the Department of Education
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a grant of $199,250 to Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa in Des Moines.
Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa will use the funds to create and expand job and...
Grassley Analyzes Impact of McCain, Obama Tax Plans on Middle Class Part 1
Floor Speech of Senator Chuck Grassley
Senators McCain and Obama’s tax plans – Effects on Middle Class Taxpayers
Delivered Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008
Beginning in the third week of July, I’ve come to the floor to compare the tax plans of Senators McCain and Obama, our two...
Grassley: More Than $1.6 Million to Iowa from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded five grants totaling $1,633,477 to Iowa.
The funds have...
Senate Clears Modified 10-Acre Rule Legislation
Measure also includes technical changes to new Agricultural Disaster Assistance program
WASHINGTON --- The Senate today passed legislation that would suspendfor a year a provision included the 2008 farm bill that the Department of Agriculture...
Grassley: $138,434 Released to Iowa Legal Aid from U.S. Department of Justice
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Justice has released a $79,719 grant to Iowa Legal Aid in Des Moines through the Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grants...
Grassley: Nearly $23 Billion for National Disaster Relief Clears Senate
WASHINGTON – The Senate today approved $23 billion in disaster assistance for victims of the Midwest floods, Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, California wildfires, and other natural disasters this year. The bill...
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley Honored as Guardian of Small Business by NFIB
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 26, 2008 – The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation's leading small business association, today named U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley a Guardian of Small Business for his outstanding voting record on behalf of America's small business owners in the...
House Charity Bill on Supporting Organizations Needs Work
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, wrote a series of charitable reforms that became law in the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The reforms grew out of his oversight of tax-exempt organizations and laws, which had not been updated substantially since 1969. A bill...
Senator Grassley comments on report of Inspector General regarding investment bank oversight
The SEC Inspector General has issued two reports on the SEC programs for overseeing the safety and soundness of investment banks. The reports are postedbelow.
Senator Grassley requested these audits by the SEC watchdog in April (included at the end of this...
