USDA Must Improve Scrutiny Over Farm Payments
By U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
A 1987 federal law intended to prevent non-farmers from cashing in on federal farm payments is not getting enforced adequately by the USDA.
According to an investigation by the nonpartisan auditing arm of Congress, the USDA’s eligibility criteria do not clearly...
Grassley's Work to Move IAAP Claims to Department of Labor Pays Off
Amendment Included in Defense Department Authorization Bill
Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Defense authorization bill will include an amendment to move the claims of former workers at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant from the Department of Energy to Department of...
Signing of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following statement regarding the signing of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
"I'm very pleased with the signing of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. With 95 percent of industrial tariffs going to zero upon implementation of...
Grassley: Key Official Repeats No Loss of Food Stamps With Medicare Drug Card
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today released a reiteration from a key Medicare official that no older American will lose eligibility for food stamps with a new Medicare drug discount card. Grassley made public a letter from Dr. Mark McClellan,...
Long-Term Care: Making it Affordable and Accountable
By Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
The blessings of extended longevity give each successive generation of Americans a better opportunity to enjoy life’s pleasures great and small well past the traditional retirement age. Healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine and technology are helping to...
Grassley Encourages Critics to Set Politics Aside, Let Medicare Drug Discount Cards Work
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today encouraged older Americans to keep an open mind on Medicare's drug discount cards, a brand-new program that offers immediate, significant relief for millions of Medicare beneficiaries suffering under high...
Grassley: Department of Veterans Affairs to Add 6 New Outpatient Clinics in Iowa
Carroll, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa, Shenandoah and Spirit Lake to Gain Facilitiese
Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Veterans Affairs will create six new outpatient clinics in Iowa as part of a comprehensive plan to modernize its facilities.
The...
Latest job creation report/outlook for JOBS Act passage
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has been the Senate's primary Republican author of job-creating tax relief legislation over the last three years. In June 2001, the President signed legislation Grassley co-authored that lowered individual tax rates, provided relief from the...
Spirit of the Mississippi
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
Folks looking to mix history, culture and good old-fashioned family entertainment this summer need look no further than Iowa’s eastern "shoreline."
Riverfront communities along the northern stretches of the mighty Mississippi in four states will play host this summer to an...
Latest job creation report/outlook for JOBS Act passage
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has been the Senate's primary Republican author of job-creating tax relief legislation over the last three years. In June 2001, the President signed legislation Grassley co-authored that lowered individual tax rates, provided relief from the...
Word On: Tax Tips for Small Business
Q: How can Iowans looking to start up a business learn more about their tax obligations?
A: Good question. Energetic entrepreneurs eager to open up shop and become self-employed and/or launch a small business must deal first with plenty of red tape. Before turning one’s bright idea into a money maker, it is...
Grassley Announces Hearing on Medicare Drug Discount Cards
On the first effective day of Medicare's drug discount cards, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, announced a hearing to make sure the card program is running smoothly and delivering discounts as Congress intended. Grassley's committee hearing, "Medicare Drug Card: Delivering...
Grassley Praises Signing of U.S-Central America Free Trade Agreement
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today applauded the signing of the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). His comments follow.
"This agreement is an important part of our continuing efforts to open foreign markets to U.S. goods and services. This...
Pinched at the Pump
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
Like most Iowans, I find myself these days wincing when it comes time to fill up the gas tank. Throughout my five-day road trip to 21 Iowa communities at the end of May, I found gasoline prices hovering at almost $2 per gallon from Oelwein to Atlantic.
A surge in oil prices not only...
Grassley Asks President to Provide Disaster Assistance to Iowa
Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked President Bush to grant a request by the State to declare Iowa a major disaster area due to severe storms over the past several days.
"The federal aid would give residents and business owners the help they need to recover from the devastating effects of the heavy...
Grassley Asks President to Provide Disaster Assistance to Iowa
Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked President Bush to grant a request by the State to declare Iowa a major disaster area due to severe storms over the past several days.
"The federal aid would give residents and business owners the help they need to recover from the devastating effects of the heavy...
Grassley: $15.3 million in federal money for Iowa airports
Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded grants totaling $15,308,527 million for 34 airports in Iowa.
"Investing in local airports is important for economic development and improving the quality of life in rural areas and urban communities," Grassley...
World War II Memorial Salutes "Greatest Generation"
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
Nearly six decades after the end of World War II, the "defining moment" of the 20th century has been memorialized in granite and bronze on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The World War II Memorial pays tribute to the honor, courage and sacrifice of...
Grassley Asks Chile, South Africa, and Thailand to Help Advance Agricultural Trade Negotiations at the WTO
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today urged Chile, South Africa, and Thailand to encourage the G-20 group of developing countries to make a viable agricultural market proposal in the current Doha Development Agenda...
Grassley Urges Continued Effort to Resume Processed Egg Exports to Japan
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today urged the Secretary of Agriculture to continue pressing Japan to lift its partial ban on U.S. processed egg exports, citing the safety of the U.S. products and the lack of scientific evidence to justify disease-based...
