KPMG announcement of leadership changes
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on KPMG's announcement of leadership changes in its tax practice.
"Last October, a KPMG whistleblower testified before the Finance Committee about a corporate culture that rewards those who promote abusive tax shelters. Since...
Resolutions for 2004
by Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
Many Iowans practice a traditional ritual at the start of a New Year. Setting financial, professional, lifestyle, and healthy diet and exercise benchmarks are common personal enrichment goals at the beginning of the calendar year.
With the first half of the 108th Congress wrapped up at...
Grassley, Baucus Seek More Accurate Improper Payment Rates
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today expressed concern that the Office of Management and Budget has issued guidance to government agencies that likely will result in the understatement of improper or erroneous payments the agencies...
Grassley, Factory Leaders to Rally for Job-Saving Grassley Legislation
Event: Press conference, rally
Date/time: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time
Location: John Deere Des Moines Works, 825 SW Irvinedale Drive, Ankeny
Description: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of Committee on Finance with jurisdiction over taxes and trade, will return...
Grassley, Baucus Pursue Information on Enron Executives' Tax Dealings
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today asked the Internal Revenue Service to account for any investigations of Enron Corp. executives' individual tax dealings, such as attempts to conceal income, possibly through offshore bank...
Word On: U.S. Beef
Q: What is BSE?
A: A fatal neurological disease that destroys the brains of infected cattle, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), has shaken the U.S. beef industry with the first confirmed case of an infected Holstein cow confirmed in Washington state. A decade ago, an outbreak in Great Britain of what’s widely referred to as...
Grassley Works to Get Beef Exports on Track
Iowa Senator Requests Special Envoy
In the wake of a recent BSE scare on American soil, Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, today sent a letter with several of his Senate colleagues to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman requesting a special high-level envoy to work with our trading partners to lift foreign import...
Grassley Praises Decision to Prevent Document Destruction, Protect Medicaid Drug Program from Fraud, Help Whistleblowers
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, is praising the reversal of a government proposal that would have made it easier for prescription drug manufacturers to defraud the Medicaid drug rebate program and more difficult...
Grassley Announces $787,374 to Nine Fire Departments in Iowa
Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $787,374 in one-year grants to nine fire departments in Iowa.
The federal dollars are provided through Assistance to Firefighters grant program. Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety...
Whistleblower Award in Tenet Case
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the award of $8.1 million under the False Claims Act to the two whistleblowers who brought the complaint alleging unnecessary cardiac surgeries at the Tenet Healthcare Corporation's Redding Medical Center in Redding, Calif....
IRS employees' tax compliance
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on the IRS' efforts to enforce employee tax compliance.
"Zero tolerance is the right standard for IRS employees' tax abuse. I appreciate the commissioner's aggressive approach to nipping this in the bud. Since IRS employees enforce the tax...
New BSE Safeguards
Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement regarding the new safeguards to protect against BSE put in place by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
During a conference call with Iowa Farm Reporters, Grassley pledged to eat one pound of beef every week to help generate consumption of beef. He made a similar pledge during the...
Grassley to Begin 24th Year of Annual Visits to Iowa's 99 Counties
? Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will once again be traveling to Iowa's 99 counties during the upcoming year. He has held a meeting in each of the counties since making a campaign pledge during his first election. Grassley will visit 17 counties from Jan. 13 ? 16.
Town meetings...
Ace in the Hole
by Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa
The discovery and capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein holed up in a six-by-eight foot ‘spider hole’ may prove to become the pivotal turning point towards establishing self-rule and reconstructing Iraq.
Similar to the psychological victory achieved with the end of Hitler's regime...
Grassley Nominates Young Iowans to Service Academies
? Praising the outstanding group of Iowa students seeking nominations to the U.S. military academies, Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced his selections for placement at the United States Military Academies. Grassley's nominations will be forwarded to West Point Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; the...
BSE found in Washington State
Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement after learning that a cow in Washington state has tested positive for BSE. Grassley is the only working family farmer in the Senate. He is a member of the Agriculture and Judiciary Committees and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
"We don't have a lot of...
Grassley, Baucus Launch Review of Whether Certain Multinationals Pay Fair Share of Taxes
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today asked the Internal Revenue Service a series of questions to learn whether multinational corporations that secure special advance pricing agreements are paying their...
Grassley: Meskwaki Casino to Reopen
National Indian Gaming Commission Lifts Order Closing Casino
? Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following statement today on the order by the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) that will allow the Meskwaki Casino near Tama to reopen. Today's announcement follows a ruling yesterday by the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
Grassley: $6.8 Million to Iowa to Help Low-Income Families Pay Heating Bills
? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is releasing $6,802,497 in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds to Iowa. Funds will help low-income Iowans with their heating bills this winter.
LIHEAP is the federal program...
