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Grassley and Durbin introduce first bipartisan H-1B, L-1 visa reform bill to protect American workers   WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced "The H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007" last week to overhaul the H-1B and L-1 visa programs to give priority to American workers and crack...

Grassley Appoints Iowan to Commission Studying the Highway Trust Fund Mt. Pleasant resident to be on National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission            WASHINGTON– Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that Donald Carmody of Mt. Pleasant will be a commissioner on the National...

Grassley: Reports Shows Tax Collection Program Proceeding Properly Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on the congressionally created IRS program to use private contractors to collect owed taxes. "The report shows the IRS...

Grassley Statement before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Problems at the General Services Administration

Grassley Reminds Iowans to Claim Telephone Tax Refund WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today urged taxpayers who have not yet filed their federal income taxes this year to claim their telephone tax refund. "I was surprised to hear that a lot of taxpayers haven’t claimed the telephone tax refund so far," Grassley...

Grassley Statement at the FBI Oversight Hearing   Chairman Leahy, thank you for calling this hearing today.  There are so many important FBI oversight issues, that it is hard to cover them in one hearing.  There's the Inspector General's recent report on the misuse of National Security Letters, which we heard about last week.  Then,...

Grassley Schedules Additional Town Meetings During April Congressional Recess Senator to visit 11 more counties in March and April            WASHINGTON– Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will visit a total of 20 counties during the April Congressional recess held from April 2 – 6. Grassley had...

Grassley: Smithsonian Secretary’s Resignation Brings Chance to Renew Institution Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the Smithsonian secretary’s resignation. "New leadership brings new opportunity for this American institution. It’s a positive step to have a leadership change. The secretary is...

Grassley Advances Provisions on Medicare Physician Quality, Hospital Wage Index, Use of Data for Research WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today advanced Medicare provisions to add quality measures to physician payments, reform the hospital wage index, and reform the use of data for research to improve health...

Grassley Receives Community Health Champion Award Iowa Senator Honored for his Service to the Medically Underserved WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today received the 2007 Distinguished Community Health Champion Award from the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. "As a longtime supporter of our nation's Community Health Centers, it’s an...

Payment Limits Amendment on Budget Resolution During debate of the budget resolution this afternoon, Senator Chuck Grassley pulled from consideration his amendment that would have limited the amount of farm payments an individual could receive.  Grassley has been the leading advocate to ensure that farm payments are directed to small and medium sized...

Senate Approves Grassley Amendment on Smithsonian Accountability WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance and a senior member of the Budget Committee, today won unanimous Senate approval of his budgetary amendment freezing a $17 million increase for the Smithsonian Institution until the Smithsonian makes a series of...

Judiciary Committee Subpoena Vote During a Judiciary Committee meeting this morning, Sen. Chuck Grassley asked that he be recorded in support of giving the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, in consultation with the ranking member, the authority to issue subpoenas to White House officials regarding the Committee’s inquiry into the administration’s...

Grassley: Report Underscores Need to Safeguard Smithsonian Resources Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, is conducting oversight of spending by the Smithsonian Institution secretary and governance by the Smithsonian’s board of regents. He made the following comment on a report released today by the External Review Committee for...

Grassley Opening Statement for Senate Judiciary Committee “The Inspector General’s Findings of Improper Use of the National Security Letters by the FBI”      Chairman Leahy, thank you for calling this hearing today.  I also want to thank Inspector General Fine and his staff for their hard work on these important reports.  Some...

Grassley Introduces Amendment to Put Hard Cap on Farm Payments             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced an amendment that would place a limit of $250,000 on the amount of farm payments an individual can receive.  Grassley introduced the amendment with Senator Byron Dorgan of...

Sen. Grassley urges FDA to educate and inform public about acetaminophen WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley said the Food and Drug Administration needs to undertake an educational effort to better inform the public about acetaminophen safety. "Acetaminophen is a common drug that gets used frequently and without concern," Grassley said. "People might not even...

Grassley Bill Would Close Loophole that Endangers National Security             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he has introduced legislation to close a loophole that allows an alien to stay in the country after their visa has been revoked on terrorism...

Senator Grassley Visits with Local Students and Staff WASHINGTON– Sen. Chuck Grassley recently visited with students, faculty and staff at Oelwein High School. The Senate schedule allowed Grassley to travel to Iowa earlier than expected. This gave him extra time to visit Oelwein High School.   “The students at Oelwein High School were a very bright...

Grassley Continues Visits to Every Iowa County Senator will focus town hall meetings on upcoming Farm Bill For Immediate Release Friday, March 16, 2007   Grassley Continues Visits to Every Iowa County Senator will focus town hall meetings on upcoming Farm Bill               WASHINGTON –...