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Grassley says health care reform should apply to President Obama, top administration officials WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said he will offer an amendment during Senate debate on the health care reconciliation bill this week to apply the reform legislation to the President, Vice President, cabinet members and top White House staff. “It’s...

House passage of Senate health care reform bill Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley House passage of Senate health care reform bill Sunday, March 21, 2010   Congress had an opportunity, and still does, to enact something the American people can get behind.  But congressional leaders and the White House seem so focused on making history they’ve...

Disaster Aid to More Iowa Counties After December Snowstorm             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said President BarackObama amended a major disaster declaration for Iowa, triggering the release of FEMA funds to help more Iowa counties recover from the severe winter storm and...

Grassley, Colleagues Question FEMA, Corps of Engineers on Flood Map Modernization Program              WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley, and a bipartisan group of Senators, questioned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the process and the challenges...

Flood Preparedness Q:  How can Iowans prepare for flooding this spring? A:   Flooding can be very dangerous for both people and property.  With 2008 flooding still fresh in Iowans’ minds and flooding already becoming an issue in parts of Iowa this spring, we’re all aware that this isn’t a drill.  Knowledge is power, and that’s why...

Grassley: 112,000 Ethanol Jobs Could Be Lost if Congress Lets Tax Incentives Lapse, as With Biodiesel Incentives M E M O R A N D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       Potential ethanol job losses Da:       Thursday, March 18, 2010 A new report from the...

$190,000 for Re-employment Skills Initiative to Des Moines Area Community College WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has released $190,000 to Des Moines Area Community College through the regular appropriations process. “These funds will help DMACC provide employment training for workers to get them back on their feet...

Illinois Supreme Court ruling on hospital’s state tax exemption M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: Illinois Supreme Court ruling on hospital’s state tax exemption Da: Thursday, March 18, 2010 Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report  STAFF:  The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley speaking to you live from Washington.  Participating in today's public affairs program is Rick Morain with the Jefferson Herald.     Rick, your first...

Grassley: “Jobs” Bill Has Too Much for Wall Street Bankers, Not Enough for Main Street Employers M E M O R A N D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       “Jobs” bill vote today Da:       Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the...

Grassley, Enzi Ask MIT President to Help Provide Meaningful Responses on Professor’s Paid Government Contracts WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Mike Enzi today asked the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help provide meaningful responses to their inquiry about an MIT health care economist who testified before their...

Grassley takes on Treasury for protecting executive compensation WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Treasury Secretary to account for the government’s delay in meeting the mandate passed by Congress, in February 2009, that all participants in the government bailout of the financial sector meet appropriate standards for executive...

$73,145 to Malvern Volunteer Fire Department from FEMA WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $73,145 competitive grant to the Malvern Volunteer Fire Department through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Operations and Safety Program. “Day in and day out,...

Grassley Asks for More Information about Veterans’ Benefits Backlog WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that figures used in a recent case before the Supreme Court that showed between 50 and 70 percent of veterans’ benefits appeals had been unjustifiably denied were a shocking revelation about the severe and growing backlog of veterans’ claims at the...

Grassley continues work for transparency of drug company money in medicine WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked leaders among pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to describe their efforts to enhance the transparency of financial benefits they receive from drug makers.  Grassley also has asked the PBMs for their views on recommendations from...

$244,659 to the University of Iowa WASHINGTON –Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $244,659 competitive grant to the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa will use the money from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a project entitled,...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  This week is the famous National Agricultural Week.  It gives us involved in production of food, fiber and fuel a chance to bring attention to the hundreds of thousands of people involved in taking the raw products from our farms to the dinner table, and to...

Grassley works to hold housing department accountable for how stimulus dollars are spent WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to account for the way federal tax dollars obligated by the 2009 economic stimulus bill have been spent, including $312 million for public housing in Puerto Rico and program...

Grassley Urges Japan to Address Trade Barriers to U.S. Beef and Gelatin; Insurance, Banking, and Express Delivery Services WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with Sen. Max Baucus, chairman, today urged the Japanese government to remove scientifically unfounded barriers to U.S. beef and bovine-origin gelatin imports...

Grassley: Build America Bonds Program Keeps Getting Richer for Wall Street, Harder on Taxpayers Floor Speech by Senator Grassley on the Build America Bonds provision in the HIRE Act Delivered Tuesday, March 16, 2010 One of the few provisions the Democratic leadership decided to put in the HIRE bill is an expansion of Build America Bonds.  Build...