News Releases

GAO Reports Shows IRS Should Work Faster to Help Prevent, Fix Identity Theft Leading to Tax Fraud   M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: GAO on identity theft Da: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009   Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the...

Federal Grant Opportunities for Iowa Libraries and Museums  WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the Institute of Museum and Library Services is offering grant opportunities through the Laura Bush 21st  Century Librarian Grant program and the 2010 Museums for America Grant program.    “Libraries and museums are building...

More than a thousand fraud cases await government action whistleblowers held in limbo while cases linger WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the federal government has approximately 1,040 qui tam cases that remain unresolved because the federal government has failed to make a decision about whether to get involved. This number is up from...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Conference Call with Iowa Reporters  GRASSLEY:  You know, employment's (sic) at 9.8 percent, and looking at the balance of the year, next year, given the most optimistic, economists are predicting at least a jobless recovery.  The stock market has recovered somewhat because of publicly traded mega-firms...

Improved IRS Whistleblower Program is Off to Slow Start at IRS   M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: IRS whistleblower program Da: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009   Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a new...

Grassley Bill to Rein In Government Charge Card Abuse Clears Senate             WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that his legislation to end the reckless spending on government charge cards passed the Senate today with no opposition.  Grassley’s legislation would require federal...

Latest CBO Score of Health Care Reform Bill Isn't Cause for Celebration   M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: Latest CBO score of health care bill Da: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009   Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  Between high inputs, low prices, and a virus scare that the national media has inaccurately named -- and that that's H1N1 -- with all this, the pork industry has been devastated.  The Department of Agriculture has made several promising attempts to try to get...

Grassley, Fellow Finance Committee Republicans Seek Participation by Key Budget,   WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and all nine of his fellow committee Republicans today urged the committee chairman to ensure participation by the Congressional Budget Office director and the chief of staff of the Joint...

Response to National Religious Broadcasters on Charity Governance Reporting   October 6, 2009   Frank Wright, Ph.D. President & CEO National Religious Broadcasters 9510 Technology Drive Manassas, VA 20110   Dear Dr. Wright:   I am writing in response to your letter dated September 30, 2009.  When I met with a large group of...

Grassley, Senators Question Reports of Decrease in Border Patrol Agents WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today questioned the Department of Homeland Security about recent reports that the department will decrease the number of Border Patrol agents along the U.S-Mexico border in the upcoming year.  Grassley and several colleagues sent a letter to...

Senators Feinstein, Grassley Introduce Legislation to Prohibit Cell Phones in Federal Prisons Bill aims to prevent inmates from using technology to commit crimes outside of prison walls Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced legislation to prevent inmates from using cell phones to commit...

Medicare’s Money Pit Let’s say you win $1,000 cash at a raffle drawing. Some among us might choose to save, invest or donate the money. Others might use the money to pay bills. Still others find that cash tends to burn a hole in their pockets and go shopping. Whether we’re savers or spenders, there’d be unanimous agreement that it would be foolish to put...

Midnight-hour changes to health bill undermine seniors, veterans and workers   WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said that early this morning, during final hours of work on health care reform legislation, the Senate Finance Committee agreed to changes that are bad for seniors, veterans and...

Meeting with Iowans October 5 WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he will visit Des Moines on October 2 to visit with students at Valley Southwoods High School and Drake University Adult Literacy Center as well as speak at the Des Moines NeighborWoods Planting. “Monday gives me another opportunity to meet with Iowans who aren’t able to come...

$397,684 to Iowa from USDA WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development is awarding competitive grants totaling $397,684 to Iowa through the Housing Preservation Grant program.  “These funds will help rural Iowans make energy efficiency improvements and repairs to their housing,”...

Ethanol tax credit M E M O R A N D U M TO:      Reporters and Editors RE:      Ethanol tax credit Senator Chuck Grassley today released the following comment after a Government Accountability Office report suggested that the ethanol production tax credit should be revisited.  Grassley has long been...

Grassley Q & A: Columbus Day Q:  What is Columbus Day? A:  Columbus Day celebrates the accomplishments of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who in 1492 traveled across the Atlantic looking for a shortcut to Asia and discovered America.  After being turned down for financing by several European monarchs, Columbus was eventually able...

$427,275 to the University of Iowa WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $427,275 competitive grant to the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa will use the money to help pay for a project titled, “Managing Incidental Findings in the Genomic Era.” Each year, thousands of...

Grassley Urges Accounting of Government Growth to Administer New Health Plan   WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, is urging Congress to understand the significant cost of increasing the size of the government to administer the new health reform system under consideration.  Grassley made his point during...