Grassley to Host United Nations Delegation in Iowa
DES MOINES – Sen. Chuck Grassley will host a group of foreign Ambassadors to the United Nations (U.N.) for a short visit to Iowa. U.N. Ambassadors from Colombia, Honduras, Hungary and Mali will participate in the...
Grassley Presses Leavitt to Support SEC Petition for Former Ames Lab Employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today encouraged Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt to quickly approve the Special Exposure Cohort petition filed on behalf of the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State...
Iowa Congressional Delegation Upset with U.S. Department of Education
WASHINGTON- Sen. Chuck Grassley and members of the Iowa Congressional delegation yesterday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing concern with the failure to approve the assessment program for all incoming...
Grassley Presses Leavitt to Support SEC Petition for Former Ames Lab Employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today encouraged Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt to quickly approve the Special Exposure Cohort petition filed on behalf of the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State...
Grassley Presses Leavitt to Support SEC Petition for Former Ames Lab Employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today encouraged Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt to quickly approve the Special Exposure Cohort petition filed on behalf of the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State...
Grassley Questions FBI’s Effectiveness as Lead Agency in Terrorist Financing Cases
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today requested more information from FBI Director Robert Mueller about the FBI’s handling of a terrorist financing case and the subsequent classification of several...
Salary Cap for CIETC and Other ETA Employees Included in Supplemental Appropriations Bill
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: CIETC salaries
DA: June 15. 2006
Senator Chuck Grassley today released the following statement after a...
U.S. Postal Service Inspector General Agrees to In-Depth Report on Sioux City Mail Processing Center
Senator Chuck Grassley today issued the following comment after staff members for Senators Grassley and Tom Harkin and Congressman Steve King met with officials from the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service. Grassley,...
Grassley Urges Scrutiny of Executives’ Backdating of Stock Options for Personal Gain
There have been a number of recent stories in the newspapers, especially The Wall Street Journal, about corporate executives backdating their stock options. Essentially, the reports say, the executives are waiting until after the fact to pick a date for their stock options,...
Death Tax Repeal Killed
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Those in favor of resurrecting the federal death tax got their wish when the U.S. Senate failed in June to reach the necessary 60 votes. That was the number of votes necessary to move forward with Republican-led efforts to permanently repeal the federal death tax on the estates of deceased...
Choices for Independence
by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley
Some of my favorite visits with Iowans take place inside the local coffee shops and cafes where conversations turn lively when a matter of public policy hits close to home.
A few years ago older citizens and near retirees voiced significant concern about the lack of prescription drug coverage available...
Grassley Seeks Independent Choice of Smithsonian Inspector General
For Immediate Release
Monday, June 12, 2006
Grassley Seeks Independent Choice of Smithsonian Inspector General
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, is seeking to prevent the...
Word On: Long-Distance Tax Disconnected
Q: What phone tax is the U.S. Treasury disconnecting?
A: The federal government enacted an excise tax on long distance phone calls more than a century ago to help pay for the Spanish American War. The three percent surcharge was considered a luxury tax at the time since only the wealthiest American...
Grassley Continues Efforts to Curb Government Credit Card Abuse
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today introduced comprehensive legislation that would require all federal agencies to establish safeguards and internal controls for government charge card programs as well as establish penalties...
Grassley Advances Bill to Help Children Affected by Methamphetamine
For Immediate Release
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Grassley Advances Bill to Help Children Affected by Methamphetamine
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today won committee passage of his legislation to improve...
Grassley questions FDA about risks to children, infants in antibiotic drug trials
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the Food and Drug Administration to explain what it is doing to inform parents about the safety concerns surrounding pediatric trials of the Ketek...
Grassley on Assistance for Newton from Labor Department
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after a meeting between the Department of Labor Assistant Secretary Emily Stover DeRocco and Newton Mayor Chaz Allen. Grassley arranged the meeting, but was unable to...
Grassley on Reports of Korean Delay of Resumed U.S. Beef Imports
M E M O R A N D U M
To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Media reports on Korea, U.S. beef imports
Da: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following statement in reaction to media reports that Korea is considering postponing the resumption...
Grassley secures federal tax credits for community development in Iowa
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that two community development entities in Iowa will receive a total of $105 million in tax credits designed to spur private investment and new business activity.
Grassley...
Grassley Criticizes Proposed Consolidation of Sioux City Mail Sorting Facility
Grassley, Harkin and King Ask for Independent Review of Business Case for Consolidation
WASHINGTON–Sen. Chuck Grassley, along with Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. Steve King, today followed up on a recent meeting with the Postmaster General and said that a decision about downsizing the...
