Grassley News Confence Call Transcription
GRASSLEY: Good morning, everybody.
Of course, we're in Washington for a lame duck session of Congress, probably just one week long. I don't know for sure that we won't be back in December, but I'd be very surprised if we were.
The issues are the $25 billion package of Big three automakers...
SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO UPDATE AND STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT OF BAILOUT FUNDS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today moved to tighten government oversight of the financial rescue plan approved by Congress in October. The senators introduced a bill that would put in place provisions to better...
$22,500 to Iowa from the National Endowment for the Arts
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded grants totaling $22,500 to two Iowa programs that focus on the...
Senate Finance Committee Bipartisan Staff Discussion Draft of Medicare hospital value-based purchasing plan
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a bipartisan discussion draft of legislation that would establish a value-based purchasing program for inpatient hospital...
BAUCUS, GRASSLEY WARN TAIWAN AGAINST BLOCKING U.S. BEEF, PORK IMPORTS
Finance leaders say Taiwan’s unscientific bans may violate WTO trade rules
Washington, DC– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today expressed their strong concern about Taiwan’s efforts to block perfectly safe imports of...
Grassley Asks State AGs to Look into Possible Violations of State Law with Executive Compensation Packages
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is encouraging state attorneys general to consider looking at whether financial institutions located or operating within a state have...
Grassley Ag News Confernce Call Transcription
GRASSLEY: Today, I'm sending a letter to the president of Taiwan, and that expresses concern of our country's continued trade barriers to U.S. agriculture products. The Taiwanese have been in confrontation with us on, particularly, pork, for a period of time. Now, we're dealing with the issue of beef...
Grassley: $619,735 to Iowa State University from the U.S. Department of Commerce
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, has awarded a grant totaling $619,735 to Iowa State...
ICYMI: President's Pay Rises Faster at Public Universities Than Private Ones, Survey Finds - New York Times
Click here to read Senator Grassley comments in a New York Times' story about the rising salaries of college presidents in the face of tuition increases.
ICYMI: Most College President's Pay Climbing - Wall Street Journal
Click here to read how college president's salaries are on the rise even though college tuition increases beyond the rate of inflation.
ICYMI: College Leader's Salaries Climb - Washington Post
Click here to view Senator Grassley comments on the rising salaries of college presidents' in the face of tuition increases.
Grassley: $576,000 to Iowa Department of Transportation for Louisa Interpretive Center
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of $576,000 to Iowa Department of...
Grassley Urges Federal Government to Utilize “Lincoln’s Law” to Help Protect and Recover Taxpayer Dollars Lost to Fraud in Economic Stabilization Programs
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today pushed the Departments of Treasury and Justice to ensure that whistleblowers are...
College Presidents' Salaries
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s survey of college presidents’ salaries. Grassley conducts oversight of various tax-exempt-related issues and entities, including colleges. The comment is embargoed, per the...
ICYMI: Grassley Calls for Probe into Tax Decision Favoring Banks - Washington Post
Grassley calls for a Treasury Department investigation in to a tax break favoring banks in this Washington Post article.
ICYMI: NIH freezes large grant to Emory - Wall Street Journal
Read more about Senator Grassley's work to uncover the relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical companies in this Wall Street Journal article.
Grassley says taxpayer concerns should be front and center in rush by Pelosi, Reid to bail out automakers
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said congressional leaders should put front and center the issues of executive pay, excessive corporate...
Grassley Seeks Inspector General Review of Treasury Bank Merger Move
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today asked the Treasury Department inspector general to review the circumstances and any possible conflicts of interest involving the Treasury Department’s administrative move that gives a big tax...
ICYMI: Fund Chiefs Back Oversight - Washington Post
Click here to view a Washington Post article describing Senator Grassley's efforts to bring more oversight to the financial sector.
Grassley renews effort to register hedge funds
Senator says Congress needs to bring about transparency
WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley said today he will reintroduce his legislation to require hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"This...
