Grassley-Authored Legislation Helps Justice Department Recover More Than $1 Billion
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced this week that another $1.04 billion has been recovered this year for the U.S. Treasury thanks to whistleblower legislation sponsored in 1986 by Senator...
Grassley urges automakers to demonstrate leadership while asking for government bailout
Senator cites Iacocca example in cutting his pay
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that leaders of the big three automakers seeking a government bailout...
Grassley: More Than $1.65 Million to Iowa from U.S. Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded grants totaling $1,650,342 to Iowa through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant...
Grassley: Health Care Reform Presents Enormous Costs, Congress Should Proceed Carefully
Senator Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, issued the comment below about the health care reform effort outlined today by Senator Max Baucus, committee chairman.
"The health care system has problems that need to be...
Grassley Q & A: Senate Finance Committee
Q: How does the Senate get its work done?
A: Because of the large number of issues and tremendous amount of information with which the Senate is tasked, the work is divided into 20 committees and many more subcommittees. Most Senators become members of several committees and spend a great deal of...
Grassley Questions Changing Direction of Financial Stabilization Spending,
WASHINGTON– Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today questioned why the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve repeatedly have changed direction in the use of taxpayer funds authorized in theEmergency Economic Stabilization Act of...
Grassley: $157,000 to ISED Ventures from Internal Revenue Service
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Internal Revenue Service has awarded a $157,000 in matching grant funds to ISED Ventures in Des Moines through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance...
Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, November 19
Senator Encourages Iowans to Tune-in, Ask Questions
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, November 19, from 6:30-7 p.m. (Central Time) on television stations across Iowa.
"Ask Your Senator" is broadcast...
Grassley: Blue Dog’s Comment on Ending Pay-go Raises Questions of Intellectual Honesty
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member and former chairman of the Committee on Finance, which writes tax policy in the Senate, has long called for intellectually honest budgeting and uniform pay-go rule application from the House Blue Dog Democrats. He’s made a series...
AARP suspends marketing and sales of limited coverage health plan in response to Grassley questions
Senator Chuck Grassley commented on the announcement made today by the AARP (copied below) that it will suspend marketing and sales of fixed indemnity products for a comprehensive review of the questions raised by Senator Grassley in a letter...
Senator Grassley says SEC refuses to hold anyone accountable for misconduct exposed by two independent inquiries
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about the decision made today by an administrative law judge for the Securities and Exchange Commission to effectively disregard recommendations made last month by the Inspector General...
Senator Grassley comments on the health care reform debate expected in 2009
Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, issued the comment below about the health care reform efforts expected in 2009.
Senator Grassley has been a leading senator on health policy, including...
Grassley: $25,000 to Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $25,000 grant to Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services in West Des...
Grassley: More Than $5.3 Million to Iowa for Head Start Projects
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded three grants totaling $5,344,621 to Iowa. The funds will be used by the recipients to fund head start...
Grassley: $25,000 to Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $25,000 grant to Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services in West Des...
Grassley: $300,063 to Iowa from the U.S. Department of Commerce
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, has awarded two grants totaling $300,063 to Iowa for disaster...
Grassley: More Than $11.6 Million to Iowa from FEMA
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be releasing federal grant dollars totaling $11,673,927 to Iowa in 2009....
Grassley asks AARP about misleading marketing of product called health insurance
WASHINGTON -- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the AARP to account for the way its marketing materials for a product it calls health insurance fails to limit policy holders' exposure to the potentially high cost of a serious illness. Grassley said the AARP...
Grassley says final letter from Postal Service is a “big relief”
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that a final, formal letter from the U.S. Postal Service means the threat to move a mail processing center out of Sioux City is gone for the foreseeable...
Grassley seeks transparency with Fed loan dollars
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked American International Group, Inc., AIG, to disclose its expenditures so far of the $123 billion lent by the Federal Reserve Bank in order to prevent the company from filing for bankruptcy.
Grassley based his inquiry on an October 30 New York...
