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United Way resignation Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, last month asked the national United Way to explain how it ensures chapter integrity and the Washington, D.C.-area chapter to explain how it manages donations. Grassley's inquiry came after allegations of financial mismanagement at the Washington, D.C.-area chapter. He...

Statement on Armed Services Tax Fairness Act of 2002 Chairman Baucus and I have called this meeting to focus on an issue on which Republicans and Democrats all agree -- tax equity and fairness for members of the uniformed services and foreign service personnel. The war on terrorism continues one year following the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. As a...

Grassley: Big Money Payouts to Corporate Execs Should Be Recouped in Bankruptcy ? Sen. Chuck Grassley has introduced legislation that goes after big bonuses and other excessive compensation of corporate officers and directors when a company goes bankrupt. "Corporate bigwigs and wrongdoers shouldn't be allowed to benefit and enrich themselves when their...

Trade sanctions ruling Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, made the following statement on the World Trade Organization arbitrator's ruling that the European Union is entitled to impose more than $4 billion in trade sanctions against the United States. "Of course, I'm disappointed by the arbitrator's decision. $4 billion in...

Grassley Raises INS Law Enforcement Questions With Ashcroft ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to look into whether the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is mismanaging personnel and wasting resources at a law enforcement support center that plays an important role in...

Grassley: Federal Disaster Assistance Available in 14 Eastern Iowa Counties ?Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 14 Iowa counties as eligible to receive disaster assistance for losses caused by severe storms, heavy rains, flooding and flash flooding that occurred this year from June 3 through June...

Grassley: Federal Dollars for Iowa Fire Departments 12 Iowa Communities Receive $736,406 in FIRE Grant Funds ? Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is awarding grants to 12 fire departments in Iowa from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The fire departments that will receive this funding are located...

Grassley Seeks Details on the United Way's Financial Management ? Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today asked the national United Way to explain how it ensures chapter integrity and the Washington, D.C.-area chapter to explain how it manages donations. Grassley's inquiry comes after allegations of financial mismanagement at...

Grassley Announces $28.6 Million in Federal Rural Development Dollars for Iowa D.C. ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that several Iowa communities will receive grants and loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for rural development projects. "The economic vitality of our rural communities is important to all Iowans. Small towns support the growth of...

Grassley Announces Plans to Convene Medicare Fairness Forum ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that he will bring together policy experts, health care providers, community leaders and politicians to discuss the Medicare payment structure that disadvantages Iowa for a forum in Des Moines later this year. "Iowans pay the same payroll tax as other Americans to...

Grassley Keeps Up Effort to Improve Safety for Air Travelers Senator Wants to Upgrade Air Force Radios, Better Communication with Commercial Airlines ? Sen. Chuck Grassley is continuing his effort to secure $25 million to upgrade Air Force radios and improve the communication capabilities of the F-15 aircraft that are flying homeland security...

Grassley Seeks to Remedy Farm Bill Discrimination Against Livestock Producers ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today joined an appeal to the Agriculture Secretary to make adjustments so that livestock producers can fully participate in the farm program, despite serious shortcomings in the way the 2002 farm bill was drafted for feedgrain farmers. Grassley said the new...

Grassley Seeks Crackdown on Thousands of Missing Government Computers New Problem Identified at the IRS - Sen. Chuck Grassley today called on top government officials today to get a handle on lost, stolen and missing government computers. "I'm worried that just as clothes dryers have the knack of making socks disappear, the federal government has...

Grassley Looks Out for Taxpayers Senator Questions Energy Department's Foot Dragging on Costs of Paducah Cleanup ? Sen. Chuck Grassley says it's time for the Energy Department to make a formal recommendation in a dispute over who is responsible for more than $1 billion in cleanup costs at the uranium plant in Paducah, Kentucky, the site of some of the...

Grassley, Baucus Call for Coordinated Response to ETI Case, Seek Action in September -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, chairman, sent the following letter to top administration officials today regarding the World Trade Organization ruling on the FSC repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of...

Grassley Calls on Customs to State Facts About Lost or Stolen Inventory Iowa Senator Asks Treasury Secretary to Publicly Release Audit -- Sen. Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Customs Service shouldn't hide the facts about its thousands of lost or stolen computers and dozens of lost or stolen weapons. Grassley pressed his case in a letter today to...

Grassley, Breaux Seek Nursing Home Staffing Information ? Sens. Chuck Grassley and John Breaux today asked the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for an update on preparing for a new requirement that nursing homes post nurse staffing information in a clearly visible location. The text of the senators' letter follows. August 7,...

Baucus, Grassley: Projects Divert Money from Uninsured Kids, Threaten Budgets ? Citing a new report, Sens. Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley are asking the Bush administration to explain projects that divert health dollars from covering uninsured children in violation of federal law. "We agree that covering uninsured adults is also an important public policy...

Missing DOJ inventory Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, made the following statement today after the Justice Department Inspector General released audits of missing weapons and computers at Justice Department agencies. (See wwwusdoj.gov/oig, under "What's New" for the reports). "It's no surprise that hundreds of computers and...

Grassley: FBI, INS Too Lax with Missing Weapons, Computers ? Sen. Chuck Grassley said that discipline has been "more lax than harsh" when it comes to FBI agents and other federal law enforcement officials losing track of their weapons. Grassley's comments came as the Inspector General (IG) for the Justice Department released audits of missing weapons and...