News Releases

Grassley Urges USDA to Direct Federal Dollars to Ames Sen. Chuck Grassley today called on the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer $2.2 million in existing research funding to the National Swine Research Center in Ames. In a letter sent this morning, Grassley asked Secretary Dan Glickman to use his administrative authority to direct the Agriculture Research...

Grassley to Participate in National Institute on Drug Abuse Town Meeting Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that he will participate next week in a Des Moines town meeting sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The meeting is titled "Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: Myths versus Reality." From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday,...

Grassley Plans Briefing in Advance of Monday Hearing Subcommittee to Examine Financial Control Failures at Defense Department Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 ? Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today announced that he will provide a briefing for reporters in advance of the hearing he has planned for Monday afternoon, September 28, to examine the lack of financial...

Grassley Wins Backing for Landmark Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Iowa Senator Says Bi-Partisan Compromise Balances Consumer/Creditor Issues ? Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today won an overwhelming endorsement for his plan to overhaul the nation's consumer bankruptcy laws. By a vote of 97 to 1, the U.S. Senate passed the Grassley-sponsored legislation and...

Grassley Seeks Expert Testimony from Government Accountants, Watchdogs Hearing Set to Examine Financial Control Failures at Defense Department Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today announced the names of those who will testify next Monday afternoon at a hearing he has planned to examine the lack of financial controls in place today...

Grassley Praises USDA Decision Sen. Chuck Grassley today learned that USDA Secretary Dan Glickman agreed to expand eligibility for loan deficiency payments (LDP) to include corn cut for silage. Grassley wrote the Agriculture Secretary in August, urging him to take this action that would provide a boost to the nation's livestock producers during the current...

Marshall County Receives Funding to Fight Drugs from Grassley Initiative ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that Marshall County will receive $99,993 to fight drugs through a community-based program he helped establish last year. Today's matching grant represents the first federal dollars awarded through the Drug Free Communities Support Program. The...

Grassley Petitions USDA to Engage in Productive Efforts to Help Farmers ? Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today called on USDA to seek additional funds for farmers through the upcoming appropriations process and to fully exercise its authority to assist farmers by expanding eligibility for loan deficiency payments. Grassley made his appeal in a letter to...

Grassley Petitions IRS to Not Apply Gift Tax on McGwire's Homerun Ball Iowa Senator Goes to Bat for "Common Sense" Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri in a petition to the IRS Commissioner to not apply the federal gift tax to any fan who returns a homerun ball to St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire. Grassley is a member of the...

Grassley Works to Beef-Up Anti-Drug Resources at U.S. Borders Iowa Senator Bolsters U.S. Customs to Promote Trade, Snuff Out Illegal Drugs Responding to increasingly sophisticated international drug trafficking networks, Sen. Chuck Grassley today laid the foundation for a bipartisan proposal that would launch a more comprehensive interdiction strategy...

CHIP Funding for Iowa The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) today announced that Iowa's Children's Health Insurance Block Grant Program (CHIP) plan has been approved and the state is eligible to receive new federal funds that were made available in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. A senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, Grassley advocated...

Grassley Launches Statewide Anti-Drug Coalition Iowa Senator Targets Drug Problem, Works to Help Communities Face It Together Sen. Chuck Grassley today launched in Iowa the nation's first-of-its- kind statewide anti-drug effort offering citizens strategies to combat illicit drug use in their own hometowns. Grassley has been at work with Iowans for nearly...

Grassley Launches Statewide Anti-Drug Coalition Iowa Senator Targets Drug Problem, Works to Help Communities Face It Together Sen. Chuck Grassley today launched in Iowa the nation's first-of-its- kind statewide anti-drug effort offering citizens strategies to combat illicit drug use in their own hometowns. Grassley has been at work with Iowans for nearly...

Grassley Works to Keep Federal Agency Focused on Rural America Justice Department Says It Will Prevent Anticompetitive Mergers Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 ? Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today said he has received assurances from the Justice Department that the government will continue to pay special attention to the impact of mega-mergers on rural states like...

Grassley to Unveil Statewide Anti-Drug Coalition Senator Plans News Conferences in Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Burlington, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 ? Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that this Thursday he will launch in Iowa the nation's first-of-its-kind statewide anti-drug effort offering citizens creative ideas...

Grassley Works for Iowa Farmers Iowa Senator Seeks Congressional Support for New Trade Opportunities Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 Sen. Chuck Grassley today pledged his support to Speaker Newt Gingrich to help secure votes from members of the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of fast-track negotiating authority for the President of the United...

Grassley Urges Response to New Report on Drug Use by Young Americans Iowa Senator Calls on Government Officials, Community Leaders and Parents to Act Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 Sen. Chuck Grassley today called for intensified efforts on the part of government officials, community leaders and parents to fight drug use by young people, citing a new survey...

Grassley Invites Cedar Rapids Area Residents to Town Meeting Next Week Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 ? Sen. Chuck Grassley today encouraged Cedar Rapids area residents to participate in a town meeting he will host next Tuesday morning at the Bonanza Family Restaurant at 3505 16th Avenue, SW. The meeting is scheduled from 8:00-9:30 a.m., on August 25th. It is...

Grassley Keeps in Touch with Central Iowans Sen. Chuck Grassley today announced that he will visit Des Moines during the week of August 17th to discuss health care and other issues impacting older Iowans, work at the State Fair and host an open forum for area residents to ask questions and express concerns about issues important to them. Sen. Grassley's...

Grassley Invites Last-Minute Registrations for Iowa Womens' Conference Elizabeth Dole to Deliver Keynote Address Jill Kozeny 202/224-1308 ? Over 600 Iowa women have pre-registered to attend a non- partisan, motivational conference that Sen. Chuck Grassley and his wife Barbara will host on Monday, August 10th. Today, Grassley said a few seats remain. He...