News Releases

$329,349 to Iowa Department of Public Health WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD’s and TB Prevention has awarded $329,349 to the Iowa Department of Public Health for a cooperative agreement for Tuberculosis control. Each year, thousands of local...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  Last week, I urged the administration to include several small business and renewable energy tax incentives, as well as put stronger emphasis upon expanding our international markets in a job-creating strategy.    Now more than ever we need to continue the...

Grassley Announces Nominations of Young Iowans to U.S. Service Academies WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that he has nominated several young Iowans to the United States service academies.                 “Every year we see a high caliber of young men and women from...

Grassley: It should be legal to buy cheaper prescription drugs from other countries WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley today joined in proposing a bipartisan amendment that would make it legal for U.S. consumers to buy safe prescription drugs from other countries. “I’ve always considered this a free-trade issue,” Grassley said.  “Imports create...

Grassley works for disclosure of drug company payments to medical groups WASHINGTON --- Senator Grassley has asked 33 medical groups for information about the financial backing they get from the pharmaceutical, medical device and insurance industries. “These organizations have a lot of influence over public policy, and people rely on their...

Grassley, Colleagues File Amendment to Enroll the President, Members of Congress and Their Political Advisors and Staff in the Public Option (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Richard Burr (R-NC) and David Vitter (R-LA) today filed an amendment to the Senate majority leader’s health care bill that would...

More Than $4.9 Million in Loans and Grants to Iowa Lakes Regional Water WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded a $3,106,000 loan and a $1,807,000 grant to Iowa Lakes Regional Water in Spencer through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. “This funding...

Grassley: Home Health Care Cuts in Health Bill Would Harm Medicare Beneficiaries in Iowa, Nationwide Debate on Johanns Motion to Commit HR 3590 Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley I would like to speak in support of the Senator from Nebraska’s Motion to Commit with instructions. We are now considering a bill that cuts half a trillion dollars from the...

Time to reverse spending spree After a $700 billion bailout that was supposed to keep credit flowing to Main Street, but ended up in Detroit and on Wall Street; a $787 billion stimulus package that was supposed to jump-start the economy but left us with record unemployment; and a $410 billion appropriations bill signed by the President in March, it’s little...

Grassley Q&A: Improving Labor Protections for U.S. Imports Q:  Is it illegal to import goods made by forced labor, including forced child labor, into the United States? A:   Current law prohibits the entry of goods into the United States if they were made from convict labor or forced or indentured labor, including forced or indentured...

$258,000 to Iowa State University from USDA WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $258,000 competitive grant to Iowa State University through the National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grant Program. “Iowa State University has a tradition of performing...

Grassley Continues Push for Job Creation With Bill to Extend Renewable Energy, Key Business Tax Incentives WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today continued his push for job creation, introducing legislation to extend a key tax incentive for businesses of all sizes and key tax incentives for renewable energy.  He said any congressional or White House...

Grassley asks Treasury and NY Fed for accounting of developments in bailout of AIG WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Dudley, questions about the government’s handling of its bailout of American International Group, or AIG, the largest...

Grassley: CBO Analysis of Premiums Under Health Reform is Not Cause for Celebration Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance Analysis of Premiums by the Congressional Budget Office On Monday the Congressional Budget Office sent a letter to Senator Bayh that provides a comprehensive analysis of what health...

Grassley: White House Jobs Summit Should Include Focus on Expanding Trade WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today urged the President to focus part of tomorrow’s White House jobs summit on creating good jobs in the United States by developing new market opportunities for U.S. products through expanded trade. “The opportunities presented by pending trade...

Senator Grassley's Statement on President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after President Barack Obama tonight outlined his strategy for the war in Afghanistan.   “President Obama campaigned on the importance of Afghanistan over Iraq and in March announced a strategy for the U.S. efforts in...

More Than $1.5 Million to Cedar Falls for Disaster Recovery WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has awarded $1,560,435 to Cedar Falls through the Hazard Mitigation Grant program as it continues to recover from severe storms, heavy rain and flooding in...

Transcription of Senator Grassley's Ag News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  With dairy prices continuing to hover well below average, dairy farmers are struggling to keep their livelihood.    The Department of Agriculture's gone to great lengths to provide assistance to these producers over several months.  Dairy farmers are looking to...

Grassley: Small Business Tax Relief Should Be on White House Jobs Agenda WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today called on the White House and Democratic congressional leaders to boost job creation by lowering small businesses’ tax burden.  Grassley introduced legislation in June that includes a series of...

EPA Delays Decision on Ethanol Waiver M E M O R A N D U M TO:         Reporters and Editors RE:         EPA Delays Decision on Ethanol Waiver DA:        Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Senator Chuck Grassley today released the following statement...