News Releases

  • 03.18.2010

    Illinois Supreme Court ruling on hospital’s state tax exemption M E M O R A N D U M To: Reporters and Editors Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re: Illinois Supreme Court ruling on hospital’s state tax exemption Da: Thursday, March 18, 2010 Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the...
  • 03.18.2010

    Transcription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report  STAFF:  The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley speaking to you live from Washington.  Participating in today's public affairs program is Rick Morain with the Jefferson Herald.     Rick, your first...
  • 03.17.2010

    Grassley: “Jobs” Bill Has Too Much for Wall Street Bankers, Not Enough for Main Street Employers M E M O R A N D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       “Jobs” bill vote today Da:       Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the...
  • 03.17.2010

    Grassley, Enzi Ask MIT President to Help Provide Meaningful Responses on Professor’s Paid Government Contracts WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Mike Enzi today asked the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help provide meaningful responses to their inquiry about an MIT health care economist who testified before their...
  • 03.17.2010

    Grassley takes on Treasury for protecting executive compensation WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Treasury Secretary to account for the government’s delay in meeting the mandate passed by Congress, in February 2009, that all participants in the government bailout of the financial sector meet appropriate standards for executive...
  • 03.17.2010

    $73,145 to Malvern Volunteer Fire Department from FEMA WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $73,145 competitive grant to the Malvern Volunteer Fire Department through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Operations and Safety Program. “Day in and day out,...
  • 03.16.2010

    Grassley Asks for More Information about Veterans’ Benefits Backlog WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that figures used in a recent case before the Supreme Court that showed between 50 and 70 percent of veterans’ benefits appeals had been unjustifiably denied were a shocking revelation about the severe and growing backlog of veterans’ claims at the...
  • 03.16.2010

    Grassley Urges Japan to Address Trade Barriers to U.S. Beef and Gelatin; Insurance, Banking, and Express Delivery Services WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with Sen. Max Baucus, chairman, today urged the Japanese government to remove scientifically unfounded barriers to U.S. beef and bovine-origin gelatin imports...
  • 03.16.2010

    Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call  GRASSLEY:  This week is the famous National Agricultural Week.  It gives us involved in production of food, fiber and fuel a chance to bring attention to the hundreds of thousands of people involved in taking the raw products from our farms to the dinner table, and to...
  • 03.16.2010

    Grassley works to hold housing department accountable for how stimulus dollars are spent WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to account for the way federal tax dollars obligated by the 2009 economic stimulus bill have been spent, including $312 million for public housing in Puerto Rico and program...
  • 03.16.2010

    $244,659 to the University of Iowa WASHINGTON –Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $244,659 competitive grant to the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa will use the money from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a project entitled,...
  • 03.16.2010

    Grassley continues work for transparency of drug company money in medicine WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked leaders among pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to describe their efforts to enhance the transparency of financial benefits they receive from drug makers.  Grassley also has asked the PBMs for their views on recommendations from...
  • 03.16.2010

    $587,431 to the University of Iowa from the National Science Foundation WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that the University of Iowa will receive a $587,431 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.  The University of Iowa will use the money to help pay for a research project titled, “Joint Influences on Perceived Vulnerability and...
  • 03.16.2010

    Grassley: Build America Bonds Program Keeps Getting Richer for Wall Street, Harder on Taxpayers Floor Speech by Senator Grassley on the Build America Bonds provision in the HIRE Act Delivered Tuesday, March 16, 2010 One of the few provisions the Democratic leadership decided to put in the HIRE bill is an expansion of Build America Bonds.  Build...
  • 03.15.2010

    Workers at Vantec in Webster City Eligible for Assistance WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that workers from Vantec in Webster City are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance. “This assistance will help provide workers with new skills and training so they can get back on their feet and compete for new jobs in the future,” Grassley...
  • 03.15.2010

    Grassley, Enzi Call for Complete Analysis from Administration’s Chief Actuary WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Mike Enzi are asking the chief actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide a complete analysis of health care reform legislation before the House and Senate vote on the legislation. Grassley and Enzi are the...
  • 03.15.2010

    More Than $1.6 Million to Iowa for Biofuels from USDA WASHINGTON- Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development awarded payments totaling $1,644,242.64 to Iowa through the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels. “It’s great to see the Department of Agriculture working with these Iowa biofuel companies to...
  • 03.15.2010

    Grassley comment on work of Special Inspector General for TARP M  E M O R A N D U M TO:      Reporters and Editors FR:      Jill Kozeny, 202-224-1308             for U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley RE:      Special Inspector...
  • 03.12.2010

    Grassley questions Boys and Girls Clubs of America about use of federal dollars and tax-exempt funds WASHINGTON --- Senators Chuck Grassley, Tom Coburn, Jon Kyl and John Cornyn have asked executives for the Boys & Girls Club of America to account for high salaries, perks, executive retirement plans and lobbying expenses consuming federal dollars...
  • 03.12.2010

    $74,776 to University of Iowa from U.S. Department of Education WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley said today that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $74,776 grant to the University of Iowa through the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program. According to the Department of Education, the University of Iowa will use the grant to funds to develop...