Grassley Pushes for Fair Pricing for Permanent Disaster Assistance Program Payments
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today made the case to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that Iowa hay and forage producers are being pushed out of the permanent disaster assistance program because the...
Grassley comment on CBO’s revised score of Senate-passed health care bill
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TO: Reporters and Editors
FR: Jill Kozeny, for Senator Chuck Grassley
RE: CBO revised score
DA: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Senator Chuck Grassley...
Grassley seeks more information about cost of Cash for Clunkers
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today is following up on the response he received from the Secretary of Transportation about the costs of the 2009 Cash for Clunkers program.
Grassley said he is seeking more information about data provided by the Department of Transportation, which said the...
Grassley: Export Promotion is Fine but Doesn’t Compare with Reciprocal Trade Agreements
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To: Reporters and Editors
Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522
Re: President’s speech on export promotion
Da: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction...
$215,882 to Six Iowa Fire Departments from FEMA
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded competitive grants totaling $215,882 to Iowa fire departments through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Operations and Safety Program.
“Day in and day out, firefighters...
Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, March 17
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, March 17, from 6:30-7 p.m. (Central Time) on television stations across Iowa.
“Ask Your Senator” will be broadcast from Washington, D.C. and can be seen live in communities served by...
Transcription of Senator Grassley Conference Call with Iowa Reporters
GRASSLEY: As part of my congressional oversight of the federal bureaucracy, I've asked the chairman of the International Trade Commission to account for what the agency has done to fix the substantial and systemic management problems identified in publicly available financial...
Grassley: Congress Should Understand Spending on Build America Bonds, Including Wall Street Fees
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TO: Reporters and Editors RE: House enrichment of Build America Bonds DA: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Senator Chuck Grassley today made the...
$349,421 to Iowa State University from USDA
WASHINGTON- Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $349,421 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.
“This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding agricultural...
Grassley supports tax relief extensions, opposes rampant deficit spending
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TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Vote on H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act
DA: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about his vote...
Grassley Outlines Principles for Reforming Trade Preference Programs
Opening Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Hearing, “U.S. Preference Programs: Options for Reform”
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
This is the third hearing in three years that this Committee is conducting to address the operation and potential reform of our trade preference programs. Now is the...
Grassley comment on Wellmark response to his questions about rate increase
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TO: Iowa Media RE: Wellmark rate increase DA: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment about the response he received from Wellmark to his February 23 inquiry about the insurer’s rate increase. A copy of...
$98,928 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University has received a $98,928 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.
Iowa State University will use the money to help pay for a project titled, “CAREER: Advanced Decision Procedures for Words, Trees...
Grassley, Baucus seek information about safety, quality in long-term care hospitals
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus are asking for information about patient safety and quality of care in long-term care hospitals, in response to allegations reported last month by The New York Times.
Baucus is Chairman and Grassley is Ranking Member of...
Senators Introduce Equity in Excellence Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) this week introduced the Equity in Excellence Act, a bill designed to help ensure that all students, regardless of their economic status, are challenged in school to reach their full potential.
The legislation would ensure that...
More Than $3 Million in Loans and Grants to Iowa from USDA
WASHINGTON - Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded eight grants totaling $3,040,000 to Iowa through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program.
“Local communities applied for these competitively awarded grants to help...
$160,000 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University has received a $160,000 competitive grant from the National Science Foundation.
Iowa State University will use the money to help pay for a project titled, “CAREER: A Computational Framework for Mapping...
$443,945 to Iowa State University from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $443,945 competitive grant to Iowa State University in Ames.
Iowa State University will use the money from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to help pay for...
$5,700 to Rudd from USDA
WASHINGTON- Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development awarded a $5,700 competitive grant to Rudd through the Community Facilities Grant Program.
“These funds will help Rudd purchase necessary emergency equipment,” Grassley said.
Rudd will use the money to help purchase a new...
Russia reopens market to U.S. pork
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TO: Reporters and Editors
RE: Russia reopens market to U.S. pork
DA: Friday, March 5, 2010
Chuck Grassley today released the following comment after it was announced that the United States and Russia have reached...
