Administration Refuses to Answer Questions About Government Employees Working on Guantanamo Detainee Issues at the Justice Department
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Justice’s inadequate response to his questions about the personnel charged with advising the Attorney General on Guantanamo detainee issues reeks of...
Grassley Questions State Department’s Denial of Extra DHS Visa Screening Assistance in Israel
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today is asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to reverse the misguided decision to deny extra visa screening assistance from the Department of Homeland...
$251,706 to the Iowa League of RC&D’s from USDA
WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a $251,706 competitive matching grant to the Iowa League of RC&D’s in Ankeny through the Rural Community Development Initiative.
“These funds will help the Iowa League of...
$640,862 to Iowa from the U.S. Department of Transportation
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded a $640,862 formula grant to Iowa through the State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program.
“This money will help improve safety on Iowa...
$311,250 to the University of Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $311,250 competitive grant to the University of Iowa.
The University of Iowa will use the money from the National Cancer Institute for a cancer treatment research project entitled, “R1P1 Cleavage by Caspase-8...
Settlement for Black Farmers Reached
Grassley led effort for justice
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after a settlement was announced for African American farmers who were denied entry into the Pigford v. Glickman settlement, which ended a discrimination lawsuit between African American farmers and the U.S. Department of...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Capitol Hill Report
STAFF: The following is an unrehearsed interview with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley. Participating in today's public affairs program are Eric Mandel, with KIFG Radio in Iowa Falls, and Jay Wilson with the Adams County Free Press in Corning.
The first question will be from...
Grassley questions spike in international travel costs for federal employees
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services to address increased costs of international travel by agency employees.
A newly obtained department memo shows that in fiscal 2008 there was a six percent increase in the number of federal...
$645,387 to Eight Iowa Fire Departments from FEMA
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded competitive grants totaling $645,387 to Iowa fire departments through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Operations and Safety Program.
“Day in and day out,...
Grassley asks FDA for accounting of its work to clarify approval status for medical devices
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Food and Drug Administration for an update on the implementation of new guidelines for medical device makers on when they need to file new information with the agency and seek clearance for the marketing and use of...
Iowa National Guard troops to receive back compensation
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after learning that the timeline had been set for Iowa National Guard members to receive back compensation for time they were deployed beyond their established rotation cycle.
Grassley was the lead co-sponsor of legislation in 2008...
More Than $1.1 Million to the Council Bluffs Community Health Center
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $1,137,592 competitive grant to the Council Bluffs Community Health Center.
“Community health centers provide primary and preventive health care services to medically underserved...
Overdue Compensation for Iowa National Guard Members
Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after the Department of the Army provided direction to the National Guard Bureau so they may finalize guidance for a state National Guard whose members have been impacted by a bureaucratic snafu that left thousands of service members without certain...
Grassley follows up on FDA effort to improve foreign drug inspection
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Food and Drug Administration about progress made to improve foreign drug inspection, following commitments made by the agency when Baxter International temporarily suspended production of its blood thinner heparin in 2008 because of...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's Agriculture News Conference Call
GRASSLEY: OK. Good morning, everybody. I know the topic on most everybody's mind is the biodiesel tax credit. The driving force behind the package proposed by Senator Baucus and me was the extension of the expired tax credits. And there's about 70 of...
In Age of Terror, Do Foreign Suspects Deserve Civilian Trials?
by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
As Americans, we share collective memories of singular moments that shape and define us as a nation. Many people vividly recall where they were the day Neil Armstrong planted the U.S. flag on the moon, JFK was assassinated, the Space Shuttle Challenger...
Grassley Q&A: Winter Olympics
Q: When did the Winter Olympics start?
A: The Nordic Games were the first international multi-sport event specifically for winter sports. The Nordic Games were held in 1901, in Sweden, and organized by a charter member of the International Olympic Committee, General Viktor Gustaf Balck. Balck wanted...
Jobs Legislation in the U.S. Senate
The following is a comment from a spokesperson of Senator Grassley's regarding comments made this afternoon by Senator Reid about jobs legislation.
“Senator Reid’s announcement sends a message that he wants to go partisan and blame Republicans when Senator Grassley and others were trying to find common...
Grassley Calls for Intellectual Honesty About Deficits, Spending, Entitlements
Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley
Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the President’s Budget for Fiscal 2011
OMB Director Peter Orszag
I would like to thank the Chairman for scheduling this hearing and the opportunity to review the President’s...
Transcipt of Grassley's Capitol Hill Report Conference Call
QUESTION: Senator, western Iowa was hit recently with some winter weather, and a FEMA request has come through from the
governor. Do you know where that stands right now?
And how do you -- what's your opinion of that issue?
GRASSLEY: Yes, well, my opinion...
