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 are Michael Cooley with KSIB radio in Creston and Rusty Ebert with the Van Buren County Register in Keosauqua. The first...
Grassley says Treasury has obligation to track and disclose how TARP dollars are used
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley said the Treasury Department has finally agreed to a recommendation from the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) that it report on use of TARP funds by individual TARP recipients, and that what...
Grassley: Health Care Bill Will Not Give All Taxpayers a Tax Cut
Floor Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley Response to Claim That the Bill Results in a Net Tax Cut Delivered Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009
My friends on the other side of the aisle have consistently stated that the Reid bill – according to the Joint Committee on Taxation – is a NET tax...
Transcription of Senator Grassley's conference call with Iowa Reporters
GRASSLEY: Last week, I urged President Obama to get behind three initiatives to help create jobs. So at 11 o'clock this morning I'm going to the White House for a bipartisan meeting with the president about job creation.
I'll be with a group of senators as...
Grassley: Tax Increases in Reid Health Reform Bill Are Numerous, Widespread, Worrisome
Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley:
Crapo Motion to Commit the Reid Health Care Reform Bill to the Finance Committee re: tax increases
I’d like to take a few minutes to talk about Senator Crapo’s motion to commit. If Senator Crapo prevails, and he should...
$309,868 to Iowa State University from the U.S. Department of Commerce
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that Iowa State University has received a grant totaling $309,868 from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.
“The Iowa Manufacturing...
Grassley participates in White House meeting to discuss job creation
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today attended a White House meeting to discuss the economy and job creation with President Barack Obama and Republicans and Democrats from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Grassley said he made two points during the meeting in the Cabinet...
Grassley Call-in TV Show to Air Live on Wednesday, December 16
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that his monthly call-in show will air live on Wednesday, December 16, 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...
$449,939 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 $449,939 grant to Iowa State University in Ames through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.
“This funding will help continue a tradition of outstanding...
Grassley works to build on success of tax relief for education
WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is introducing legislation today to make permanent a number of education-related tax relief initiatives he’s spearheaded, which have delivered an estimated $257 million in savings to Iowans so far.
Grassley made affordable education a priority from...
$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...
