Charles Grassley
Charles Grassley
Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassleyis the senior United States Senator from Iowa, serving since 1981. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representativesand the Iowa state legislature. He was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from January to June 2001 and from January 2003 to December 2006. Senator Grassley is the current chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the 114th congress...
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We've heard too many stories of top executives of bankrupt companies sticking workers with unfunded pensions while running off with millions of dollars of so-called nonqualified pension benefits.
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We've got a lot of strong opposition, but we did have 66 votes three years ago, so I think we have the opportunity to get it passed,
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I do not want another savings-and-loan situation like we had in the late 80s, coming out of bad policy with the PBGC, ... As we've watched this corporation deteriorate rapidly in recent years, the possibility of such a bailout has become increasingly real.
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No one got everything they wanted, including the chairman, but I do believe that everyone got something they do believe is important to include in this relief act,
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only want judges who will do their political bidding on the bench, regardless of what is required by the law and the Constitution.
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One of the results I hope from our hearing will be that HCFA gets on the stick and does its job, and its job obviously is to protect the vulnerable,
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If we're going to be successful in agriculture (trade negotiations), we've got to have a broad number of issues on the table,
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If we do not have changes that encourage investment, we're not going to be able to get a bill passed,
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significant flexibility to look at the special circumstances surrounding an individual's financial situation.
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Money is wasted or lost to fraud, and quality of care can be jeopardized when products and services come from con artists rather than qualified suppliers,
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Now that I've had more time to absorb the text, I'm very disappointed. The text moves us no closer to resolving the impasse on market access that's really at the heart of development.
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Negotiators need to keep the focus on the biggest issues that are clogging up the works. At the top of this list is market access for agriculture.
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When I make a decision, I'm going to be applauded or rejected by the electorate once every six years. There's an immediate response to any decision that a coach makes, and it's either the booing or applauding of those people in the audience.
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We need to look at the tax code to see what might be done to help investment, to help people in need,