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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He is willing to go to the countryside to work hard to sell this, ... I think he is going to have the capability of turning a lot of Democratic senators.
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I would suggest, then, to the chairman that we move quickly on that bill before he's got an opinion on it.
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If state surveyors are missing serious deficiencies in the quality of care, then the federal government has not yet achieved the necessary level of improvement in oversight of the inspection process.
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If something is wrong, it is like locking the barn door after the horse is stolen, ... But we are still going to pursue it. I want to know what they bought with the money.
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For our children and grandchildren, it is going to be a raw deal because they won't get out what they pay in,
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I have very good evidence not that the process is broken but within the process there was just mischief,
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I do believe we'll get it through the Senate,
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If Congress does its job, taxpayers won't suffer any tax increase,
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I hope, sitting in the marble palace, you'll remember that I have great pride in the success of the False Claims Act,
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I have respect for these evangelical leaders, but sometimes they aren't very politically sophisticated. Sometimes they talk more than they should. And sometimes some of them want to leave the impression that they're big shots close to the seat of power,
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I am very pessimistic about it in the future, ... Probably the next bite at Social Security will come in 2009.
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I am writing to inform you that I intend to conduct an oversight investigation into allegations that you either quashed or redirected two ongoing criminal investigations last year,
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I'm concerned that we're seeing more and more charities used in the best interests of lobbyists, not of the public. Recent reports about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their charitable foundations have raised serious questions.
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If you make a promise, you are responsible for your own promise, ... Unfortunately, there are a few ... bad apples who have abused loopholes ... to avoid funding pensions in a way that shows they are responsible for their own promises.