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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People at the White House need to know that the chances of our getting a (budget cut) bill moving out of my committee are very difficult if we don't get this behind us,
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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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Its remarkable that better management of the Medicare program has achieved the same level of savings in just one year as the Senate did in a five-year budget bill passed just last week,
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It seems to me we ought to target our farm bill payments to small and medium-sized farmers,
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It will be a bill that will protect workers' pensions of the defined benefit variety,
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They are trying to stall, stall, stall. We need to get this bill passed.
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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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We here in Congress have to find solutions. They don't have to, ... The answer is, they are both running for president.
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We're going to work on 4 or 5 senators to see if we can take care of their objections,
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The rules are full of serious holes that need to be fixed as soon as possible,
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I've seen this office become involved in many questionable projects despite strong and persistent opposition from senior staff. It appears to me that this has created a lack of respect and trust, and has resulted in an ineffective Office of the Inspector General.
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The serious nature of the reported findings and allegations, coupled with the grave implications if these allegations are meritorious, compel me ... to refer these matters to the Department of Justice and to the Securities Exchange Commission for consideration.
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Is there any room in constitutional interpretation for the judge's own values or beliefs?
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The wisest thing to do is disregard revenue that was never supposed to come in anyway,