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 have about 48 votes for it, and obviously you don't pass anything in the United States Senate with 48 votes,
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In addition to allowing plans to book phantom investment gains, United was able to use stale, non-market interest rates to value pension liabilities, thereby further disguising funding deficits. In other words, our pension laws tell these companies, 'Take off the green eye shades and put on rose-colored glasses.
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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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The FBI would have preferred to get rid of the messenger
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The FBI's excuse that the 'computer ate my homework' simply doesn't add up. Instead, the McVeigh case reveals a management meltdown,
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The FBI, by failing to admit it was mechanical problems until almost one year later, it seems to me needlessly jeopardized the safety of our air travelers,
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The CDSOA lines corporate coffers for a select few, and too many innocent companies and workers end up paying the tab, ... I'll continue to seek repeal or suspension of the CDSOA at the earliest possible time.
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I'm extremely disappointed that the European Commission has insisted on perpetuating this dispute,
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It will be a bill that will protect workers' pensions of the defined benefit variety,
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It won't happen. Don't forget, we ought to get a very good idea of how he approaches the law by the 50,000 to 60,000-some pages that have already been released. I don't know how you're going to get anything different from a few pages protected by attorney-client relationship.
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They are trying to stall, stall, stall. We need to get this bill passed.
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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 Red Cross in its disaster response was more than a charity. It was also a federal contractor. It's appropriate for Congress to verify whether taxpayers got their money's worth.