Chuck Grassley
Chuck 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 September 1993
CountryUnited States of America
Supreme Court nominees should know without any doubt that their job is not to impose their own personal opinions of what is right and wrong, but to say what the law is, rather than what they personally think the law ought to be.
We need to get the price of wind energy down to 3.5 cents per kilowatt,
We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an on the look-out for the warning signs. Performance enhancing drugs are too damaging to young people for parents and coaches to not be involved.
He is putting the good of country and party ahead of his own personal ambitions.
There are a number of qualities that I've looked for in a Supreme Court nominee. I believe that the nominee should be someone who knows he or she is not appointed to impose his or her views of right and wrong.
When people from Iowa take the initiative to improve their communities, it is important for the federal government to support their efforts.
I want to remind all Americans that the Senate has a very important responsibility to confirm only well- qualified individuals who will faithfully interpret the law and the Constitution.
Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution constrains judges every bit as much as it constrains we legislators, executives and citizens in their actions.
Judge [Samuel] Alito has a reputation for being an exceptional and honest judge devoted to the rule of law, as well as being a man of integrity.
I can only answer for Chuck Grassley; I can't answer for anybody else.
Judge [Samuel] Alito enjoys the support and respect of the people who work with him, practice with him and, therefore, know him best.
I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker.
The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.
I believe that there is a bipartisan consensus to have individual mandates.