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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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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significant flexibility to look at the special circumstances surrounding an individual's financial situation.
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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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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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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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We need to look at the tax code to see what might be done to help investment, to help people in need,
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Is there any room in constitutional interpretation for the judge's own values or beliefs?
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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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Rather than delay help for seniors, we need to fix the problems.
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probably the Securities and Exchange Commission and the attorney general should have been on top of, but aren't.
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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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Director Mueller has clearly stated that he wants to turn the FBI around. This new report from the inspector general makes it very clear that he's going to need new, forward-thinking leaders at the FBI to make this happen,