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...
affect change extent help individual lost needs policy rebuilding tax victims
the extent to which tax policy needs to be change to affect individual victims and particularly to help the rebuilding of lost businesses.
judges law political regardless required
only want judges who will do their political bidding on the bench, regardless of what is required by the law and the Constitution.
enhancing estate people talking tax time
It's a little unseemly to be talking about doing away with or enhancing the estate tax at a time when people are suffering,
kept mouth shut
I think I should have kept my mouth shut back in January,
berlin built property subway tax taxpayers
You've got the Berlin subway being built by Berlin taxpayers, leased to some corporation in America, ... There's no risk. It will never be the property of the corporation. And they get the tax benefits. Indirectly, you're having American taxpayers pay for the infrastructure of Europe.
bill chairman move opinion quickly
I would suggest, then, to the chairman that we move quickly on that bill before he's got an opinion on it.
erosion further serious terms
This is a serious development in terms of further erosion of the FBI's credibility.
promised receive sure
If you've been promised a pension, we're going to make sure that you receive it.
documented fbi held threat
Even documented pledges by FBI bureaucrats to write threat assessments were never kept, and no one was held accountable,
insist likely questions seek senator specific test
No Senator has the right to insist on his or her own issue-by-issue philosophy, or seek commitments from nominees on specific litmus test questions likely to come before that court.
committee conclude event help helpful louisiana proposals serve state states
I think that the states will conclude that the committee proposals will help them better serve their beneficiaries, but in the event a state doesn't, this kind of flexibility may be helpful to states such as Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi right now,
barn bought door horse locking pursue
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.
disregard revenue supposed wisest
The wisest thing to do is disregard revenue that was never supposed to come in anyway,
fixed full holes rules serious soon
The rules are full of serious holes that need to be fixed as soon as possible,