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
It's much more quiet than I thought. People that you would normally think would fight this president's judges are relatively quiet, reserving judgment -- probably going to hope that something will come up that will be very controversial.
They are making it possible for a very close vote in the House of Representatives to be reversed, ... I'm not proposing that be done, but it could very easily happen... The Chinese government ought to make a clear decision-- Do they want to move forward or do they want these obstacles that put their relationships with other countries, including the United States, in jeopardy.
More of his unreserved honesty is needed inside the beltway,
Now it's a shame to put it off to another year because every year we put it off it's going to cost 600 billion dollars more, spread out over 75 years,
As chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, I look forward to working with the White House and moving quickly in finding a successor,
He is putting the good of country and party ahead of his own personal ambitions.
our goal is to encourage charitable giving outside of Katrina relief, to prevent the rest of the nation's charities from seeing a downturn in giving as they did after Sept. 11.
You ought to give her an opportunity to appear before the committee.
As part of the consensus building process, I agreed to take out a death penalty provision for crimes of violence committed against children that result in the death of a child,
We need to get the price of wind energy down to 3.5 cents per kilowatt,
When you're encouraging - the government is encouraging guns to be sold illegally to people that shouldn't have them, the laws aren't being faithfully executed.
My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.
Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist and to be an activist. They've criticized a nominee who has, from what I see described by these lawyers and fellow judges, a reputation of being a restrained jurist committed to the rule of law and the Constitution.
If I move one way, I lose a couple votes. If I move another way, I lose a couple votes.