Charles E. Grassley: “America's fiscal problems are serious and Republicans are working to tackle those problems head on.”

Mr. Salmon, you testified that this nation's fiscal situation is very bad.

As part of our investigation, we need to fully understand what Verizon knew about Smith’s subpoenas, when they became aware members were impacted and why the company didn’t inform members like they were supposed to.

I hope Democrats caught up in the otherwise bipartisan text tranche will finally discard their partisanship and recognize the severity of the alleged violations by Smith," Grassley added.

This was the seventh farm bill I have been involved with since 1992 and the first one that I can recall that we are not doing on a bipartisan basis.