Charles E. Grassley

Let's face it, we're broke.

It's not appropriate for us to micromanage the state for the sake of climate change, or anything else for that matter.

This has prevented us from discussing ways to improve our immediate and dire economic position.

For the good of our nation we must begin to find common ground to address a national debt that recently topped $34 trillion.

For the good of our nation we must begin to find common ground to address a national debt that recently topped $34 trillion.

We're broke here in Washington, D.C.

Let's face it, we're broke.

We hear Democrats argue for a cascade of expensive and expansive federal climate proposals that will saddle us and local governments with debt and red tape.

Our unsustainable fiscal outlook is a bipartisan problem because both parties talk about it, and it's going to require a bipartisan solution to resolve.

Our unsustainable fiscal outlook is a bipartisan problem because both parties talk about it, and it's going to require a bipartisan solution to resolve.

We celebrate when Congress manages to avoid shutting down the government. I think we can set the bar a little higher than that.

We've heard a proposal to create an expensive new federal climate bureaucracy, doling out billions in green handouts to large corporations.

I've heard liberal pundits claim that anyone who's not a tax cheat has nothing to worry about from increased IRS enforcement.

A few years ago, however, IRS reform had strong bipartisan support.

Efforts to paint one side of the aisle as friendly to tax avoidance, or tax evasion, ignores that taxpayers of all types attempt to minimize their tax liability in a legal way.

When it comes to holding known tax cheats accountable, I'll take a back seat to no one.

Democrats abandoned the bipartisan focus on customer service in pursuit of partisan enforcement first efforts.

Efforts to paint one side of the aisle as friendly to tax avoidance, or tax evasion, ignores that taxpayers of all types attempt to minimize their tax liability in a legal way.

Let's look at this tax gap, Mr. Edwards, of $625 billion.

A few years ago, however, IRS reform had strong bipartisan support.

I've heard liberal pundits claim that anyone who's not a tax cheat has nothing to worry about from increased IRS enforcement.

Democrats abandoned the bipartisan focus on customer service in pursuit of partisan enforcement first efforts.

If you care about debt and deficits you should want a well-funded, well-functioning IRS.

The proponents of this funding tout this funding as necessary to increase taxpayer services.

Let's look at this tax gap, Mr. Edwards, of $625 billion.