Chuck Grassley actually said...

"Could you describe the unconstitutional chilling effect the enactment of this bill would create?"

"frequently a bill raises a First Amendment issue 'clad, so to speak, in sheep's clothing.'"

"We also want to determine whether the legislation has produced any discrepancies, difficulties, or unintended consequences."

"Because tax strategy patents are unlikely to be novel given the public nature of the Tax Code, we included a provision in the law that expressly provided that a strategy for reducing, avoiding, or def..."