Chuck Grassley: “I hope the Senate would give some discretion to the fact that when Senator McCaskill comes over, that she would be able…”

“I hope the Senate would give some discretion to the fact that when Senator McCaskill comes over, that she would be able to speak for 2 or 3 minutes on this issue so that people can hear from the other side of the aisle on the importance of this amendment. We appear to have a fundamental difference regarding how independent Presidential appointees are. If I were an inspector general, I would feel more independent with a two-thirds vote of a bipartisan panel, meaning commission appointees, as opposed to one person. Our amendment assures IGs, if they are terminated, it will be in a public forum and not the back room of the White House, if they are Presidentially appointed.”