Chuck Grassley actually said...

"I believe that mandatory minimum sentences are an important tool but that we need to use that tool effectively."

"I want to thank you, once again, for a good discussion on a very controversial issue."

"We are going to have to find common ground, particularly in the Senate, to get a bill through the United States Senate."

"I really think that is the way to proceed, Mr. Chairman, and adding extraneous fights to things where we can go forward on a bipartisan basis I do not think is helpful."