Chuck Grassley

Open government and transparency are more than just pleasant-sounding words. They are essential to maintain our democratic form of Government.

Congress was not acting, we need to do something to make a massive amount of people that came here illegally to make them legal.

It makes it practically impossible for Congress to do its oversight work

I sent a letter on Friday asking for a copy of the use of force policy. Would you be able to provide that to us very soon?

Part of the reason I ask that question is because the family is not very satisfied with the information that they are getting, and I do not blame you for that, but I want you to know that there is that dissatisfaction.

Over the past month, I have been investigating serious allegations regarding Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the allegations that thousands of guns were intentionally allowed to flow through known straw purchasers near the…

Yet as we look at the Department of Homeland Security today, we see agencies failing to coordinate with one another, breakdowns in judgments, and failures to protect our Government's own agents on the front lines.

I would like to ask you how you feel about the fact that another agency's decision to put hundreds of guns into the hands of criminals on both sides of the border may have contributed to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

Did you ever discuss with anyone anything similar to the strategy described by whistleblowers in this case, that of allowing guns to walk to make a bigger case against the cartels?

We should not design or conduct undercover operations which include guns crossing the border.

In simple terms, a tax strategy is any method for reducing, avoiding, or deferring tax liability based upon the tax law--including interpretations and applications of the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, and related guidance. A tax…

Supporting what the chairman has just said, outside of the fact that there might be one or two controversial nongermane amendments to this legislation, we have to look at the underlying product. The underlying product is very bipartisan…

The rights affirmed in the cases from Griswold . . . to Lawrence enjoy widespread support and acceptance.

I did not think I would have time for a last question, but this involves Federal judges making tax return information available to law enforcement in a parental abduction case if requested.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Madam Chairman, for holding this very important hearing. More importantly, thank you for your personal involvement in this issue.

The tension between confidentiality and whatever is needed by the investigators, it should be the narrowest access to information that serves their purposes

As Senator Grassley said, if this legislation can save just one child and that child is yours, you will know that it is worth it.

I just hope you can make it clear to them because you are from the same part of the country I am, and they just do not seem to get it.

The last thing I would say is kind of a, I hope you get plenty of opportunity to present to the EPA a lot of things that they are doing that is detrimental to agriculture, harmful to agriculture.

I also want to echo what Senator Baucus said of the job you are doing.

What do you believe is the appropriate role for search engines to play in combating rogue sites?

Before we enact new legislation, it is important to determine whether there is an actual need for more laws.

I appreciate your holding this hearing on this very important subject.

I do refuse to accept that the problem is too difficult because people who want to steal will always find a way.