Chuck Grassley

I agree that increased online theft of intellectual property has really become a rampant problem.

That statement is absolutely false, and you admitted as much last night, that you knew by April 2010 that ATF walked guns in Operation Wide Receiver.

I regret that in April of 2010 that I did not draw the connection between Wide Receiver and Fast and Furious.

On February 4, 2011, the Department sent me a letter also assuring me that allegations of gun walking were untrue.

Obviously, it is good to have that understanding, that we are a society based upon law and not upon what judges just happen to think it might be.

If Congress passes a law that is beyond the constitutional power to enact no matter how popular or desirable the provisions of that law are for some people, the courts have an obligation to strike it down.

Congress has never before passed a law that requires people who are not already engaged in an activity, commercial or otherwise, to affirmatively purchase a product or service.

Professor Fried, you have made very clear that you are convinced that there is no doubt that the mandate in the health law is constitutional.

I believe that a judge is obligated to make sure that the laws that Congress passes comply with the Constitution.

I think we are very fortunate to be under the rule of law, under that Constitution.

The idea that the Federal Government could, through Medicaid, drive the single largest share of every State budget seems very inconsistent with the objective of our federal system of Government.

The Florida judge who ruled on the constitutionality of the new health law this Monday compared the Government's arguments to Alice in Wonderland.

We agree on the issue of it is constitutional, we move forward; and if it is not constitutional, we start over again.

If you want to add, Professor Dellinger.

The Committee also needs to study how the President and administration is responding to foreclosures, whether that response is working, whether the $75 million that the administration is spending is a proper use of the taxpayers' money…

I think it is legitimate, as we have done already, to raise the question--we have HAMP--whether or not that should not be fixed before we look at something else.

One of the concerns with the loan modification program being run by bankruptcy courts is that judges, directly or indirectly, might force lenders to cram down home mortgages.

Obviously, I thank you for holding this hearing. It is important to study the relationship between bankruptcies and foreclosures and whether there is, in fact, a need for change in the Bankruptcy Code.

The Nation is experiencing some difficult times. Our fellow citizens are hurting, and we must get the economy moving in the right direction.

The time has come to end secrecy on the floor of the Senate. The time has come for Senators who think they ought to put a hold on a bill to be able to continue to put a hold on a bill or a nomination, but it is also time to show that you…

The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S. 372, will strengthen and modernize protections for Federal whistleblowers. May I ask the Senator from Hawaii to clarify the intent of the provision providing relief for the consequences of…

Yes; I thought I made that point very clear. Because the taxpayers are smarter than we in Congress are. They know if they give another $1 to us to spend, it is a license to spend $1.15. So it just increases the national debt. When it comes…

I, Senator Chuck Grassley, intend to object to proceeding to H.R. 5717, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Enhancement Act, for the following reasons. The Smithsonian has had well documented problems keeping up with the…

Will that sort of punishment be known to the public? Or will there be an attempt to keep it secret?

The Ponzi scheme perpetrated by the Madoffs and Stanford were serious breaches of our financial regulatory system.