Chuck Grassley

At a time when the unemployment rate is 10 percent, I believe it is not responsible to invite or allow illegal workers to take jobs that should be available to American citizens and legal immigrants.

I hope and believe this indicates that fewer people are trying to enter illegally.

I believe Attorney General Holder... his decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorists to New York City for civilian trials is an action that makes your mission more difficult.

I am going to get to a little word called greed.

I am for transparency, and so whatever goes along the lines of transparency I am probably skeptical of regulation.

You are not upholding your pledge to respond to all outstanding requests as you told me you would.

Senator Leahy has committed to me that he will work with me to get that job done.

This position is completely unacceptable to me.

I believe this decision is dangerous. I believe it is misguided. I believe it is unnecessary.

How absurd is it to say that we will release people who plan to attack us again?

The decisions to bring detainees to the United States and afford them civilian trials is highly questionable.

The correct way to try him is by military tribunal.

I think a lot of Americans thought O.J. Simpson ought to be convicted of murder rather than being in jail for what he is in jail for now.

These are people we are at war with, and we are dropping bombs on them this very day.

It will reduce economic growth, and it will reduce jobs.

The Environment and Public Works Committee is the place for a detailed examination of the purported environmental benefits of any climate change proposal, and that is an important part of the equation.

It is the responsibility of Congress to weigh the costs and benefits of every policy decision it makes, and the bigger the issue, the more important it becomes.

Skyrocket is the term that President Obama has used about price increases.

An honest cost-benefit assessment requires that we first stop trying to sell this policy as if it will have no cost for Americans

We permitted the Attorney General to delegate CID authority to a designee.

Now, I understand there are 1,000 cases, and if the Federal Government is involved, there is more money going to go to the Federal Treasury.

There are 1,040 false claim cases that are under seal in Federal courts waiting on the Department of Justice to make a decision to join the lawsuit.

I want to thank Senator Leahy for holding this hearing, trying to get to the bottom of this, although I think it is a never-ending job.

This number of 1,040 is higher than the 1,000 cases under seal when I asked the same question a year ago.

There are always so many sophisticated crook out there who are always going to sit around and laugh at us in Government that we cannot get ahead of them.