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Chuck Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa, a position he has held since 1981. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley has been influential in various legislative areas, including agriculture, judiciary, and finance. He has served in several key roles, including as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history. Grassley is known for his commitment to transparency and accountability in government, often emphasizing the importance of oversight in federal agencies.
I come to the floor to tell a story about how a distinguished naval career was ruined by abuse of suspected whistleblowers. The end result is a mixed bag of good and bad. In doing oversight of the Defense Department whistleblower cases, I…
a significant number of Americans believe the Supreme Court is highly politicized. Its approval rating has fallen over the years, not surprisingly. Its approval rating has dropped most drastically in recent years following the President's…
this body was last in session during Sunshine Week, but the principle of government transparency is one that does not expire. So I would like to take a few moments now to reiterate my support for that timeless principle. Open government is…
I thank Senator Hatch. The Defend Trade Secrets Act is the product of bipartisan consensus, and as he will recall, before the bill was approved in the Senate Judiciary Committee, a modification added language that ex parte seizures would…
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The yeas and nays…
I thank Senator Hatch for his helpful insights. Mr. President, today the Senate is poised to pass the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, a bill that offers practical and necessary solutions to a growing problem. I have recently had the…
as the Senate is prepared to vote on the Defend Trade Secrets Act, I rise today to enter into a colloquy with my longtime friend and colleague from Utah, Senator Orrin Hatch. Does the Senator agree that the ex parte seizure provision is a…
You reveal vulnerabilities at the data hub of HealthCare.gov that could cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
Solving the cost of these blockbuster drugs is going to take a lot of hard work. It, again, can only be done on a bipartisan basis.
Eleven of 12--that's over 90%--of fictitious GAO phone or online applicants were able to obtain a total of $30,000 in Obamacare subsidies.
It would be a mistake to consider Garland during the lame duck session after the elections.
It's intellectually dishonest since the Republican Party line all along has been to let the people decide in the upcoming election.
It was pretty disturbing to hear the report of your undercover testing of the Federal Marketplace last year.
the next Supreme Court Justice could dramatically change the direction of the Court. And the majority of this body believes the American people shouldn't be denied the opportunity to weigh in on this question. We believe there should be a…
last week, when the Senate passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, I spoke on this floor about the good work that is getting done in the Senate since Republicans took over. Time and again, we have seen both sides of the aisle…
I want to pay tribute to Sarah Root, a young woman from Iowa who had a very bright future but was taken from this Earth too soon. Sarah was 21 years old and just graduated from Bellevue University with perfect grades. In the words of her…
creators seeking to register their works cannot do so without a functioning Copyright Office system.
I want to take a few minutes to describe the funding that my substitute amendment for S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, is intended to authorize. Section 202 of the amendment authorizes SAMHSA's grants to…
as many Iowans know, I made a practice of holding townhall meetings in each of the 99 counties of my State every year. It has become known in the media as a ``Full Grassley.'' That is not something I named it. That is something someone…
as my colleagues in the Senate just heard, the tantrums from the other side continue, but I guess it shouldn't surprise anybody because everyone around here knows that nothing makes the minority leader more mad than when his side is forced…
I heard what they said about the meeting being canceled today, because we could have held the meeting off the floor and voted out three judges. So somehow that interfered with what they wanted to do in the Judiciary Committee meeting. I…
I come to the floor this morning because of the important subject that is before us, the bill that deals with the opioid epidemic, the follow-on heroin problem, a bill that was reported out of committee unanimously, a very important piece…
we have had quite a discussion this morning on why the Judiciary Committee didn't meet. We were prepared to meet the same way we often meet when there is just maybe 5 minutes of business. We meet off the Senate floor so that we can do both…
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