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Chuck Grassley

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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.

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Jun 4, 2024

If the majority get their way, Americans can expect to pay much more to put gas in their cars, and to heat their homes.

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Jun 4, 2024

Climate change isn't the primary driver of insurance rates hikes, and collapse of the insurance industry isn't imminent.

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Jun 4, 2024

Inflation has become embedded in the economy, and the historic levels of borrowing by the Federal Government are crowding out the private sector.

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Jun 4, 2024

65 percent of Americans report that entrenched inflation has made their financial situation worse off under the Biden administration.

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Jun 4, 2024

President Biden and the majority would like us all to ignore our exploding $34 trillion debt.

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Jun 4, 2024

If the Federal Government is going to remain ready to respond to the natural disasters and national emergencies, we have to have the capability of doing that, and it seems to me that begs to put the nation's fiscal house in order.

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Jun 4, 2024

Yeah. We don't have a budget resolution for 2025.

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Jun 4, 2024

Expensive liberal policies, not climate change, are much to blame for these market dynamics.

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Jun 4, 2024

It's probably time, or past time, to get back to an adult conversation among elected officials about getting the Federal Government back on a sustainable fiscal path.

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Jun 4, 2024

The majority refuses to write a budget, or work together to curb reckless Washington spending.

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Jun 3, 2024

I have been for closing those loopholes.

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Jun 3, 2024

I have been a strong advocate for higher reference prices.

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May 21, 2024

The quick attribution of everything that happens to climate change flattens our understanding.

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May 21, 2024

Activists often adopt scientific arguments as a source of a moral legitimation for their movements which can be radical and destructive rather than rational and constructive.

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May 14, 2024

Immediate attention to those climate threats and other global challenges goes beyond traditional national security priorities; however, it must be aligned and integrated with them.

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May 14, 2024

The most comprehensive and serious challenge to the United States national security is PRC's coercive and increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo Pacific region and the international system to suit its interests and…

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May 14, 2024

Climate change will continue to drive instability around the world, recognition that the opening Arctic will create new dimensions in great power competition.

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May 14, 2024

In the past, Congress has explicitly acknowledged the security impacts of climate change as a direct threat to U.S. national security.

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May 14, 2024

I agree that climate change presents some national security related challenges.

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May 14, 2024

China has a defense budget of $230 billion, but like many statistics published by the country's communist government, the numbers are very suspect.

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May 7, 2024

I am worried that we would over regulate it.

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May 7, 2024

I think we need to make sure that any new quality metrics are easily collected using existing technology and that we're not adding additional administrative burden for data collection for these metrics.

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May 7, 2024

Our country spends more than $4.5 trillion annually on healthcare.

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May 7, 2024

Reducing administrative burdens in healthcare is a very important and top priority issue.

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May 7, 2024

How should we approach regulating Artificial Intelligence, given the impact of top-down regulations on current technology?

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