Chuck Grassley

Call it empathy, call it prejudice, or call it sympathy, but whatever it is, it is not law.

Congratulations on your nomination to be Associate Justice and welcome to the Judiciary Committee.

I hope that you would look at them and implement them immediately.

Our first obligation is to American workers, and to encourage, if not hold accountable, those firms that are looking to fill spots to first turn to the talent pool in America.

These law enforcement turf battles are unacceptable in this post-9/11 world.

It would seem to me like you would want to--not you. Everybody would want to get them cleared up.

I am a little bit exasperated because of President Obama's commitment to openness and transparency in Government.

I generally ask that my letters be answered within 2 weeks, but, on average, replies were 371 days.

Senator Durbin's goal of including something on the credit card statement showing how long it will take to repay a credit card.

The bottom line is price controls do not work.

I think common sense dictates that it would be better to have more investigators looking for illegal drugs than not having more investigators looking at illegal drugs.

I have been hearing about the need to reform law enforcement authority to investigate under Title 21.

I want to also recognize, as a couple of my colleagues have, the efforts of the President of Mexico.

AIG executives should apologize for taking bonuses, resign, or -- get this -- follow the Japanese example, his words, and commit suicide.

You can have irresponsible Republican Congresses, you can have irresponsible Democratic Congresses, and if they overspend, eventually it is going to bring about inflation.

I think our last year has shown that more aggressive activity on the part of the CFTC is really needed.

I think it makes sense to fold oversight of the Bear Stearns and AIG bailouts into your office.

I believe that as more Government money is pumped into the system, ... we are going to have more whistleblowers come forth.

I consider them very courageous people. They bring forth a lot of valuable information.

With so much money in the housing market, unscrupulous individuals found a marketplace that was lax in regulation and enforcement, making it easy to commit fraud.

The economic crisis that the country is experiencing began with problems that were related to the overleveraged, overpriced, and unsustainable housing bubble.

In these times of Federal financial intervention in the marketplace, we need heightened awareness about how taxpayer dollars are being spent.

It is my intention coming back, although I do not have any idea ahead of time how much Senator Reid wants of our time.

We should not waste valuable resources on needless, temporary projects, nor should we fool ourselves into believing that truly useful projects can be funded on a temporary basis. Any worthwhile investment will involve an ongoing expense…

I stand to encourage support of a proposal by President Obama to eliminate capital gains on sale of stock in small business and startup corporations. Under present law, under section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code, 50 percent of the…