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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.
Before I speak about reserving the right to object, I would like to have the floor immediately after the Senator from New York gives up the floor, if I could. Is there any objection to that? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…
the Senator from New York gave very good words that I want to follow up on. He said that we were promised when Republicans took over we said things would be different in governing. They are different. I would just like to show the Senator…
With respect to the judges on the Executive Calendar, everybody knows at the end of last year the Senate rammed through 11 judges, which under regular order--and regular order is very important in the U.S. Senate--should have been…
OK. I want to reserve the right to object, and I will object. I would like to make a few comments on the pace of judicial nominations. First of all, during President Obama's Presidency thus far the Senate has confirmed 313 judicial…
I often come to the floor to honor whistleblowers but more importantly to talk about their very important role in making government function. On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress passed the very first whistleblower law in the United…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Supreme Court Decisions
I come to the floor to give my analysis of the last year of Supreme Court decisions. There is a misconception that our Supreme Court is conservative, but in the term that just ended, the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of ObamaCare…
the Federal Government--and Obamacare in particular--is not working in the people's best interest.
in 1965, Congress passed the original Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. The centerpiece of that law, then as now, is title I funding provided as a block grant to local school…
So this notion that the government, the agency--in particular, CMS--is just spending its day, morning, noon, and night trying to stonewall the release of this information, I think, is not accurate, given the facts that I have just cited.
I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The…
I ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 4:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
just 12 days ago, Kate Steinle was walking along Pier 14 in San Francisco with her father when she was shot by an individual in this country illegally. At the age of 32--a very young age--her life was taken. Friends and family mourned her…
Only the most efficacious vaccine should be considered for field use as any infection in a vaccinated population would still require the entire barn to be depopulated.
over the past year and half or more, many small business owners have discovered they could be subject to punitive penalties simply for helping their employees purchase health insurance. This is the result of a little understood provision…
I ask unanimous consent that Laura Newell on my staff be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
I come to the floor today to discuss a bill I am introducing, the Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act, or REACH Act. Since January 2010, 55 rural hospitals have closed their doors. It is even more troubling that the pace of rural…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Grassley pertaining to the introduction of S. 1648 are printed in today's Record under…
I rise to discuss a bill I will be introducing, the Transition to Independence Act. The bill is a Medicaid demonstration program that will give incentives to States to achieve more integrated employment for people with disabilities. The…
Congress is once again faced with the task of reauthorizing our Nation's surface and transportation laws.
I have serious concerns with the language that was tacked on to the House FISA reform bill that passed the Senate, and at the end of my remarks I am going to offer a unanimous consent request. I say that because maybe other Members of the…
I thank Senator Gillibrand for her leadership in this area over a long period of time, and I add my voice to the support of her amendment. She has been a great leader on the issue. As you can see, she has a lot of passion in her dogged…
I accept the good-faith effort to listen to my point of view, even though there is a rejection, but I would like 1 minute to react to the objection. This amendment only does what both the Bush and Obama administrations asked Congress to…
Eight hundred years ago on this very day, at the field of Runnymede alongside the River Thames in England, King John granted the document that came to be known as the Magna Carta--in our language, the Great Charter. This was the result of…
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