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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.
tonight, the Senate will vote on the nomination of George Hanks to be a district judge for the Southern District of Texas. If confirmed, Judge Hanks will be the President's 309th judicial nominee confirmed since this President took office…
do I have 15 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The Senator from Iowa.
the ability of Congress to be a check on the actions of the executive branch is being endangered. One of the tools that we in Congress have created to help the government identify and correct its mistakes is being obstructed. That tool is…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of George…
I am grateful to you, Senator Grassley, and to the full Committee for calling these issues to our attention.
In 1974, Congress passed the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act with two goals in mind: first, to prevent at-risk youth from entering the criminal justice system; second, is to help minors already in the system become valuable…
I thank Chairman Grassley so much for his time and attention to this matter.
If something is wrong and you cannot know everything that is right and wrong, people come to you with a good-faith effort to point out something is wrong, it ought to be treated with a priority if you did not know about it.
As Senator Grassley noted, I really was the skunk at the company picnic for a number of years.
Well, I appreciate your explanation, and if you give us these documents, then we will be able to satisfy ourselves.
I question whether the CFTC Chairman may determine if and to what extent funds may be removed from the IG's appropriation for any purpose that would amount to nearly 13 percent of their budget.
We have not yet received those documents, so I would like your assistance that this information will be made available to Senator Johnson and me within a week.
Senator Wyden and I have done our best to create both a product, and a process on this legislation, that is bipartisan.
I want to compliment the chairman and the ranking member for moving ahead on this package of bills we have.
To me, it is common sense, when 95 percent of the people live outside the United States, and we are an exporting Nation, that we should do whatever we can do to get our products into other countries.
I expect USTR to continue this tradition of consultation; however, we have reason to be concerned about over-reach of this administration.
I really want to personally thank Senator Wyden, once again, for his help on this effort.
If Congress grants Trade Promotion Authority to President Obama, could immigration provisions be included in future trade agreements?
Even in the midst of the current reform effort, no bill before Congress would abolish civil asset forfeiture and I would not support one if it were before the Congress.
But as asset forfeiture is currently practiced, nothing is obliging the Government to control itself.
And we know in the Senate if we do not get some bipartisan agreement, nothing is going to happen.
As Madison remarked in Federalist 51, in framing a government which is to be administered by man over man, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed and, in the next place, oblige it…
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