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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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Jul 9, 2024

I have a non-crypto question that you probably would expect me to ask.

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Jul 8, 2024

I don't put much stock in a study of Biden's fiscal records that leaves out hundreds of billions of dollars of unlawful student loan giveaways.

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Jul 8, 2024

this week officials from all 31 of our NATO allies are going to be here in Washington for what is referred to as the NATO summit. At that summit, we will be celebrating 75 years of the most successful military alliance in modern history…

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Jul 8, 2024

I've criticized both Presidents for not doing enough to control spending and deficit.

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Jul 8, 2024

We must stop digging ourselves into an ever deeper budget hole, and I think the budget agreement reached between McCarthy and Biden a year ago starts us down that track, maybe not as aggressively as we should, but it's still a start.

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Jul 8, 2024

Most importantly, we must have a frank discussion about Washington's spending addiction.

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Jul 8, 2024

Taxpayers and workers, and investors are smarter than we are in the United States Senate.

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Jul 8, 2024

I'm going back to this comes up why can't you guys do something about saving Social Security and Medicare?

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Jul 8, 2024

any great power that spends more on debt service than on defense, will not stay great for a long time, a very long time.

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Jul 8, 2024

Rather than punish success, tax reform should focus on incentivizing work, savings, and investment.

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Jul 8, 2024

President Biden continues to use his pen and phone to spend trillions, particularly on student loan bailouts, and in these unprecedented fiscal times that's the height of recklessness.

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Jul 8, 2024

Updating the Budget Act for the 21st Century is a shared goal worth continuing to work towards.

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Jun 17, 2024

last week, the United States and Allied nations observed a significant milestone in world history: the 80th anniversary of D-Day. That day--by land, air, and sea--this massive military operation unleashed the largest amphibious assault…

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Jun 13, 2024

I come to the floor to discuss the differences between Democrat foreign policy and Republican foreign policy. There seems to be a pattern where if a Republican President is elected, partisan pundits warn that it will be very bad for our…

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Jun 12, 2024

I am here to inform my colleagues what is wrong with our immigration enforcement involving children. In April, the Biden administration finalized a rule governing its Unaccompanied Minors Program. They did this over the objections of this…

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Jun 11, 2024

Isn't it true that many of the tax proposals that we've heard about today haven't been enacted because of the Democrats' own failure to enact when they had that opportunity?

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Jun 11, 2024

Okay. Won't the policies Democrats chose to enact as part of their misnamed Inflation Reduction Act overwhelmingly benefit large corporations, as well as banks and even private equity firms?

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Jun 11, 2024

It's just ridiculous to think you can raise marginal tax rates to 93 percent and you're going to get people stupid enough to pay 93 percent of their income in taxes, so they're working for nothing.

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Jun 11, 2024

Proponents of a financial transaction tax argue it would promote market stability. Has that been the experience of countries who have implemented such a tax?

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Jun 11, 2024

However, at the Budget Committee hearing last year, the majority witness, Bruce Bartlett, let slip the truth by saying this. Quote: 'I think we should raise taxes on the wealthy, but we're going to have to eventually raise taxes on the…

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Jun 11, 2024

Since the 2020 campaign, President Biden has pledged not to raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000.

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Jun 11, 2024

My democrat colleagues talk a big game about making Wall Street pay their fair share.

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Jun 11, 2024

Congress should regularly examine tax incentives, just as we should review spending programs to ensure that they're working as intended.

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Jun 5, 2024

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

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Jun 5, 2024

How has the Biden administration's economic leadership failed to help our economy, and what can this Committee do to get our economy back on track?

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