Chuck Grassley

A related question concerns the increase in the quantitative cap, provided for in Section 3108(b) of the conference report. As I understand it, the cap increases represent an approximate doubling of the percentages used in setting the caps…

I do not support Senator Stabenow's amendment No. 4305 to S. 812 to amend section 1927 of the Social Security Act. As my colleague Senator Nickles pointed out during debate, this amendment raises important policy and budgetary questions…

There appears to be broad consensus that pension plan administrators should be required to provide 30 days' notice to affected plan participants before limiting their ability to exercise the rights provided through their pension plans…

Hospitals in Iowa are already concerned about payment levels compared to more urban states. It is not acceptable to me to lower payments to them for the benefit of hospitals in other states that are already much higher paid. One approach…

Absolutely. There is an administrative structure already in place for hospitals and counties to seek these reclassifications. This process was put into the Medicare statute specifically to review and adjust payments to hospitals that might…

I am also pleased that we were able to come to agreement on a bipartisan trade package. It was the right thing to do for our nation's farmers, workers, and companies.

I agree there needs to be a stronger tie between ITC findings and worker assistance--specifically Trade Adjustment Assistance. It is my understanding that the ITC is currently required to notify the Secretary of Labor of any affirmative…

As the Senator knows, I support the trade adjustment assistance program, and recognize that--beyond some individual companies and workers--there are also particular industries that face dislocation as a result of trade. The recent finding…

I have the list in front of me. As I recall discussions of this list, I don't remember anything that has any appropriations in it whatsoever and it is not our intent to appropriate money in these amendments.

One of the things we need to remember is that trade is all about jobs. For instance, the whole movement of the last seven decades started with the bad economic impact of protectionism all over the world. It started in the United States…

I oppose Senator Kyl's amendment to strike the wind energy tax credit extension provisions in this bill. It is unwise from an energy policy standpoint and would be harmful to American agriculture. Therefore, I oppose it vigorously.

We negotiated three trade agreements. Of these countries, 111 have negotiated 130 trade agreements.

I agree with Senator Baucus. Excluding participations and residuals from a property's initial depreciable cost basis under the income forecast method results in a mismatching of income from the property and the expenses incurred in…

The more surprising figures are shown in the next chart, which shows States with median income below the national average. Recall that I said reducing the 27 percent rate to 25 percent will benefit married couples with taxable income over…

I compliment the University of Montana. They did, in fact, play well--too well--against the University of Northern Iowa. Before I had bragged to Senator Daschle 2 weeks ago about how we were going to show the University of Montana how to…

Then let's leave it this way. You are doing exactly what I said. I won't say anything, but I resent your saying that we are stalling on this side when I was here to offer an amendment even at this late date. You told me less than an hour…

I have to assume that after listening to you and after listening to Senator Harkin, you don't want to hear another point of view on this issue in conformity.

I have placed a ``hold'' on the nomination of General Claude Bolton, Jr. for the position of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development, Acquisition, and Technology as questions asked by the Iowa/Illinois Senate delegation…

I support the joint resolution approving the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement. I commend Chairman Baucus for his leadership in helping to bring this historic agreement before the Senate today. I also think we ought to take time to…

So the ranks of the uninsured are going to go up. There are 42 million uninsured now. Do we want to increase that? No, nobody wants to increase that, but that is going to be the end result when these self-insured plans are dropped. Then…

Right, because I think there was due consideration to the tradeoff between the people who don't have insurance now--42 million people--and the people who do have insurance through self-employed plans, and that there was within the…

I rise to support my point of order and to say I agree on the need for long-term care insurance, a need to encourage family care giving through tax credits. The Senator and I have introduced legislation to accomplish that. Also, people…

We have a very good package of educational assistance, tax incentives in our bill, of which the deduction of tuition is a major portion, and that major portion was put in to make this a more bipartisan bill, particularly under the…

In March, we heard from people on the other side of the aisle that we need an economic stimulus immediately. And now we see an amendment--and it isn't just this amendment; it is amendment after amendment--seeking to delay the tax…

First of all, our bipartisan bill before us uses the entire $145 billion to fund the increases in the unified credit. We have $1 million, $2 million, $3 million, all by the year 2005, and that is where Senator Feingold's money went. We…