Chuck Grassley

I want to make an important point that not extending these tax cuts would be a direct violation of the President's pledge.

President Biden has repeatedly claimed that he wouldn't raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000.

This budget offers nothing but false promises and a far-left wish list.

Of the five trillion, approximately 2.7 trillion is targeted primarily at corporations.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, interest on the debt will total $870 billion this year, exceeding what we expect to spend on national defense.

I was cautiously optimistic hearing President Biden's call for bipartisanship and unity during his inaugural address, but boy, have I been disappointed.

We're over $34 trillion in debt and still counting.

This is a 67 percent higher than what you estimated three years ago.

Isn't it accurate that those earning under $400,000 would see their tax burden increase?

Now, isn't this a sad political climate when a candidate Trump and a President Biden both say that they're not going to touch Social Security benefits.

Are there any federal red tape problems to do what you just said?

Our healthcare system has plenty of waste and inefficiencies that need fixing.

To make primary care more accessible and effective, we need to remove federal government barriers.

Thank you. And then I want to ask Ms. Grabert, your testimony spoke about 2018 expansion to telehealth in Medicare Advantage, saved Medicare money and laid the groundwork for expanding telehealth utilization during the pandemic.

Senator Grassley, we heard about how you've achieved results in primary care clinics there.

Growing healthcare costs don't just strain the American pocketbooks, these costs also are a major driver of widening budget deficits.

Abortion, above all, is a moral and legal issue. Abortion is not an issue that lends itself to being looked at solely through an economic lens.

In fact, it only makes things worse.

Left unchecked, our rapidly rising national debt will continue to place upward pressure on interest rates, making the American dream of homeownership less attainable.

Before spending billions more on additional federal housing programs, we should take a good, hard look at why existing programs have fallen short.

I am pleased to be a co-sponsor of S. 3230, the Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2023.

I'm not a climate change denier. I'm just not a climate change alarmist.

We've spent about five trillion dollars, globally, combatting climate change. I've asked witnesses, well, have we made a dent in it?

Climate change is a problem worthy of our attention. If Democrats want to discuss budgetary proposals related to climate change, we can have that debate, but it's clear they don't.

President Biden wants to take us back to having the highest corporate tax rate amongst our major trading partners.