Chuck Grassley

Our nation is over $32 trillion in debt, yet this Committee is holding the 11th hearing on climate change.

I fought for renewable energy long before climate change became such a political popular topic.

Biden has prioritized preferred green energy projects by government subsidies, and concerted regulatory effort to end fossil fuels.

President Biden is on television bragging about his economic performance when Americans can't afford groceries and gasoline.

This is no longer a republican issue, and I'm almost surprised in many ways that republicans pitch permitting reform, as it should be coming from the other side.

Americans don't want and can't seem to afford the dramatic shift to expensive electric vehicles, and a 79 percent fossil fuel energy mix can't change overnight.

Our nation is over $32 trillion in debt, yet this Committee is holding the 11th hearing on climate change.

This is an apolitical science based issue, and we are using the process as a rhetorical tool to stop the projects that you don't like.

There isn't a single expert in this room who is qualified as a climate scientist who attribute those estimates and anecdotes expressly to climate change.

Some Democrat proposals would give extra benefits to wealthy people who don't use them, or need them, and then they ask future workers to pick up that tab.

I'm not convinced we should abandon long-standing Social Security principles that have served well for 88 years.

I keep thinking about both what you said about taxing billionaires, and what he was talking about.

The truth is that taxes on the rich alone won't save Social Security for our children and grandchildren.

The only way to determine if someone is paying their fair share is to look at both the taxes they pay, and the benefits they receive in return.

Social Security solvency is exactly the kind of subject the Budget Committee ought to be reviewing.

Despite attempts to observe the obvious, Democrats receive more dark money than Republicans and don't want the public to know it.

My only regret is that the editors at 538 didn't stand firm and say we're going to support strong science.

I want you to know that Senator Johnson and I were accused of spreading Russian disinformation for two and a half years and everybody now knows that we were not spreading Russian disinformation on an investigation that we were doing.

The problem of climate change is worthy of consideration, but these hearings go past consideration.

Democratic dark money giant George Soros and Leonardo DiCaprio are among their donors.

Today marks the 10th hearing on climate change at the Budget Committee and our 14th missed opportunity to work together on a responsible budget all for the sake of the American people.

Democrats want Americans to think that you're, as Americans, too stupid to think for themselves.

Democrats accuse those they disagree with of wrongdoing. They equate a simple difference of opinion to collusion and of course to corruption.

Maybe one other question for anybody that can speak to it, and this comes from my reading business papers that have suggested when it comes to selling carbon credits.

I've heard you mention crop insurance in your opening statement, and to a couple questions that have been asked of you.