Chuck Grassley

Democrats have been consistently wrong about inflation.

Even without inclusion of any spending or tax increases from Build Back Better, government spending and revenue are projected to be at a near-record high under the President's budget.

The President's reckless tax and spending spree, which Democrats spent all of last year working to pass, is just a footnote in this budget.

So yes, if such a plan, a revised plan, comes out it is yes, that it would have to be budget neutral?

In fact, most of this so-called deficit reduction results from the President and majority in Congress going on a $2 trillion liberal wish list spending spree, stoking the flames of inflation.

Taking credit for deficit reduction resulting from discontinuation of irresponsible spending is comparable to an arsonist taking credit for containing a fire by refraining from dousing it with more gasoline.

The President has touted his budget as fiscally responsible. It is not responsible.

We won`t try to turn this into a spectacle.

I think that is what obviously led to your conclusion, the American Bar Association, that she's unanimously well qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.

I think you'll find my tone a little bit different than it has been sometimes that I've questioned ABA about--I've been critical of your involvement in this process.

I want to compliment the Democrats on this Committee for using grace and dignity unlike it was during the Kavanaugh hearings.

It would be a disservice to the American people to have the Commission issue a report that advocates for the reduction in sentencing for a class of criminals who cause profound and lasting damage to their victims.

Anytime you start to see the courts start to exercise will instead of judgment, the result is supplanting the will of the people as expressed through their elected representatives through the courts, and that tends to undermine the whole…

Political accountability is so important.

Do you believe the individual right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right?

Congress makes laws that you won't always agree with. Congress is accountable to the people at regular intervals.

The False Claims Act is one of the best tools that we have to fight against Government fraud and to recover taxpayers' money.

The Democrats filibustered Miguel Estrada, quote, 'because he is Hispanic.'

Joe Biden was among the Democrats filibustering the first African-American woman nominated to D.C. Circuit.

Our Democratic colleagues have abandoned that standard long ago.

In any Supreme Court nomination, the most important thing that I look for is the nominee's view of the law, judicial philosophy, and view on the role of a judge in our constitutional system.

Judge Jackson, congratulations. Welcome to you and your family.

Some of us believe that judges are supposed to interpret the law as it was understood when written, not make new law or simply fill in a vacuum.

But, for at least 4 years, Democrats have systemically voted against many well-credentialed nominees that were diverse professionally, diverse geographically, diverse religiously, and diverse ethnically.

To them, deciding what the Constitution means is really a 'value judgment.' Under that approach, judges can exercise their own independent value judgments.