Chuck Grassley

This country has had to deal with Democrats' obsession with destroying Trump for much too long. In the process, I fear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have done and will do lasting damage to our political system. The President…

The President has every right to discuss ideas and strategies with his closest advisors.

Ms. Torres Small, you probably would expect me to ask something about ethanol.

Thank you. Before I ask a couple of questions, I would like to say that I appreciate, Mr. Chairman, your holding this hearing to examine proposals to enhance and expand access to retirement savings vehicles.

I expect the Inspector General to be aggressive and unrelenting to get the records, the emails, the memos, run the transcribed interviews, and question everyone up the leadership chain. Leave no stone unturned. If punches are pulled, the…

However, an enforcement case would, at the minimum, give us a framework and a timeline to resolve the COFEPRIS-regulated delays in biotechnology approvals.

Mr. Huttema, USMCA found a way to change Canada's trade-distorting policies and reform Canada's dairy pricing system.

Unfortunately, it looks like Mexico will not work with the U.S. in a good faith effort to resolve the issue and ensure Iowa farmers full access to Mexican markets.

We greatly appreciate Ambassador Tai's and Secretary Vilsack's efforts to date to try to engage and address this issue with the Mexican Government.

I was glad to see that in May, USTR announced that the agency will request a dispute settlement panel be established to consider Canada's failure to comply with tariff rate quota provisions.

The Packers and Stockyards Act probably does more to protect the family farmer and enhance competition than maybe even the Department of Justice antitrust laws do.

Thank you to Secretary Vilsack for issuing the very aggressive proposed rulemaking and enforcement that he wants to do to increase competition within agriculture.

Iowa leads the Nation in cash trade, nearly 60 percent, and they are frustrated that they are shouldering the burden.

That is not going to work for the farmers in my State that are mad about the $1,200 profit that the packers are making.

I strongly disagree that that helps the market.

There is no benefit to the consumer.

This Congress, I am working with Senator Bennet to build onto the ACE Kids Act with the Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act.

In 2019, I passed the bipartisan ACE Kids Act, with the help of Senator Bennet, that will align Medicaid rules and payments to incentivize coordination and improve health outcomes.

Investigations into members of Congress and staff are nothing new, especially for classified leaks.

On another matter, the President's budget tries to justify unprecedented levels of spending and debt by assuming interest rates will remain historically low.

Under the President's budget, spending as a percent of GDP would average 24.5 percent for the next decade.

Given Secretary Yellen recognizes the potential of higher interest rates, doesn't proposing a budget that results in public debt reaching 117 percent of GDP by 2031 and continues to rise thereafter risk leading us down the path that we…

But if interest rates do increase, that could be catastrophic given escalating debt under the President's budget.

I assume that, if your investigation finds a violation of the law, you are going to see that people are prosecuted.

It is really a positive thing, I think, that has resulted from the pandemic, if you want to say anything good can come out of a pandemic.