Chuck Grassley

It is good to ask tough questions, and we have had a lot of tough questions here today, but you have answered them very, very well.

I hope that I could get your commitment that you will enforce this act the way it was intended to be enforced.

These allegations are simply untrue.

If what we are seeing now is the new normal for every time control of the White House changes hands, the Senate, quite frankly, will be a much lesser institution.

I am worried about what my colleagues on the minority side are doing to the Senate as an institution.

I have been in the Senate for 40 years, and I think my record for being willing to reach across the aisle is beyond any reasonable dispute.

It is difficult to imagine anyone more capable of serving this Nation as the Secretary of HHS than Congressman Tom Price.

Many of us are looking at modernizing the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment or CFIUS to give it more defined powers to review and potentially block investment by SOEs.

I do not oppose FDI, when people outside the United States invest here and create jobs, I generally think that is a very good thing.

Objectively speaking, I don't believe anyone can reasonably argue that Mr. Mnuchin is unqualified for the position.

I expect you to engage in much better consultations with the committee regarding U.S. trade policies then we have had under President Obama.

Proposals to, for example, impose unilateral import tariffs as a key tool of international economic policy need to be carefully evaluated to ensure they do not hurt us at home.

I believe the President-elect has selected a nominee who will provide a clear channel of communication and be willing to work with Congress on these all-important efforts.

In 2006, I was successful in enacting legislation to enhance the IRS whistleblower program.

I have been a strong proponent of the IRS private debt collection program, as has Senator Schumer.

Pro-growth tax reform will be a top priority for you.

I want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction.

I hope that you see them as a source, so you can administer a better Department and do what the Government is supposed to do.

Do you agree that independence is the hallmark of an Inspector General's integrity and effectiveness?

I think it is a dangerous trend we must reverse and reverse soon.

We have no doubt that Senator Sessions can do the job well, bringing to this critically important office his own unique and extraordinary strengths of courage, humility, experience, and an inviolable promise to treat all people equally…

I want everybody to get over here that wants to ask questions, and I am not going to take up anybody's time until everybody else is done

I have no reservations about Senator Sessions' ability to handle these issues fairly, in accordance with law and to protect the civil rights of these and all of our citizens.

Based on our collective and extensive experience, we also know him to be a person of unwavering dedication to the mission of the department to assure that our country is governed by a fair and evenhanded rule of law.

Thank you, Senator Sessions, for your service in the Senate but more importantly, for taking on this responsibility you have been nominated for.