Chuck Grassley

We strongly feel that when you treat women, children and boys as a commodity and you are willing to sell them as a commodity and treat them as a commodity, there is nothing worse than that.

Thank you very much, Senator Grassley, for helping--calling this hearing and inviting us to be at the table to talk about this vile and violent issue of human trafficking.

These girls and boys are not criminals, as Senator Klobuchar has so powerfully pointed out, and they are not prostitutes.

We have a responsibility in Congress to end these crimes against the most vulnerable among us.

Senator Gillibrand also deserves credit for her efforts to develop legislation that would curb on-campus sexual assaults at universities across the Nation.

Senator Collins has worked to help the most vulnerable youth at the risk--at risk for human trafficking by cosponsoring S.178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.

I hope my colleagues will all join me not only this week in passing this important legislation out of this Committee, but also next week when I hope the Majority Leader will take up this legislation on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

We intend to stay together to see that we do the very best we can to see that this industry, which is so malevolent, is curbed dramatically in our country.

I am pleased to have played a role in that enactment, 15 years ago that was, and it was called the Trafficking Victim Protection Act.

I think it is very detrimental to family farming.

I would not want to say that you are not--I know that those steps have been taken.

Well then, let me say 'thank you' if you are doing more than what I perceive you are doing.

I think we are afraid to take them on, because, every time you mention something about it, they say, you are interfering with our internal affairs.

I think that if you want to keep a family farm in the family, it is going to be very destructive.

So if you are over $1 million, then the first $1 million is taxed.

So then to clarify, there will be a $1-million exemption.

Congress needs to extend the program by March 31, and I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Finance Committee to get the job done.

I appreciate very much the frequent phone calls; you call me and give me updates.

I am concerned about the recent failure of CoOpportunity, a co-op created through the Affordable Care Act operating in Iowa and Nebraska.

What is the IRS doing to identify hospitals that are not meeting the requirements to create financial assistance policies?

Current policy reflects this by requiring those claiming the EITC to provide a Social Security number for themselves, their spouse, and any children.

I am suggesting to you that it should be done, because congressional policy is that you do not reward those who come here undocumented.

Congress established the EITC program to encourage and reward work. Obviously, since those in the United States who are undocumented are not legally allowed to work, it makes no sense to provide them a subsidy to work.

The committee takes the allegations of misconduct by the IRS with respect to the applications for tax-exempt status very seriously.

But this is a problem you get into. The IRS's interpretation of the EITC eligibility requirements undermines congressional policy of not awarding those to workers illegally in the United States.