Chuck Grassley

It is irresponsible for the executive branch not to have proposed an amendment of Exemption 2 since that time.

It would seem to me that the Government is falling short of achieving unprecedented transparency.

There is not any distance between you and me on this subject.

The metadata program is constitutional, but divided on whether it is authorized by statute.

I think that the program is legal. That is my opinion.

I think the statutory question is difficult. It is not a simple question.

I have the same concerns that Senator Blumenthal has just expressed.

I want to make it very clear that--and if I did not have those same concerns, I would not be upholding my oath to the Constitution and the Fourth Amendment.

These plans are enabling many beneficiaries to lower their out-of-pocket costs substantially, and that is particularly true for beneficiaries with chronic illnesses.

How long will it take you to get your balance sheet down to $800 billion like it was in 2008?

You are a public institution; you are public servant. Why are you different than any other part of the Federal Government that will make the same information available?

The American Enterprise Institute studied salaries of bank regulators and compared them to salaries of bank employees. They found that bank regulators on average made more than double the amount of their private sector counterparts.

What would be wrong with providing that information, a Freedom of Information request? What would be wrong with that?

I agree with you on the latter point.

I hope that when you say you will work with States, that is something that is practical to do.

What guidance will you give to non-waiver States like Iowa on how to prioritize actions and minimize disruption to student learning?

I still believe that that exceeds your authority.

You are violating the spending limits that we agreed to and the President signed into law.

Simply proposing to break the spending limits is irresponsible.

Rising interest payments represent, arguably, the greatest threat to our Nation's financial security.

Debts have consequences. If you truly want to support our Nation's children, then we have got to live within the limits that we have set for ourselves.

Clearly we must pursue a new course that creates jobs and does not add to the debt.

The President for political purposes refuses to look the American people in the eye and tell them the truth: that we are on an unsustainable fiscal path.

The President's health care law remains perhaps the greatest threat to our financial stability with GAO estimating it would add $6.2 trillion to our long-term unfunded liabilities.

It is a tax-and-spend budget. It just is. It is not going to pass. It will never pass.