Chuck Grassley

I, like you, have some philosophical points of view I want to make, not about the nominee but just things that need to be put on the record.

When information leaks from the administration that has the ability to cause significant market movement, it is wrong and quite possibly illegal.

I assume that that gives you the authority that your investigation needs to compel the production of information within CMS.

I obviously do not believe that you can get the folks at HHS or OMB or the White House without some help, so I am going to pursue this.

I think you would make a fine Administrator, and I want to be able to support your confirmation.

Absolutely. And based upon the experience we have had of actually voting on those issues in the past--or the fact that I stated how the President put certain things in his budget of February 2012, and none of those ideas have ever been…

Basically, the stakeholders do not really have an opportunity to weigh in.

I have some strong concerns with many of the provisions of the Affordable Health Care Act.

I have become even more alarmed watching the implementation.

I do not think I would have ever been comfortable with this.

But, in 3 to 5 years, when you might be called back here to testify during an evaluation phase, are you comfortable that you will be able to justify that those $10 billion were spent in truly separable projects, because that is going to be…

Thank you very much.

If private individuals and commercial companies are allowed to use drones... are there limitations on whether law enforcement can obtain those videos absent a warrant?

The Supreme Court has held observation made while flying a manned aircraft in navigable airspace over a person's property does not violate the Fourth Amendment.

Just because the Government may comply with the Constitution does not mean that they should be allowed to constantly surveil like Big Brother.

The potential benefit to drone technology is limited only by the imagination, but we must always remember that the power of new technology creates greater responsibility to respect the privacy of our citizens.

I do not believe there is any differences between your concern and my concern on this issue.

Does the addition of technology such as facial recognition, biometric recognition, and thermal imaging equipment affect whether there is a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment?

The European Union's renewable energy directive now being implemented by some European countries poses a significant and unfair barrier to bio-diesel and our feedstocks from the U.S.

I think we have been working on this so long, it is about time to throw in the sponge that there is going to be any faithful negotiation with them and that we need to take other action.

Competitive air service is directly related to the economic prosperity of our smaller and rural communities.

The trustee should see that these types of payments are being scrutinized so that they meet the Bankruptcy Code's standard.

However, the merger needs to be evaluated to determine that the transaction will not consolidate airlines so as to inhibit fair competition.

I am still waiting for the report.

We thought that a legalization program would solve it once and for all. So when it comes to once and for all, I have to say we were wrong.