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Chuck Grassley

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Chuck Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa, a position he has held since 1981. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley has been influential in various legislative areas, including agriculture, judiciary, and finance. He has served in several key roles, including as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history. Grassley is known for his commitment to transparency and accountability in government, often emphasizing the importance of oversight in federal agencies.

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Jul 30, 2024

If you want to maintain the user pay/user benefit principle, that all vehicles that use the road should pay something.

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Jul 30, 2024

The left is holding up the environmental permitting reform necessary to mine for the domestic critical mineral which we need to compete with China, while urging a massive EV market share expansion.

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Jul 30, 2024

The bottom line is this is coming whether we like it or not.

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Jul 30, 2024

EV technology is impressive for some, but Iowans know that there are far more challenges to EV adoption than many care to admit.

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Jul 30, 2024

President Biden established a target to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to half of peak levels by 2030.

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Jul 30, 2024

If you are driving an electric vehicle, we have got to find some way for you to pay in to maintaining the roads.

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Jul 30, 2024

CBO's February baseline set the record straight, telling us that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act's EV handout would increase the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Jul 30, 2024

I think you expressed the inconsistency between environmental policies, and what the same environmentalists think we ought to do for EV vehicles.

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Jul 30, 2024

We are in competition with China in many areas. They dominate this market.

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Jul 30, 2024

The Biden-Harris administration's unattainable goal of 50 percent new EV sales by 2030 has been on full display over the last four years.

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Jul 30, 2024

We need to think long and hard about how we compete, the challenges we face and we are behind in a game that is being played by China very aggressively.

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Jul 22, 2024

OIGs are the independent watchdogs protecting Americans' taxpayer dollars and fighting waste, fraud, and abuse in the executive branch. Their efficiency depends on their objectivity.

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Jul 10, 2024

I thank you for your very firm statement on the urgency of this legislation.

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Jul 10, 2024

I have a non-crypto question that you probably would expect me to ask.

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Jul 10, 2024

You know how important it is to listen to whistleblowers because even though you may have a relatively small agency compared to others, you cannot know what is going on.

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Jul 10, 2024

That is why I introduced a permanent bill with several of my colleagues, including Senators Hassan, Boozman, Warnock, Collins, and Fetterman.

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Jul 10, 2024

I thank you for your very firm statement on the urgency of this legislation.

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Jul 10, 2024

You know how important it is to listen to whistleblowers because even though you may have a relatively small agency compared to others, you cannot know what is going on.

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Jul 10, 2024

That is why I introduced a permanent bill with several of my colleagues, including Senators Hassan, Boozman, Warnock, Collins, and Fetterman.

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Jul 10, 2024

I have a non-crypto question that you probably would expect me to ask.

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Jul 9, 2024

You know how important it is to listen to whistleblowers because even though you may have a relatively small agency compared to others, you cannot know what is going on.

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Jul 9, 2024

I have a non-crypto question that you probably would expect me to ask.

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Jul 9, 2024

I thank you for your very firm statement on the urgency of this legislation.

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Jul 9, 2024

That is why I introduced a permanent bill with several of my colleagues, including Senators Hassan, Boozman, Warnock, Collins, and Fetterman.

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Jul 8, 2024

President Biden continues to use his pen and phone to spend trillions, particularly on student loan bailouts, and in these unprecedented fiscal times that's the height of recklessness.

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