Chuck Grassley

I am sorry I missed your testimony, but I had two other committee meetings this morning and I am glad to get here, because this is such an important issue, particularly, it looks like the maps I see of my State and maybe even further West…

Do not let people get away with saying that 40 percent of our corn crop goes for ethanol...

Some of this improvement, where we did not have quite the reduction in production as we thought we would have. It, of course, is due to better practices and modern technology.

Some of us think that there is going to be a real significant rate shock coming.

A day is coming when we are going to find out who is right and who is wrong about premiums for plans sold through exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Senator Grassley pertaining to the introduction of S. 281 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

This may seem like a simple question, but don't these CBO projections indicate that spending is the problem and will become an even bigger problem at the end of the 10-year window?

I think the academic literature is very clear. There is a strong support for evidence that shows that lower level of taxes are associated with higher level of growth, and the reverse is true.

The President in 2008 ran on a platform of increasing taxes. Before he was sworn in, he made an announcement that during a time of such high unemployment--and it was not even 10 percent then; it eventually got to be 10 percent--you should…

Let me say what I think is frustrating about this whole issue of raising taxes either to spend more or to reduce the deficit, whatever the motive is, particularly in a time of such high unemployment we have now and the longest period of…

I think we have seen it in the fiscal tax deal where Congress proceeded to increase marginal tax rates but also to give a lot of--to extend a lot of the tax extenders to corporate businesses.

I believe quite strongly we should get Government out of the business of business by reducing the marginal tax rate on U.S. corporations to something in the mid-20s and to pay for that through the elimination of business tax subsidies.

I take your word for it, but it is certainly a poor reflection on your tenure there if you did not know about these investments.

These decisions should be made by career law enforcement professionals on the merits. Law enforcement should not be driven by political agendas.

Immigration reform is a perilous minefield of emotionally charged issues.

If you were told a sex offender has a job working with children and if you have the legal authority to detain him on immigration violations, why would anyone wait a month and a half before taking action?

I have got email here from a group over in the Defense Department that I sent a letter with 78 questions in it, and a person in charge of that said, 'F Grassley, whether or not we are going to answer him.'

I think it is important to emphasize that that is the law that we ought to keep track of that.

Now, to me, this is outrageous. Will you remedy this loophole given that you wrote DACA?

As a grandfather and great-grandfather, I cannot imagine how anyone would commit an evil act like that.

What happened at Newtown shocks our Nation. We will never forget where we were or how we reacted.

Clearly, violent crimes and those who commit them are a plague on our society, one that has been with us for far too long.

We all want to examine sensible actions that could reduce the likelihood of future crimes.

Her determination to overcome her injuries, progress through rehabilitation, and continued contribution to society are an inspiration.

If I live long enough, you will have cameras in the courtroom.