Chuck Grassley

I do not think we have had one single disagreement when we had a Republican President who nominated somebody and you supported them.

I urge this Committee to act swiftly to approve her.

It will be good to have someone from the public defender realm on the bench.

If Congress expressly prohibited an agency from taking a particular action and yet the President nonetheless issued an Executive order... do you believe a court would view the Presidential Executive order as constitutionally suspect?

The President has the least constitutional authority when he acts against the express or implied will of Congress?

My concern is that the Treasury Department is not fully committed to informing Congress about the scope of the problem.

I think you have assured me in what you just said that, in the future, you will ensure that witnesses know that they are free to make disclosures to Congress that might otherwise be prohibited by the Privacy Act.

Who is in charge of making sure that we find the best solutions for the 100 percent of the population?

We must find better ways to coordinate care and lower the costs for dual-eligibles.

I wish to thank several of my colleagues who have recognized me for casting my 11,000th vote yesterday. I want to acknowledge the fine things Senator Reid, the majority leader, said, Senator McConnell, the Republican leader, Senator…

Do you believe that terrorists pose a danger to America?

But should you be confirmed, your political history might concern future litigants.

Prostitution is largely, if it is a criminal activity, left to individual States.

I think by any objective measure, one would have to conclude that we are treating this President and his nominees quite fairly.

Do you believe that the United States is at war against terrorists?

It is my sincere hope that CMS is prepared to be open and honest about where it is in the process and why it has failed to implement the law in a timely manner.

Thank you for your leadership, and particularly I thank you for your bipartisanship on this effort.

We need to ensure that patients have access to the information they need.

Rather than doing the usual thing and reserving the right to object, I will object, and then I would appreciate the courtesy, before I offer a parallel UC, to make my remarks.

I want to put kingpins in jail for a long time, but there are a lot of people getting caught up in the dragnet, and it is affecting our relationship with inner-city communities.

One of the things that continues to trouble me are reports of the red flags that were raised about Peregrine Financial, and those red flags were ignored.

Are there any other firms out there that are going to go bust?

Did the CFTC actually conduct these examinations? And if so, why didn't CFTC examiners figure out that bank statements were not matching up?

As we consider how tax incentives help students and families pay for college, we should consider whether and how these incentives also increase cost.

We would like to believe that our judges, whose independence is guaranteed by the Constitution, rule based only on the Constitution and not on their policy preferences.