Charles Grassley Quotes (101 Quotes)

Unless we do something about it, my children and grandchildren are going to be out in the cold.

What bothers me is that loudmouths two weeks ago were saying that they had this conversation and that conversation. I see most of them wanting to be big shots and ... want to be more than they really are,

Still, some Republicans predict Roberts will be able to skate past tough questions even from Specter. I think this guy is going to be able to answer questions in a way where maybe he doesn't answer questions, ... He's smarter than any senator, and they aren't going to even know they've been taken to the showers.

The real crime here is the Clinton-Gore record on drugs. He should explain why, during the Clinton-Gore administration, the number of teenagers using drugs nearly doubled.

only want judges who will do their political bidding on the bench, regardless of what is required by the law and the Constitution.

My perception is that we're making considerable progress. But not as much progress as we thought that we would make.

People at the White House need to know that the chances of our getting a (budget cut) bill moving out of my committee are very difficult if we don't get this behind us,

You've got the Berlin subway being built by Berlin taxpayers, leased to some corporation in America, ... There's no risk. It will never be the property of the corporation. And they get the tax benefits. Indirectly, you're having American taxpayers pay for the infrastructure of Europe.

Are you against cameras in the courtroom like Justice Rehnquist was

Unless Europe changes its mind on agriculture, there won't be much accomplished in Seattle,

The exact figure (of the tax cut) I will release tomorrow (Tuesday), ... It won't be exactly the way the president had it, but it will be very, very aggressive and will send a strong signal that we in the majority party feel that there's a great deal of anxiety about the economy.

The CDSOA lines corporate coffers for a select few, and too many innocent companies and workers end up paying the tab, ... I'll continue to seek repeal or suspension of the CDSOA at the earliest possible time.

We've looked at Army regulations, and it specifically states there are no toxins allowed in textile fabrics,

I expect the Judiciary Committee to conduct a fair and dignified hearing in a timely manner, followed by an up or down vote by the Senate.

I think it's a matter of accommodating people who see unfair competition,

Unlike our trade remedy laws, where all producers of an unfairly traded product get relief, (the Byrd Amendment) funnels money to a select few.

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

whatever it takes to get this information out.

I do not want another savings-and-loan situation like we had in the late 80s, coming out of bad policy with the PBGC, ... As we've watched this corporation deteriorate rapidly in recent years, the possibility of such a bailout has become increasingly real.

I think the FBI has shown, going back to January of 1997, its ability to use its power and prestige to curb statements and truths other agencies were willing to give out,

Every time I come here with an ambassador's tour I hear it, ... For most of them, they have to come here and see it to believe it.

We've got to make sure the unemployment program has enough flexibility in it to make sure the people that apply for it are going to get the benefits, and I suppose at some point look and see if there needs to be any extension,

I think that the states will conclude that the committee proposals will help them better serve their beneficiaries, but in the event a state doesn't, this kind of flexibility may be helpful to states such as Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi right now,

If (Boeing) knew these things presumably 10 years ago or even before that, perhaps the TWA 800 explosion would never have taken place and there would not have been 230 lives lost,

This legislation extends very important benefits for people who live on the edge of poverty,

The frustration that I and many of my colleagues in the Senate feel is that China is not satisfying its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization and as a major beneficiary of open trade.

If we're going to be successful in agriculture (trade negotiations), we've got to have a broad number of issues on the table,

The FBI's excuse that the 'computer ate my homework' simply doesn't add up. Instead, the McVeigh case reveals a management meltdown,

At that point, the Brussels bureaucrats decided to perpetuate the FSCETI dispute in an ill-conceived effort to gain some sort of leverage in the civil aircraft dispute. Their blatant linkage of WTO disputes serves as a dangerous precedent,

It is difficult to understand why an entire board would need to travel from New Jersey to the Grand Cayman to discuss improving quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, but I am eager to receive your detailed and documented explanations.

Now is the time for each of us to stand up and demand change. Call your senators at once,

Ottumwa Regional Hospital and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Office are attempting to work through the issues at hand. It is very rare for CMS to withdraw Medicare funding due to these types of violations, especially when the hospital is working to correct them. And, it is my understanding that the hospital will be submitting a plan of correction to CMS shortly.

Is there any room in constitutional interpretation for the judge's own values or beliefs

If state surveyors are missing serious deficiencies in the quality of care, then the federal government has not yet achieved the necessary level of improvement in oversight of the inspection process.

The serious nature of the reported findings and allegations, coupled with the grave implications if these allegations are meritorious, compel me ... to refer these matters to the Department of Justice and to the Securities Exchange Commission for consideration.

The immediate relief package that we're announcing today will help get short-term aid to hurricane victims by encouraging food donations and the employment of displaced individuals,

If Congress does its job, taxpayers won't suffer any tax increase,

I think if Democrats would take a good look at it (the overall health spending package), a lot of Democrats would vote for it if their leadership would let them do it,

That's kind of like saying it's all right for a bank robber to rob a bank three times before the FBI's going to investigate the bank robbery,

Money is wasted or lost to fraud, and quality of care can be jeopardized when products and services come from con artists rather than qualified suppliers,

Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular. Cutting the home-mortgage interest deduction is an example.But it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking,

There's people that have the ability to repay. They go into bankruptcy. They go into Chapter 7. Everything would be wiped clean. Somebody else would pick up for them. They're not paying their bills.

One of the results I hope from our hearing will be that HCFA gets on the stick and does its job, and its job obviously is to protect the vulnerable,

If you make a promise, you are responsible for your own promise, ... Unfortunately, there are a few ... bad apples who have abused loopholes ... to avoid funding pensions in a way that shows they are responsible for their own promises.

We've got a lot of strong opposition, but we did have 66 votes three years ago, so I think we have the opportunity to get it passed,

while the devastation caused by Katrina in Louisiana is severe, initial reports indicate that the situation could be worse from the standpoint of resuming grain exports.

Its remarkable that better management of the Medicare program has achieved the same level of savings in just one year as the Senate did in a five-year budget bill passed just last week,

The Red Cross in its disaster response was more than a charity. It was also a federal contractor. It's appropriate for Congress to verify whether taxpayers got their money's worth.

Our investigation needs to find out whether Enron's actions were legal, somewhat questionable, highly questionable or even illegal, ... In the end, what's legal for any company could be the most shocking of all.

And when we expect trading partners to respect science, we should be willing to do the same. So I don't support depriving the Department of Agriculture with the funding it needs to make decisions based on sound science even while we need to send a loud and clear message to Japan.