Senator Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician. He has served as a senior United States Senator representing Iowa under the Republicans since 1980. He is also the president pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate.
He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981 and the Iowa state legislature from 1959–1974. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981. He is a member of the Republican party.
He was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from January to June 2001 and from January 2003 to December 2006. He is currently the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee.Â
Senator Chuck Grassley was born in New Hartford, north-central Iowa, on September 17, 1933. He graduated with a B.A. in Political science at the University of Northern Iowa in 1955. He earned his M.A. at the same college the following year.
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Here’s our collection of the best Chuck Grassley Quotes:
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Chuck Grassley Quotes on Politics/Trump/Power/Government
I don’t know how you can reach any conclusion, except that Trump had everybody in White House to discuss White House and unanimously, except for one, they said you shouldn’t do what the one lawyer said he thought The President ought to do, the President rejected it. The President did the right thing.
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When they’ve got 50 votes, if they’re going to spend this four-and-two-tenths trillion, they’ll have to have the 50 votes to do it or they aren’t getting anything, so why are they coming to us, I don’t understand it?
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I’ve been trying to get it done. And I hope now the time has arrived. I do believe that better understanding of all the three branches of government is very, very important. And the only one that people know least about is the judicial branch.
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Their terms didn’t expire until 2025, and there was no reasonable justification for these removals. President Biden is overtly politicizing the SSA, people don’t want their retirement and benefits politicized, they just want an agency that works. We had that under Commissioner Saul.
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Examples like this are exactly why House Republicans took action and prohibited these divisive concepts from being taught in Iowa schools, we heard from countless parents with these concerns of political indoctrination in their child’s school.
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I was born at night, but not last night, so if I didn’t accept the endorsement of a person who has 91 % of the Republican voters in Iowa, I wouldn’t be too smart. I’m smart enough to accept that endorsement.
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Her Twitter feed has painted Republicans with a broad brush, describing our national convention last year as three nights of quote-unquote ‘racism, xenophobia, and outrageous lies,’ how many of our colleagues in this room were there? Of course Ms. Gupta has in fact launched Twitter attacks on some of them directly. Will that kind of partisan political advocacy affect her legal advocacy in her role where she represents all Americans?
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I’m not really answering any questions on that until I find out if we’re in the majority, no Republican chairman’s gon na make a decision until we know what the status is. So it’s kind of a caucus decision not to talk about nominations until we get that firmed up.
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I think there is a lot of ways to get power in the Senate, but I think being knowledgeable and being willing to explain it with regard to any position you take
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We expect leadership from our President and particularly in times like this, and I think that when there was destruction to a church or any other historical thing that America would put great confidence in that should not be destroyed, I think a president ought to bring attention to that terrorist activity, and go there and do… what he did last night.
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Government Accountability isn’t only Government Accountability or a Democrat issue, inspectors general shouldn’t be politically motivated or politically targeted. And those of us in Congress have a duty to promote accountability, regardless of who is in office.
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Congress’s intent is clear that an expression of lost confidence, without further explanation, is not sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the IG Reform Act.
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I support nearly every one of President Trump’s immigration policies, but this is not one of them. I urge The President to consider other options.
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House Democrats say they’re interested in the tax returns of all presidents when they’re really just interested in one : President Donald Trump.
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People are caught between the need for border security and agreeing with(what) the President’s trying to do, but not how he wants to do it.
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Chuck Grassley Quotes on Equality/Economy
If the purpose of(a payroll tax cut) or a check is to stimulate the economy and help people in need, I think when a person has a check in his hand… I think that’s going to do more economic good than if we dribble out $30 every paycheck, because people are going to notice it and maybe take some action as a result.
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People would think that we’re hurting Social Security funds when we’re really not.
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Farmers in particular have been hard hit by the trade war and deserve recognition for their sacrifice.
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My business is the enforcement of the tax laws and the integrity of the tax code and making sure that trustees of charitable giving are true trustees.
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Chuck Grassley Quotes on Immigration
I know the President’s goals on immigration are the same as mine, pretty much the same as mine I would say, and that the President’s got to have people in place who will do his job and since his goals are the same as mine I’m gon na have to accept it.
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Chuck Grassley Quotes on Healthcare/Covid/Drugs
I learned today that I have tested positive for COVID-19. As of now, I am asymptomatic and I’m feeling good. I am currently in Washington D.C. and plan to isolate myself in my apartment while continuing to work and voting remotely.
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I’m not going to go. And I’m not going to go because of the virus situation.
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I am doing the usual things, trying not to shake hands with people, washing my hands and being careful about sneezing and stuff like that. Beyond that, not much. I am not avoiding meetings. Yesterday and today, I always have eight 15-minute meetings with constituents. I am continuing those meetings, just not shaking hands like I usually would.
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America has a problem with the high cost of prescription medicines, we’re all trying to understand the sticker shock that many drugs generate — especially when some of those drugs have been around for a long time.
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If Americans could legally access prescription drugs outside the United States, then drug companies would be forced to re-evaluate their pricing strategy.
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The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.
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Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets.
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There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in Medicare and Medicaid that can be saved.
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We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers and on the look-out for the warning signs. Performance enhancing drugs are too damaging to young people for parents and coaches to not be involved.
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I’ve always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep the domestic industry more responsive to consumers.
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Imports create competition and keep the domestic industry more responsive to consumers. In the United States, we import everything consumers want. So why not pharmaceuticals?
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Chuck Grassley Quotes on FBI
Respectfully, the career public servants and professionals at The FBI know what they’re doing and how best to conduct a background investigation.Â
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The FBI’s business should be carried out independent of political or partisan considerations. I hope my York Democratic colleagues do not attempt to interfere in that process.
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The FBI does not make a credibility assessment of any information it receives with respect to a nominee. Nor is it tasked with investigating a matter simply because the Committee deems it important.
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So too does the Committee’s interest in learning the FBI agents ’ actual assessments of their interview of Lt. Gen. Flynn, particularly given the apparent contradiction between what then-Director Comey told us in March 2017 and what he now claims.
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Other Chuck Grassley Quotes
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.
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Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.
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President Obama’s decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident.
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When you’re encouraging – the government is encouraging guns to be sold illegally to people that shouldn’t have them, the laws aren’t being faithfully executed.
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Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts.
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I believe that there is a bipartisan consensus to have individual mandates.
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I believe that there is a bipartisan consensus to have individual mandates.
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