138 Quotes by Charles Grassley


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    Well, I don't want to directly comment on what Justice Souter said. He is either going to be a colleague or continue to be one of my bosses. So I want to maintain good relations in either case.

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    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.

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    We've heard too many stories of top executives of bankrupt companies sticking workers with unfunded pensions while running off with millions of dollars of so-called nonqualified pension benefits.

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    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,

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    This was truly a heroic effort. They produced a historically quick rollout of a new major benefit program and surprised us all.

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    This was truly a heroic effort, ... They produced a historically quick rollout of a new major benefit program and surprised us all.

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    we find out two years later ... that we still have the problems and nothing was done on the recommendations.

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    We have about 48 votes for it, and obviously you don't pass anything in the United States Senate with 48 votes,

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