Chuck Grassley Quotes - Page 2

I'm worried that a few people are confusing the ringing of a church bell with the ringing of a cash register, .. When I hear about leaders of charities being provided a $300,000 Bentley to drive around in, my fear is that it's the taxpayers who subsidize this charity who are really being taken for a ride.

We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an 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.

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.

Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities

We should not have a government program that determines if you're going to pull the plug on grandma.

Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets.

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.

I believe that there is a bipartisan consensus to have individual mandates.

I can only answer for Chuck Grassley; I can't answer for anybody else.

If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party.

It wouldn't do me much good to back somebody that won in Iowa if they can't carry on the campaign elsewhere.

President Obama's decision to bypass the constitutional advice and consent of the Senate is not an isolated incident.

You ought to serve on the platform you run on.

President Bush has proven he'll take a stand and fight for his programs and initiatives. It's the kind of leadership that makes things happen.

We had global warming between 1940 and 1998. Since then, we haven't had a rise in temperature. That doesn't mean we don't have a problem. If that problem is going to be solved, it ought to be solved by an international treaty.

Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution constrains judges every bit as much as it constrains we legislators, executives and citizens in their actions.

Judges are required by our democratic system not to overstep their positions to become policy makers or super-legislators.

I don't like to see facts twisted, untruths fabricated to give the [Supreme Court] nominee a black eye, even before he comes before Senate committee.

Judge [Samuel] Alito should see criticism as a badge of honor worn by many past and present members of the Court.

As the old saying goes, for somebody as famous as you, you don't need any introduction.

Unfortunately, throughout the housing crisis we've seen innocent homeowners who have been victims of shady mortgage lenders and unscrupulous individuals who have used a down market to line their own pockets at the expense of others. This bill is designed to send a message by revising our laws to ensure criminals are brought to justice and that law enforcement has the tools to uncover these fraudulent schemes and go after the bad actors. Criminals should be put on notice that ripping off homeowners and taxpayers won't be tolerated.

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Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist and to be an activist. They've criticized a nominee who has, from what I see described by these lawyers and fellow judges, a reputation of being a restrained jurist committed to the rule of law and the Constitution.

Judge [Samuel] Alito enjoys the support and respect of the people who work with him, practice with him and, therefore, know him best.