Chuck Grassley Quotes - Page 2

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Decision, Advice, President

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Grandma, Government, Program

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.msnbc.com. August 12, 2009.

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

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  Iowa, Airports, Community

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Integrity, Drug, Secret

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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.

  Chuck Grassley

  Integrity, Law, Giving

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

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  Believe, Individual, Consensus

  "Transcript: Sens. Dodd, Grassley on 'FNS'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 14, 2009.

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Answers, Chuck, I Can

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Party, Four, Republican

  "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", www.nbcnews.com. August 17, 2009.

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

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  Iowa, Campaigns, Elsewhere

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• 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.

  Chuck Grassley

  Law, Justice, Enforcement

  "Congress Targets Mortgage Fraud: Justice for Victims, Jail for the Guilty". Tri-State Defender, February 12, 2009.

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• 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.

  Chuck Grassley

  Mean, Temperature, Global Warming

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• 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.

  Chuck Grassley

  Fighting, President, Kind

  "Reaction to President Bush's speech". www.sfgate.com. January 24, 2007.

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• 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.

  Chuck Grassley

  People, Parent, Drug

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• 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.

  Chuck Grassley

  Exercise, Keys, Judging

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Supreme Court nominees should know without any doubt that their job is not to impose their own personal opinions of what is right and wrong, but to say what the law is, rather than what they personally think the law ought to be.

  Chuck Grassley

  Jobs, Thinking, Personal Opinions

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Judging, Makers, Democratic

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• 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.

  Chuck Grassley

  Eye, Giving, Black

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Past, Judging, Honor

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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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.

  Chuck Grassley

  Law, Judging, Groups

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Practice, Judging, People

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• 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.

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  Taken, Church Bells, People

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• Gifted students represent a vital resource that has unlimited potential. We need to make sure that these exceptional young people have the support and services they need to be successful.

  Chuck Grassley

  Successful, Unlimited Potential, People

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• All week Senate will be on the Stimulus/Porkulus Bill. Tune in C SPAN

  Chuck Grassley

  Tunes, Bills, Week

  ChuckGrassley @ChuckGrassley, twitter.com. February 02, 2009.

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

  Chuck Grassley

  Introduction, Old Saying

  "Read the full testimony of FBI Director James Comey in which he discusses Clinton email investigation". www.washingtonpost.com. May 3, 2017.

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