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.

Chuck Grassley

I am no stranger to political pressure and to strong-arm tactics. by Chuck Grassley

I am no stranger to political pressure and to strong-arm tactics.

Now that's a political temptation that the chief justice should r... by Chuck Grassley

Now that's a political temptation that the chief justice should resist.

While the vice president and others have tried to recast his 1992 speech as merely a call for greater cooperation.

The next Supreme Court justice could dramatically change the direction of the court, the majority of this body believes the American people shouldn't be denied the opportunity to weigh in on this question.

It isn't any different if the President of the United States notifies Congress well in advanced of a piece of legislation that he's going to veto it, whether it's today or tomorrow or whether it's for the next seven or eight months, this is a very important debate that we ought to have about the constitution and about not only who's going to be a replacement for Justice Scalia but about the role of the Supreme Court.

I would wait until the nominee is made before I would make any decisions, in other words, take it a step at a time.

Unless and until the United States can figure out a foolproof screening process to prevent terrorists from masquerading as refugees to infiltrate our neighborhoods and communities, President Obama needs to listen to the concerns voiced by more than half the nation's governors, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on both sides of Capitol Hill, and the American people from across the entire country.

It appears to be a special provision for higher educational insti... by Chuck Grassley

It appears to be a special provision for higher educational institutions and outlets.

DuPont and Dow are two titans of American industry and the propos... by Chuck Grassley

DuPont and Dow are two titans of American industry and the proposed merger demands serious scrutiny.

Perhaps then a federal financial control board should be part of a comprehensive approach to remove obstacles to certain fiscal reform.

It would be hard for Grassley to say he's not spending enough tim... by Chuck Grassley

It would be hard for Grassley to say he's not spending enough time in Iowa.

The nominee is an innocent victim of the State Department’s contemptuous failures to respond to congressional inquiries.

Congress did not intend to create this sort of litigation-style standoff inside the department, it is a waste of time and money for two divisions of the same government department to be fighting over access to the department’s own records.

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If the Inspector General deems a document necessary to do his job, then the agency should turn it over immediately.

It’s not a secret that the FBI is operating in the skies above our nation’s cities and towns, but what’s unclear is precisely what the bureau is doing and what legal framework is being used to guide its activity, it’s important that federal law enforcement personnel have the tools they need to find and catch criminals, but whenever an operation may also monitor the activities of Americans who are not the intended target, as several media reports suggest, we must make darn sure that safeguards are in place to protect the civil liberties of innocent Americans.

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This program is meant to be used in a limited way to give the government special expertise it can’t get otherwise, an inspector general review is necessary. Available information suggests that in at least one case, the State Department gave the special status for employee convenience, not public benefit.

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A number of conflict-of-interest concerns arise when a government employee is simultaneously being paid by a private company.

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A number of conflict-of-interest concerns arise when a government employee is simultaneously being paid by a private company, especially when that company (is) Teneo.

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A number of conflict-of-interest concerns arise when a government employee is simultaneously being paid by a private company, especially when that company, Teneo.

Digging into the report and reading about specific cases, you can see just how questionable Mr. Mayorkas' ethics and judgment were, and, just as bad, is the blind eye that the Obama administration turned when elevating this individual to the number two slot at the Department of Homeland Security.