Quotes by Chuck Grassley

About Chuck Grassley:

Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley is the senior United States Senator from Iowa, serving since 1981. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1981) and the Iowa state legislature (1959–1974). He was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from January to June 2001 and from January 2003 to December 2006. Senator Grassley is the current chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the 114th congress.
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You shouldn't have counseling at the end of life. You ought to have counseling 20 years before you're going to die. You ought to plan these things out. And I don't have any problem with things like living wills. But they ought to be done within the f...

Chuck Grassley

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

I can support co-ops if they want to do it as we've known co-ops in America for 150 years - where they serve the purposes of the consuming public, whether it's health care or whether it's co-ops as we know them in the Midwest, providing electricity o...

Chuck Grassley

Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor.

Chuck Grassley

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

Chuck Grassley

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.

Chuck Grassley

Finding out exactly what went wrong is key toward preventing future debacles.

Chuck Grassley

I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers.

Chuck Grassley

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

Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. In the United States, we import everything consumers want. So why not pharmaceuticals?

Chuck Grassley

If Americans could legally access prescription drugs outside the United States, then drug companies would be forced to re-evaluate their pricing strategy.

Chuck Grassley

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

Chuck Grassley

Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts.

Chuck Grassley

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

Chuck Grassley

If I move one way, I lose a couple votes. If I move another way, I lose a couple votes.

Chuck Grassley

In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.

Chuck Grassley

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.

Chuck Grassley

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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I think that less presidential interference the better.

Chuck Grassley

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

Chuck Grassley

Author Bio

  • NameChuck Grassley
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornSeptember 17, 1933
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician