156 ordspråk av Charles Grassley
Charles Grassley
You know there are powerful interests here -- we call them K Street lobbyists -- that are very prone to defending this sort of things, ... There's big fees for defending them on the Hill.
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You see the sort of inconsistency that I get from my members,
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You've got the Berlin subway being built by Berlin taxpayers, leased to some corporation in America, ... There's no risk. It will never be the property of the corporation. And they get the tax benefits. Indirectly, you're having American taxpayers pay for the infrastructure of Europe.
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[A: Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers reacted immediately. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said he would hold hearings on the panel's recommendations.] Some of their recommendations are bound to be politically unpopular, ... Cutting the home mortgage interest deduction is an example. But it's important to have a comprehensive starting point that will get everyone talking and thinking.
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[In 1993,] I didn't hear people in the Midwest moaning and groaning about whether or not the government response was adequate, ... They just pitched in and did something instead of bellyaching.
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[Still, some Republicans predict Roberts will be able to skate past tough questions even from Specter.] I think this guy is going to be able to answer questions in a way where maybe he doesn't answer questions, ... He's smarter than any senator, and they aren't going to even know they've been taken to the showers.
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