Honorable Charles Grassley
United States Senator, Iowa, Republican
Senator Grassley was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1958 until 1974 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Finance Committee and also serves on the following committees: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Budget; Judiciary; and the Joint Committee on Taxation. The following is from December 4, 2010, Senate floor debate on two amendments relating to the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. First of all, I remember before the President was sworn in he announced that —…