Longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said he may decide in a few weeks whether to seek another term in 2022, the DeWitt Observer reports.
Grassley, 87, would be 95 at the end of what would be his eighth term.
Grassley Breaks with Trump Over Whistleblower
“As President Trump and his allies attack the whistleblower that kicked off the House’s impeachment inquiry, the still unidentified person gained a powerful ally on Tuesday: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley,” Politico reports.
“The most senior GOP senator has fashioned a career on protecting whistleblowers during presidencies of both parties. And in the middle of one of the most tempestuous political storms in two decades, the seventh-term Iowan is sticking to his position even if it’s at odds with the president himself.”
What Grassley Says Trump Really Believes on Trade
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told Politico that President Trump doesn’t really like tariffs.
Said Grassley: “He believes in tariffs as a tool to get a negotiation as opposed to being an end in themselves. Then he hasn’t changed anything. If he has used tariffs because he believes they’re good, and I know he says that, but I don’t believe he actually believes that. I don’t see how he could believe it.”
He added: “He hasn’t changed the Republican Party. We’re still a party of free trade … I surely hope that he has learned from history that lower tariffs are good.”
Grassley Calls Trump’s Wind Comments ‘Idiotic’
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is expressing irritation at what he calls “idiotic” comments by President Trump about wind energy, CBS News reports.
Grassley told reporters that the comments “were first of all idiotic and it doesn’t show much respect for Chuck Grassley as the grandfather of the wind energy tax credit.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“From the standpoint of a budget, the less words of the English language you use, the better off you are.”
— Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), quoted by The Hill, noting that when it comes to saving money in entitlement programs, it’s preferable to “just have figures in there” instead of spelling out specific reforms.
