Statement

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Kevin Shilling, Greenfield Iowa: “I voted for Nixon, Reagan, George W. Bush and Senator Charles Grassley, too. But after 50 years in politics, Senator Grassley’s ideas are old. And many of the things he says are just an embarrassment to Iowa.”

Sen. Grassley: “I’ve lived off the public tit all these years...”

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CSPAN, Washington Journal

Dec. 1, 2009

Washington, D.C.

Senator Grassley on Afghanistan War

ThinkProgress: Grassley: ‘I’ve lived off the public tit’ as a congressman.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/01/grassley-public-tit/

YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQM8SRwchyo#t=1m12s

C-Span link: (21:36-21:41)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290348-3&start=1290

Sen. Grassley: “sucking the tit of the taxpayer”

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Press Conference

March 18, 2009

Washington, D.C.

 “Boiling Point”

ABC News link: (0:54-1:06)
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7108237

Audience member: How come I can’t have the same thing you have?
Sen. Grassley: You can! Go work for the federal government!

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Town Hall Meeting
June 30, 2009

Waukon, Iowa

Health  Care For America Now: Want health care as good as Senator Grassley's? Apply for a job with the federal government!

http://healthcareforamericanow.org/page/s/job

YouTube link: (1:17-1:25)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_1yzHs8q4#t=1m17s

Sen. Grassley: “they’re gonna pull the plug on grandma”

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Rally

August 12, 2009

Winterset, Iowa

ThinkProgress: Grassley Scaremongers About Government Pulling ‘The Plug On Grandma’

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/12/grassley-scare-mongers/

Iowa Independent: Grassley: Government shouldn’t ‘decide when to pull the plug on grandma’
http://iowaindependent.com/18456/grassley-government-shouldnt-decide-when-to-pull-the-plug-on-grandma

YouTube link: (1:30-1:32)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUsnPjgGANw#t=1m27s

Sen. Grassley: “The Senate is constipated. …The Senate needs to function like our intestinal system…”

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Senate floor speech

July 30, 2008

Washington, D.C.

CSPAN link: (44:38-45:26)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/280132-101&start=2672

Sen. Conrad: “you’re good”
Sen. Grassley: “your wife said the same thing”

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Senate Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Markup, Part 1

Senate Budget Committee
March 26, 2009

Washington, D.C.

C-SPAN link: (2:31:34-2:31:40)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/284890-1&start=9060&end=9133

Sen. Grassley “People always say I have the ability to turn people on”

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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing, Day 2, Part 4

Senate Judiciary Committee

July 14, 2009

Washington, D.C.

C-SPAN link (13:32-13:35)

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/287701-103&start=805

YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIlCKLNe2e4#t=0m5s

Kevin: “It’s time for someone new. This time I’m voting for Roxanne Conlin. She spent her career fighting for regular working people against big corporations.  Especially in these economic times, Roxanne Conlin will fight for us and make Iowa proud.”

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Conlin won lawsuit against asbestos manufacturers

Beeman v. Manville and Keene  496 N.W.2d 247

Conlin secured $60 million for Iowa schools in Microsoft settlement

Iowa Independent: “Iowa schools awarded $60 million from Microsoft settlement”

http://iowaindependent.com/23197/iowa-schools-awarded-60-million-from-microsoft-settlement/