Grassley
Direct
Last
week
I
spoke
with
A.J.
Taylor
of
KIOW
radio
in
Forest
City
and
KHAM
radio
in
Britt
and
Jamie
Whitney
of
the
Pocahontas
Record-Democrat
and
the Buena
Vista
County
Journal
about
the
Farm
Payment
Loophole
Elimination
Act,
the
Defend
Trade
Secrets
Act,
the
Supreme
Court
vacancy and
the
Comprehensive
Addiction
and
Recovery
Act.
Q&A:
Tax
Freedom
Day
Q.
What
is
Tax
Freedom
Day?
Q.
Where
is
Congress
in
the
budget
process
this
year?
Quick
Links
- The
law
improving
the
tax
fraud
whistleblower
program
that
I
wrote
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
Americans
may
not
show
up
on
the
Panama
Papers
offshore
tax
avoidance
list,
according
to
experts
quoted
in
The
Washington
Post.
- Here’s
a
guest
column
on
how
my
Pharmacy
and
Medically
Underserved
Areas
Enhancement
Act
would
encourage
pharmacists
to
offer
health
care
advice
and
expand
expert
access
in
rural
Iowa.
- Farm
payments
were
intended
to
help
small-
and
medium-sized
farmers
get
through
the
ups
and
downs
of
farming
that
are
out
of
their
control.
My
Farm
Payment
Loophole
Elimination
Act
would
close
a
loophole
that
was
included
in
the
2014
farm
bill
that
allows
non-farming
family
members
to
receive
farm
payments.
- It’s
tax
filing
season
again,
which
means
many
fraudsters
are
busy
trying
to
swipe
the
tax
returns
of
unwitting
Americans.
To
help
cut
down
on
tax
return
thieves,
I
introduced
the
Tax
Return
Identity
Theft
Protection
Act,
which
increases
penalties
for
perpetrators
and
removes
hurdles
for
prosecutors
of
identity
theft.
- A
happy
ending
for
an
Iowa
couple
and
their
adoption
of
two
children
from
the
Democratic
Republic
of
the
Congo.
Post
of
the
Week
Had
pleasant
bfast
w
Judge
Garland
this
morning.
Explained
why
the
Senate
won't
be
moving
fwd
w
his
nomination.
Next
prez
will
decide
after
the
ppl
have
a
voice.
A
photo
posted
by
Chuck
Grassley
(@senatorchuckgrassley)
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