Grassley
Direct
I
spoke
with
Lara
Netolicky
from
the
Anamosa
Journal-Eureka
and
Rick
Patrie
from
the
Eldora
Newspaper
about
the
Supreme
Court,
the
GOP
convention,
job
creation
in
Iowa
and
the
Sentencing
Reform
and
Corrections
Act.
Q&A:
Red
Tape
Q.
Why
does
red
tape
harm
economic
growth?
Q.
How
big
is
Washington's
regulatory
wheel
of
red
tape
and
why
does
it
matter
how
big
it
gets?
Q.
How
is
concern
about
too
many
laws
and
over-regulation
rooted
in
our
nation's
history?
Quick
Links:
- The
Senate
passed
my
resolution
recognizing
National
Foster
Care
Month.
Find
out
more
about
all
the
work
I’m
doing
with
the
Senate
Caucus
on
Foster
Youth
to
address
the
challenges
children
face
in
the
foster
care
system.
- You’ve
heard
me
reiterate
the
need
for
greater
transparency
regarding
the
expenditures
of
the
Defense
Department’s
Task
Force
for
Business
and
Stability
Operations
in
Afghanistan.
I’ve
requested
financial
audits
to
seek
accountability
for
the
wasteful
spending
and
increase
integrity
in
these
kinds
of
programs
going
forward.
- Annuities
help
ensure
a
secure
retirement
for
many
Americans.
That’s
why
I
started
asking
questions
when
the
Labor
Department
announced
a
regulation
that
could
limit
a
popular
type
of
this
product.
- This
week
I
continued
my
longstanding
practice
of
holding
meetings
in
each
of
Iowa’s
99
counties
to
take
comments
and
questions
from
Iowans.
I
visited
Appanoose
County,
Davis
County,
Wapello
County,
Van
Buren
County,
Jefferson
County,
Keokuk
County,
Mahaska
County,
Story
County,
Humboldt
County
and
Webster
County
to
take
questions
on various
issues
such
as
mental
health,
veterans,
Obamacare,
agriculture,
drug
prices
and
the
Second
Amendment.
- After
his
son
committed
suicide
in
2010
after
ingesting
legal
synthetic
drugs
that
can
cause
hallucination,
psychosis
and
other
severe
side
effects,
Mike
Rozga
from
Indianola
has
been
tireless
in
his
efforts
to
raise
awareness
about
the
dangers
of
these
synthetic
narcotics. Mr.
Rozga
will
share
his
family’s
story
with
these
deadly
drugs
next
week
before
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee
which
I
lead.
Post
of
the
Week
|