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Direct
I
spoke
with
Doug
Wagner
on
WMT radio
in
Cedar
Rapids about
asset
forfeiture
laws
and
biotech
labeling.
Q&A:
Overdose
&
Addiction
in
Iowa
Q.
What
is
the
Comprehensive
Addiction
and
Recovery
Act
(CARA)?
Q.
How
will
CARA
help
address
drug
addiction
and
overdoses
in
Iowa?
Quick
Links
You’ve
heard
me
say
that
food
security
is
national
security.
I’ve
recently
introduced
legislation
to
ensure
that
foreign
investment
in
major
U.S.
food
and
agricultural
companies is
thoroughly
reviewed
to
ensure
that
our
agricultural
assets
are
protected.
Continuing
my
support
for
renewable
fuels,
I
introduced
legislation
this
week
to
reform
and
extend
the
biodiesel
tax
credit. The
reforms
put
the
emphasis
on
benefiting
domestic
producers,
including
those
in
Iowa,
who
produce
biodiesel
from
soybeans
and
other
sources
to
help
meet
our
fuel
needs.
Many
Iowa
families
know
first-hand
the
heartaches
and
hardships
that
go
hand-in-hand
with
Alzheimer’s
disease. By
all
accounts,
the
human
toll
bears
immeasurable
costs
for
both
patients
and
caregivers.
We
must
do
better.
I’m
cosponsoring
bipartisan
legislation
to
offer
financial
incentives
for
an
Alzheimer’s
cure.
I’ve
made
addressing
the
opioid
and
heroin
epidemic
one
of
my
top
priorities
as
Chairman
of
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee.
And,
this
week
Congress
sent
a
landmark
addiction
and
recovery
bill
to
the
President’s
desk.
I
secured
additional
provisions
in
the
bill
to
combat
the
ongoing
threat
of
methamphetamine
in
many
Iowa
communities.
An
Iowa
community
received
good
news
after
my
inquiry
into
a
now-defunct
Tyson
meat
processing
plant
in
Cherokee.
Stories
of
loved
ones
who
wander
away
from
safety
because
of
a
medical
condition
are
all
too
common.
This
week,
the
Senate
unanimously
passed
a
bipartisan
Judiciary
Committee
bill
that
I
authored
to
help
locate
people
with
Alzheimer’s
disease
or
other
forms
of
dementia
as
well
as
children
with
autism
spectrum
disorders
who
may
be
prone
to
wander
away
from
safety. The
bill
is
named
after
a
young
Iowa
boy
who
drowned
in
the
Raccoon
River.
Financial
exploitation
of
America’s
seniors
is
so
widespread
that
it
has
been
called
the
crime
of
the
21st
Century.
This
type
of
abuse
cannot
be
tolerated.
To
address
this
problem,
I
introduced
a
bipartisan,
comprehensive
bill
to
crack
down
on
crimes
targeting
seniors.
The
bill
has
been
called
by
the
Elder
Justice
Coalition,
“One
of
the
most
comprehensive
and
meaningful
bills
ever
developed
to
address
the
rapidly
increasing
problem
of
elder
financial
abuse
in
America.”
Post
of
the
Week
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