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Direct
I spoke
with
KIIC
radio
in
Albia
and
the
Eldora
newspapers
about
the
Iowa
State
Fair,
an
inquiry
I
sent
to
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
regarding
the
suicide
of
a
Davenport
veteran,
reports
of
the
VA's
spending
$20
million
on
art
in
the
last
decade
and
Zika
funding.
Weekly
Republican
Address
I
delivered
the
Weekly
Republican
Address.
My
remarks
focused
on
the
bipartisan
work
of
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee.
The
approach
I’ve
taken
with
the
committee
comes
straight
from
the
common
sense
nature
of
Iowans.
We’ve
been
able
to
make
meaningful
progress
on
good
ideas
from
senators
on
both
sides
of
the
aisle.
It’s
a
formula
for
representative
government
that
puts
us
to
work
for
you.
To
read
the
text
of
my
remarks,
click
here.
To
watch
the
remarks,
click
here.
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I’m asking
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
to
explain
its
policies
for
allowing
wanted
fugitive
felons
to
live
in
public
housing
after
a
report
suggested
the
agency
takes
a
weaker
approach
than
federal
law
requires.
Staff
from
my Waterloo
and Sioux
City
offices
will
hold
open
office
hours
at
locations
across
northeastern
and
northwestern
Iowa
and
will
be
available
to
take
questions,
comments
and
concerns
about
federal
issues
from
Iowans.
I’m continuing
to
pursue
solutions
to
the
problem
of
humiliating
social
media
posts
of
nursing
home
residents
by
nursing
home
workers.
Following
my
call
for
the
federal
government
to
take
action
where
appropriate,
the
Centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
Services
put
out
a
detailed
memo
to
nursing
home
safety
inspectors
explaining
that
social
media
exploitation
is
a
prohibited
form
of
abuse.
Legislation
I introduced
to
help
ensure
that
historically
significant
films
and
sound
recordings
are
preserved
for
the
benefit
of
generations
of
Iowans
was
signed
into
law.
The
Obama
Administration
announced
that
it
will
make
it
easier
for
scientists
to
access
marijuana
for
research
and
leave
the
scheduling
of
marijuana
unchanged.
I've worked
with
Sen.
Dianne
Feinstein
to
help
persuade
federal
agencies
to
conduct
a
scientific
and
medical
analysis
of
cannabidiol,
a
component
of
marijuana
under
consideration
to
treat
severe
epilepsy
and
other
conditions,
to
see
if
there
is
a
scientific
basis
to
change
its
schedule.
I sought
a
review
from
the
Office
of
Inspector
General
at
the
U.S.
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
to
review
the
circumstances
of
a
veteran’s
recent
suicide
in
Iowa.
The
agency
confirmed
that
an
investigation
has
been
launched.
I’m
concerned
that
Medicare
may
be
steering
beneficiaries
to
mail
order
firms
rather
than
brick
and
mortar
pharmacies
for
their
diabetes
testing
supplies.
I wrote
to
the
Centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
Services
seeking
answers.
A
pharmacist
in
Decorah
brought
this
to
my
attention.
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