Grassley
Direct
I
spoke
with
Mike
Earl
of
KDSN
Radio
and
Dale
Wegner
of
The
Sac
Sun
newspaper
about
legislative
business
for
the
rest
of
2016,
status
of
the next
farm
bill,
international
trade,
NAFTA,
the
Trans-Pacific
Partnership,
concerns
of
election
fraud
and
the
Supreme
Court.
Q&A:
Drug
Take
Back
Day
Prescription
Drug
Take
Back
Day.
More
than
ever
with
the
opioid
crisis,
we
need
to
get
unused
medicines
out
of
medicine
cabinets
in
a
safe
way.
Proper
disposal
will
prevent
abuse
and
keep
our
water
clean,
so
I
encourage
all
Iowans
to
take
part.
Q.
What
is
National
Take
Back
Day?
Q.
How
can
I
locate
an
approved
disposal
site?
Quick
Links
This
week
I
released
a
joint
report
with
Senator
Ron
Johnson,
chairman
of
the
Senate
Homeland
Security
and
Government
Affairs
Committee,
that
identified
$87
billion
in
potential
cost
savings
at
federal
agencies.
More
than
15,000
cost-saving
recommendations
from
inspectors
general
across
the
federal
government
remain
open
and
unimplemented.
These
recommendations
represent
years
of
unrecovered
costs
to
the
American
taxpayer,
and
there
is
no
excuse
for
this
kind
of
waste.
The
entire
congressional
delegation
from
Iowa
urged
President
Obama
to
support
Governor
Branstad's
request
to
declare
19
Iowa
counties
a
federal
disaster
area.
This
declaration
would
make
federal
aid
available
for
the
counties
affected
by
the
storms
and
flooding
between
September
21
and
October
3.
I
will
continue
working
to
ensure
Iowans
get
the
relief
they
need.
In
a
letter
co-written
with
fellow
senators,
I
pressed
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
on
why
only
"one
to
six"
people
responsible
for
the
wait
time
scandal
have
been
fired
in
the
past
two
years.
Until
failing
VA
employees
are
held
accountable
for
their
actions,
nothing
will
change.
I
am
working
to
reverse
the
negative
effects
of
Obamacare
with
the
goal
of
replacing
the
entire
flawed
law.
I
have
put
forward
the
Small
Business
Health
Care
Relief
Act,
which
would
allow
small
businesses
to
resume
helping
their
employees
buy
individual
health
insurance,
something
disrupted
by
Obamacare.
My
regional
director
in
Davenport
will
be
holding
open
office
hours
on
Monday
in
Henry
and
Lee
counties
and
will
be
available
to
take
questions,
comments,
and
concerns
about
federal
issues
from
Iowans.
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