Remembering
Iowa's
Finest
This
week we
lost
two
members of
Iowa's
committed
law
enforcement
community.
Please
keep
their
families,
fellow
officers
and
loved
ones
in
your
thoughts
and prayers. Every
day,
our
law
enforcement
officers
go
to
work
to
keep
us
safe.
No
matter
the
circumstances,
they
answer
the
call
in
our
communities
across
Iowa. Let's
do
our
best
to
honor
their
dedication
and
commemorate
the
loss
of
these
two
who
served
and
protected
Iowa.
Grassley
Direct
I spoke
with
Steve
Woodhouse
of
the
Knoxville
Journal
Express
and
Nathan
Konz
of
Carroll
Broadcasting
about
judicial
nominations,
the
tragic
death
of
two
Iowa
police
officers
and
my
record
of
bipartisanship
in
the
United
States
Senate.
Q&A:
Veterans
Day
Q.
What
does
your
office
do
to
serve
veterans?
Q.
Do
you
have
an
update
on
the
case
of
a
deceased
veteran
for
whom
you
joined
Sen.
Joni
Ernst
and
called
upon
the
Secretary
of
the
VA
for
answers
regarding
his
death?
Quick
Links
We
know
the
price
increase
for
EpiPens
is
hitting
individual
consumers
and
Medicare
and
Medicaid.
It’s
important
to
get
a
handle
on
the
effects
of
the
price
increases
on
members
of
the
military,
veterans,
and
agency
budgets
for
prescription
drug
spending.
I
wrote
to
both
the
Department
of
Defense
and
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
amid
findings
that
certain
components
of
the
Defense
Department
pay
more
for
EpiPens
than
others.
This
week
I
requested
that
the
Department
of
Justice
Inspector
General
explore
whether
the
histories
of
officials
investigating
Hillary
Clinton's
unauthorized
use
of
a
private
email
server
and
potential
mishandling
of
classified
material
compromised
public
trust.
The
American
people
deserve
to
know
whether
political
considerations
have
improperly
affected
the
handling
of
this
inquiry
and
understand
why
key
officials
failed
to
recuse
themselves
to
protect
the
public’s
confidence
in
a
fair
and
impartial
inquiry.
I'm
continuing
to
put
pressure
on
antitrust
regulators
scrutinizing
the
proposed
mergers
and
acquisitions
in
the
agrochemical
and
seed
industries.
I
sent
a
letter
this
week
to
the Antitrust
Division
of
the
Department
of
Justice
about
the
Bayer-Monsanto
deal.
I
have
concerns
that
the potential
effects
of
these
deals
could
be
increased
seed
and
chemical
prices
for
farmers.
Those
increased
prices
on
farmers
could
also
mean
increased
food
prices
for
all
Americans.
Numerous
media
reports
indicate
that
an
ongoing
surge
of
illegal
immigration
at
the
Southwest
border
is
a
large-scale
effort
to
enter
the
United
States
before
this
year’s
presidential
election.
Tens
of
thousands
of
unaccompanied
minors
and
family
units
from
Central
America
continue
to
pour
across
the
border.
I
wrote
a
letter
with
colleagues
from
the
Senate
and
House
Judiciary
Committees
calling
on Department
of
Homeland
Security
Secretary
Jeh
Johnson
to
take
immediate
action
to
stop
the
surge
and
brief
lawmakers
on
the
department's
efforts.
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