Q&A:
National
Adoption
Month
Q. How
are
you
working
to
observe
National
Adoption
Month
this
year?
Q.
What
other
initiatives
do
you
have
in
store
for
foster
youth?
Quick
Links
I
announced
this
week
that
a
fellow
senator
and
I
will
introduce
the
Over-the-Counter
Hearing
Aid
Act
of
2016.
The
bipartisan
legislation
would
make
certain
types
of
hearing
aids
available
over
the
counter
and
remove
unnecessary
and
burdensome
requirements
that
currently
create
barriers
for
consumers
who
could
benefit
from
hearing
aids.
The
goal
is
that
by
making
more
products
more
easily
available
to
consumers,
competition
will
increase
and
lead
to
lower
costs.
If
you
want
more
details
on
the
bill,
you
can
read
our
fact
sheet.
Following
reports
that
the
Department
of
Defense
has
ovepaid
millions
in
taxpayer
dollars
for
EpiPen
purchases,
I
am
calling
on
Mylan
to
reimburse
the
Defense
Department
for
all
the
past
overpayments.
Two
of
my
Senate
colleagues
and
I
sent
a
letter
to
the
Mylan
CEO
asking
for
the
company
to
right
this
wrong.
As
Chairman
of
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
I
am
also
seeking
a
Federal
Trade
Commission
review
of
Mylan,
the
EpiPen
maker,
for
potential
antitrust
violations.
Recent
reports
suggest
that
Mylan
engaged
in
exclusive
contracts
with
schools,
precluding
them
from
purchasing
products
that
compete
with
the
EpiPen.
I
co-authored
a
letter
with
Judiciary
Committee
Ranking
Member
Patrick
Leahy
to
the
FTC
emphasizing
our
priority
of enforcing
antitrust
laws
to
help
increase
competition
among
drug
makers
for
consumer
benefit.
I
am
part
of
an
effort
urging
the
Sixth
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
to
nullify
the
sweeping
regulation
commonly
known
as
"Waters
of
the
United
States"
or
WOTUS.
I
joined
87
other senators
and
members
of
Congress
in
signing
an
amicus
brief,
a
document
explaining
our
position
on
WOTUS,
to
the
court.
The
rule,
if
allowed
to
take
effect,
would
regulate
97
percent
of
the
land
in
Iowa
as
a
waterway,
subjecting
it
to
new
federal
regulations
and
permitting
requirements.
We
all
value
clean
water,
but
this
vast
overreach
by
the
EPA
would
impose
costs
and
penalties
for
families,
farmers
and
businesses
for
activities
on
land
nowhere
near
an
actual
body
of
water.
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of
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