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This
week
the
Justice
Department
announced
that
another
4.7
billion
taxpayer
dollars
had
been
saved
this
year
because
of
my reforms
to
the
False
Claims
Act.
In
1986,
I
authored
the
reforms
to
encourage
whistleblowers
to
come
forward
with
information
involving
fraud
that
exploits
the
federal
government.
Since
their
passage,
those
reforms
have
saved
more
than
$53.1
billion
for
the
taxpayer.
After
investigating
the
practice
of
fetal
tissue
transfers
and
the
federal
laws
governing
the
practice,
I'm
referring
several
Planned
Parenthood
affiliates and
companies involved
in
fetal
tissue
transfers
and
Planned
Parenthood
Federation
of
America
to
the
FBI
and
Justice
Department
for
investigation
and
possible
prosecution.
I
don't
take
lightly
making
a
referral
like
this,
but
the
seeming
disregard
for
the
law
by
these
entities
has
been
fueled
by
decades
of
utter
failure
by
the
Justice
Department
to
enforce
it.
You
can
read
the
Majority
Staff
Report
from
the
Judiciary
Committee
on
the
matter
here.
I
am
urging
President-elect
Trump
to
help
bring
down
prescription
drug
prices
by
addressing
misclassifications
under
the
Medicaid
Drug
Rebate
Program
and
making
sure
laws
to
fight
anti-competitive
behavior
are
enforced.
I
have
recently
been
working
to
understand
the
reasons
behind
the
high
cost
of
EpiPens. In
my
letter
to
the
President-elect,
I
also
urge
him
to
reverse
the
unwillingness
of
the
executive
branch
to
cooperate
with
congressional
requests
for
information
in
order
to
foster
transparency
and
accountability.
I
sent
a
letter
to
Department
of
Homeland
Security
Secretary
Jeh
Johnson
raising
new
questions about
the
vetting
of
the
man
who
launched
an
attack
on
Ohio
State
University's
campus
last
month.
The
man
behind
that
attack
arrived
as
a
refugee
from
Somalia
in
2013
with
his
mother
and
six
siblings.
It
appears
that
some
information
provided
by
his
mother
in
the
course
of
seeking
asylum
should
have
spurred
further
questions
by
asylum
officers,
which
is
common
practice
in
similar
cases.
It
also
appears
that
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
may
have
used
outdated
forms
in
processing
the
asylum
request.
Each
year
I
get
an
opportunity
to
nominate
current
or
future
Iowa
high
school
graduates
for
a
select
few
U.S.
service
academy
appointments.
This
year
I
have
nominated
34
exceptional
young
Iowans
to
the
U.S.
Air
Force
Academy,
U.S.
Naval
Academy,
U.S.
Merchant
Marine
Academy
and
the
U.S.
Military
Academy.
These
young
Iowans,
and
their
outstanding
accomplishments,
are
a
remarkable
reflection
on
our
state
and
signal
continued
excellence
in
the
U.S.
Armed
Forces.
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