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Direct
I
spoke
with
Ed
Funston
of
KILR
in
Estherville
and
Gordon
Wolf
of
the
Denison
Bulletin
and
Review
about
President
Trump’s
proposed
tax
plan,
defunding
sanctuary
cities,
renegotiating
the
North
American
Free
Trade
Agreement,
reform
of
the
biodiesel
tax
credit
and
North
Korea.
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Former
Georgia
Governor
Sonny
Perdue
received
broad,
bipartisan
support
to
become
the
U.S.
Secretary
of
Agriculture.
I’m
confident
that
he
will
hit
the
ground
running
in
his
new
job. I
also
look
forward
to
working
with
Secretary
Perdue
and
consulting
his
department
as
a
new
Farm
Bill
is
drafted
and
as
international
trade
is
debated
in
Congress.
I
introduced
bipartisan
legislation
to
reform
the
biodiesel
tax
credit
and
extend
the
new
policy
for
three
years.
This
bill
would
end
a
system
that
gives
many
foreign
producers
a
leg
up
over
U.S.
producers
and
give
certainty
to
the
biodiesel
industry,
which
employs
thousands
of
Iowans.
U.S.
producers
shouldn’t
be
put
at
a
disadvantage
by
foreign
producers
that
in
many
cases
are
double
dipping
by
benefiting
from
U.S.
tax
incentives
on
top
of
their
own
significant
government
subsidies.
According
to
a
newly
released
independent
study,
I
ranked
fifth
in
the
United
States
Senate
for
bipartisanship
in
the
114th
Congress.
I
hope
my
work
for
Iowans
serves
as
an
example
that
working
together
is
not
only
possible,
but
also
should
be
expected
of
elected
officials.
I
introduced
bipartisan
legislation
to
help
improve
veterans'
health
care
by
encouraging
medical
professionals
to
work
in
under-served
areas.
The
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
ought
to
have
every
tool
at
its
disposal
to
help
recruit
medical
professionals
wherever
they’re
needed
so
that
veterans
aren't
forced
to
wait
for
care.
I
re-introduced bipartisan
legislation
to
combat
the
anticompetitive
practices
used
by
some
brand-name
pharmaceutical
and
biologic
companies
to
block
entry
of
lower-cost
generic
drugs
into
the
marketplace. This
bill
takes
important
steps
to
improve
the
current
system
so
that
consumers
have
access
to
more
affordable
generic
drugs
in
a
timely
fashion.
I
introduced
a
bipartisan
resolution to
commemorate
April
as
National
Sexual
Assault
Awareness
Month. Many
survivors
of
sexual
violence
suffer
from
severe
and
lasting
challenges,
including
post-traumatic
stress
disorder
and
depression.
This
resolution
brings
greater
awareness
to
the
problem
of
sexual
assault
and
publicly
acknowledges
the
survivors
of
such
horrible
crimes.
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