Grassley
Direct
I
spoke with
Dennis
Morrice
of
KLEM
radio
in
Le
Mars
and
Jamie
Whitney
of
the
Pocahontas
Record-Democrat
about the
Congressional
baseball
practice
shooting,
the
Senate
health
care
replacement
plan,
the
firing
of
FBI
Director
Comey
and
misleading
VA
wait
times.
Q&A:
Backlogs
Continue
at
the
VA
Q.
What
new
action
has
Congress
taken
to
fix
systemic
flaws
at
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
(VA)?
Q. What
have
you
learned
about
wait
times
for
veterans
seeking
treatment
at
Iowa’s
VA
facilities?
Quick
Links
Underserved and
rural
communities
need
access
to
general
surgeons. I
introduced
bipartisan
legislation
that
would
produce
high
quality
data
on
where
general
surgeons
are
in
short
supply
around
the
country. Policymakers
and
the
medical
community would
be
able
to
place
surgeons
where
they’d
do
the
most
good.
The
White
House
is
working
on
an
executive
order
to
address
the
high
cost
of
prescription
drugs.
I
have
been
pressing the current
and
previous
administrations
for
months
to
accurately
classify
prescription
drugs
under
the
Medicaid
Drug
Rebate
Program
to
save
taxpayer
money. I’m
very
interested
in
the
executive
order,
and
the
Administration
is
right
to
focus
on
the
high
cost
of
prescription
drugs.
In
recent
years,
we’ve
seen
a
rapid
trend
toward
concentration
in
the
ag
industry,
which
has
rightly
put
American
farmers
and
ranchers
on
edge.
I
was
glad
to
see that
the
Justice
Department
listened
to
the
concerns
I and
others raised
about
the
Dow-DuPont
merger
and
required those
companies
to
divest
portions
of
their
businesses
in
order
to
maintain
a
more
fair
and
open
marketplace.
The
Obama Administration
established
a
practice
of
funneling
money
from
settlement
agreements
with
the
Justice
Department
to
third
party,
politically
active
organizations
instead
of
sending
those
funds
directly
into
the
U.S.
Treasury
or
to
victims. Thankfully
the
Justice
Department
under
Attorney
General
Sessions recently
discontinued that
policy. But
I’m
seeking
information on
all
of
these
previous
settlements
so
we
have
a
full
accounting
for
victims
and
for
the
American
taxpayers.
Post
of
the
Week
23
RuralElectricCoop
students
on
annual
D.C.
Trip
met
me
at4am
at
my
home
to
do
my
3mi
run
This
is
our
7th
annual
meeting
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photo
posted
by
@senatorchuckgrassley
on
June
15,
2017
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