Grassley
Direct
I
spoke with
Al
Joens
and
Michelle
Schoening
on
KTIV
in
Sioux
City
about
the
Senate's
tax
reform
efforts.
Q&A:
Thanksgiving
Q. Who
launched
a
“day
of
thanksgiving”
to
unite
America
“with
one
heart
and
one
voice”?
Q.
What
message
do
you
have
for
Iowans
this
Thanksgiving?
Quick
Links
Despite
the
trials
and
tribulations
the
pilgrims
faced
to
be
free,
they
took
time
to
be
thankful
for
the
blessings
they
had.
This
thanksgiving,
let’s
follow
their
example
and
take
time
to
count
our
own
blessings.
I’m
grateful
for
the
bountiful
harvest
brought
to
us
by
farmers,
for
the
family
and
friends
joining
my
wife
Barbara
and
me
for
Thanksgiving
dinner
and
for
the
opportunity
to
represent
the
people
of
Iowa.
Let’s
thank
the
generations
who
came
before
us
to
ensure
our
liberty
and
freedom.
Happy
Thanksgiving.
Modernizing
the
tax
code
is
a
once-in-a-generation
opportunity
that
hasn’t
been
accomplished
since
Ronald
Reagan
was
president.
Tax
reform
will
provide
middle
class
Americans
with
financial
relief,
make
U.S.
industry
and
workers
more
competitive,
create
jobs
across
the
country
and
get
the
economy
growing
again
after
years
of
stagnation.
The
legislation, which
passed
in
the
Senate
Finance
Committee,
now
goes
to
the
full
Senate. If
passed,
it
would
then
go
to
conference
to
be reconciled
with
legislation
passed
by
the
House
of
Representatives.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
my
colleagues
in
both
chambers
to
deliver
on
our
promise
for
middle
class
tax
relief.
Despite
years
of
effort
and
small
reforms,
sexual
assault
and
harassment
remain
pervasive
in
the
military.
My
colleagues and
I
reintroduced
bipartisan
legislation
to remove
the
sole
decision-making
authority
over
whether
serious
crimes
are
prosecuted
from
the
military
chain-of-command
and
give
it
to
independent,
trained
military
prosecutors. The
men
and
women
who
serve
in
our
armed
forces
enlist
to
protect
their
fellow
Americans
from
harm.
We
should
do
everything
we
can
to
protect
them
while
they
serve.
The
Senate
approved
the
National
Defense
Authorization
Act,
which
included
a
bipartisan
provision
I
worked
on
to
crack
down
on
waste,
fraud
and
abuse
in
federal
agency
travel
and
purchase
card
spending. This
provision
builds
on
my
previous
work
to
establish
accountability
and
rein
in
misuse
of
government
charge
cards.
There’s
no
excuse
for
the
lax
standards
and
practices
we’ve
seen.
Government
agencies
are
obligated
to
safeguard
tax
dollars
and
prevent
abuse.
Violations
of
our
antitrust
laws
often
lead
to
higher
prices
and
fewer
choices
for
consumers. Senator
Patrick
Leahy
of
Vermont and
I
wrote
a
bill
to
extend
whistleblower
protections
to
private
sector employees
who expose
criminal
antitrust
violations.
Our
bill,
which
was
passed
in
the
Senate
this
week, encourages
private
sector
employees
to
disclose
such
criminal
behavior
by
protecting
them
from
retaliation
at
work.
Whistleblowers
are
critical
to
exposing
fraud,
waste
and
abuse
in
government.
It's
high
time
we
empower
whistleblowers
in
the
private
sector
to
do
the
same
for
consumers.
Post
of
the
Week
|