Grassley
Direct
Last
month,
Congress
passed
and
President
Trump
signed
into
law
the
Tax
Cuts
and
Jobs
Act.
This
historic
legislation
reforms
our
broken
tax
code,
makes
filing
simpler
and
gives
a
break
to
middle-class
families
and
low-income
earners
in
Iowa
and
across
the
country.
Read
my
op-ed
about
the
promises
tax
reform
delivers
to
Iowa
families. Q&A:
Looking
Ahead
in
2018
Q.
How
will
Congress
build
on
the
achievements
from
the
first
session
of
the
115th Congress?
Q.
What
issues
can
Iowans
expect
Congress
to
address
this
year?
Quick
Links
I will
kick
off
the
38th
year
of
my
annual
99
county
meetings in
Harrison
and
Sac
counties. Representative
government
is
a
two-way
street
and
it
requires
continued
dialogue
between
elected
officials
and
the
people
we
represent. I
look
forward
to
another
productive
year
of
meetings,
as
well
as
the
opportunity
to
listen
to
Iowans’
comments
and
concerns
and
respond
directly
to
their
questions.
My
colleagues
and
I
urged the
Administration
to
include
sufficient funding
in
its
fiscal
year
2019
budget
request
to
upgrade
critical
lock
and
dam
infrastructure
on the
Mississippi
River.
Waterways
and
ports
are
vital
to
U.S.
trade
and
commerce.
The United
States
is
the
world’s
largest
agricultural
exporter,
selling
one
third
of
its
product
abroad.
Alarming
news
reports surfaced of unsanctioned
human
research
testing conducted
by
Southern
Illinois
University professor
William
Halford.
The
type
of
research
puts
individuals
at
extreme
health
risk.
I
wrote
to
various
government
agencies
seeking
information
on
the
status
of
any
on
going
investigation.
The
episode
illustrates
a
failure
in
necessary
governmental
oversight
of
vaccine
research
as
well
as
a
failure
by
the
university
in
question
to
properly
oversee
its
research
staff.
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