Grassley
Direct
I
spoke
with
Brian
Fancher
of
KLMJ
Radio
in
Hampton,
Iowa
and
Nicole
Presley
of
the
Pella
Chronicle
about
school
safety,
combatting
the
opioid
crisis,
the
investigation
of
Russian
political
interference,
the
2018
Farm
Bill
and
tax
reform.
Q&A:Tax
Season
2018
Q.
What
are
some
tips
for
taxpayers
as
the
2018
tax
filing
season
goes
into
the
final
stretch?
Q.
What
should
taxpayers
look
out
for
to
protect
their
personal
and
financial
information?
Q.
Where
can
taxpayers
seek
assistance
if
they
are
unable
to
resolve
problems
with
the
IRS?
Quick
Links
In
my
role
as
chairman
of
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
I’ve
made
it
a
priority
to
advance
measures
to
expand
victims’
rights. This
week,
I
held
a
hearing
on
the
renewal
and
extension
of
the
bipartisan
Violence
Against
Women
Act.
This
bill
makes
resources
available
to
victims
of
abuse,
such
as
STOP
grants
and
transitional
housing.
It
also
extends
the
Justice
Department’s
DNA
backlog
reduction
program
and
makes
rape
victims
a
top
priority.
We
must
do
more
to
help
victims
of
violence
and
sexual
abuse.
Reauthorizing
this
legislation
is
an
important
part
of
that
effort.
I
joined
a
bipartisan
group
of
leaders
and
members
of
the
Senate
Energy
and
Commerce
and
Finance
Committees
in
sending
a
letter
to
the
Centers
for
Medicare
&
Medicaid
Services
(CMS)
regarding
its
oversight
of
the
Medicaid
drug
rebate
program.
Misclassifications
of
prescription
drugs
for
purposes
of
the
Medicaid
drug
rebate
may
have
resulted
in
federal
and
state
Medicaid
expenditures
that
were
higher
than
they
otherwise
might
have
been.
CMS
must
take
immediate
steps
to
correct
these
errors.
The
Senate
and
House
Judiciary
Committees
have
been
working
in
good
faith
for
years
on
a
compromise
solution
to
fix
the
corrupt
and
fraud-ridden
EB-5
regional
center
program.
But
this
week,
because
of
big
money
interests
from
New
York
and
elsewhere,
those
reforms
didn’t become
law.
That’s
why
House
Judiciary
Chairman
Bob
Goodlatte
of
Virginia
and
I
called
on
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
to
quickly
finalize
regulations
that
would
reduce
the
widespread
abuses
of
the
EB-5
program.
I'm joining
a
delegation
led
by
Sen.
Steve
Daines
of
Montana
that
includes
Sens.
Ron
Johnson
of
Wisconsin,
David
Perdue
of
Georgia
and
Ben
Sasse
of
Nebraska
on
a
congressional
trip
to
China,
South
Korea
and
the
Korean
Demilitarized
Zone
(DMZ).
The
mission
of
the
trip
will
be
to
discuss
the
United
States’
position
on
trade,
intellectual
property,
technology,
security
and
human
rights,
as
well
as
trade
tariffs
on
China.
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of
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