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On
my
weekly
“Capitol
Hill
Report,”
I
spoke
with
Tom
Williamson
of
KIIC
Radio
in
Albia
and
Gordon
Wolf
of
the
Denison
Bulletin
&
Review
about
the
United
States’
response
to
Syria’s
chemical
attack,
the
special
counsel investigation
and
trade
negotiations.
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Barbara
and
I
mourn
the
passing
of
former
First
Lady
Barbara Bush.
Over
the
years,
we have
been
fortunate
enough
to
get
to
know
Mrs.
Bush,
first
in
Iowa
campaigning
for
her
husband,
then
as
Second
Lady,
and
then
as
First
Lady,
but
always
as
a
friend.
In
private,
Barbara
was
the
same
strong,
kind,
funny
and
loving
woman
the
nation
knew
her
to
be.
We
will
miss
her
greatly.
The
entire
Bush
family
remains
in
our
thoughts
and
prayers.
More
than
100
veterans
from
towns
across
Eastern
Iowa
took
part
in
an
Honor
Flight
to
Washington,
D.C.
I paid
tribute
to
their
sacrifice
and
service
at
the
World
War
II
Memorial.
You
can
view
photos
here.
I
take
government
oversight
seriously
and
have
worked
for
greater
transparency
and
accountability
throughout
my
time
in
the
Senate.
I
work
to
keep
all
parts
of
government
accountable,
and
health
care
is
one
such
area.
I
sent
a
letter to
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
Secretary
Alex
Azar
and
Food
and
Drug
Administration
Commissioner
Dr.
Scott
Gottlieb
seeking
information
about
an
investigation
into
a
South
Florida
clinic
that
performed
unproven
stem
cell
treatments
on
patients
that
left
them
permanently
blind.
The
FDA
also
opened
a
criminal
investigation
into
unauthorized
human
research
testing
conducted
by
a
Southern
Illinois
University
professor
following
a
letter
I
wrote
on
the
subject
in
January
of
this
year.
Senator
Klobuchar
and
I
led a
bipartisan
group
of
13
senators
in writing
to
EPA
Administrator
Scott
Pruitt
requesting
the
agency
cease
issuing
so-called
“hardship”
waivers.
News
reports indicate
that
EPA
has
already
issued
25
such
waivers
to
large,
multibillion-dollar
refining
companies
making
billions
of
dollars
in
profits
since
2016. These
waivers
represent
a
clear
violation
of
Administrator
Pruitt’s
commitments
and
undermine
President
Trump’s
long-standing
support
of
the
RFS.
Sen.
Joni
Ernst
and
I,
along
with
Reps.
Steve
King,
David
Young
and
Rod
Blum,
sent
a letter
to
Centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
Services
(CMS)
Administrator
Seema
Verma
urging
CMS
to
repeal
guidance
that
hinders
states
like
Iowa
with
failing
individual
health
insurance
markets
due
to
Obamacare's
collapse from
applying
for
waivers
to
pursue
additional,
innovative
health
care
coverage
options.
Post
of
the
Week
This
week
I
spoke
with
Iowa
veterans
visiting
Washington,
D.C.
as
a
part
of
the
Honor
Flight
Program.
A
photo
by
@senchuckgrassley
on
April
17,
2018.
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