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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Sunday June 09, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Nunn Announces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Oversight of Foreign Investment in America
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today announced a bipartisan bill to strengthen oversight of foreign investment across the United States. The Foreign Investment Transparency and Accountability Act,which is co-led by U.S. Representative John Moolenaar (MI-02) and Bill Huizenga (MI-04), will bolster America's national security and identify loopholes that fall outside the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Inve  more

Senate Finance Committee Committee Chairman Wyden: Senators Leading Organ Procurement Reform Make Clear Congressional Intent to Ensure Adequate Oversight of Organ Transplant System
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today sent a letter to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Board of Directors to correct several misunderstandings put forward by the board in recent weeks as implementatio  more

Young, Colleagues Call on CMS to Strengthen Protections Against Excessive and Unnecessary Recoveries of Pancreata from Organ Donors
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), all members of the Senate Finance Committee, called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take additional measures to prevent abuse of pancreata procurement by organ procurement organizations (OPOs) after rates of pancreata recovery have dramatically increased in recent years. "It appears that   more

Young, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Overturn Rule Enabling Abuse of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with 44 Senate colleagues, introduced a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to strike down the Biden Administration's rule endangering the safety and wellbeing of unaccompanied migrant children. The CRA would force meaningful reforms to the government's Unaccompanied Children (UC) program. "Last year, I joined my Senate Republican  more