WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:

Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts law has already invested $209 million to strengthen rural healthcare across Iowa

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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led the entire Iowa congressional delegation in a letter urging Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to support Iowa's latest funding request for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), known as Healthy Hometowns. The RHTP was created in Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts law and, in just its first year, has already invested $209 million in rural communities across Iowa to strengthen access to care.

In addition to Grassle...