Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement regarding the signing of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). “Despite the United States, Mexico, and Canada signing the NAFTA 2.0 agreement today, this deal is incomplete. The agreement as currently negotiated will not stop the damage done by NAFTA, including job outsourcing, wage suppression, and environmental degradation. In order to gain widespread support of Democrats in Congress, the agreement must contain swift and enforceable labor and environmental standards and must reverse special protections for corporations. We have been clear about these goals from day one, and I will

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 Pension crisis remains for 25,000 workers and retirees in Wisconsin  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin released the following statement after the House and Senate Joint Select Committee on Pensions announced that they had not reached a bipartisan agreement on a solution to the pension crisis threatening 1.3 million Americans, including 25,000 workers and retirees in Wisconsin, and thousands of small businesses around the country. The Joint Select Committee was tasked with coming up with a package by November 30 that could be voted on in Congress but they announced they would not meet today’s deadline.  “Pension promises

Local Businesses Expected to Benefit from Track Improvements The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of approximately $3-million to Port Milwaukee to upgrade railroad track on Jones Island. The money, from the State’s Freight Railroad Preservation Program, will be combined with a previously budgeted 20% match from Port Milwaukee in order to complete work valued at more than $3.7-million. The grant will be used to modernize about 8,000 feet of track, directly benefitting a number of the Port’s tenants.  The work will also prepare Port Milwaukee for a possible resumption of intermodal container service connecting regional manufacturers and