WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the spirit of National Use Your Common Sense Day, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today encouraged House Democrats to pause their radical tax and spending plan to consider basic questions about the policies they’re proposing. In a video highlighting some of the many nonsensical provisions in the reconciliation package, including provisions that would alter the cap on the SALT deduction, remove work requirements for welfare benefits, and hand out billions of dollars to illegal immigrants, the congressman said, “I get that common sense is an uncommon virtue in D.C., but the current direction we’re going in isn’t just nonsensical

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) spoke with Pamela Brown on CNN this afternoon to discuss the Build Back Better Act. Click here to watch the full interview, and find excerpts of Rep. Pocan’s remarks below. “We want to get this done. We’ve been negotiating for a number of weeks, we’re down to just a few issues. But what we want to do is pass these two bills, the Build Back Better agenda of the President’s. And that’s what the American people are going to benefit from. 40 million American families get a tax cut, lowering costs from everything

Madison, WI – Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) announces pediatric COVID-19 vaccination clinics for 5 to 11-year-old members will begin this Saturday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) both approved the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11-years-old. Pediatric vaccine guidelines are forthcoming from the CDC. All staff will have completed this training prior to administering the COVID-19 vaccine to 5 to 11-year-olds. Starting today, GHC-SCW members will be able to schedule appointments for 5 to 11-year-old children through

Madison…On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, Arts Wisconsin Executive Director Anne Katz is set to testify at the Wisconsin State Capitol with leaders from across the state in favor of Assembly Bill 422, relating to the creation of a Rural Creative Economy Grant Program. The bipartisan legislation authored by Representative Donna Rozar (R-Marshfield), Representative Todd Novak (R-Dodgeville), and Senator Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac), creates a new state grant program focused on growing our rural creative economies. “On behalf of our constituents and businesses across all corners of the state, we thank the bill’s authors for recognizing the potential of our

MADISON, WI – A new legislative proposal to assist with the sale and reactivation of two paper mills in Central Wisconsin received a big boost this afternoon at a public hearing on the proposal. Action on the bill is expected next week. Assembly Bill 682 (AB 682) was introduced by Rep. Scott Krug (R-Rome) and Rep. Mursau (R-Crivitz) on October 29 and had a public hearing today in front of the Assembly Committee of Forestry, Parks and Recreation. “I can’t recall the last time a hearing laid things on the line like this one did,” said Representative Krug after the

MADISON – Yesterday, Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) was unanimously elected to serve as the Vice-Chair for the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board (SCERB). Senator Agard released the following statement: “As a lifelong Madison resident, it is an honor to serve on the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board. Having the opportunity to help preserve the history of our state buildings and residence in my hometown is truly an honor. “I look forward to serving the committee in this leadership capacity and supporting future SCERB projects come to fruition. I want to sincerely thank the members of SCERB for their

Milwaukee, WI— Today the Wisconsin Public Service Commission voted to approve We Energy’s proposal for a new Liquified Natural Gas storage (LNG) facilities in Ixonia and Bluff Creek. With an announcement by We Energy parent company WEC Energy Group earlier this week to move away from coal by 2035, as well as a swath of other proposed projects across the state, the approval signifies a decisive pivot by Wisconsin utilities to double down on gas that is facked and piped from other states. The new proposals have advocacy groups concerned about continuing climate and economic costs of fossil fuels. Sierra Club