WASHINGTON, DC – Chairmen Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Mark E. Green (R-TN) seek immediate compliance from DHS Secretary Mayorkas. Mayorkas failed to respond to the Committee’s April 3, 2023 letter that requested information on DHS’ plans to combat threats posed by Chinese cargo cranes at American ports.” In part, the lawmakers wrote, “We remain concerned about the security risks associated with the widespread use of Chinese-manufactured cranes that threaten to undermine our national security, particularly those made by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), a Chinese state-owned business whose governing shareholder is the China Communication Construction Company… Today, ZPMC controls around 70 percent

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Baldwin and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that two Wisconsin organizations are receiving funding through the Regional Innovation Engines program to boost Wisconsin’s water, agriculture, and energy innovation ecosystem. The awardees, the Milwaukee 7 Water Council and WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc., will receive up to $1 million each in development awards to develop a local innovation ecosystem, address climate change through water and energy innovation, and support jobs. The NSF’s, Regional Innovation Engines program is authorized by the Baldwin-supported CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. “Wisconsin is well positioned for growth in emerging industries because

Dan Rossmiller, who has served as the WASB’s director of government relations since 2006, has been chosen unanimously by the WASB Board of Directors to be the association’s next executive director. “I’m honored and humbled by the opportunity to serve Wisconsin school board members in this new capacity,” said Rossmiller, who will become the association’s fourth executive director effective July 1. WASB President Rosanne Hahn, a Burlington school board member, praised Rossmiller as a conscientious voice for school boards and public education. “We look forward to more of our members getting to know him as we have,” she says. Hahn

MADISON– On Monday, Governor Evers signed Senate Bill 13 into law as 2023 Wisconsin Act 6. This legislation to eliminate the defunct Land Recycling Loan Program, which was authored by Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) and Representative William Penterman (R-Columbus), was passed by the State Senate on a voice vote in March and the Assembly on a voice vote in April. “It is a matter of good governance to clean up the statutes from time to time to remove outdated and inoperative language which helps to ease the understanding and administration of these laws,” said Senator Cowles and Representative Penterman. “Simply put,

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that Marquise Jackson, age 26, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Alexus Jackson-Milton, age 21 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were sentenced to Wisconsin State Prison for discharge of firearms on the evening of May 13, 2022, following a Milwaukee Bucks NBA playoff game, when thousands of people were in downtown Milwaukee, resulting in sixteen people suffering gunshot wounds. “Milwaukeeans and anyone else attending a Bucks game or any other big event should be able to feel safe,” said Attorney General Kaul. “Those who utterly disregard the safety of others face serious consequences.” “The hard and

“Doulas are vital maternal health professionals who support the health and wellbeing of pregnant women and improve birth outcomes. I am so pleased to join my sister and colleague, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, in lifting up their important impact and pledge to keep working to ensure more women have access to this care,” said Rep. Moore. “Doulas are holistic healers who provide invaluable support to pregnant and birthing people, and their life-saving work is essential,” said Rep. Pressley. “Congressional intent is powerful, and I’m proud to introduce this resolution with my colleague Rep. Moore to honor our doulas and affirm the critical role

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), are urging President Joe Biden to nominate a new National Cyber Director (NCD). In a letter to the President, Gallagher and King lay out the importance of the National Cyber Director role and stress that the current vacancy endangers America’s national security. The Co-Chairs strongly recommend Acting NCD Kemba Walden for the role, highlighting her expertise and valuable insights.  “As the co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, we write to you to urge your expeditious nomination of a new national cyber director (NCD),” wrote CSC Co-Chairs Gallagher

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Mike Rounds (R-SD) joined Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in sponsoring the bipartisan Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, legislation to combat the opioid crisis by combatting the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.  The bipartisan legislation aims to combat the country’s fentanyl crisis by targeting the illicit fentanyl supply chain, from the chemical suppliers in China to the cartels that traffic the drugs from Mexico. By strengthening current law and directing the Treasury Department to target, sanction,

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the City of Beaver Dam is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes the construction and restoration of watermain and sanitary sewer lines along Currie Street. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter NR 150, Wis. Admin. Code, for which no environmental analysis is required; however, following the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program federal requirement 40 C.F.R. §35.3580, an environmental review must be conducted before funding this project. The Safe Drinking