U.S. Rep. Steil: Announces listening sessions set for Wednesday

JANESVILLE, WI – Today, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) announced he will be holding three listening sessions in Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Every Wisconsin First Congressional District resident is invited to attend the listening sessions. Wisconsin’s First Congressional District is

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U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Introduces bills to drain the swamp

Contact:Jordan Dunn WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) re-introduced a package of common-sense reforms that would help Congress better serve the American people. The bills would slow the revolving door between Government Officials and K Street by changing the incentive structure through

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The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: Gallagher, Krishnamoorthi: Administration must strengthen export controls to maintain “technological edge” over Chinese military

WASHINGTON, DC – As first reported by Reuters, Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, today sent a letter to Secretary Gina Raimondo urging the Administration to tighten

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U.S. Rep. Van Orden: Introduces bipartisan Dam Integrity Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) yesterday introduced the bipartisan Dam Integrity Act alongside Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-2) and Morgan McGarvey (KY-3) to mitigate future failures and flooding across America’s inland dams. The bill will require the Government Accountability

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WisDems: Van Orden continues to draw bipartisan condemnation

MADISON, Wis. — This weekend, new reporting from NBC News revealed new details of Derrick Van Orden’s unhinged verbal harassment of teenage U.S. Senate Pages at the U.S. Capitol last week. Van Orden continues to refuse to apologize. According to an eyewitness to the events, Van Orden’s conduct towards teenaged U.S. Senate Pages

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: Leads letter urging Democrat Committee chairmen to investigate and hold hearings on human trafficking

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) led the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary; Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and

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Gov. Evers, Dept. of Natural Resources: Highlight funding available to help communities address PFAS contamination in wastewater

MADISON — Gov. Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), recently announced new funding available to help communities address per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in wastewater. The funds are made available to Wisconsin through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “This new funding is a continuation of our efforts since

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U.S. Rep. Steil: Announces listening sessions set for Wednesday

JANESVILLE, WI – Today, Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) announced he will be holding three listening sessions in Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Every Wisconsin First Congressional District resident is invited to attend the listening sessions. Wisconsin’s First Congressional District is comprised of Walworth County, Kenosha County, Racine County, portions of

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U.S. Rep. Gallagher: Introduces bills to drain the swamp

Contact:Jordan Dunn WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) re-introduced a package of common-sense reforms that would help Congress better serve the American people. The bills would slow the revolving door between Government Officials and K Street by changing the incentive structure through tougher lobbying restrictions and terminating tax-payer funded pensions for members

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The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: Gallagher, Krishnamoorthi: Administration must strengthen export controls to maintain “technological edge” over Chinese military

WASHINGTON, DC – As first reported by Reuters, Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, today sent a letter to Secretary Gina Raimondo urging the Administration to tighten export controls first announced on October 7, 2022 that restricted advanced semiconductors

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Joins effort to protect elections from partisan interference

Bill would institute new guard rails to insulate state election administration from partisan pressure and empower non-partisan local election officials WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined colleagues in introducing the Preventing Election Subversion Act, legislation to institute new safeguards to insulate state election administration from partisan pressure and empower

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U.S. Rep. Moore and U.S. Rep. Schakowsky: Introduce the COLAs Don’t Count Act

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) introduced the COLAs Don’t Count Act, which would exempt annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) under the Social Security Act and veteran’s benefits from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and benefit determinations. State supplementation program payments would similarly be exempt. This year,

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U.S. Rep. Van Orden: Introduces bipartisan Dam Integrity Act

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) yesterday introduced the bipartisan Dam Integrity Act alongside Reps. Annie Kuster (NH-2) and Morgan McGarvey (KY-3) to mitigate future failures and flooding across America’s inland dams. The bill will require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report to Congress on the

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