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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Thursday September 14, 2023 ( 5 items )  

Baldwin Introduces Bill Banning Stock Trading by Members of Congress
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a group of her Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress. The Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act would require all members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children to place their stocks into a blind trust or divest the holding -- ensuring they cannot use inside information to influence t  more

Baldwin Pushes Biden Administration Not to Weaken Her Buy America Shipbuilding Policy
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the Biden Administration to commit to never using a recently finalized waiver on shipyard grants and to help ensure American companies and workers are benefitting from taxpayer-funded shipbuilding. The waiver could undercut Baldwin's Buy America policies that are currently in place and allow the government to buy foreign companies' pr  more

Baldwin, Cornyn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect American Businesses' Intellectual Property from Foreign Theft
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the American IP Defense and Enforcement Advancement (IDEA) Act, bipartisan legislation that helps protect American businesses from foreign actors stealing their intellectual property (IP) and supports law enforcement partners responding to crimes that threaten American ideas. The legislation responds to the inc  more

Gallagher Joins Effort to Honor WI Native and Survivor of Attack on Pearl Harbor
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Rep. Gallagher (R-WI) joined Reps. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Young Kim (R-CA), and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) in introducing a resolution to honor World War II veteran and retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Lou Conter, the last survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Conter was born in 1921 in Ojibwa, Wisconsin and enlisted in the Navy in 1939. Conter wa  more

Graham Seeks Information On CIA Whistleblower Allegations Concerning COVID-19 Origins
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has sent a letter to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J. Burns, requesting information on the recent whistleblower allegations related to the CIA's investigation into the origins of COVID-19. The letter was sent by Graham along with Senators Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), and Rick Scott (R  more