WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined over 100 co-sponsors in the U.S. House and Senate to introduce the Child Care Stabilization Act, legislation to extend vital federal child care funding--which is set to expire at the end of this month--and ensure that child care providers can keep their doors open and continue serving children and families in every part of the country. Without a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) joined Reps. Brad Finstad (MN-1), Pete Stauber (MN-7), and Jared Golden (ME-2) in introducing the Protecting Infrastructure Investments for Rural America Act. This bill would remove barriers for rural communities to apply for and receive funding under the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program, also known as the Rural Grant Program. "Wiscons  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act alongside the Chairman of the Select Committee on China, Mike Gallagher (WI-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, Darrell Issa (CA-48), and Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and In  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) have introduced the Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act to bolster the U.S. response to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) economic theft of U.S. intellectual property. The bill directs the Attorney General to prepare an annual report on the Department of Justice activities related to countering Chinese national sec  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Mike Gallagher and Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Co-Chairs of the AUKUS Working Group and Friends of Australia Caucus, issued the following joint statement to mark the two-year anniversary of the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "This week marks two years since the historic announcement of the trilateral AUKUS security agreement and a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, issued the following news release: Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled "A Dangerous Strategy: Examining the Biden Administration's Failures on Iran."In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Gr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released an update on his request to release the tapes showing Representative Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) verbally harassing teenage Senate pages when they were enjoying the U.S. Capitol rotunda this past summer: "I understand there are privacy and safety concerns of the young Senate pages and their families about releasing the video footage fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Sen. Rand Paul M.D. (R-Ky.) and his GOP colleagues in sending 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. According to a letter from the House Select Subcommittee on the C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin released the following statement on the announcement that Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will resume providing abortion services in Wisconsin: "When Roe v. Wade was overturned, women in Wisconsin were sent back to 1849, living under a criminal abortion ban that stripped away their freedom to control their bodies, families, and futures," said Senator   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany's (WI-07) bill, H.R. 1567, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives almost unanimously. After investigative reporting found that agencies, like the U.S. Forest Service, have been overstating their fuel reduction work for decades, Rep. Tiffany introduced the ACRES Act to hold federal land  more