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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Saturday September 23, 2023 ( 3 items )  

As Bullying on Campus Remains Widespread--Particularly for LGBTQ+ Students--Pocan, Murray, Baldwin, Renew Push to Pass Anti-Harassment Legislation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI-02), introduced the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023 to help prevent bullying and harassment at colleges and universities around the country. The bill would finally require colleges and universities receiving federal support to establish anti-haras  more

Rep. Pocan Fact Sheet: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023 * * * BACKGROUND Harassment and hostile learning environments can have profoundly negative effects on students' emotional, psychological, and academic wellbeing. Thousands of college students each year--one in five--are harassed online, in social media, via text message, through cell phones, and other electronic means./1 In 2010, Tyler Cle  more

Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnson Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Sept. 13, 2023, entitled "The PGA Tour-LIV Deal: Examining the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund's Investments in the United States": * * * On Monday, at 7:46 am Central Time, I was in the Milwaukee airport, when the entire terminal stopped and stood in silence for sixty  more