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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Thursday April 18, 2024 ( 10 items )  

Baldwin Blasts CNH Industrial for Laying Off Over 200 Workers in Racine while Company Makes Record Profits, Pays CEO $18 Million
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: RACINE, WI - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on CNH Industrial to reverse course in laying off hundreds of Wisconsin workers and moving jobs to Mexico despite the company posting record profits, engaging in stock buybacks to enrich shareholders, and paying the CEO nearly 350 times more than the average union worker in Racine. "Agricultural machinery has been made in Racine by your worker  more

Baldwin, Casey Successfully Push Biden Administration to Investigate Unfair Chinese Trade Practices in Shipbuilding
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bob Casey (D-PA) announced they successfully pushed the Biden Administration to investigate unfair trade practices by the People's Republic of China (PRC) that undercut American shipbuilding, threaten our national security, and hurt American workers. Senators Baldwin and Casey have led their colleagues in support of the United Steelworkers' (USW) effort to ha  more

Committee on House Administration Releases April 2024 Artificial Intelligence Flash Report
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, the Committee on House Administration has released its April 2024 Flash Report on Artificial Intelligence. This is part of a series of flash reports that provide an update on the use of AI technology by House offices and Legislative Branch agencies, as summarized by their response letters sent to the Committee on House Administration  more

Durbin Meets with Illinois DACA Recipient Alyssandra Abrenica
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, met with Alyssandra Abrenica, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient from Illinois who moved to America from the Philippines when she was four years old. Ms. Abrenica is currently pursuing a career in psychiatry as a resident at the University of Wisconsin, and she is a passionate advocate   more

Fitzgerald Introduces Bill to Protect Businesses from Double Income Taxation
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after introducing the Interstate Commerce Simplification Act. This bill would prevent states from applying their income tax to businesses who sell goods or services into a state but otherwise have no physical presence there. Specifically, the bill would define the term "solicitation of orders" as "business  more

ICYMI: Sen. Johnson Exposes Sec. Mayorkas's 'Dereliction of Duty'
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke on the Senate floor about Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas's complete dereliction of duty and failure to faithfully execute the law at our southern border. He called on Senator Schumer to allow the Senate to fulfill its constitutional duty and hold an impeachment trial. Sen. Johnson's full speech can be found here (https:  more

ICYMI: Sen. Johnson Presents Evidence of Sec. Mayorkas's Crimes
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined Senate conservatives and impeachment managers from the House of Representatives in a press conference to discuss the importance of holding Secretary Mayorkas accountable for not faithfully executing the law. They called for conducting a full impeachment trial in the Senat  more

ICYMI: Sen. Johnson Reveals Why Democrats Abdicated Their Constitutional Duty
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: On Wednesday, Sen. Johnson spoke on the Senate floor, explaining why Senate Democrats abdicated their constitutional duty and did great harm to the U.S. Senate by cavalierly dismissing the serious charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. They did so, because they do not want the American people to see how disastrous their open border policy is. Sen. J  more

Sen. Johnson Calls on SEC to Roll Back Climate Disclosure Rule
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and 33 of his Senate colleagues in a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) radical climate disclosure rule which would bury public companies in paperwork, raise costs for con  more

Senator Baldwin Urges Biden to Prioritize E15 Fuel to Cut Price at the Pump and Boost Wisconsin Agriculture
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined her Democratic and Republican colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to permit the summertime sale of E15 fuel. The Senators note that American biofuels are a clean and reliable energy solution that will help drive down fuel costs for consumers. "As your previous temporary waivers have proven, permitting the sale of higher blends of biofuels like E15 through th  more