WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced she helped secure $7.2 million for a first-of-its-kind energy storage project to replace a soon-to-be-retired coal-fired power plant in Pacific, Wisconsin. The groundbreaking project, funded through the Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will develop a new way to store excess energy to be used at a later date, helping to lower costs for consumers, sup  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) stopped in Menasha to meet with the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board to highlight the over $4.6 million she brought home to expand opportunities for job seekers to get the training they need to land a good-paying job, grow Wisconsin's skilled workforce, and benefit local employers and businesses. Senator Baldwin also met with Marathon County law enforcement and publ  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Homeland Security introduced the Protecting Military Assets Act of 2024 alongside Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas). The bill ensures that illegal immigrants who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense related to entering military, naval, or coast guard property are deemed inadmis  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on July 18, 2024: * * * At Last, a Wrong Righted In 1970, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) seized land belonging to the Native American Winnebago Tribe. Unfortunately, this turn of events was nothing new. The tribe had long suffered at the hands of the U.S. government. Originally, the tribe lived in the lands of central Wisconsin and northern Illinois, fishing and hunting along its rivers and lakes,   more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 19 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: This morning, on Fox Business, Speaker Johnson called on President Biden to fire the Director of the U.S. Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle for the security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on President Trump's life. Speaker Johnson also addressed the House's efforts to investigate the assassination attempt. Below are excerpts from the interview: O  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Congresswoman Elise Stefanik released the below statement following a recommendation by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to close Great Meadow and Sullivan Correctional Facilities. "I am calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to reverse her disastrous decision to close correctional facilities across New York State which will impact hundreds of jobs, u  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Congresswoman Elise Stefanik joined Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) in reintroducing the Tracking Receipts to Adversarial Countries for Knowledge of Spending (TRACKS) Act which requires the reporting and public disclosure of every penny from a government grant or contract that is provided to an entity located in a foreign country of concern including Communist China, Russia, North Korea, an  more