WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Pushes Back on Trump's Plan to Dismantle Education Department WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are pushing back on the Trump Administration's reported plans to unilaterally dismantle the Department of Education and called out Elon Musk's access to Americans' most sensitive data, including at the Department of Education. Baldwin is calling on the acting  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Murray, DeLauro Blast Trump Administration on Halt of Vital Work at Nation's Largest Public Health Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, and Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-0  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Gwen Moore Joins Democratic Colleagues at the Department of Education Demanding Answers for Efforts to Gut Public Education, Eliminate Department of Education Amid President Trump's promise to eliminate the Department of Education, Congresswoman Moore and her colleagues sent a letter requesting a meeting with Acting Secretary of Education, Denise Carter. The Members were denied entrance   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * PSI Chairman Johnson to Meta CEO Zuckerberg: Turn Over Facebook's Records on Censorship of COVID-19 Vaccine Injured WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms, Inc., the company that owns Facebook, regarding the social media platform's alleged censorship   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Tony Wied, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Rep. Tony Wied (WI-08), along with Reps. Glenn Grothman (WI-06) and Tom Tiffany (WI-07), introduced his first piece of legislation Friday, called the Sturgeon Protected and Exempt from Absurd Regulations (SPEAR) Act, which would proactively exempt the state of Wisconsin from any listing of lake sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act. In 2018 an animal activist group sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: Today marks the 26th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). The Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus and Congressional leaders recognize this day to help increase HIV awareness and enhance prevention, testing, and treatment among Black Americans. This day comes at a critical time for our country as we work to reduce new cases and end the HIV epidemic by 2030, a goal established under  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) today released a discussion draft of a bill to establish a framework for the issuance and operation of dollar-denominated payment stablecoins in the United States. Digital Assets Subcommittee Chairman Steil said, "By i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below. These office hours give constituents the opportunity to meet with Sen. Johnson's staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters. Note: Staff-led mobile office hours are closed to  more