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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Thursday May 15, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Baldwin, Cornyn Introduce Bill to Support U.S. Manufacturing, Bar Taxpayer Funds on Chinese-Made Buses and Rail Cars
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Cornyn Introduce Bill to Support U.S. Manufacturing, Bar Taxpayer Funds on Chinese-Made Buses and Rail Cars WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in introducing the Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act to support American manufacturing and workers and stop the U.S. government from buyi  more

Congresswoman Gwen Moore Opposes Big Bonanza Bill for Billionaires, Devastating Cuts to Health Care and Nutritional Assistance
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Gwen Moore Opposes Big Bonanza Bill for Billionaires, Devastating Cuts to Health Care and Nutritional Assistance As the Ways and Means Committee marked up the big bonanza bill for billionaires, Congresswoman Moore released the following statement: "When historians. researchers, and scientists study this country's fray and fall this day, May 13, 2025 and the markups of the Energy and Co  more

Grothman's Bill to Help Reopening of Alcatraz
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Grothman's Bill to Help Reopening of Alcatraz Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has reintroduced the BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act, legislation which will alleviate staffing shortages at Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities across the country by cutting bureaucratic red tape to enhance the safety and security of BOP personnel. President Donald Trump's recent call to reopen Alcatraz Federal Peniten  more

Rep. Grothman: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, issued the following floor remarks on May 13, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, today in a committee hearing, in which there were probably very few people in the room, the Republican majority voted to expand the low-income housing tax credit. First of all, the low-income housing tax credit doesn't really benefit a lot of low-inc  more

WATCH: Baldwin Presses RFK, Jr. on MPS Lead Crisis, Head Start Closures at Senate Hearing
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Baldwin Presses RFK, Jr. on MPS Lead Crisis, Head Start Closures at Senate Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on mass layoffs at the agency that are impacting Wisconsin families, including firing lead experts th  more