{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Republican\", state = \"WI\" and year = 2024 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-statement-being-named-antitrust-subcommittee-chairman", "Fitzgerald Statement on Being Named Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman", "2024-12-31", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Yesterday, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) was named Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust for the 119th Congress by Judiciary Committee Chairman, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH).\n\n\"I am honored by Chairman Jordan\u2019s decision to name me Chair of the Subcommittee,\" said Congressman Fitzgerald. \"As chairman, I look forward to working with the Trump Administration, Chairman Jordan, and members of the committee to hold Big Tech accountable for censorship, reverse the Biden Administration\u2019s anti-business agenda, and fight the federal bureaucracy.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/12/for-immediate-release-december-31-2024-contact-kiersten-pels-press-ronjohnson-senate-gov-video-release-sen-johnson-joins-bret-weinstein-on-the-darkhorse-podcast-calls-out-corruption-in-covid-policies-washington-on-sunday-u-s-sen-ron-johnson-r-wis-joined-bret-weinstein-on-t", "*** VIDEO RELEASE *** Sen. Johnson Joins Bret Weinstein on the DarkHorse Podcast, Calls Out Corruption in COVID Policies", "2024-12-31", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Bret Weinstein on the DarkHorse Podcast to address the corruption and capture of our federal health agencies. They discussed RFK Jr.\u2019s nomination for HHS Secretary and what he can do in the upcoming Trump administration to improve transparency and hold Big Pharma accountable.\n\nSen. Johnson asserted that he will put Dr. Anthony Fauci \u201con notice,\u201d \u2026 \u201cI want [Fauci] fully exposed,\u201d the senator said.\n\nWatch the full discussion here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-johnson-lead-effort-to-get-answers-on-milwaukee-ballot-count-1", "Steil, Johnson Lead Effort to Get Answers on Milwaukee Ballot Count", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. (December 20, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) and Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) today sent a letter to Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson requesting answers regarding how the Central Count was conducted on November 5th in the City of Milwaukee.\n\nReports from the count on Election Day this year raised numerous questions and concerns. Among these were potentially unsecure voting machines, retabulated ballots, and an Election Observer at the facility being prohibited from certain areas.\n\nIn response to these reports, Senator Johnson and Congressman Steil wrote to Mayor Johnson requesting greater transparency.\n\nExcerpts from the letter below:\n\n\"Wisconsinites deserve to know our elections are conducted with the highest integrity, full transparency, and free from political bias. As a perennial battleground state, Wisconsin elections are always in the national spotlight, which further increases the need for transparency and integrity.\"\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://wied.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-wied-statement-american-relief-act-2025", "Congressman Wied Statement on the American Relief Act of 2025", "2024-12-20", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Tony Wied", "W000829", "wied.house.gov", "wied", "https://wied.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2014 Rep. Tony Wied (R-WI) released the following statement on his vote in favor of the American Relief Act of 2025.\n\n\"I vocally opposed this week\u2019s initial Continuing Resolution that would have continued Washington\u2019s reckless spending spree and doled out billions of taxpayer dollars to unnecessary and harmful projects and programs. Fortunately, I am glad that we were able to come to a deal that will fund the government through March, support Wisconsin\u2019s farmers, provide much needed relief to hurricane victims, and give President Trump the flexibility to implement our shared agenda next year,\" said Wied. \u201cWhile this legislation isn\u2019t perfect, it greatly limits the damage Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer want to continue to inflict on the American people during their last days in power. Alternatively, a government shutdown is just a taxpayer-funded paid vacation for federal bureaucrats.\"\n\n\u201cI look forward to getting to work with President Trump and the House GOP in the new year to present a balanced budget that will rein in reckless government spending and finally get our national debt under control.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-statement-american-relief-act-2025", "Van Orden Statement on American Relief Act of 2025", "2024-12-19", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement in support of the American Relief Act of 2025:\n\n\u201cIt is a Christmas miracle that Congress finally did its job. First and foremost, Congress will not be receiving a pay raise. This bill serves the general American public and our farmers very well \u2013 the government will remain open, our farmers will be able to farm, and disaster relief will be delivered to impacted states. If this bill does not pass, the government shutdown will be directly on the shoulders of the Democrat party who chose to put politics over hungry children and Americans most in need.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4400", "Grothman Introduces Continuing Opportunities for People with Disabilities to Excel Act", "2024-12-17", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Glenn Grothman", "G000576", "grothman.house.gov", "grothman", "https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "On December 3, 2024, the DOL took action to phase out the issuance of 14(c) certificates. This rule, if finalized, would be devastating for families and CRPs around the country who rely on these certificates for functional employment opportunities. Without these certificates, individuals with disabilities could be forced into day services or worse, remain completely isolated at home.\n\n\u201cI am proud to introduce the Continuing Opportunities for People with Disabilities to Excel Act. Under my bill, individuals with disabilities will be protected and empowered through the preservation of their right to choose the workforce program they think will best suit their needs,\u201d said Grothman. \u201cThe rewards of being employed go far beyond just the employee, extending to the families of those with disabilities, the organizations they touch, and the entire surrounding community. Few things are more inspirational than seeing the pride of work that is evident in the men and women working in organizations like these.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nSection 14(c), also known as Subminimum Wage or Commensurate Wage, is a provision in The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that upon receiving a certificate from DOL, permits employers to pay an individual with a disability commensurate wage. Under 14(c), the hourly wage for an individual is based on a productivity scale. In some cases, this can actually lead to an individual making more than the minimum wage. Having a steady job and earning a paycheck is a point of pride and the main benefit from these jobs is not the size of the paycheck, it is the feeling of belonging and interaction with their peers in a safe environment. These individuals deserve the dignity that comes from feeling productive and contributing to society, just like anyone else. It is also important that, through their jobs at CRPs, they establish friendships both with individuals similar to themselves as well as the management staff - friendships that last for years.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/12/sen-johnson-demands-unredacted-records-from-hhs-fda-cdc-about-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-events", "Sen. Johnson Demands Unredacted Records from HHS, FDA, CDC About COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events", "2024-12-17", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On December 5, 2024, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demanding unredacted records on COVID-19 vaccine adverse events. These records were previously released through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding these agencies\u2019 detection of and response to myocarditis and pericarditis in post-vaccinated individuals.\n\nThe letter details the timeline in which CDC and FDA officials were made aware of reports showing myocarditis in young people following the administration of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. CDC and FDA officials were notified about a request from an Israeli Ministry of Health official to obtain a point of contact to discuss these reports. Due to heavy redactions in the FOIA documents, it remains unclear what was communicated regarding the ministry\u2019s request.\n\n\u201cYour agencies\u2019 lack of transparency is completely unacceptable. The public deserves the complete truth about your agencies\u2019 awareness and lack of response to the glaring health risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccines,\u201d the senator wrote.\n\nRead more about Sen. Johnson\u2019s December 5, 2024 letter in The Daily Signal.\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fitzgerald-statement-passage-fy25-national-defense-authorization-act", "Rep. Fitzgerald Statement on Passage of FY25 National Defense Authorization Act", "2024-12-12", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement in response to the passage of H.R. 5009, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025:\n\n\u201cThe FY25 Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act represents another step forward in Congress\u2019s commitment to our troops who dedicate their lives to defending our nation. This legislation prioritizes the well-being of our servicemembers and their families by authorizing a historic 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted troops and a 4.5% raise for all others. It addresses chronic issues in housing maintenance, expands access to childcare, and ensures servicemembers receive the medical and mental health care they deserve.\n\n\u201cThese enhancements underscore our nation's gratitude and commitment to improving military recruitment, retention, and readiness while ensuring our troops and their families thrive. By focusing on these critical priorities, we not only strengthen our armed forces but honor the immense sacrifices made in service to our country.\n\n\u201cI am disappointed that House Democrats chose to walk away from a bipartisan deal to include provisions restricting certain outbound investments to China. These types of provisions are a necessary step to confront the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-landsman-introduce-bipartisan-bill-increase-veterans-access-non", "Van Orden, Landsman Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Veterans Access to Non-Opioid Medications", "2024-12-12", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) and Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH) introduced legislation to increase veterans' access to non-opioid pain medications.\n\nTo ensure veterans have the same access, Congressman Van Orden and Congressman Landsman introduced the NOPAIN for Veterans Act, which reforms the way the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers and covers non-opioid pain management drugs.\n\nThe NOPAIN for Veterans Act requires that VA list and cover all non-opioid pain management drugs under VA pharmacy benefits. It would also mandate that these drugs be included on the VA Drug Standardization List, preventing them from being substituted with alternatives.\n\n\u201cVeterans deserve the best care possible, and that does not include getting them addicted to opioids with overly aggressive pain management treatments,\u201d said Rep. Van Orden. \u201cThe men and women who have bravely served our nation deserve better. That is why I am proud to join Congressman Landsman in introducing the NOPAIN for Veterans Act so veterans can access safe, effective treatments that provide relief without running the risks associated with opioid prescriptions.\u201d\n\n\u201cBy making non-opioid pain management options more affordable and available to veterans, we can take a big step in preventing addiction and substance abuse. These lists will provide safer alternatives, prioritize the health of veterans, and contribute to the overall effort of ending the opioid epidemic,\u201d said Rep. Landsman.\n\n\u201cVoices believes that all patients in all settings should be afforded access to all FDA-approved and clinically appropriate non-opioids. This is especially true for those who so bravely served this country in our military. We must do better by them and, when it comes to pain management, it means that they deserve access to the full suite of non-addictive pain management options,\u201d said Chris Fox, Executive Director of Voices for Non-Opioid Choices.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-co-led-legislation-to-designate-unique-zip-codes-for-wi-communities-passes-house-0", "Steil Co-Led Legislation to Designate Unique Zip Codes for WI Communities Passes House", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. (December 11, 2024) - Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) helped lead, H.R. 8753. This bill directs the United States Postal Service (USPS) to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities.\n\nCommunities in Wisconsin and across the country currently face challenges with misdirected mail, delays in emergency service response times, higher insurance rates, confusion with local taxes and tax rebates, confusion over polling places, incorrect jury summons, and other community identity issues, including negative financial impacts to local governments, landlords, and businesses.\n\nSpecifically, this legislation will alleviate the unnecessary complications due to varying zip codes by directing USPS to create zip codes that align with municipal boundaries. Steil spoke on the importance of this bill on the House Floor this week.\n\nImage\n\nClick here or the image above to watch Rep. Steil discuss H.R. 8753 on the House Floor.\n\n\u201cAfter hearing from residents and community leaders in Mount Pleasant, Somers, Franklin, and Caledonia about their frustrations with mail delivery mix-ups caused by outdated ZIP code boundaries, I was pleased to help lead legislation to help,\u201d said Steil. \u201cThis commonsense legislation instructs USPS to simplify and modernize these boundaries, saving many Wisconsin residents from needless headaches. We took a step forward today to solve this issue by passing this bill in the House, and I look forward to its consideration in the Senate.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full bill.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-demands-transparency-public-input-marathon-county-refugee-resettlement", "Tiffany Demands Transparency, Public Input on Marathon County Refugee Resettlement Plans", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a letter to Bojana Zoric Martinez, the Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs for the Evers administration, calling for transparency and opportunities for public input on reported plans to resettle refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine in Marathon County between now and January 20th \u2013 the day President-elect Trump will be sworn into office. This comes after constituents expressed concerns to Rep. Tiffany about the significant refugee resettlement scheme underway.\n\n\u201cEarlier this year, I wrote to you sharing similar concerns in connection with a planned resettlement in the Chippewa Valley. Then, like now, little if any effort appears to have been made to reach out directly to the public, or to analyze the potential strains it may place on local schools, public health infrastructure, housing availability, or social services,\u201d Tiffany wrote. \u201cThis disturbing pattern of behavior appears designed to deliberately keep the residents most likely to be harmed out of the loop and in the dark. It also runs counter to the intent of federal laws that require coordination on these matters.\u201d\n\n\u201cMs. Martinez, local communities deserve a meaningful say in the resettlement process. They deserve transparency regarding who is coming, where they are coming from, and a detailed assessment about what it might mean for their neighborhoods, classrooms, emergency services, social safety net programs, and pocketbooks,\u201d Tiffany added.\n\n\u201cI hope you will consider taking steps to expand the public dialogue to ensure that Wisconsinites have the final word on what happens in their towns, and that you will be forthcoming about this and other proposed resettlement plans that may be under development or consideration,\u201d Tiffany concluded.\n\nYou may read the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-statement-house-passage-national-defense-authorization-act", "Tiffany Statement on the House Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) released the following statement after voting for the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act.\n\n\u201cUnder the Biden administration, our military has focused on DEI initiatives at the expense of lethality and the well-being of service members,\u201d said Congressman Tiffany. \u201cToday\u2019s NDAA prioritizes military readiness, ensuring our forces are equipped to protect America at home and abroad.\u201d\n\nThe following provisions were included in H.R. 5009:\n\nGives junior enlisted service members a 14.5% pay raise\n\nGives all other service members a 4.5% raise\n\nBans dangerous sex change surgeries for minors under TRICARE\n\nSupports the deployment of the National Guard at the southern border\n\nDoes not authorize any new military funding to Ukraine\n\nRolls back divisive and unfair race-based preferences and policies in the military", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-backs-fy25-national-defense-authorization-act", "Van Orden Backs FY25 National Defense Authorization Act", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) voted in support of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Following his vote to pass the FY25 NDAA out of the House, Congressman Van Orden released the following statement:\n\n\u201cPresident Biden has been an abject failure as Commander-in-Chief, putting our country and our allies at great risk. The morale of our servicemembers is abysmal and recruiting is at a historic low. At a time where we face more threats than ever since World War II, it is imperative we rebuild and modernize our military capabilities and project global leadership. The FY25 NDAA halts the America-last policies pushed by this administration and bolsters our national defense to safeguard American interests, deter our adversaries, and support our men and women in uniform by providing the largest pay increase in history for junior enlisted servicemembers.\n\n\u201cI am also proud to have many of my provisions included in this legislation that provide necessary transition assistance program reform for those moving from active-duty to veteran. We must take care of our troops both before and after their time of service, and the FY25 NDAA ensures they have the resources, support, and opportunities needed to succeed in civilian life.\u201d\n\nThe FY25 NDAA includes many provisions championed by Rep. Van Orden, including:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://wied.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-wied-votes-yes-ndaa", "Rep. Wied Votes Yes on NDAA", "2024-12-11", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Tony Wied", "W000829", "wied.house.gov", "wied", "https://wied.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Rep. Tony Wied (WI-08) was proud to cast his vote in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2025.\n\n\"With this vote, the House GOP has made it clear that we will do everything we can to restore our military\u2019s focus to lethality and depoliticize the Department of Defense, while also rejecting the Senate's plan to recklessly spend more money that our government does not have,\" said Wied.\n\nThe final version of the FY25 NDAA authorizes much needed resources for the Department of Defense, border security, authorizes pay raises for our servicemembers, guts woke DEI programs, including a new, permanent ban on transgender medical treatment for children, and rejects the Senate's effort to increase spending by $28 billion.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/12/sen-johnson-announces-mobile-office-hours/982af1c9-42c7-4a85-8e3e-7919101d097a", "Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours", "2024-12-09", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013U.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\u2019s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters.\n\nNote: Staff-led mobile office hours are closed to press. Recording devices of any kind are not allowed. These restrictions are put in place for the privacy of our constituents.\n\nJuneau County Office Hours\n\nMonday, December 9\n\n1:00 p.m. \u2013 2:00 p.m.\n\nHatch Public Library\n\n111 W. State St., Mauston, WI 53948\n\nAdams County Office Hours\n\nMonday, December 9\n\n3:00 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m.\n\nFriendship Village Hall\n\n507 W. Lake Street, Friendship, WI 53934\n\nDane County Office Hours\n\nTuesday, December 10\n\n11:00 p.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m.\n\nMount Horeb Village Hall\n\n138 East Main Street, Mount Horeb, WI 53572\n\nGreen County Office Hours\n\nTuesday, December 10\n\n3:00 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m.\n\nMonticello Village Hall\n\n238 N. Main Street, Monticello, WI 53570\n\nSauk County Office Hours\n\nTuesday, December 10\n\n5:30 p.m. \u2013 6:30 p.m.\n\nRuth Culver Community Library\n\n540 Water St., Prairie du Sac, WI 53578\n\nLafayette County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, December 11\n\n12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.\n\nArgyle Village Hall\n\n401 E. Milwaukee St., Argyle, WI 53504\n\nRichland County Office Hours\n\nMonday, December 16\n\n12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.\n\nRichland Center Community and Senior Center\n\n1050 N. Orange St., Richland Center, WI 53581\n\nVernon County Office Hours\n\nMonday, December 16\n\n3:00 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m.\n\nViroqua City Hall\n\n124 W Decker Street, Viroqua, WI 54665", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4378", "Grothman\u2019s Statement on the Passing of Former Wisconsin State Assemble Speaker and Supreme court Justice David Prosser Jr.", "2024-12-06", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Glenn Grothman", "G000576", "grothman.house.gov", "grothman", "https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) released the following statement on the passing of former Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker and Supreme Court Justice David Prosser Jr.\n\n\u201cI was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my friend and former colleague, David Prosser Jr. David was a devoted public servant whose remarkable contributions to Wisconsin have left a lasting legacy that will be felt for generations to come,\u201d said Congressman Grothman.\n\n\u201cDuring his time as Speaker of the Assembly, David led with fairness, wisdom, and a steady hand. I had the privilege of serving alongside him and saw firsthand his commitment to doing what was right for the people of Wisconsin. His deep understanding of the issues, ability to build consensus, and unwavering commitment to public service earned him the respect of both his colleagues and constituents.\u201d\n\n\u201cDavid\u2019s legacy extends beyond the legislature to his time on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, where he brought the same thoughtfulness and dedication to his role as a justice. His years on the bench were marked by his keen intellect, fairness, and respect for the rule of law. To this day when talking to House leadership about how to handle legislation, I use David Prosser as an example.\n\n\u201cWisconsin has lost a true leader, and I have lost a friend. My thoughts and prayers are with David\u2019s family and loved ones during this difficult time. May we honor his memory by striving to emulate his dedication to public service and his commitment to justice.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-flood-introduce-bonus-transparency-act", "Van Orden, Flood Introduce the BONUS Transparency Act", "2024-12-06", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), joined by House Veterans\u2019 Affairs (VA) Committee Chairman Mike Bost (IL-12), and Congressmen Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) and Adrian Smith (NE-03), introduced the BONUS Transparency Act. The legislation follows a recent report by the VA\u2019s Inspector General, which revealed that funds allocated by Congress for recruitment and retention of VA employees that assist in processing veterans\u2019 benefits claims, were instead used to award bonuses to SES employees.\n\nThe BONUS Transparency Act requires that all bonuses awarded to SES employees must be reported to Congress, including the employee\u2019s name, job title, and annual rate of pay. Additionally, federal agencies must disclose the accounts from which the performance awards were funded.\n\n\u201cOversight on the use of taxpayer dollars is not optional \u2013 it is a necessity,\u201d said Congressman Van Orden. \u201cIf this magnitude of financial misconduct can occur at the Veterans Administration, it can happen at any other federal agency, and that will not be tolerated. The BONUS Transparency Act will draw a clear line to ensure that federal agencies are held to the highest standard and any misuse of funds is fully exposed\u201d\n\n\u201cThe VA\u2019s inappropriate awarding of nearly $11 million to SES employees must be addressed,\u201d said Congressman Flood. \u201cWhat makes this situation even worse is that the public only became aware of this misuse of funds because of the VA\u2019s Inspector General. This cannot happen again, which is why I\u2019ve introduced the BONUS Transparency Act. Congress has the obligation and authority to oversee how taxpayer funds are used by federal agencies. This bill promotes transparency\u2014and, in turn, accountability\u2014across our federal government, ensuring these funds are not abused for personal gain by Washington bureaucrats in the future.\u201d\n\n\u201cAfter the Biden-Harris administration tried to line the pockets of its senior VA executives during the bonus scandal earlier this year, we need my friend Rep. Flood\u2019s bill. The BONUS Transparency Act would ensure that this type of government waste never happens again. My Committee\u2019s investigation over the summer revealed that too often bureaucrats are getting ahead of their skis and money doesn\u2019t go to the right people \u2013 those who had actually earned it,\u201d said Chairman Bost. \u201cThis commonsense bill would increase transparency and accountability throughout the federal government overnight.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4369", "Grothman\u2019s Bipartisan Bill to Honor Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper Signed into Law", "2024-12-05", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Glenn Grothman", "G000576", "grothman.house.gov", "grothman", "https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "On November 25th, Congressman Glenn Grothman\u2019s (WI-06) bipartisan legislation to designate the U.S. Post Office located on Fremont Street in Kiel as the \u201cTrooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building\u201d was signed into law by President Joe Biden.\n\nIntroduced in September 2023, Grothman led the entire Wisconsin Congressional delegation on this bill, which is comprised of Representatives Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Bryan Steil (WI-01), Mike Gallagher (WI-08), and Mark Pocan (WI-02).\n\nDetails to come on the date of the post office renaming ceremony.\n\n\u201cTrooper Casper\u2019s life was tragically cut short in 2015 as he became the youngest police officer to be killed in the line of duty in our state\u2019s history,\u201d said Grothman. \u201cRenaming this post office in his honor serves as a lasting tribute to this young man who was unwavering in his commitment to keeping our streets safe.\n\n\u201cTrooper Casper\u2019s sacrifice should remind us all of the tremendous debt of gratitude we owe to our law enforcement officers. Let us remember Trooper Casper\u2019s heroism and his dedication to duty, and let us honor his memory by supporting those who continue to serve and protect our great state of Wisconsin.\n\n\"I am glad that this bill has been signed into law by the President and look forward to honoring Trooper Trevor Casper for his service in Kiel.\u201d\n\nBackground Information\n\nOn March 24, 2015, Trevor J. Casper tragically became the youngest police officer killed in the line of duty in Wisconsin history. While faithfully serving his community on his first solo assignment, Trevor was shot and killed in Fond du Lac attempting to apprehend a bank robbery and murder suspect.\n\nMonths before his death, Trevor fulfilled his dream by graduating from the State Patrol Academy and being stationed at the State Trooper Base in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.\n\nBorn on May 21, 1993, Trevor was a staple in the Kiel community through wrestling, soccer, and coaching youth sports. After graduating from Kiel High School with the class of 2011, Trevor attended Lakeshore Technical College (LTC) and graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice in 2014. He was active in the Color Guard and held the position of President of the LTC student government.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-van-orden-challenges-va-66-billion-budget-shortfall-and-misleading", "Congressman Van Orden Challenges VA on $6.6 Billion Budget Shortfall and Misleading Public Statements", "2024-12-05", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Chairman of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, participated in a House Veterans\u2019 Affairs full committee hearing on the Veterans Administration\u2019s $6.6 billion budget shortfall request.\n\nDuring the hearing, Congressman Van Orden questioned the witness panel on the Veterans Administration\u2019s reported budget shortfalls for fiscal year (FY) 2024 benefits and FY 2025 health care. The VA requested and received $2.88 billion from Congress to address an end-of-fiscal-year benefits funding shortfall. However, VA later revealed that this funding was not needed and remains unspent. Additionally, the VA sought $12 billion to address a projected health care budget shortfall for FY 2025, vigorously defending this request and has since reduced this request to $6.6 billion.\n\nIn addition to addressing the budget shortfall, Congressman Van Orden questioned the witnesses regarding several inaccurate and fear-mongering statements published on the VA's website in 2023, which remain accessible on the site to this day.\n\nTo watch Rep. Van Orden\u2019s line of questioning during the hearing, click here or the video below.\n\nImage\n\n(watch)\n\nRep. Van Orden\u2019s questioning for Ms. Laura Duke, Chief Financial Officer for Veterans Health Administration, and Mr. Joshua Jacobs, VA Under Secretary for Benefits:\n\nRep. Van Orden:\n\n\u201cFor the electronic health record, the VA originally estimated it was going to cost $10 billion. It's going to cost over $16 [billion] so that's 60% off your budget estimate. You've got 171 sites and only six of them are using this so far, so you guys have blown $10 billion and six out of the 71 sites have this electronic health record, and it's my understanding that you guys blew off commercially off-the-shelf technologies to develop your own.\n\n\u201cYou couldn't seem to make it the other day to our committee hearing, Mr. Jacobs, and this is your purview, so you're getting it now. The original estimate for the electronic GI Bill was $25 million. It's now going to cost $960 million. That means you were 97% off your estimate. Those are real numbers and I'm telling you right now, Ms. Duke, if the VA has your fingers in this pie, it's not going to work.\n\n\u201cThis is the testimony from the IG \u2013 I asked him if they are good with developing software systems:\n\n\u2018VA has a track record of difficulty in implementing major IT systems. They almost, without fail, take longer, they take replans, so I'd prefer just to leave it at that.\u2019\n\n\u201cThe IG was intimidated, and he was afraid to tell the truth, which is that you guys cannot manage anything.\n\n\u201cThere's something else I want to point out. You guys came here previously and released a statement April 21, 2023 and said that we're going to cut your budget. This is what you said:\n\n\u2018There's going to be 30 million fewer veteran outpatient visits and 81,000 jobs lost across the VHA.\u2019 Did that take place? No.\n\n\u2018You're going to undermine access to telehealth\u2019. Did we do that? No.\n\n\u2018Worsen the benefits?\u2019 No.\n\n\u2018Prevent construction on the health care facilities.\u2019 We're working on that right now.\n\n\u2018Fail to honor veterans' memory by dumping on the cemeteries.\u2019 Did that happen? No.\n\n\u2018Did we cut housing for veterans?\u2019 No.\n\n\u2018Did we increase food insecurity for veterans?\u2019 No.\n\n\u2018Deprive veterans mental health, substance use, and other healthcare services?\u2019 No, we're expanding them.\n\n\u201cWhy is this still on your website?\n\n\u201cThere's something else I want to read to you. It's a definition of a word: the quality, capability, or power to elicit belief. You know what that's the definition of? Credibility. You know what you guys have? Collectively not that.\n\n\u201cThis is embarrassing. If you just didn't do these incredibly incompetent things, you wouldn't be here asking for more money and I got to ask you, Sir when does incompetence become corruption, Mr. Jacobs?\u201d\n\nMr. Jacobs:\n\n\u201cCongressman, first let me just say I spent a decade working on the Hill. I value the oversight that members of this committee and this body do. I think they make us better. I will also say I'm incredibly proud of what we've accomplished\u2026\u201d\n\nRep. Van Orden:\n\n\u201cI hear this all the time. Why is this on your website? Why are these blatant lies still on your website?\u201d\n\nMr. Jacobs:\n\n\u201cI would have to talk to the\u2026\u201d\n\nRep. Van Orden:\n\n\u201cIf you guys have blown billions and billions and billions of dollars, which you have, for things that still don't work, I'm asking when does incompetence become corruption? You're getting paid, you're getting paid, Ms. Dukes, your contractors are getting paid, everybody's getting paid, right? But you know who's not being served? The veterans. Unfortunately, the head shed of the Veterans Affairs Administration has created a self-licking ice cream cone and you're not servicing the veterans to the level that you can because every one of these dollars that is spent in corruption \u2013 I'm just going to say it \u2013 is not a dollar that can be applied to the healthcare for veterans. You are directly responsible for that and nobody else is.\n\nWith that, I yield back.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/12/sen-johnson-announces-mobile-office-hours", "Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours", "2024-12-04", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013U.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\u2019s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters.\n\nNote: Staff-led mobile office hours are closed to press. Recording devices of any kind are not allowed. These restrictions are put in place for the privacy of our constituents.\n\nBrown County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, December 18\n\n10:30 a.m. \u2013 11:30 a.m.\n\nSuamico Village Hall\n\n12781 Velp Avenue, Suamico WI 54313\n\nMenominee County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, December 18\n\n12:30 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m.\n\nMenominee Public Library\n\nN172 Hwy 47/55, Keshena, WI 54135", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fitzgerald-applauds-colonel-heg-post-office-bill-signed-law", "Rep. Fitzgerald Applauds Colonel Heg Post Office Bill Signed into Law", "2024-12-03", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement in response to his bill to rename the U.S. Post Office in Muskego in honor of Colonel Hans Christian Heg being signed into law.\n\nThe bill, H.R. 7199, designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the \u201cColonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office.\u201d Colonel Hans Christian Heg was a staunch abolitionist who was the highest-ranking Union casualty from Wisconsin in the Civil War.\n\n\u201cAfter overwhelming support in the House and Senate, I am humbled to see my bill to rename the U.S. Post Office in Muskego in honor of Colonel Hans Christian Heg signed into law,\u201d said Rep. Fitzgerald. \u201cThis bill is a tribute to the incredible legacy of Colonel Heg\u2014a legacy he\u2019s defined as a war hero, a patriot, and a staunch abolitionist. Colonel Heg will be remembered and revered for generations to come in Wisconsin, and this bill will help cement his role in American history.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffanys-legislation-honor-veteran-renaming-necedah-post-office-becomes-law", "Tiffany\u2019s Legislation to Honor Veteran by Renaming Necedah Post Office Becomes Law", "2024-12-03", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Last week, Congressman Tom Tiffany\u2019s (WI-07) legislation, H.R. 6651, was signed into law by President Joe Biden. This bill honors the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Kenneth E. Murphy by renaming the United States Post Office in Necedah as the Sergeant Kenneth E. Murphy Post Office Building. Sergeant Murphy, a Necedah resident, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his gallantry in Vietnam, as well as a Purple Heart.\n\n\u201cSergeant Murphy was a true hero to our country and led his fellow service members out of a deadly trap during the Vietnam War despite being wounded twice. Renaming the Necedah Post Office in his honor ensures his legacy and service are forever etched into our community,\u201d said Congressman Tiffany.\n\n\u201cIt was my greatest honor to serve my country alongside patriots of the 101st Airborne Div. This honor being bestowed upon me humbles me to my core. I could never have imagined it,\u201d said Sergeant Kenneth E. Murphy.\n\nH.R. 6651 would rename the U.S. Post Office located at 603 West 3rd Street in Necedah, Wisconsin, as the \u201cSergeant Kenneth E. Murphy Post Office Building.\u201d Sergeant Murphy was born and raised in Necedah and served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. On November 9, 1966, while serving as a squad leader on a search and destroy mission near Tuy Hoa, Sergeant Murphy fearlessly ran through a hail of bullets to try and help several wounded soldiers. Despite being wounded twice, including once in the head, he organized his men, led them in a fierce assault on the enemy, and enabled his men to break out of the trap and overwhelm the insurgent force. Sergeant Murphy received a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross for his service and sacrifice. He resides in Necedah to this day.\n\nThe entire Wisconsin delegation is original cosponsors of H.R. 6651. Details about the renaming ceremony will be announced at a later date.\n\nRep. Tiffany\u2019s Necedah Post Office renaming bill text can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-statement-president-bidens-pardon-hunter-biden", "Van Orden Statement on President Biden\u2019s Pardon of Hunter Biden", "2024-12-02", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced the pardon of his son, Hunter Biden:\n\n\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s pardon of his son Hunter is a striking confirmation that he is one of the most crooked presidents in United States history. Hunter is guilty of committing numerous crimes yet flouted the justice system solely because of his last name. President Biden, who repeatedly lied to the American people about a pardon, abused his authority to shield his son from the consequences of his crimes.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-urges-biden-harris-admin-to-prioritize-peace-negotiations-between-azerbaijan-and-armenia", "Steil Urges Biden-Harris Admin to Prioritize Peace Negotiations Between Azerbaijan and Armenia", "2024-11-07", "2024", "2024-11", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Janesville, WI (November 7, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and John Cornyn (R-TX) recently urged U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to prioritize peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia during the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29).\n\nTheir letter follows Azerbaijan being selected to host the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29).\n\nExcerpts and highlights from the letter below:\n\n\u201cSince late last year, Azerbaijan and Armenia have engaged in negotiations to bring an end to decades of hostilities stemming from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Both sides have taken commendable steps toward peace, including border delimitation and ongoing engagement at the highest levels. Unfortunately, discussions appear to have stalled.\n\n\u201cBy hosting COP29, Azerbaijan intends to show that it is a responsible member of the global community. Hosting an international forum may be seen as a good gesture of diplomacy, but Azerbaijan has the opportunity to do more. If Azerbaijan truly wishes to advance international cooperation, it should demonstrate that by making peace with Armenia.\n\n\u201cAt a time of increasing global conflict, it is crucial that the U.S. work urgently to consolidate and build on the fragile stability in this critical region.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:07:06Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/11/sen-johnson-joins-grassley-cardin-in-call-for-potus-to-engage-on-stalled-u-s-china-adoptions", "Sen. Johnson Joins Grassley, Cardin in Call for POTUS to Engage on Stalled U.S.-China Adoptions", "2024-11-04", "2024", "2024-11", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "MILWAUKEE \u2013 On Friday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in urging President Biden to stand up for families navigating the People\u2019s Republic of China's (PRC) decision to end intercountry adoptions for those without Chinese familial ties. Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) and Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) are co-leading the bipartisan effort, which garnered a total of 103 bicameral signatories, in the House of Representatives.\n\n\u201cWe request that you act in the best interest of these children and families by urging the PRC to fulfill and uphold the commitment the country has made,\u201d the lawmakers wrote, noting approximately 300 children in the PRC \u2013 some with various health conditions \u2013 are already paired with families in the United States.\n\n\u201cThe American families that have been matched with their adoptive children are prepared to meet their long-term medical and emotional needs, and to give them the love and nurturing they need,\u201d they continued. \u201cMany of these children know that they have a home, which in many cases have been prepared for their arrival since the families were notified that they were matched and moving forward with the adoption process.\u201d\n\nGrassley and his colleagues also acknowledged the PRC may complete adoptions for families in some countries, per a State Department notice last week. They called on President Biden to ensure such an action would pertain to the United States, too.\n\nCosigners include Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and chairs of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption.\n\nRead the full letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:07:06Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-urges-immediate-meeting-of-wisconsin-elections-commission-after-release-of-draft-guidance-on-non-domiciled-id", "Steil Urges Immediate Meeting of Wisconsin Elections Commission After Release of Draft Guidance on Non-Domiciled ID", "2024-10-29", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Janesville, WI (October 29, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Chairman of the Committee on House Administration late yesterday received a response to his call for the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) to clarify the use of \u201cLimited Term\u201d and \u201cNon-Domiciled IDs\u201d for election purposes and provide official guidance for Wisconsin election clerks.\n\nIn the response to Rep. Steil, WEC also announced its intention to convene on Friday, November 1 to formally issue guidance to municipal and county clerks regarding individuals who present a \"Limited Term\" or \"Non-Domiciled\" ID. These IDs are only issued to temporary visitors. The meeting comes after Rep. Steil sent a letter to WEC following reports from clerks that the commission failed to give clear guidance on this issue.\n\nUpon receiving the draft guidance, Rep. Steil issued a follow-up letter urging WEC to convene immediately to issue the draft guidance as registration and voting is ongoing in Wisconsin.\n\nExcerpts and highlights from the draft memo read:\n\n\"... the commission received many questions from clerks asking how to proceed should they encounter this type of ID at the polls on Election Day and during in-person absentee voting.\n\n\"Under Wis. Stat. \u00a7 343.03(3m), both forms of identification are issued to non-citizens. According to the DMV, identifications marked \u201cLimited Term\u201d indicate \u201cthat the license or ID card holder is a non-immigrant (Temporary Visitor) with legal status in the United States\u201d and identifications marked \u201cNon-Domiciled\u201d indicate \u201cthat the CDL license holder is a non-immigrant (Temporary Visitor) with legal status in the United States.\n\n\"The commission does not know how many of these identifications have been issued...\n\n\"Because both the \u201cLimited Term\u201d and \u201cNon-Domiciled\u201d identifications are issued pursuant to Chapter 343 of the Statutes, Wis. Stat. \u00a7 5.02(6m)(a)1. mandates that these identifications must be accepted as a proper form of voter identification. However, possessing a valid identification does not necessarily mean the holder of the identification is eligible to vote.\n\n\"... if the potential voter presents a DMV identification marked \u201cLimited Term\u201d or \u201cNon-Domiciled,\u201d that indicates that the individual is most likely ineligible to vote because they are not a citizen and the election inspector should challenge that individual\u2019s eligibility to vote, unless the person presents documentation demonstrating the person is now a citizen.\"\n\nRead the full letter and draft memo here.\n\nBackground:\n\nWisconsin law requires every eligible voter to be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old who has resided in an election district or ward for 28 consecutive days before an election. Eligible individuals are required to provide proof of identification and residency in order to register to vote. Proof of identity can be satisfied with a valid driver license or ID card issued by Wisconsin. For proof of residence, any individual who is issued a Limited Term or Non-Domiciled ID card has been classified as a Temporary Visitor and is thus ineligible to register to vote.\n\nWisconsin municipal clerks approached WEC for guidance on this issue, but it was not provided.\n\nOn October 24, 2024, Chairman Steil sent a letter to WEC demanding answers on whether temporary residents can vote in Wisconsin and urging the Commission to issue guidance to clerks on this.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-demands-accountability-usda-following-pure-prairie-poultry", "Van Orden Demands Accountability from USDA Following Pure Prairie Poultry Bankruptcy", "2024-10-28", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), along with Reps. Brad Finstad (MN-01) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04), penned a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack following Pure Prairie Poultry\u2019s bankruptcy that resulted in nearly 50 farmers and more than two million chickens throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa being left without feed or processing options. In the letter, the Members highlight the lack of oversight and accountability by USDA and request answers from the agency on their loan and grant processes, as well as their knowledge of Pure Prairie Poultry\u2019s bankruptcy filing.\n\n\u201cMany of our poultry farmers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa were left in the lurch by the USDA\u2019s absence of oversight and accountability of Pure Prairie Poultry,\u201d said Rep. Van Orden. \u201cThe USDA will answer for the $45.6 million in loans and grants given to Pure Prairie Poultry, and PPP will answer for what they did with that money before they stiffed our farmers. I am so thankful for our farmers and how they put the welfare of their flocks first and am proud to advocate for them on the House Agriculture Committee.\u201d\n\nJoining Reps. Van Orden, Finstad, and Feenstra on the letter are: Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), House Agriculture Committee Chairman GT Thompson (PA-15), Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02), and Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (R-MN).\n\nTo read the full letter, click here or scroll below.\n\nOctober 25, 2024\n\nThe Honorable Tom Vilsack\n\nSecretary\n\nU.S. Department of Agriculture\n\n1400 Independence Avenue S.W.\n\nWashington, DC 20250\n\nDear Secretary Vilsack:\n\nWe are writing today with deep concern regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) distribution and oversight of grants and loans intended to help meat and poultry processors start or expand processing capacity.\n\nOn September 20, 2024, Pure Prairie Poultry, a Minnesota-based company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Consequently, the company\u2019s plant in Charles City, Iowa, ceased operations on October 2. In addition to laying off dozens of employees, this resulted in up to 50 farmers and more than 2 million chickens throughout Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin being left without feed or any processing option.\n\nIn 2022, Pure Prairie Poultry was awarded a guaranteed loan of $38.7 million from USDA Rural Development\u2019s Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program (FSCGLP) and a grant of $6.9 million from USDA Rural Development\u2019s Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP). According to Pure Prairie Poultry\u2019s bankruptcy court filings from the week of September 22, the company reported liabilities between $100 million and $500 million, with $50 million to $100 million in assets. Additionally, the company projected a negative cash flow of $1.8 million per week over the following six weeks. Further, it is our understanding that growers and feed mills affiliated with Pure Prairie Poultry have not been paid for months. Given this fact pattern, we remain deeply concerned about the lack of oversight USDA has provided in this case.\n\nOver the past two years, USDA has provided $223 million in loan guarantees and grants to 30 meat and poultry processing companies. A press release from the USDA celebrated this funding as part of the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s \u201ccommitment to strengthen critical food supply chain infrastructure to create more thriving communities for the American people.\u201d Unfortunately, the investment in this case instead ended in the loss of income, jobs, and poultry across three states.\n\nWhile we share USDA\u2019s desired goals of expanding meat processing capacity and markets and building a robust national food supply chain, it is critical that livestock producers and poultry growers have resilient systems to ensure the production of healthy and affordable protein for both domestic and global consumption. Moreover, American taxpayers deserve the peace of mind that their dollars are being spent wisely. Due to the concerns raised by Pure Prairie Poultry\u2019s bankruptcy and the resulting impacts on farmers and poultry flocks, we respectfully request the Department\u2019s response to the following questions by November 8, 2024:\n\n1. On what date did the USDA receive notice from Pure Prairie Poultry\u2019s lender regarding the company\u2019s default on its loan obligations and its inability to continue providing feed and processing for birds under its ownership? Additionally, please provide the statutory and/or regulatory requirements that obligate the lender to timely notify the Department of a defaulting entity utilizing the Department\u2019s programs and funds.\n\n2. What metrics did the USDA utilize to approve Pure Prairie Poultry with over $45 million in taxpayer funds? Please provide details on the scoring criteria and metrics used for MPPEP along with information about the USDA\u2019s approval process for the loan guarantee under the FSCGLP and financial institutions\u2019 ability to service the loans.\n\n3. What, if any, consideration does USDA give to previous bankruptcy filings when awarding loans and/or grants? Was USDA aware of the previous closures that took place at the location of the Charles City, Iowa processing facility?\n\n4. Did the USDA have any indications at the time of Pure Prairie Poultry\u2019s approval for both the loan guarantee and grant that the company would face financial peril less than 24 months after the awards were announced? What steps did the USDA take to salvage the plant in Charles City, Iowa?\n\n5. What steps did the USDA take in the immediate aftermath of the plant closure to assist the relevant stakeholders, including growers and state departments of agriculture, in the care, processing, and depopulation of affected birds? What additional steps does the USDA plan to take to assist affected producers?\n\n6. What are the USDA\u2019s current oversight mechanisms for grants and loan guarantees to ensure taxpayer dollars are not being wasted? Additionally, what oversight actions were taken by USDA in the case of Pure Prairie Poultry?\n\n7. What steps will the USDA take moving forward to ensure proper guardrails are in place to prevent similar outcomes for both the current recipients of the FSCGLP and MPPEP loans and grants, as well as similar funding opportunities in the future?\n\n8. Have any additional lenders notified the USDA of potential defaults within the loan portfolio for the FSCGLP? Is the USDA aware of any other potential cases of default based on its own analysis? Have any prior defaults occurred, not including Pure Prairie Poultry?\n\n9. Does the USDA maintain a preferred lender list for programs under the Rural Development Mission Areas? If so, please provide a copy.\n\n10. Is the USDA aware of any other projects financed by the lender(s) of Pure Prairie Poultry through the FSCGLP? If so, please provide details on those projects. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/10/sen-johnson-joins-risch-colleagues-to-introduce-legislation-combatting-israel-s-persecution-at-the-united-nations", "Sen. Johnson Joins Risch, Colleagues to Introduce Legislation Combatting Israel\u2019s Persecution at the United Nations", "2024-10-26", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and colleagues in announcing their intent to introduce the Stand with Israel Act to combat the United Nation\u2019s blatant anti-Israel bias. The legislation would block any U.S. dollars from going to the U.N. if it downgrades Israel\u2019s status in any way, such as preventing Israel from having certain voting powers or access to committees or other roles within the organization.\n\n\u201cIsrael is doing exactly what America would do \u2013 defend itself from brutal terrorists. The fact that this effort to downgrade Israel\u2019s status in the UN is even under consideration casts doubt on the legitimacy of the entire UN system and is an unacceptable betrayal of America\u2019s principal ally in the Middle East,\u201d the senator said.\n\n\u201cAny attempt to alter Israel\u2019s status at the UN is clearly anti-Semitic,\u201d Ranking Member Risch said. \u201cThat said, if the UN member states allow the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization to downgrade Israel\u2019s status at the UN, the U.S. must stop supporting the UN system, as it would clearly be beyond repair. I am disgusted that this outrageous idea has even been discussed, and will do all we can to ensure any changes to Israel\u2019s status will come with consequences.\u201d\n\nThe legislation is the companion to the House of Representative\u2019s bipartisan H.R. 9394, which Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) introduced.\n\nSens. Johnson and Risch were joined by Senators John Kennedy (R-La.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.).\n\nFull text of the Stand with Israel Act can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-demands-answers-on-whether-temporary-residents-can-vote-in-wisconsin", "Steil Demands Answers on Whether Temporary Residents Can Vote in Wisconsin", "2024-10-25", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Janesville, WI (October 25, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, which oversees federal election law, yesterday sent a letter to the Wisconsin Elections Commission demanding clarification whether Limited Term and Non-Domiciled ID cards - which are only issued to temporary visitors - can or cannot be used as proof of residency for voter registration purposes. Rep. Steil is also requesting that the Wisconsin Elections Commission provide immediate guidance to municipal clerks on this issue.\n\nExcerpts and highlights from the letter below:\n\n\"... I write today seeking immediate clarification whether the Limited Term and the Non-Domiciled Identification (\u201cID\u201d) cards can be used as an acceptable proof of residency for voter registration purposes.\n\n\"Limited Term and Non-Domiciled ID cards are only issued to individuals who are temporary visitors. To protect the integrity of Wisconsin\u2019s elections, Wisconsin law prohibits individuals from voting if they are present only for temporary purposes. Such individuals should not be voting in our elections or deciding the future of our State.\n\n\"An elector\u2019s residence is defined by their domicile. In other words, the elector\u2019s 'habitation must be fixed, without any present intent to move, and to which, when absent, the person intends to return.' In that same vein, Wisconsin law prohibits individuals from becoming a resident if they are present only for temporary purposes. These provisions exist to ensure only permanent residents of Wisconsin can vote in Wisconsin\u2019s elections rather than any temporary visitor.\n\n\"As such, it would appear contrary to Wisconsin law for these IDs to serve as valid proof of residency to register to vote in Wisconsin.\n\n\"Media reports have indicated that your office has failed to give direction on how to handle these applications. Americans deserve confidence in our elections, and clear rules and guidance can help improve that level of confidence. Inaction from your office risks ineligible persons being registered to vote and exposes clerks to undue criticism on an issue that could have been avoided.\"\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full letter.\n\nNOTE: Wisconsin law requires every eligible voter to be a U.S. citizen and at least 18 years old who has resided in an election district or ward for 28 consecutive days before an election. Eligible individuals are required to provide proof of identification and residency in order to register to vote. Proof of identity can be satisfied with a valid driver license or ID card issued by Wisconsin. For proof of residence, any individual who is issued a Limited Term or Non-Domiciled ID card has been classified as a Temporary Visitor and is thus ineligible to register to vote.\n\nWisconsin municipal clerks approached the Wisconsin Elections Commission for guidance on this issue, but it was not provided.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-sounds-alarm-half-wisconsin-federal-prison-inmate-population-being", "Van Orden Sounds Alarm on Half of Wisconsin Federal Prison Inmate Population Being Illegal Aliens", "2024-10-25", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This week, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) participated in a House Judiciary Committee field hearing in Milwaukee on the effects of the current southwest border crisis on Wisconsin residents and communities.\n\nDuring the hearing, Congressman Van Orden questioned the witness panel on the Federal Correctional Institution Oxford holding 650 illegal aliens who committed felonies in the facility, which is over half of the facility\u2019s housing capacity of 1,200. In a meeting with Oxford\u2019s administrators a week prior to the hearing, Rep. Van Orden was informed that the cost to house a single inmate at Oxford is $42,000 per year, leading the facility to spend over $27 million per year on housing the illegal aliens alone in their custody. Federal law requires that illegal aliens who are convicted of felonies while residing in the U.S. must complete their sentence in the U.S. prison system before being deported.\n\nTo watch Rep. Van Orden\u2019s line of questioning during the hearing, click here or below.\n\nImage\n\n(watch)\n\nRep. Van Orden addressing the Oxford Federal Prison illegal alien population with Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson:\n\nRep. Van Orden:\n\n\u201cThe criminal illegal alien that Congressman Tiffany referred to earlier made his way across the border with Venezuelan gang tattoos. Those are not a, \u201cLive to Ride, Ride to Live\u201d tattoo. That's either: You're a member of that gang and you have that tattoo, or they will cut it off you while you're living, so that should have been taken for what it is at the border. This person never should have been allowed in the country, made his way to Minneapolis, arrested for crimes after the Dane County Sheriff had warrants out for strangulation and some other violent crimes, and didn't bother following up with it because both those places are Sanctuary Cities.\n\n\u201cThen he came to a place a half mile away from where four of my grandchildren live and brutally raped a mother and assaulted a daughter over a period of days. This could have been stopped at any point, and solely because the Biden Administration is pushing an incredibly horrible political agenda, this is going to keep happening over and over and over again.\n\n\u201cSenator Johnson, I found this out last week, and I want to know if you're tracking. We went to the federal prison in Oxford in my district, and half of the prisoners are illegal aliens. Are you tracking the volume of what's taking place? This is the second and third order effect of opening up these borders, but when half of an institution is occupied by illegal aliens, that's something that I'm hoping we're going to be looking at here under a Trump presidency. Are you tracking this, Sir?\u201d\n\nSen. Johnson:\n\n\u201cI'm not, but it's not surprising. It's not just going to be federal prisons; it's going to be local prisons and they're going to be bearing the brunt of the cost of this. I think the House Committee said that the cost of dealing with this crisis is about $150 billion per year across all governmental units. That's a massive cost imposed on us by the Biden-Harris administration, and that gang member never should have been let into this country. The vast majority of people are as sympathetic as I am with people who want to come here for opportunity but don't qualify for asylum. There is a very tough standard. You have to be persecuted by your government or threatened with persecution. This open border is a setback in establishing a functioning legal immigration that is controlled and brings people in to improve our economy. I'm for a robust legal immigration system, and we need one. We certainly need one here in Wisconsin \u2013 certainly in your district with all the farmers. We need workers, we need laborers, and immigrant laborers do a great job. They come here, they work their tail off, but it has to be a legal system. You cannot establish that until you secure the border. So, Biden has set back establishing that legal system\u2026\u201d\n\nRep. Van Orden:\n\n\u201cAt one point, they had 17 to 20 some thousand rotating through Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy, which I represent. We went back and looked at every single Afghan that came here that was eligible for the Special Immigrant Visa, meaning they worked with the United States government during the war. Guess how many of those were qualified for SIV \u2013 zero\u2026\n\n\u201cThe last thing we're looking at is about 250,000 missing children the Biden administration has lost. The Biden administration, under the Harris Border Czar, is solely responsible for losing almost a quarter of a million children in the United States that are most likely being trafficked, knowing full well that they were releasing them into the hands of members of transnational criminal organizations and human sex traffickers.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fitzgerald-attends-judiciary-committee-field-hearing-milwaukee", "Rep. Fitzgerald Attends Judiciary Committee Field Hearing in Milwaukee", "2024-10-24", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) attended a House Judiciary Committee field hearing in Milwaukee titled: \u201cThe Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Wisconsin Perspectives.\u201d\n\n\u201cPresident Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 open-border policies have enabled our southern border crisis and have negatively impacted Wisconsin communities. Take Whitewater, for example, where the local police department estimates nearly 800-1,000 foreign nationals have settled since just 2022. These kinds of numbers have a tremendous strain on a community whose population is just 15,000,\u201d said Rep. Fitzgerald. \u201cToday\u2019s Judiciary Committee field hearing in Milwaukee allowed us members, and the public, to cut through the noise and hear directly from local experts about the difficulties this crisis has brought upon our nation\u2019s communities. It was an important conversation, and I appreciate every single witness for sharing their unique testimony.\u201d\n\nTo watch Rep. Scott Fitzgerald's full Q&A at the field hearing click here.\n\nThe committee hearing welcomed the following witnesses to testify:\n\nJacob \u201cJake\u201d J. Curtis, General Counsel and Director of Center for Investigative Oversight, Institute for Reforming Government.\n\nRick Rachwal, Co-Founder and Vice-President of the Board, Love, Logan Foundation.\n\nDale J. Schmidt, Sheriff, Dodge County Sheriff\u2019s Department.\n\nThe Honorable Eric Toney, District Attorney, Fon du Lac County, Wisconsin.\n\nHenri Kinson, Former School Board Member, Whitewater Unified School District, Whitewater, Wisconsin\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/10/senator-johnson-chairman-steil-demand-classified-briefings-on-potential-foreign-influence-in-u-s-elections", "Senator Johnson, Chairman Steil Demand Classified Briefings on Potential Foreign Influence in U.S. Elections", "2024-10-22", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and U.S. Congressman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) sent letters to the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) requesting information on potential election interference through fraudulent donations by foreign actors. In the letter to Treasury, Chairman Steil and Ranking Member Johnson requested Suspicious Activity Reports related to ActBlue. They also requested that all three agencies provide classified briefings on the matter.\n\nExcerpts from the letters read:\n\n\"As Chairman of the Committee on House Administration (\u201cCHA\u201d) and as the Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (\u201cPSI\u201d), both with broad oversight of our nation\u2019s federal elections, we write to you to raise an urgent concern regarding potential illicit election funding by foreign actors.\"\n\n\"CHA has been investigating claims that foreign actors, primarily from Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and China, may be using ActBlue to launder illicit money into U.S. political campaigns. The investigation has indicated that these actors may be exploiting existing U.S. donors by making straw donations without their knowledge.\"\n\nRead the full letters here.\n\nBackground:\n\nOn April 17, 2023, Ranking Member Ron Johnson wrote to the Federal Election Commission (\u201cFEC\u201d) regarding a video posted online by the O\u2019Keefe Media Group on March 28, 2023 alleging that political donations are being made in large amounts to certain political groups without the donors\u2019 knowledge. The FEC refused to confirm or deny whether it is investigating this matter.\n\nOn October 31, 2023, following reports that ActBlue was accepting political contributions without a card verification value (CVV), Chairman Steil sent a letter demanding answers on ActBlue\u2019s practices, questioning if they are complying with federal campaign finance laws and preventing foreign and illegal contributions.\n\nOn November 27, 2023, ActBlue responded to Chairman Steil\u2019s letter saying it did not require a CVV in order to contribute on their website.\n\nOn September 6, 2024, Chairman Steil introduced H.R. 9488, the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act. The legislation prohibits political committees from accepting an online contribution unless the contributor provides the CVV and billing address associated with the card and from accepting online contributions from prepaid cards. It also adopts a top legislative recommendation from the FEC to prohibit individuals from knowingly aiding or abetting a person making a contribution in the name of another person.\n\nOn September 11, 2024, the SHIELD Act passed the Committee on House Administration by a voice-vote.\n\nOn September 18, 2024, Chairman Steil sent letters to the Attorneys General from Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Florida, and Missouri, updating them on the Committee's investigation into ActBlue, a major democratic fundraising platform. Along with the letter, the Attorneys General received the data and evidence that the Committee has collected over the course of almost a year.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-leads-wi-delegation-in-urging-biden-harris-administration-to-address-iv-fluid-shortage", "Steil Leads WI Delegation in Urging Biden-Harris Administration to Address IV Fluid Shortage", "2024-10-18", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Janesville, WI (October 18, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) today led the Wisconsin delegation in urging the Biden-Harris administration to take immediate action to address the nationwide IV fluid shortage due to the damage caused by Hurricane Helene. In a letter to the administration, the members are seeking a clear plan from the Biden-Harris administration on how they will address this national crisis.\n\nExcerpts and highlights from the letter below:\n\n\u201cAs you may be aware, Baxter International\u2019s North Cove site, located less than an hour from Asheville, North Carolina, is the largest manufacturer of IV fluids and dialysis solutions in the U.S.\n\n\u201cAccording to the company, their site was \u201csignificantly impacted by the rain and storm surge\u201d from Hurricane Helene and is temporarily closed. Baxter supplies roughly 60% of the IV fluids to hospitals in the U.S.\n\n\u201cOur offices have heard from Wisconsin hospitals and health systems who have already begun postponing and canceling elective procedures for patients due to the impending shortage.\n\n\u201cWith more disruptions anticipated from Hurricane Milton, we ask your administration to take all available action to minimize the impact of this shortage on patient care and increase the supply of IV solutions.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-maloy-introduce-bill-cutting-red-tape-remote-veterans-access", "Van Orden, Maloy Introduce Bill Cutting Red Tape for Remote Veterans to Access Eyeglass Fittings", "2024-10-18", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Representatives Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) and Celeste Maloy (UT-02) introduced the Servicemember\u2019s Eyeglasses Efficiency Act (SEE Act). This bill would add eyeglass lens fittings to the list of medical treatments covered by the Veterans Community Care Program, increasing access to care for millions of veterans in remote areas.\n\n\u201cVeterans in rural Wisconsin should not have to drive hours to Tomah, Madison, or Milwaukee for a simple eyeglass fitting,\u201d said Rep. Van Orden. \u201cI have made a commitment to our veterans to improve their healthcare and quality of life, and that is why I am proud to join Rep. Maloy in introducing the SEE Act. This legislation is a practical step toward ensuring veterans can access the care they deserve, without unnecessary barriers.\u201d\n\n\u201cVeterans in rural Utah have expressed frustration about having to travel hundreds of miles just to be fitted for eyeglasses. Making this basic service more accessible is a good step towards improving healthcare for our veterans,\u201d said Rep. Maloy. \"The SEE Act is a great example of how representative government should work: finding a solution to a federal problem raised by the people we represent.\u201d\n\nReps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), and John Curtis (UT-03) are original cosponsors.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve heard from many Central Oregon veterans concerned with a lack of accessible health care. Supporting community care fixes this problem by allowing them to find care in their communities without traveling to a VA facility. I\u2019m proud to cosponsor the SEE Act, which would improve eye care options for our nation\u2019s veterans by expanding community care coverage,\u201d said Rep. Chavez-DeRemer.\n\n\u201cCurrent VA guidelines do not cover veterans' eyeglass fittings outside of a VA facility,\u201d said Rep. Miller-Meeks. \u201cWith a quarter of veterans living in rural areas, that is a burden for millions who served our nation. The SEE Act would give veterans more flexibility and save the VA money in travel and lodging reimbursement costs. As an Ophthalmologist and a veteran from Iowa, I am proud to join Rep. Maloy in supporting the SEE Act to give veterans enhanced access to eyecare.\u201d\n\n\u201cRequiring veterans in Utah to travel hundreds of miles for eyeglass fittings is nonsense. I\u2019m pleased to support legislation making healthcare just a little more accessible for our veterans, who deserve convenient and quality care after their service to our country,\" said Rep. Curtis.\n\nBackground:\n\nA quarter of U.S. vets (6.4 million) live in rural parts of the country and one third wear glasses. VA Community Care Networks (CCNs), created by the Mission Act in 2018, allow some veterans to access basic care in their communities without traveling to VA facilities. However, the Mission Act only lists \u201coptometric services\u201d and \u201cvision testing\u201d as eyecare services covered by CCNs. The VA does not consider eyeglass fittings to be covered. As a result, veterans in rural parts of Utah are forced to drive upwards of 500 miles roundtrip for eyeglass fittings at VA facilities.\n\nAdding eyeglass fittings to the list of treatments covered by Community Care Networks would help veterans and save the VA money in travel and lodging reimbursement costs.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fitzgerald-responds-ftc-changes-premerger-notification-process", "Rep. Fitzgerald Responds to FTC Changes to Premerger Notification Process", "2024-10-15", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), a member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, issued the following statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s final rule implementing changes to the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act:\n\n\u201cWhen Congress passed the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (MFFMA), it did so with an expectation that the FTC would implement changes to premerger notification as Congress intended. Specifically, to decrease the burden on small businesses. Instead, FTC Chair Khan used this as an opportunity to propose a rule that completely contradicted the intent of MFFMA, which would have resulted in increased burdens across all businesses, and disincentivized smaller mergers relative to larger ones.\n\n\u201cLast week, the FTC voted unanimously to finalize the changes to premerger notification. While I remain concerned about the additional burden this rule imposes on merging parties, I commend the work by Republican Commissioners Holyoak and Ferguson to remove many of the proposed rule\u2019s most dangerous provisions, including the collection of labor market information, which has historically not been a standard component of merger enforcement. Additionally, in finalizing the rule, the Commission also voted unanimously to lift its suspension of early termination for mergers that pose no threat to competition, something I\u2019ve advocated for since coming to Congress. Finally, the rule leaves intact the requirement to disclose subsidies from foreign entities of concern, as required through inclusion of my bill, the Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act, in the MFFMA. This law will enable antitrust regulators to follow the money when countries like China distort markets and harm competition.\n\n\u201cThe final product, which I support, demonstrates the importance of having Republican Commissioners at the FTC to push back on Chair Khan\u2019s radical agenda. The unanimous support for removing the most dangerous provisions of the proposed rule also demonstrates that Chair Khan\u2019s antitrust views do not align with the rest of the Commission, or the American people, and provides further evidence for why her term should not be renewed.\u201d\n\nUnder the HSR Act, parties to certain mergers and acquisitions are required to submit premerger notification forms that disclose certain information about their proposed deal and business operations. The final rule, submitted to the Federal Register on October 7, 2024, makes changes to the premerger assessment process.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-announces-october-mobile-office-hours", "Tiffany Announces October Mobile Office Hours", "2024-10-09", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WAUSAU, WI \u2013 Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) announced the following mobile office hours.\n\nA member of Congressman Tom Tiffany\u2019s staff will be at the following locations to assist residents who may need help with a federal agency. Appointments are not necessary, and staff will be able to aid in federal matters concerning Veterans Affairs, Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service, Medicare, passports, and more.\n\nMobile Office Hours on Wednesday, October 16th:\n\nPrice County\n\nLocation: Phillips Public Library\n\n286 Cherry Street\n\nPhillips, WI 54555\n\nTime: 4:30 \u2013 5:30pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Monday, October 28th:\n\nLincoln County\n\nLocation: T. B. Scott Public Library\n\n106 1st Street\n\nMerrill, WI 54452\n\nTime: 1:00 \u2013 2:00pm\n\nLincoln County\n\nLocation: Tomahawk Public Library\n\n300 West Lincoln Avenue\n\nTomahawk, WI 54474\n\nTime: 3:00 \u2013 4:00pm\n\nOneida County\n\nLocation: Rhinelander Public Library\n\n106 North Stevens Street\n\nRhinelander, WI 54501\n\nTime: 5:00 \u2013 6:00pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Tuesday, October 29th:\n\nTaylor County\n\nLocation: Frances Simek Memorial Library\n\n400 North Main Street\n\nMedford, WI 54451\n\nTime: 8:30 \u2013 9:30am\n\nClark County\n\nLocation: Neillsville Public Library\n\n409 Hewett Street #1923\n\nNeillsville, WI 54456\n\nTime: 11:00 \u2013 12:00pm\n\nPolk County\n\nLocation: Osceola Village Hall\n\n310 Chieftain Street\n\nOsceola, WI 54020\n\nTime: 12:00 \u2013 1:30pm\n\nWood County\n\nLocation: Pittsville Community Library\n\n5291 3rd Avenue\n\nPittsville, WI 54466\n\nTime: 1:00 \u2013 2:00pm\n\nPolk County\n\nLocation: St. Croix Falls Public Library\n\n230 South Washington Street\n\nSt. Croix Falls, WI 54024\n\nTime: 12:00 \u2013 1:30pm\n\nWood County\n\nLocation: Everett Roehl Public Library\n\n105 South Maple Avenue\n\nMarshfield, WI 54449\n\nTime: 3:00 \u2013 4:00pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Wednesday, October 30th:\n\nOneida County\n\nLocation: Minocqua Public Library\n\n415 Menominee Street\n\nMinocqua, WI 54548\n\nTime: 9:30 \u2013 10:30am\n\nBurnett County\n\nLocation: Grantsburg Public Library\n\n415 South Robert Street\n\nGrantsburg, WI 54840\n\nTime: 10:00 \u2013 11:00am\n\nOneida County\n\nLocation: Minocqua Public Library\n\n415 Menominee Street\n\nMinocqua, WI 54548\n\nTime: 9:30 \u2013 10:30am\n\nMarathon County\n\nLocation: Stratford Public Library\n\n213201 Scholar Street\n\nStratford, Wisconsin 54484\n\nTime: 11:30 \u2013 12:30pm\n\nVilas County\n\nLocation: Walter Olson Memorial Library\n\n203 North Main Street\n\nEagle River, WI 54521\n\nTime: 11:30 \u2013 12:30pm\n\nPolk County\n\nLocation: Frederic Public Library\n\n127 Oak Street East\n\nFrederic, WI 54837\n\nTime: 1:00 \u2013 2:00pm\n\nForest County\n\nLocation: Laona Public Library\n\n5216 Forest Avenue\n\nLaona, WI 54541\n\nTime: 2:00 \u2013 3:00pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Thursday, October 31st:\n\nBayfield County\n\nLocation: Drummond Public Library\n\n14990 Superior Street\n\nDrummond, WI 54832\n\nTime: 10:00 \u2013 11:00am\n\nSawyer County\n\nLocation: Hayward City Hall\n\n15889 West 3rd Street\n\nHayward, WI 54843\n\nTime: 1:00 \u2013 2:00pm\n\nIf you have any further questions or need help with a federal agency and cannot make it to these mobile office hours, Congressman Tiffany\u2019s district staff remains ready to help at (715) 298-9344.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-landsman-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-strengthen-suicide", "Van Orden, Landsman Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support for Veterans", "2024-10-08", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH), Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), and Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen suicide prevention and mental health support for veterans. TheWhat Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Actwill require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish clear and measurable objectives and implement best practices for suicide prevention pilots and grant programs that would allow for more effective data collection.\n\n\u201cWe are still losing record numbers of our veterans every day to suicide,\u201d said Rep. Van Orden. \u201cUntil we do everything we can to prevent veteran suicide, we are not doing enough. I am proud to stand with Rep. Landsman in introducing this bipartisan legislation to ensure VA is directing their efforts to the most effective suicide prevention treatments and programs. Our vets had our backs in when they were in uniform. We must do everything we can to have theirs now.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis bill will save countless lives,\u201d said Rep. Landsman. \u201cToo many veterans are dying by suicide every day, and we have to do more to prevent it. Many veterans are dealing with severe mental health issues and deserve the best care possible. If we focus the VA\u2019s resources on the most effective programs, we can make a significant impact in reducing these heartbreaking and entirely unacceptable rates of veteran suicide.\u201d\n\n\u201cVeteran suicide is a crisis we cannot afford to overlook, especially as the numbers continue to climb,\u201d said Rep. Luttrell. \u201cAs someone who served alongside many of these brave men and women, I am committed to ensuring we bring this number down and eventually to zero. This bill will help us understand which programs are truly working, so we can maximize on those efforts and save lives.\u201d\n\n\"The crisis of veteran suicide demands all of our best efforts, and that means using proven and effective tactics and tools to save lives,\u201d said Rep. Deluzio. \u201cI'm glad to partner with Congressman Landsman to create more guidelines for suicide prevention pilots and outreach through the VA. I will never stop fighting to protect and serve my fellow veterans.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4265", "Grothman\u2019s Statement on One-Year Anniversary of the Attack on Israel", "2024-10-07", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Glenn Grothman", "G000576", "grothman.house.gov", "grothman", "https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the unprovoked Hamas attack on Israel.\n\n\u201cAs we mark the one-year anniversary of the horrific attack on Israel, we are reminded of the profound impact that day had on countless lives and the enduring scars it left on the Israeli people. The coordinated assault by Hamas, targeting innocent civilians, including women and children, was a stark reminder of the evil that exists in this world,\" said Congressman Grothman. \"Israel has every right to continue defending itself against such unprovoked aggression, and it is essential that the United States continues to stand firmly with our strongest ally in the Middle East. The resilience of the Israeli people in the face of this tragedy is a testament to their strength and unity.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe details of the attack are even worse than publicly known because they are too graphic to be printed. Civilians who tried to help hostages were targeted by Hamas in Gaza. We remind the world that the conflict which spun from this attack on Isarel could end anytime if Hamas surrendered.\u201d\n\n\"As we remember the victims and honor their memory, we must also acknowledge that many hostages remain in the hands of Hamas, enduring torture, and pray for their safe return home. We also grieve with the families of the hostages who were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists. We must recommit ourselves to combating terrorism and ensuring that no nation faces such violence alone.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/10/sen-johnson-and-colleagues-hold-doj-accountable-for-failure-to-prosecute-noncitizen-voter-registration", "Sen. Johnson and Colleagues Hold DOJ Accountable for Failure to Prosecute Noncitizen Voter Registration", "2024-10-07", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), along with 68 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland exposing the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) failure to prevent noncitizens from registering to vote in America\u2019s federal elections and its refusal to prosecute those who have done so.\n\nThe lawmakers demanded more information about the incidence of noncitizens registering to vote, and steps that the DOJ is taking to deal with the issue and secure U.S. elections.\n\n\u201cWe are deeply concerned by reports of non-citizens registering to vote and voting in federal elections,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cAs of today, there has been no response from you or your Department regarding the inquiry on July 12, 2024, seeking information on efforts undertaken by your Department to enforce laws prohibiting non-citizen voting. Given the 2024 Presidential Election is in less than 34 days, your Department\u2019s inaction and refusal to provide any information regarding its efforts to promote public trust and confidence in our elections is especially alarming.\u201d\n\n\u201cClearly, there is a non-negligible amount of voter participation by non-citizens in federal elections, which is not only a serious threat to the integrity of our elections and the democratic process they represent, but also has the potential to reduce Americans\u2019 trust and confidence in election results,\u201d they continued.\n\nSens. Johnson, Britt, Tuberville, and Hagerty were joined by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Kennedy (R-La.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).\n\nAdditional House co-signers include Reps. Andy Harris (R-Md.), Clay Higgins (R-La.), Gary Palmer (R-Ala.), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Aaron Bean (R-Fla.), Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Mike Ezell (R-Miss.), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Ben Cline (R-Va.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Lance Gooden (R-Texas), Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Mike Collins (R-Ga.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Greg Lopez (R-Colo.), Keith Self (R-Texas), Brian Babin (R-Texas), August Pfluger (R-Texas), Alex Mooney (R-W. Va.), Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Randy Weber (R-Texas), Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/10/sen-johnson-honors-october-7-victims-reaffirms-unwavering-support-for-israel", "Sen. Johnson Honors October 7 Victims, Reaffirms Unwavering Support for Israel", "2024-10-07", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and all Senate Republicans in a resolution fully condemning Hamas, calling for American hostages\u2019 safe return home, and reaffirming U.S. support for an enduring and prosperous Israel. A year ago today, Iran-backed Hamas terrorists launched a heinous attack on Israel, killing approximately 1,200 individuals and taking 251 hostages. One year later, 97 hostages still remain unaccounted for, including seven Americans.\n\nThe resolution reiterated the senators\u2019 support for \u201can outcome that ensures the forever survival of Israel; the complete denial of the ability of Hamas to reconstitute in the region, and the safe release of United States hostages from the Gaza Strip.\u201d\n\nSens. Johnson and Ernst were joined by Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Thune (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.).\n\nFull text of the bill can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tiffany-takes-bipartisan-action-address-usps-delivery-issues", "Rep. Tiffany Takes Bipartisan Action to Address USPS Delivery Issues", "2024-10-02", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 This week, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) joined a bipartisan letter alongside 19 Members of Congress urging Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to immediately address the costly and burdensome delays in United States Postal Service (USPS) mail to rural communities nationwide.\n\nThis letter comes after the USPS announced on August 22, 2024, that they will be adjusting mail delivery times, resulting in added delays for Americans in rural communities that are more than 50 miles from a USPS processing center \u2013 many of whom are already experiencing delays. In the letter, the bipartisan group of members asks the Postmaster General to reconsider going forward with this plan.\n\n\u201cMy office has been hearing from numerous newspapers and residents across the Seventh District who are being negatively affected by significant delays in mail delivery,\u201d said Congressman Tiffany. \u201cThe Iron County Miner, for example, has seen delays stretching into weeks, and in some cases, newspapers are not delivered at all, according to a constituent\u2019s report. I\u2019ve also been in touch with the Vilas County News-Review and readers of the Lakeland Times, all of whom are also experiencing frustrating delivery delays.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe implementation of the Delivering for America Plan has led to reduced services and harmed postal performance, especially in rural areas. Veterans, seniors, and many rural Wisconsinites depend on the USPS, and it\u2019s clear that changes need to be made,\u201d Tiffany concluded.\n\nThe USPS has not provided Congressman Tiffany\u2019s casework team with sufficient information regarding the causes of these disruptions despite several open inquiries.\n\nYou may read the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/10/sen-johnson-and-colleagues-outline-stark-consequences-of-biden-harris-failure-to-follow-border-laws-protect-whistleblowers", "Sen. Johnson and Colleagues Outline Stark Consequences of Biden-Harris Failure to Follow Border Laws, Protect Whistleblowers", "2024-10-02", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 32 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter demanding President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris collect DNA samples from every immigrant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) encounters, per the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005.\n\nDHS missed three separate opportunities to gather DNA from the illegal immigrant who murdered Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother of five. \u201cCompliance with the DNA Fingerprint Act could\u2019ve played a role in assisting law enforcement in the Rachel Morin case. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, the Salvadoran gang member that allegedly raped and killed Rachel Morin, and who also was linked to the murder of a young woman in El Salvador, crossed the border four separate times,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.\n\n\u201cFollowing the law, protecting whistleblowers and ensuring the safety of American citizens like Rachel Morin shouldn\u2019t be controversial. The Biden-Harris administration\u2019s DHS must follow the law\u2014the consequences are stark when they don\u2019t,\u201d they continued.\n\nSens. Johnson and Grassley were joined by Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Thune (R-S.D.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kans.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.).\n\nAdditional House co-signers include House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), along with Reps. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), Lance Gooden (R-Texas), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Troy Nehls (R-Texas), Michael Rulli (R-Ohio), Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), Clay Higgins (R-La.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), August Pfluger (R-Texas), Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) Anthony D\u2019Esposito (R-N.Y.) and Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.).\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-statement-irans-missile-attacks-israel", "Van Orden Statement on Iran's Missile Attacks on Israel", "2024-10-01", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement on Iran's missile attacks on Israel:\n\n\"The weak leadership of the Biden-Harris administration has funded and emboldened Iran, the world\u2019s largest state sponsor of terrorism, who is now launching a massive missile attack on Israel.\n\nI stand strong with our greatest ally in the Middle East, Israel. It is time for this administration to publicly state that Israel does not only have the \u2018right to exist\u2019, they have the right to live in peace.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/sen-johnson-for-the-washington-reporter-make-america-healthy-again", "Sen. Johnson for The Washington Reporter: Make America Healthy Again", "2024-09-30", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, The Washington Reporter published an op-ed written by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) where he explained the corruption and capture of government agencies, the media, medical journals, and the medical establishment by large corporate interests, and how this affects the health of Americans.\n\nThe full op-ed can be found here and excerpts are below.\n\n\u201cOn January 24, 2022, I held a public event in the historic Senate Kennedy Caucus room titled, Covid-19: A Second Opinion. It was held two years into the Coronavirus pandemic \u2014 a pandemic that was used to frighten and control the public on a global scale. The result was a stunning loss of life and freedom for individuals, trillions of dollars of economic devastation, but billions of dollars of profit, and the accumulation of enormous power by those in control.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cOn Monday, September 23rd, I held another event in the same historic room titled: American Health and Nutrition, A Second Opinion. The purpose of that event was to ask questions we haven\u2019t been allowed to ask, and to provide a foundational and historical understanding of the changes that have occurred over the last century within public sanitation, agricultural, food processing, and health care industries that impact our current state of national health.\n\n\u201cAs the panelists detailed, the current state of America\u2019s health is not good, even though our health care system spent $4.5 trillion in 2022, or more than $13,000 per person. The list of chronic illnesses plaguing Americans is as long as it is depressing: obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer, autoimmunity, infertility, Alzheimer\u2019s, dementia, strokes, migraines, mental illness, liver disease, high blood pressure, and autism, to name a few. As Calley Means pointed out, the rates of these diseases are going up as more drugs to treat them are prescribed.\n\n\u201cSomething has clearly gone wrong, but as Dr. Chris Palmer stated, \u201cthey do not want root causes discovered.\u201d By \u201cthey,\u201d he means all the people and organizations who are profiting off of chronically ill Americans. And \u201cthey\u201d have enormous power to make it very difficult for anyone seeking answers to find them out. Those who seriously question the current orthodoxy or offer alternate treatments and approaches are generally ridiculed, vilified, and canceled, with concerted efforts made to destroy their reputations and careers.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cPanelists described how whole natural foods have been replaced by ultra-processed foods, contaminated by synthetic pesticides, heavy metals and microplastics. Saturated fats have been replaced with seed oils and high fructose sugars negatively impacting our mitochondria, metabolic function, and cellular health. A comparison was made between the 10,000 ingredients, chemicals, and dyes allowed in American food products versus the 400 approved ingredients in Europe. The importance of sleep, exercise, stress reduction, and natural sunlight is mostly ignored in favor of pharmaceutical intervention.\n\n\u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr. also presented at the event. His environmental advocacy connected him to mothers with autistic children and his subsequent advocacy for children\u2019s health and chronic illness. In the past, he has used lawsuits to hold corporations accountable. In the future, he may be given the opportunity to address the corporate capture of regulatory agencies. Because of that corruption, the connection between environmental factors and pharmaceutical adverse impacts on health have not been adequately researched and explored.\n\n\u201cWhen it comes to nutrition, we all face the same daunting variety of opinions, guidelines, and diet recommendations. By examining what has changed over time, comparing American diets and health outcomes to other populations, looking at high quality research that already exists, and using some basic common sense, I truly believe we can dramatically improve our own individual health and put American society on a healthier path. As demand grows for healthy food, the market will respond by creating new opportunities for small farms and small businesses. Who knows, maybe even big corporations will mend their ways and play a large role in Making America Healthy Again.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-disappointed-by-air-national-guard-decision-on-kc-46-tanker-stationing", "Steil Disappointed by Air National Guard Decision on KC-46 Tanker Stationing", "2024-09-27", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (September 27, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) today released the following statement regarding the Air National Guard\u2019s decision not to station a KC-46 tanker at the 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Milwaukee.\n\n\u201cI am disappointed to learn this morning that Wisconsin\u2019s 128th Air Refueling Wing was not selected to move forward in the U.S. Air National Guard's process for selecting the new location for a KC-46 refueling tanker,\u201d said Steil. \u201cI will continue to work to ensure Wisconsin is well positioned for future rounds of selection.\u201d\n\nNOTE: Last month, Rep. Steil led Wisconsin\u2019s congressional delegation in urging former Air National Guard Director Michael Loh and Air National Guard Interim Director Duke Pirak to give the 128th ARW his full consideration when selecting the next home for a KC-46 refueling tanker. Last week, Representatives Steil and Moore met with Interim Director Pirak to discuss next steps to bring the new aircraft to Milwaukee.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/after-many-inconsistencies-tiffany-demands-third-party-investigation-madisons", "After Many Inconsistencies, Tiffany Demands a Third-Party Investigation into Madison\u2019s Duplicate Absentee Ballots", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a follow-up letter to the City of Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl highlighting her office\u2019s repeated pattern of shifting explanations regarding the ongoing duplicate absentee ballot scandal. Additionally, Rep. Tiffany requested an independent, third-party investigation into the matter to ensure public transparency and accountability for those responsible.\n\nIn the letter, Tiffany cited numerous examples of the Clerk\u2019s Office saying one thing, only to subsequently revise those statements or scrub the information from their website later. Those revisions included claims about the number of wards impacted, how many duplicate ballots were distributed, the location of barcodes, and efforts to inform voters of the mistakes.\n\n\u201cI am also skeptical of your office\u2019s claim regarding the retention of emails, text messages, handwritten notes, and other records related to this incident given that the Clerk\u2019s office has repeatedly revised its website to scrub or edit its initial statements after those initial statements were shown to be demonstrably false. These after-the-fact changes indicate an intent to attempt to sanitize the record, not preserve it,\u201d Tiffany said in the letter.\n\nTiffany added, \u201cIf you are truly committed to transparency, I hope you will reconsider your opposition to an independent inquiry, make all related records public, and move quickly to hold those responsible to account, and to do so before \u2013 not after \u2013 the election.\u201d\n\nYou can read a full copy of the letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fitzgeralds-bail-reform-bill-passes-house", "Rep. Fitzgerald\u2019s Bail Reform Bill Passes in House", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after his bill, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, was passed on the House floor 255-161.\n\n\u201cThe radical left-wing approach to prosecution and bail have had deadly consequences throughout our country, which is why I introduced the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act,\u201d said Rep. Fitzgerald (WI-05). \u201cThis bill will protect our communities by defining bail bonds as insurance products and by bringing charitable bail funds under state insurance regulation. These changes will add a much-needed layer of transparency and accountability to bail funds, that up until now, have been operating in the shadows without oversight. I was grateful to see my bill pass this week\u2014and I look forward to seeing it make its way through the Senate next.\u201d\n\nBackground: Groups like the Bail Project and Minnesota Freedom Fund aggressively solicit funds to pay bail with little regard to the criminal histories of those they\u2019re putting back on the streets. The Minnesota Freedom Fund paid the bail for notable offenders including George Howard, a man charged with domestic abuse who two weeks after having his bail paid, was charged with second-degree murder in a road rage incident.\n\nA 2023 analysis by CNN found that at least 65 defendants who were bailed out by the Minnesota Freedom Fund \u201cwere awaiting trial on felony charges involving violence, physical threats, or sex crimes. All were convicted.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-bill-establish-educational-parity-between-reservists-and-active-duty", "Van Orden Bill to Establish Educational Parity Between Reservists and Active-Duty Passes House", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden\u2019s (WI-03) Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserves (MGIB-SR) Tuition Fairness Act passed the House on a bipartisan vote. The MGIB-SR Tuition Fairness Act establishes parity between reservists and active-duty personnel by requiring public higher education institutions to charge the same in-state tuition rates for veterans using MGIB-SR as veterans using other GI Bill programs.\n\nPrior to its passage, Rep. Van Orden spoke on the House floor encouraging his colleagues to support the MGIB-SR Tuition Fairness Act.\n\nImage\n\n[watch]\n\nCongressman Van Orden\u2019s floor remarks, as prepared for delivery:\n\nThank you, Mr. Speaker.\n\nI am honored to speak today on behalf of my legislation, H.R. 7323, The Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act.\n\nThis bill holds special meaning to me because the issue that this legislation addresses was raised by one of my constituents, Mr. Greg Tremeling, during a Veterans Day listening session.\n\nHis voice, along with many other reservists and veterans, made clear the need for this change.\n\nThis is what representative government should be\u2014listening to our constituents and acting on their behalf.\n\nI am proud to represent the brave men and women serving at Fort McCoy, who make sacrifices every day to keep our nation secure.\n\nEarlier this year, we were tragically reminded of the ultimate sacrifice our servicemembers make when three Army Reserve soldiers lost their lives in a drone attack in Jordan.\n\nThese servicemembers gave everything to defend our country, a solemn reminder that reservists face the same risks and make the same sacrifices as their active-duty counterparts.\n\nTheir service must never be overlooked, and their sacrifices must always be honored.\n\nBy passing this bill, we take a step toward ensuring parity between reservists and active-duty service members.\n\nBy addressing a key disparity in educational benefits, my legislation will provide reservists with greater access to an affordable education.\n\nThis is about more than just policy\u2014it is about giving reservists the opportunities they deserve when they come home.\n\nMr. Speaker, death does not care if you are in training, a reservist, or on active duty.\n\nThe strength of our nation lies not only in its military power but in how we care for those who serve\u2014whether it\u2019s the three soldiers we lost in Jordan or veterans like Mr. Tremeling, who raised the need for change.\n\nBy passing this bill, we honor their service and ensure future generations of reservists are supported.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-statement-continuing-resolution-0", "Van Orden Statement on Continuing Resolution", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after voting against today\u2019s Continuing Resolution (CR):\n\n\u201cI voted against the CR to save American agriculture. Instead of cherry-picking Democrat programs from the committee\u2019s farm bill to extend in the CR and playing politics with hungry children and production agriculture, we should be providing our farmers with the resources and certainty they need to do their jobs. We cannot keep kicking the can down the road on a bill that our farmers needed authorized a year ago. I am unwilling to risk everything they have and continue to work for.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/johnson-peters-paul-and-blumenthal-release-bipartisan-report-examining-u-s-secret-service-security-failures-and-assassination-attempt-on-former-president-trump", "Johnson, Peters, Paul, and Blumenthal Release Bipartisan Report Examining U.S. Secret Service Security Failures and Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, along with U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a bipartisan interim report on the U.S. Secret Service\u2019s (USSS) security planning, communications and coordination failures that contributed to the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald. J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The interim report includes key findings and recommendations to address those failures and ensure the Secret Service can effectively carry out its protective mission.\n\n\u201cShortly after the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, PA, I released preliminary findings detailing some of the significant security failures that occurred on that day,\u201d said Ranking Member Johnson. \u201cToday\u2019s interim report expands on those security failures, but the investigation is not complete. Federal agencies like the Secret Service, FBI, and DOJ continue to withhold records that are vital to this Committee\u2019s work. There is still much more information that the public and Congress deserve to know. Going forward, this Committee must be prepared to use compulsory process to ensure that the American people have a complete and thorough understanding of the security failures that resulted in the multiple attempts on former President Trump\u2019s life.\u201d\n\n\u201cFrom planning missteps, to the siloed and flawed communication to the lack of effective coordination between law enforcement, to the breakdowns in technology, the Secret Service\u2019s failures that allowed an assassination attempt on former President Trump at his July 13 rally were shocking, unacceptable, and preventable \u2013 and they led to tragic consequences,\u201d said Chairman Peters. \u201cMoving forward, our bipartisan interim report makes recommendations for needed reforms to address these serious failures, provide accountability and transparency for the American people, and ensure that the Secret Service has the tools and resources they need to prevent another disaster like this from happening.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur initial findings clearly show a series of multiple failures of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and an inexcusable dereliction of duty,\u201d said Ranking Member Paul. \u201cNot only did USSS fail to ensure the AGR roof was adequately covered, they were also aware of a suspicious individual with a rangefinder for at least 27 minutes and did not delay proceedings or remove former President Trump from the stage, even after being informed that the suspicious individual was on the roof of the AGR building. Someone needs to be held accountable for these egregious failures by the USSS, and despite USSS, DHS, FBI, ATF, and other federal agencies\u2019 continued obstruction of our bipartisan investigation, I will continue to push for answers and accountability.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhat happened on July 13 was an accumulation of errors that produced a perfect storm of stunning failure,\u201d said Chairman Blumenthal. \u201cIt was a tragedy and completely preventable from the outset. There was both a failure to provide resources \u2013 like a working radio, drone detection system, or counter surveillance team \u2013 and lack of an effective chain of command. Looking forward, we need structural reform in the agency itself. The Secret Service is filled with dedicated and skilled men and women who serve our country at great risk to themselves and personal sacrifice, and they deserve better leadership. Today\u2019s report is only an interim step, and I look forward to our continuing pursuit of evidence to help understand what went so catastrophically wrong and how we can prevent an event like this from ever happening again.\u201d\n\nREAD THE INTERIM REPORT: \u201cExamination of U.S. Secret Service Planning and Security Failures Related to the July 13, 2024 Assassination Attempt\u201d\n\nThe interim report\u2019s key findings of failures include:\n\nUSSS failed to clearly define responsibilities for planning and security at the July 13 rally: USSS personnel responsible for planning in advance of the July 13 rally denied that they were individually responsible for any planning or security failures and deflected blame. USSS Advance Leads told the Committee that planning and security decisions were made jointly, with no specific individual responsible for approval.\n\nUSSS failed to ensure the AGR Building was effectively covered: USSS identified the AGR building as a concern due to the line-of-sight from the roof to the stage, but did not take steps to ensure sufficient security measures were in place. USSS knew that local snipers planned to set up inside the AGR building and USSS did not express objections or concerns about that placement. USSS personnel, including the USSS Counter Sniper Team Leader, did not enter the AGR building or go on the roof prior to the shooting. One USSS counter sniper team, whose responsibility included scanning the area around the AGR building for threats, had an obstructed view of the AGR roof.\n\nUSSS failed to effectively coordinate with state and local law enforcement: USSS did not give state or local partners any specific instructions for covering the AGR building, including the positioning of local snipers. USSS did not adequately consider state and local law enforcement operational plans. Communications at the July 13 rally were siloed and USSS did not ensure it could share information with local law enforcement partners in real time.\n\nUSSS failed to provide resources for the July 13 rally that could have enhanced security: USSS denied specific requests for additional Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems capabilities and a Counter Assault Team liaison. A USSS Counter Surveillance Unit \u2013 which could have helped patrol the outer perimeter that included the AGR building \u2013 was not requested by USSS Advance Leads.\n\nUSSS failed to communicate information about the suspicious person to key personnel and failed to take action to ensure the safety of former President Trump: At approximately 5:44 pm, USSS personnel were notified that local law enforcement observed a suspicious person with a rangefinder near the AGR building. By 5:52 pm, at least eight USSS personnel had been informed. Approximately two minutes before shots were fired, the USSS Security Room, located on the rally grounds, was told that there was an individual on the roof of the AGR building. Shortly before shots were fired, a USSS counter sniper observed local officers running towards the AGR building with guns drawn.\n\nUSSS\u2019s counter drone system experienced technical problems that left it inoperable for hours: With no backup system, the USSS agent responsible for overseeing the C-UAS capabilities at the July 13 rally called a toll-free 888 tech support hotline \u201cto start troubleshooting with the company,\u201d which took several hours. That agent had only three months of experience working with that equipment and lacked knowledge about it.\n\nSeveral USSS officials reported experiencing technical problems with their radios at the rally, and told the Committee such problems are common for USSS: A USSS Hercules 1 counter sniper was offered a local radio on July 13 but said he did not have time to pick it up because he was occupied fixing technical problems with his USSS radio. In addition, at the Pittsburgh airport before the motorcade left for the rally, the USSS Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) of the Pittsburgh field office gave the Lead Agent his radio because the Lead Agent\u2019s radio was not working.\n\nThe interim report\u2019s key recommendations include:\n\nPlanning and Coordination: Congress should require USSS to identify defined roles and responsibilities for USSS personnel responsible for advance planning of any protective event. For all protective events, USSS should improve coordination and specify roles and responsibilities between and among federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. USSS policies and protocols should require advance planning leads to request and review state and local operational plans in advance of any protective event to ensure a shared understanding of security responsibilities and vulnerabilities as well as other critical planning and security components.\n\nResponsibility: In advance of each protective event, USSS should designate a single individual responsible for approving all plans, including the responsibility for approving security perimeters.\n\nCommunications: DHS and USSS should ensure communications plans between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and first responders are properly executed and should ensure records retention capabilities. Congress should require that USSS record its radio transmissions at all protective events. Congress should require DHS and USSS to evaluate the steps it needs to take to ensure communications plans with state and local partners are fully executed when conducting law enforcement and/or first response activities at a given location. Congress should require that DHS and USSS report to Congress any steps taken to remedy past failures to execute communications plans and to ensure compliance with those plans in the future.\n\nIntelligence: USSS should consider sending additional assets, including counter snipers, to all future outdoor protective events as it evaluates intelligence and threats against protectees. USSS should also ensure that the appropriate agents working protective events are informed of relevant intelligence and threats against protectees.\n\nResources: Congress should evaluate USSS budget and resources. Security requirements should be determined depending on various threat levels, ranging from less severe threat environments to the highest level of security at National Special Security Events. Congress should require that USSS allocate assets and resources based on the threat level, not the position or title of the protectee.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/video-release-sen-johnson-s-full-roundtable-discussion-american-health-and-nutrition-a-second-opinion", "VIDEO RELEASE: Sen. Johnson\u2019s Full Roundtable Discussion, American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) led a roundtable discussion titled, American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion. Sen. Johnson and a panel of experts provided a foundational and historical understanding of the changes that have occurred over the last century within agriculture, food processing, and healthcare industries which impact the current state of national health.\n\nWatch the full four-hour discussion here.\n\nPARTICIPANTS:\n\nDr. Casey Means\n\nDr. Casey Means is a medical doctor, New York Times bestselling author, tech entrepreneur (Levels), aspiring regenerative gardener, and outdoor enthusiast. While training as a surgeon, she saw how broken and exploitative the healthcare system is and left to focus on how to keep people out of the operating room. She is passionate about working towards a healthier and happier planet by empowering people to understand their health and the limitless potential within them. She is a graduate of Stanford Undergraduate and Stanford Medical School.\n\nDr. Jordan Peterson\n\nDr. Jordan Peterson is an author, psychologist, online educator, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. The Jordan B Peterson podcast frequently tops the charts in the Education category. He has written three books, Maps of Meaning, an academic work, presenting a new scientifically-grounded theory of religious and political belief, and the bestselling 12 Rules for Life, and Beyond Order, which have sold more than seven million copies. He is a graduate of University of Alberta, and he holds a PhD in clinical psychology from McGill University.\n\nCalley Means\n\nCalley Means is the co-founder of Truemed, a company that enables tax-free spending on food and exercise. He is also the co-author with his sister, Dr. Casey Means, of Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, which debuted at #1 on the NYTimes and Amazon lists. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant for food and pharma companies and is now exposing practices they use to weaponize our institutions of trust. He recently started an advocacy coalition with leading health and wellness companies called End Chronic Disease to lobby for change. He is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard Business School.\n\nMikhaila Fuller\n\nMikhaila Fuller is a podcaster, lifestyle and diet blogger, the Co-Founder and CEO of Peterson Academy, and the Founder of Fuller Health and The Lion Diet. The Lion Diet is a therapeutic and plant free ketogenic diet that can be used to treat autoimmunity and psychiatric disorders. Fuller experienced chronic illness until the age of 23, and she is an advocate for taking health into your own hands. On TheMikhailaPeterson Podcast, she discusses health, cultural phenomena, politics, and other topics.\n\nAlex Clark\n\nAlex Clark is a food activist, advocate for healthier food systems, and host of the Culture Apothecary podcast. She is committed to educating consumers on the importance of organic farming and the dangers of harmful additives in food products. Clark's mission is to inspire positive change in both personal health choices and industry standards, driving the movement toward cleaner, more responsible food production.\n\nVani Hari (Food Babe)\n\nVani Hari, known as the \"Food Babe,\" is a food activist, author, and speaker committed to improving food quality and safety. She has built a powerful platform through her blog, advocating for transparency in food labeling, and the removal of harmful chemicals from processed foods. Her activism has spurred significant changes in the food industry, encouraging consumers to make healthier, more informed choices while prompting companies to adopt cleaner practices.\n\nJillian Michaels\n\nJillian Michaels is a globally recognized fitness expert, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. With her no-nonsense approach to health, she has inspired millions through her fitness programs, books, and digital platforms. Best known for her role on The Biggest Loser, Michaels promotes a balanced approach to fitness and nutrition, emphasizing long-term health and self-empowerment. Her work continues to make fitness accessible and achievable for people of all levels.\n\nMax Lugavere\n\nMax Lugavere is a leading health and wellness advocate, filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author of Genius Foods. His work focuses on the link between diet, lifestyle, and brain health, and he has become a trusted voice in educating people about how nutrition impacts cognitive function. Lugavere is passionate about empowering individuals to take control of their health, and he frequently shares practical advice for optimizing brain performance and preventing disease.\n\nDr. Chris Palmer\n\nDr. Chris Palmer is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, researcher, and author of Brain Energy, where he explores the groundbreaking connection between metabolic health and mental illness. He is a leader in innovative approaches to treating psychiatric conditions, advocating for the use of diet and metabolic interventions to improve mental health outcomes. Dr. Palmer\u2019s work is reshaping how the medical field views and treats mental health disorders.\n\nBrigham Buhler\n\nBrigham Buhler is the founder and CEO of Ways2Well, a healthcare company that provides personalized preventative care through telemedicine. With a strong background in the pharmaceutical industry, Buhler has focused on making healthcare more accessible by harnessing the power of technology to deliver effective and tailored treatments. His vision for improving health outcomes has positioned him as a leader in modern, patient-centered healthcare solutions.\n\nCourtney Swan\n\nCourtney Swan is a nutritionist, real food activist, and founder of the popular platform \"Realfoodology.\" She advocates for transparency in the food industry, promoting the importance of whole foods and clean eating. Swan is passionate about educating the public on the benefits of a nutrient-dense diet, and she encourages sustainable, chemical-free farming practices to ensure better health for people and the planet.\n\nJason Karp\n\nJason Karp is Founder and CEO of HumanCo \u2013 a mission-driven holding company that invests in and builds brands focused on healthier living and sustainability. In addition to HumanCo, Jason is also Co-Founder of Hu, one of the fastest-growing snacking companies in the U.S. Hu was sold to Mondelez International in January 2021. Prior to HumanCo, Jason spent over 20 years in the hedge fund industry. He was the Founder, CEO, and CIO of Tourbillon Capital Partners, an investment fund that managed over $4 billion.\n\nGrace Price\n\nGrace Price is a high school student and passionate food activist who has made waves advocating for sustainability and food security. Through her efforts, she raises awareness about the environmental and social impacts of industrial farming and champions the importance of ethical food sourcing. Despite her young age, Price is a powerful voice for the future of food systems and a dedicated advocate for change.\n\nDr. Marty Makary\n\nDr. Marty Makary MD, MPH is a surgeon and public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. He writes for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal and is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, \u201cUnaccountable\u201d and \u201cThe Price We Pay.\u201d He has been an outspoken opponent of broad vaccine mandates and some COVID restrictions at schools. Dr. Makary holds degrees from Bucknell University, Thomas Jefferson University, and Harvard University.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4235", "Bill Passed: Grothman Initiative to Streamline CBO Fiscal Transparency", "2024-09-24", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Glenn Grothman", "G000576", "grothman.house.gov", "grothman", "https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Congressmen Glenn Grothman (R-WI) and Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) introduced H.R. 7184, the CBO Data Access Act, on February 1, 2024. This week, the House passed the Senate companion version, an identical bill, by unanimous consent.\n\nThis bipartisan initiative will benefit taxpayers by enhancing the efficiency of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) process behind projecting the fiscal impact of proposed legislation. A transparent and efficient federal government is crucial to best serve the American people, and this bill streamlines CBO to provide taxpayers with more timely information on the cost of legislative proposals.\n\nSpecifically, the legislation exempts CBO from the Privacy Act, eliminating procedural delays that hinder the CBO's ability to access vital data for baseline budget projections, economic assessments, cost estimates, and reports.\n\n\u201cI am proud to have introduced the House companion to the CBO Data Access Act, H.R. 7184, alongside my democrat colleague, Representative Mfume. I would also like to thank Senators Peters and Collins for their work on this legislation,\u201d said Congressman Grothman. \u201cThis bicameral and bipartisan effort demonstrates the shared recognition across party lines of the importance of ensuring that CBO has the tools it needs to provide Congress with the best possible data and analysis.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe bipartisan legislation Congressman Grothman and I co-led in the U.S. House will remove a barrier that too often hinders the Congressional Budget Office from carrying out its mission of providing timely cost estimates, and ensures our federal government is fiscally responsible. Simultaneously, privacy protections will remain in place when the CBO receives necessary agency information pertinent to their work, safeguarding personal information utilized by CBO to improve transparency in government operation,\u201d said Congressman Mfume. \u201cAs the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, I will always fight for clear-cut communication of how taxpayer funds are being utilized to best serve the American people. I am pleased that this compelling legislation will now be sent to President Biden's desk to be signed into law.\u201d\n\nBackground Information\n\nThe Senate version of the CBO Data Access Act, S.1549, introduced by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), passed on June 22, 2024. The CBO Data Access Act would accelerate the speed and improve the confidence with which CBO can assess the budgetary impact of proposed legislation. The bill provides CBO with an exemption to the Privacy Act, which eliminates an indeterminate procedural delay in CBO\u2019s ability to access information maintained by federal agencies. Access to agencies\u2019 data is critical for CBO to fulfill its mission and provide baseline budget projections, economic projections, cost estimates, and reports.\n\nThis bill authorizes agencies to disclose records in their systems to the Director of CBO (or any authorized CBO representative) without requiring prior written consent of the individual to whom the record pertains under the Privacy Act. When CBO is required to enter into agency data sharing agreements, negotiations can be lengthy and delay CBO\u2019s ability to include that data in its analyses. Agencies\u2019 large data sets, which may contain personal information, can improve the quality and accuracy of CBO models to estimate budget impacts of legislative proposals.\n\nIn 2022, agency data helped CBO produce 760 cost estimates, thousands of requests for technical assistance, and 83 reports, working papers, testimonies, and interactive tools.\n\nMore efficient access to data can improve the quality of CBO\u2019s baseline projections and reports. More evidence can enable more sophisticated CBO analyses, creating more robust data baselines and increasing confidence in CBO\u2019s generation of cost estimates.\n\nThe bill will provide clarity for agency information managers that CBO is authorized to receive personal information otherwise protected by the Privacy Act and confidence that CBO maintains the same confidentiality protections as applied to the data-sharing agency itself. As a result, CBO will spend less time negotiating with an agency for data and improve CBO\u2019s analyses.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-demands-answers-and-transparency-madison-duplicate-ballots", "Tiffany Demands Answers and Transparency on Madison Duplicate Ballots", "2024-09-24", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Rep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a letter to the City of Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl requesting answers on how people in Madison were sent duplicate absentee ballots. This comes after recent reports say that \u201caround 2,000\u201d duplicate ballots have been sent out by the Madison Clerk\u2019s Office.\n\nGiven the history of controversial and legally dubious election practices carried out by Madison officials in the past, including Maribeth Witzel-Behl\u2019s personal history as an operative for the left-wing, \u201cZuckerbucks\u201d financed Center for Tech and Civic Life, Rep. Tiffany demands transparency on how an \u201cerror\u201d of this magnitude was allowed to happen at such a pivotal time.\n\nIn the letter, Tiffany demands answers on:\n\nHow was this \u201cerror\u201d discovered?\n\nHas the Clerk\u2019s Office contacted law enforcement to investigate whether this \u201cerror\u201d was the result of simple incompetence or a deliberate nefarious act?\n\nHas the Clerk\u2019s Office identified what person or persons are responsible for this \u201cerror\u201d?\n\nHas the Clerk\u2019s Office taken steps to preserve all emails, internal communications, handwritten notes, and other records related to this \u201cerror\u201d?\n\nWhat is the exact number of duplicate ballots that were sent out by the Clerk\u2019s Office?\n\nThe Clerk\u2019s Office claims that this \u201cerror\u201d affected voters in only one ward. Which ward was it?\n\nHas the Clerk\u2019s Office received any reports of duplicate ballots in other wards, or conducted any due diligence to ensure that this \u201cerror\u201d was limited to just a single ward?\n\nHave any of these duplicate ballots been returned to the Clerk\u2019s Office, and if so, have they been set aside pending an investigation?\n\nThe Clerk\u2019s Office has claimed that the duplicate ballots have unique bar codes. Are these unique ballot bar codes linked to individual, identifiable voter profiles?\n\nTo read the full letter, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/sen-johnson-joins-sen-grassley-in-calling-out-abuses-in-the-biden-harris-unaccompanied-migrant-children-program", "Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Grassley in Calling Out Abuses in the Biden-Harris Unaccompanied Migrant Children Program", "2024-09-24", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 42 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration\u2019s unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\u2019s cover-up of the crisis. HHS has failed to comply with two out of three Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subpoenas and other information requests issued amid its investigation into more than 100 suspicious sponsors.\n\nUnder the Biden-Harris administration, more than 500,000 unaccompanied migrant children have crossed the southwest border without a parent or guardian to provide care. Simultaneously, cartel trafficking activity surged an estimated 2,500 percent from the Trump administration to the middle of the Biden-Harris term in 2022. Amid this crisis, the lawmakers noted that the Biden-Harris administration limited background checks for sponsors of unaccompanied children, cut back on familial DNA testing at the border, and decreased information sharing with law enforcement.\n\nThe lawmakers urged Biden and Harris to \u201cmake changes to [their] policies and procedures for UACs\u201d in order to \u201cend this public safety crisis.\u201d They specifically called on the Biden-Harris administration to enhance information sharing with law enforcement and Congress, fully cooperate with DHS\u2019s child exploitation investigation, and thoroughly respond to all congressional oversight requests.\n\n\u201c[The Biden-Harris HHS] must stop its cover-up and cooperate with law enforcement and Congress to end this crisis and protect unaccompanied children and the American people,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.\n\nSens. Johnson and Grassley were joined by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Roger Marshall (R-Kans.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.).\n\nAdditional co-signers in the House include House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), along with Reps. Tom McLintock (R-Ca.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.), Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.), Ben Cline (R-Va.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Russell Fry (R-S.C.), Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), Laurel Lee (R-Fla.) and Michael Rulli (R-Ohio).\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-reschenthaler-introduce-legislation-mandate-milk-options-military", "Van Orden, Reschenthaler Introduce Legislation to Mandate Milk Options in Military Installation Dining Facilities", "2024-09-23", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Navy veterans Congressmen Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) and Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) introduced the Strengthening Our Servicemembers with Milk Act. This bill directs the U.S. Secretary of Defense to provide fluid or powdered milk to members of the Armed Forces at dining facilities on military installations.\n\n\u201cThe milk produced by our hardworking dairy farmers is a vital source of nutrients, playing a critical role in supporting the health and strength of our servicemembers,\u201d said Van Orden. \u201cBy mandating milk on military installations, we are ensuring our men and women in uniform have access to healthy food options while serving our country.\u201d\n\n\u201cMilk plays an important role in America\u2019s success\u2014 providing vital nutrients to the American people with the help of our dairy farmers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and across our nation,\u201d said Reschenthaler. \u201cI am proud to introduce this legislation with my fellow Navy veteran to ensure our servicemembers have access to a variety of milk options while also supporting our dairy farmers.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-fitzgeralds-performance-over-politics-bill-passes-house", "Rep. Fitzgerald\u2019s Performance Over Politics Bill Passes in House", "2024-09-19", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after his bill, the Performance Over Politics Act, was passed on the House floor.\n\n\u201cWhile shareholder engagement remains an important aspect of corporate governance, the consideration of shareholder proposals that deviate from the company\u2019s strategic direction or long-term goals has transformed boardrooms into partisan platforms where political agendas overshadow sound financial management,\u201d said Rep. Fitzgerald. \u201cIn an effort to curb the growing politicization of shareholder meetings, I was pleased to see my legislation\u2014Performance Over Politics Act\u2014pass as part of the Prioritizing Economic Growth Over Woke Policies Act on the House floor today. My bill works in unison with the larger legislative package to counter the political ESG movement and strengthen our financial system.\u201d\n\nThe Performance over Politics Act permits issuers to set aside for three years resubmission of shareholder proposals that are substantially similar to proposals that received less than 10% of the vote once in the previous five years, received less than 20% twice in the previous five years, or received less than 40% three times in the previous five years. A 2009 study noted that costs directly incurred by companies due to such proposals were estimated at $87,000 per proposal, totaling $90 million annually. The goal of the bill is to respect the decisions of the majority of shareholders and encourage more rather than less public companies - and get politics out of the boardroom.\n\nThis bill was passed as a part of H.R. 4790, the Prioritizing Economic Growth Over Woke Policies Act.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-steil-legislation-to-protect-americans-retirement", "House Passes Steil Legislation to Protect Americans\u2019 Retirement", "2024-09-19", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (September 19, 2024)- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congressman Bryan Steil\u2019s (WI-01) Protecting Americans\u2019 Retirement Savings from Politics Act (H.R. 4767) as part of a larger investor reform package (H.R. 4790). This legislation will improve the shareholder proposal and proxy voting advice process to prioritize retirement savings over politics.\n\nImage\n\nClick here or the image above to watch Rep. Steil deliver remarks on the House Floor\n\nRep. Steil released the following statement after today\u2019s vote:\n\n\u201cTime and again, proxy advisors have pushed professional investors to vote contrary to retirement savers\u2019 economic interests. Investment advisors, pension funds, and asset managers voting American retirement savers\u2019 shares should be focused on securing your retirement, not advancing their political agenda.\n\n\u201cMy bill will regulate proxy advisors and bring accountability and transparency to stop the politicization of retirement investments. I\u2019m proud the majority of my colleagues in the House voted to stand up for retirement security, corporate governance, and common sense.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, the Protecting Americans\u2019 Retirement Savings from Politics Act will:\n\nProvide transparency and accountability to the proxy advisory industry, prohibit robovoting, and require proxy advisory firm clients to issue annual public reports on their proxy voting.\n\nImprove the shareholder proposal and proxy voting process to prioritize retirement security over political issues.\n\nRequire large asset managers to explain how they use proxy advisor recommendations and put their customers\u2019 economic interests first.\n\nNOTE: The Protecting Americans\u2019 Retirement Savings from Politics Act will now go to the Senate for consideration.\n\nCLICK HERE to learn more about the Protecting Americans\u2019 Retirement Savings from Politics Act.\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full bill text.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/sen-johnson-joins-statement-condemning-palestinian-effort-targeting-israel-at-un", "Sen. Johnson Joins Statement Condemning Palestinian Effort Targeting Israel at UN", "2024-09-19", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) signed a joint statement condemning the disgraceful Palestinian Mission\u2019s resolution, which targets the Jewish State of Israel and its rightful control over its historic homeland. The resolution was submitted to the United Nations and could be voted on as early as this week.\n\nThe senators wrote, \u201cThis proposal introduced by the Palestinian delegation, ahead of the United Nations\u2019 General Assembly, is an absolute disgrace that rewards terrorism. It is a clear insult to the Jewish people and anyone who understands history.\u201d\n\nThey continued, \u201c[a]s we approach the one-year anniversary of the barbaric terrorist attack by Hamas and affiliated Palestinian terrorist groups against innocent Israeli civilians, which involved murder, mutilation, and sexual violence, the international community must unequivocally unite against this evil, one-sided effort to delegitimize Israel. Instead of proposing biased and counter-productive initiatives, which will do nothing to advance a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the international community must focus its energy and resources on ensuring Hamas and other terrorist groups are completely destroyed. We must remain firm to ensure every single hostage held by these terrorists is safely returned to their loved ones.\u201d\n\nSens. Johnson and Rubio were joined by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.),Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Ala.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Kennedy (R-La.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.) joined the statement.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-votes-secure-federal-elections-keep-government-open", "Van Orden Votes to Secure Federal Elections, Keep Government Open", "2024-09-18", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 9494, which included the SAVE Act \u2013 a bill that amends the National Voter Registration Act to require states to obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration, utilize in-person identification for individuals to vote in a federal election, and require states to establish a program to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls:\n\n\u201cVoting in federal elections is a special privilege granted to U.S. citizens. It is absurd that some of my colleagues would not want integrity instilled in the system they were elected through.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4220", "Grothman\u2019s Statement on Assassination Attempt", "2024-09-17", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Glenn Grothman", "G000576", "grothman.house.gov", "grothman", "https://grothman.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) released the following statement regarding the second assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump.\n\n\u201cIt is alarming, but not surprising, that after 40 years of calm, President Donald Trump has been the subject of an assassination attempt for the second time in two months.\n\n\u201cCrazed rhetoric by leading Democrat politicians, including Kamala Harris herself, have said President Trump will try to get rid of democracy, whatever they mean by that since the United States is a Republic. It sounds like it will be the end of elections. I myself have run into people who believe this nonsense. Mainstream media outlets also report this rubbish. It is not surprising that some people have resorted to assassination in response to such heated rhetoric.\n\n\u201cThis is particularly bizarre because Donald Trump has already been president, and we know what he is like. He will increase domestic energy output, keep corporate tax rates competitive with other countries, and avoid unnecessary foreign wars. He did not try to turn the U.S. into a dictatorship, and I don\u2019t know how one would even begin to do that. By the way, this is the same unhinged rhetoric that caused Congressman Steve Scalise to be subject to an assassination attempt in 2017.\n\n\u201cI call upon all leading Democrat mouthpieces, ABC, NBC, CNN, to publicly state that Donald Trump is not a threat to democracy\u2014and clarify what they meant by their statements.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/media-advisory-sen-johnson-to-lead-roundtable-discussion-american-health-and-nutrition-a-second-opinion", "MEDIA ADVISORY: Sen. Johnson to Lead Roundtable Discussion: \u201cAmerican Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion\u201d", "2024-09-16", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, September 23, 2024, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will lead a roundtable discussion titled, \u201cAmerican Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion.\u201d Sen. Johnson and a panel of experts will provide a foundational and historical understanding of the changes that have occurred over the last century within public sanitation, agriculture, food processing, and healthcare industries which impact the current state of national health.\n\nA livestream of the event will be available.\n\nPARTICIPANTS:\n\nDr. Casey Means\n\nDr. Casey Means is a medical doctor, New York Times bestselling author, tech entrepreneur (Levels), aspiring regenerative gardener, and outdoor enthusiast. While training as a surgeon, she saw how broken and exploitative the healthcare system is and left to focus on how to keep people out of the operating room. She is passionate about working towards a healthier and happier planet by empowering people to understand their health and the limitless potential within them. She is a graduate of Stanford Undergraduate and Stanford Medical School.\n\nDr. Jordan Peterson\n\nDr. Jordan Peterson is an author, psychologist, online educator, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. The Jordan B Peterson podcast frequently tops the charts in the Education category. He has written three books, Maps of Meaning, an academic work, presenting a new scientifically-grounded theory of religious and political belief, and the bestselling 12 Rules for Life, and Beyond Order, which have sold more than seven million copies. He is a graduate of University of Alberta, and he holds a PhD in clinical psychology from McGill University.\n\nCalley Means\n\nCalley Means is the co-founder of Truemed, a company that enables tax-free spending on food and exercise. He is also the co-author with his sister, Dr. Casey Means, of Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, which debuted at #1 on the NYTimes and Amazon lists. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant for food and pharma companies and is now exposing practices they use to weaponize our institutions of trust. He recently started an advocacy coalition with leading health and wellness companies called End Chronic Disease to lobby for change. He is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard Business School.\n\nMikhaila Fuller\n\nMikhaila Fuller is a podcaster, lifestyle and diet blogger, the Co-Founder and CEO of Peterson Academy, and the Founder of Fuller Health and The Lion Diet. The Lion Diet is a therapeutic and plant free ketogenic diet that can be used to treat autoimmunity and psychiatric disorders. Fuller experienced chronic illness until the age of 23, and she is an advocate for taking health into your own hands. On TheMikhailaPeterson Podcast, she discusses health, cultural phenomena, politics, and other topics.\n\nAlex Clark\n\nAlex Clark is a food activist, advocate for healthier food systems, and host of the Culture Apothecary podcast. She is committed to educating consumers on the importance of organic farming and the dangers of harmful additives in food products. Clark's mission is to inspire positive change in both personal health choices and industry standards, driving the movement toward cleaner, more responsible food production.\n\nVani Hari (Food Babe)\n\nVani Hari, known as the \"Food Babe,\" is a food activist, author, and speaker committed to improving food quality and safety. She has built a powerful platform through her blog, advocating for transparency in food labeling, and the removal of harmful chemicals from processed foods. Her activism has spurred significant changes in the food industry, encouraging consumers to make healthier, more informed choices while prompting companies to adopt cleaner practices.\n\nJillian Michaels\n\nJillian Michaels is a globally recognized fitness expert, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. With her no-nonsense approach to health, she has inspired millions through her fitness programs, books, and digital platforms. Best known for her role on The Biggest Loser, Michaels promotes a balanced approach to fitness and nutrition, emphasizing long-term health and self-empowerment. Her work continues to make fitness accessible and achievable for people of all levels.\n\nMax Lugavere\n\nMax Lugavere is a leading health and wellness advocate, filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author of Genius Foods. His work focuses on the link between diet, lifestyle, and brain health, and he has become a trusted voice in educating people about how nutrition impacts cognitive function. Lugavere is passionate about empowering individuals to take control of their health, and he frequently shares practical advice for optimizing brain performance and preventing disease.\n\nDr. Chris Palmer\n\nDr. Chris Palmer is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, researcher, and author of Brain Energy, where he explores the groundbreaking connection between metabolic health and mental illness. He is a leader in innovative approaches to treating psychiatric conditions, advocating for the use of diet and metabolic interventions to improve mental health outcomes. Dr. Palmer\u2019s work is reshaping how the medical field views and treats mental health disorders.\n\nBrigham Buhler\n\nBrigham Buhler is the founder and CEO of Ways2Well, a healthcare company that provides personalized preventative care through telemedicine. With a strong background in the pharmaceutical industry, Buhler has focused on making healthcare more accessible by harnessing the power of technology to deliver effective and tailored treatments. His vision for improving health outcomes has positioned him as a leader in modern, patient-centered healthcare solutions.\n\nCourtney Swan\n\nCourtney Swan is a nutritionist, real food activist, and founder of the popular platform \"Realfoodology.\" She advocates for transparency in the food industry, promoting the importance of whole foods and clean eating. Swan is passionate about educating the public on the benefits of a nutrient-dense diet, and she encourages sustainable, chemical-free farming practices to ensure better health for people and the planet.\n\nJason Karp\n\nJason Karp is Founder and CEO of HumanCo \u2013 a mission-driven holding company that invests in and builds brands focused on healthier living and sustainability. In addition to HumanCo, Jason is also Co-Founder of Hu, one of the fastest-growing snacking companies in the U.S. Hu was sold to Mondelez International in January 2021. Prior to HumanCo, Jason spent over 20 years in the hedge fund industry. He was the Founder, CEO, and CIO of Tourbillon Capital Partners, an investment fund that managed over $4 billion.\n\nGrace Price\n\nGrace Price is a high school student and passionate food activist who has made waves advocating for sustainability and food security. Through her efforts, she raises awareness about the environmental and social impacts of industrial farming and champions the importance of ethical food sourcing. Despite her young age, Price is a powerful voice for the future of food systems and a dedicated advocate for change.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-co-introduces-bill-protect-american-businesses-russian-lawfare", "Fitzgerald Co-Introduces Bill to Protect American Businesses from Russian Lawfare", "2024-09-12", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) co-introduced the Protecting American Businesses from Russian Litigation Act of 2024 to shield American businesses from frivolous Russian lawfare. The bill closes an existing loophole in federal law and amends Chapter 111 of Title 28 of the United States Code to ensure that U.S. persons are protected from lawsuits that result from good faith compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls.\n\n\u201cFollowing Putin\u2019s invasion into Ukraine, Russia has waged an aggressive campaign against American companies that withdrew their services from the country to comply with U.S. imposed sanctions designed to weaken the regime. Russian courts have wrongly awarded large claims against these companies, and Russian litigants have used these decisions as evidence to sue in U.S. Federal courts. This is wrong. Wisconsin businesses who distribute internationally should not be punished for good-faith compliance with U.S. sanctions. That\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to cosponsor the Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act, which will amend U.S. Code to shield U.S. persons from frivolous lawsuits for good faith compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls,\u201d said Rep. Fitzgerald.\n\nBACKGROUND: In response to Russia\u2019s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government imposed sanctions and export controls on Russia. To comply with these measures, U.S. companies wound down operations and ceased work in Russia. As a result, U.S. companies have been targeted by Russian litigants seeking damages and being awarded large and inflated claims by Russian courts against U.S. companies. These subjective decisions are then used as the basis for Russian litigants to seek significant damages under U.S. law \u2013 essentially functioning as a countersanction for Russia.\n\nAmerican companies shouldn\u2019t be punished for simply complying with U.S. sanctions and export controls. The Protecting American Businesses from RussianLitigation Act of 2024 will protect American companies and their interests so that they are not subject to litigation for good faith compliance with U.S. sanctions and export controls.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-calls-on-biden-harris-admin-to-expose-financing-behind-iran-backed-hamas", "Steil Calls on Biden-Harris Admin to Expose Financing Behind Iran-backed Hamas", "2024-09-12", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (September 12, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) today called on the U.S. Treasury Department to expedite a report on the major sources of financing to Hamas and set forth a plan to disrupt those financial flows.\n\nUnder the law Rep. Steil sponsored, the End Financing for Hamas and State Sponsors of Terrorism Act, the Treasury Department is required to provide a report by October 21, 2024. However, recent events in the Middle East underscore the urgency of identifying the sources of financing to Hamas and taking clear and decisive steps to disrupt their illicit financial flows and their ability to finance armed hostilities.\n\nBelow are excerpts and highlights from the letter:\n\n\u201cHamas terrorists continue to hold captives in tunnels and hideouts across Gaza. Recently, Hamas viciously murdered Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American citizen, and five other hostages, as Israeli forces closed in on their location. This recent act of violence has made it abundantly clear that we need to do more to put pressure on Hamas and its sponsors to get hostages home and put an end to these atrocities. Hamas and other terrorist groups in the region must understand that they cannot murder Americans and other innocent civilians with impunity.\n\n\u201cIt is critical that we use every single tool at our disposal to hold Hamas accountable for their barbaric acts and force them to release the rest of the hostages and put an end to this perpetual terrorist threat. I again urge you to expedite the publication of the required report and take immediate steps to cut off Hamas\u2019s funding networks.\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full letter.\n\nCLICK HERE to read more about the End Financing for Hamas and State Sponsors of Terrorism Act.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/sen-johnson-announces-mobile-office-hours", "Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours", "2024-09-12", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 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\u2019s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters.\n\nNote: Staff-led mobile office hours are closed to press. Recording devices of any kind are not allowed. These restrictions are put in place for the privacy of our constituents.\n\nSt Croix County Office Hours\n\nMonday, September 16\n\n8:00 a.m. \u2013 9:00 a.m.\n\nWoodville Community Center (Lions Den)\n\n131 S Main St, Woodville, WI 54028\n\nDunn County Office Hours\n\nMonday, September 16\n\n10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:00 a.m.\n\nColfax Village Hall\n\n613 Main St, Colfax 54730\n\nBuffalo County Office Hours\n\nMonday, September 16\n\n12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.\n\nMondovi City Hall\n\n156 S Franklin Street, Mondovi, WI 54755\n\nTrempealeau County Office Hours\n\nMonday, September 16\n\n2:00 p.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m.\n\nArcadia City Hall\n\n945 S Dettloss Dr, Arcadia, WI 54612", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffanys-legislation-requiring-senate-approval-world-health-organization", "Tiffany's Legislation Requiring Senate Approval of World Health Organization Treaty Clears House", "2024-09-11", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Rep. Tom Tiffany\u2019s (WI-07) legislation \u2013 the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act \u2013 passed the U.S. House by a bipartisan vote of 219-199. This legislation would require any convention or agreement resulting from the work of the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating body to be deemed a treaty, thus requiring the advice and consent of a supermajority of the Senate.\n\nAfter the WHO mismanaged the pandemic, which included ignoring early warnings from Taiwan about the outbreak of COVID-19 and reinforcing lies from the Communist Chinese Party that there was \u201cno clear evidence of human-to-human transmission,\u201d Americans remain skeptical of continuing infringements on personal liberties and freedoms. The legislation seeks to increase transparency in WHO agreements and provide a constitutional check on the Biden-Harris administration.\n\n\"It\u2019s deeply concerning that the Biden-Harris administration would even consider signing the World Health Organization\u2019s pandemic treaty. We cannot stand by as they attempt to surrender control of our public health system to unelected bureaucrats at the WHO and the UN. This legislation is essential to protecting our nation\u2019s sovereignty and ensuring that the safety of American citizens remains in the hands of the U.S., not a corrupt international organization,\u201d said Congressman Tiffany.\n\nWhile the WHO failed to finalize their pandemic global treaty earlier this year, scandal-plagued WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated, \u201cWe will try everything \u2014 believing that anything is possible \u2014 and make this happen because the world still needs a pandemic treaty.\u201d\n\n59 Members of Congress cosponsored Rep. Tiffany\u2019s No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has introduced identical legislation in the Senate, and every Republican senator is a cosponsor.\n\nH.R. 1425 is also supported by the Center for Family and Human Rights, Eagle Forum, Family Research Council, Family Watch International, Heritage Action, Sovereignty Coalition, and Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers.\n\nYou can read more about H.R. 1425 here. You can watch Rep. Tiffany's floor speech here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-deluzio-introduce-resolution-commemorate-125th-anniversary-veterans", "Van Orden, Deluzio Introduce Resolution to Commemorate 125th Anniversary of Veterans of Foreign Wars", "2024-09-10", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Veterans\u2019 Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Chairman and Navy SEAL veteran Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) and Navy veteran Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) introduced a resolution to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).\n\n\u201cAs a former Navy SEAL and member of VFW Post 1530 in La Crosse, I have a special appreciation for everything the VFW does for veterans across the country,\u201d said Rep. Van Orden. \u201cThose who answer the call to serve go through incredible challenges, and the VFW provides veterans with the advocacy and support they deserve. We are forever grateful for their work. I thank Congressman Deluzio and Chairman Bost for joining me on this resolution to honor 125 years of the VFW and their service to our veterans and their families.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe VFW is a critical veterans\u2019 service organization that provides important resources and community for veterans in Western Pennsylvania and across this great country,\u201d said Rep. Deluzio. \u201cI am proud to be a VFW member and know firsthand all the good work they do for my fellow veterans. Today, I\u2019m grateful to join my colleagues Congressman Van Orden and Chairman Bost to introduce a resolution to honor the VFW\u2019s contributions and service over the past 125 years.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Veterans of Foreign Wars does invaluable work to support our nation\u2019s veteran community whether it\u2019s advocating for improving the delivery of care and benefits on Capitol Hill or creating a sense of comradery among battle buddies in neighborhoods across the country, I extend my gratitude to the VFW for their decades of service. 125 years is no small feat,\u201d said Veterans' Affairs Chairman Bost. \u201cFrom one veteran to another, I want to thank my friend and colleague, Rep. Van Orden, for his leadership on this resolution to rightfully commemorate the VFW\u2019s 125th anniversary on behalf of veterans, their families, and their survivors.\u201d\n\n\u201cI am proud to join my colleagues in celebrating the VFW\u2019s 125th anniversary,\u201d said Armed Services Chairman Rogers. \u201cOver a century ago, the Veterans of Foreign Wars was created to cultivate a sense of community and camaraderie among veterans of overseas conflicts. Today, with over 6,000 posts, they service nearly a million members whose service ranges from World War II to current conflicts. VFW members have tirelessly advocated for veterans issues and aided countless combat veterans in the transition to civilian life over the past 125 years. Our nation owes combat veterans a debt that can never be repaid, but thanks to the VFW, more veterans receive the respect they deserve, the entitlements they\u2019re entitled to, and the recognition they\u2019ve earned.\u201d\n\nThe resolution is currently cosponsored by 53 Members.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-introduces-legislation-to-strengthen-campaign-finance-laws", "Steil Introduces Legislation to Strengthen Campaign Finance Laws", "2024-09-09", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (September 9, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations (SHIELD) Act. The SHIELD Act would prohibit political committees from accepting contributions from debit or credit cards without the disclosure of the card verification value (CVV) and billing address associated with the card.\n\nThe legislation would also prohibit the acceptance of contributions from gift cards, pre-paid credit or debit cards, or gift certificates. Finally, the SHIELD Act will prohibit aiding and abetting making a contribution in another person's name.\n\n\"American elections should always be free from foreign interference,\" said Steil. \"The SHIELD Act will take a crucial next step in blocking foreign funding in our elections and certifying that every political contribution received is actually coming from the individual whose name is on the contribution. By passing the SHIELD Act, we will increase integrity and American trust in our elections.\"\n\nBackground:\n\nThe SHIELD Act comes as reports indicate major Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue was accepting political contributions without requiring a CVV. There were also reports of ActBlue accepting contributions from prepaid gift cards, debit cards and credit cards, which are susceptible to illegal straw donations.\n\nOn September 20, 2023, Rep. Steil, as Chairman of the Committee on House Administration held the first full committee hearing with the Federal Election Commission in over a decade.\n\nOn October 31, 2023, Rep. Steil sent a letter demanding answers on ActBlue's practices, questioning if they are complying with federal campaign finance laws and preventing foreign and illegal contributions.\n\nOn November 27, 2023, ActBlue responded to Rep. Steil's letter saying it did not require a CVV in order to contribute on their website.\n\nOn August 5, 2024, Rep. Steil sent a letter to Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Cooksey and Vice Chair Weintraub requesting the FEC immediately initiate an emergency rulemaking process to require political campaigns verify the CVV of donors who contribute online and a rulemaking to prohibit political committees from accepting online contributions from gift cards or credit and debit cards. However, the FEC has declined to take any action.\n\nCLICK HERE to read the bill.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-tiffany-and-van-orden-demand-answers-dane-county-sheriff-migrants-arrest", "Reps. Tiffany and Van Orden Demand Answers from Dane County Sheriff on Migrant's Arrest Amid \u201cNon-Cooperation\u201d Policy", "2024-09-09", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) sent a letter to Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett demanding answers on Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate, a Venezuelan migrant who is not a U.S. Citizen according to the Prairie du Chien Police Department.\n\nMr. Coronel Zarate was recently charged and arrested with domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and strangulation by the Prairie du Chien Police Department. However, he reportedly already had active warrants in Dane County for similar offenses, including false imprisonment and battery.\n\nGiven that Dane County was classified as \u201cnon-cooperative\u201d with federal immigration authorities as recently as June of this year by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Reps. Tiffany and Van Orden wrote to ask for additional information regarding Dane County law enforcement\u2019s interaction with Mr. Coronel Zarate.\n\nThe lawmakers asked the following questions:\n\nDoes Dane County still maintain a \u201cnon-cooperation\u201d policy, or any other policy that in any way limits or restricts communication or coordination with ICE?\n\nPrior to the incident in Prairie du Chien, was Mr. Coronel Zarate ever arrested or detained by Dane County law enforcement?\n\nIf so, did Dane County ever notify ICE officials that Mr. Coronel Zarate was in custody?\n\nDid your agency, at any time, receive an immigration detainer request from ICE officials regarding Mr. Coronel Zarate?\n\nIf so, did Dane County honor that detainer and attempt to turn Mr. Coronel Zarate over to ICE?\n\n\u201cThese reckless and misguided \u201crevolving door\u201d policies are not only illegal, they also needlessly put other American communities at risk by allowing dangerous criminal aliens back out onto the streets to create new victims rather than remanding them to ICE for detention and removal. We hope that did not happen in this case,\u201dsaid Reps. Tiffany and Van Orden.\n\nYou can read the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/sen-johnson-presses-fda-and-cdc-for-urgent-review-of-alarming-czech-republic-covid-19-vaccine-and-all-cause-mortality-data", "Sen. Johnson Presses FDA and CDC for Urgent Review of Alarming Czech Republic COVID-19 Vaccine and All-Cause-Mortality Data", "2024-09-06", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Dr. Mandy Cohen, urging their agencies examine the recent Czech Republic data, which evidences that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) increased all-cause-mortality (ACM) over a 12-month period from the time of vaccination for every age.\n\nFindings for the one year post injection mortality rate (MR) of Moderna relative to Pfizer for each age for those who received two shots in 2021, show that Moderna shots increased ACM on an absolute basis compared to Pfizer.\n\nThe report detailing the Czech data was first pre-published on July 17, 2024 by Steve Kirsch, who obtained it by public records request and translated and reviewed the official Czech government data on COVID-19 vaccines administered in the Czech Republic. Additional analysis was published by diagnostic pathologist Dr. Clare Craig of the Czech data and her report concurs its finding and articulates that her confidence comes from multiple angles:\n\nThe mortality rate was lower for Pfizer in every age group;\n\nThe mortality rate was lower for every month of injection; and\n\nThe mortality rate was lower for every period of death.\n\nThere was no systemic or systematic bias by brand in the Czech Republic.\n\nThe senator not only urges the FDA and CDC to review the Czech data, and Mr. Kirsch\u2019s and Dr. Craig\u2019s analyses, but also requests information from the agencies surrounding mortality rates of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines.\n\nRead more about the senator\u2019s September 4, 2024 letter to the FDA and CDC in Daily Signal.\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-announces-september-mobile-office-hours", "Tiffany Announces September Mobile Office Hours", "2024-09-05", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WAUSAU, WI \u2013 Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) announced the following mobile office hours.\n\nA member of Congressman Tom Tiffany\u2019s staff will be at the following locations to assist residents who may need help with a federal agency. Appointments are not necessary, and staff will be able to aid in federal matters concerning Veterans Affairs, Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service, Medicare, passports, and more.\n\nMobile Office Hours on Wednesday, September 11th:\n\nVilas County\n\nLocation: Land O\u2019 Lakes Public Library\n\n4242 County Road B\n\nLand O\u2019 Lakes, WI 54540\n\nTime: 1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm\n\nForest County\n\nLocation: Wabeno Public Library\n\n4556 North Branch Street\n\nWabeno, WI 54566\n\nTime: 4:00 pm \u2013 5:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Thursday, September 12th:\n\nLanglade County\n\nLocation: White Lake Village Hall\n\n615 School Street\n\nWhite Lake, WI 54491\n\nTime: 10:30 am \u2013 11:30 am\n\nMarathon County\n\nLocation: Marathon City Public Library\n\n515 Washington Street\n\nMarathon City, WI 54448\n\nTime: 3:00 pm \u2013 4:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Thursday, September 19th:\n\nChippewa County\n\nLocation: G.E. Bleskacek Public Memorial Library\n\n1519 17th Avenue\n\nBloomer, WI 54724\n\nTime: 12:30 pm \u2013 1:30 pm\n\nChippewa County\n\nLocation: Cornell Public Library\n\n117 North 3rd Street\n\nCornell, WI 54732\n\nTime: 2:30 pm \u2013 3:30 pm\n\nRusk County\n\nLocation: Rusk County Community Library\n\n418 Corbett Avenue West\n\nLadysmith, WI 54848\n\nTime: 5:00 pm \u2013 6:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Tuesday, September 24th:\n\nMarathon County\n\nLocation: Marathon County Public Library- Hatley Branch\n\n435 Curtis Avenue\n\nHatley, WI 54440\n\nTime: 10:00 am \u2013 11:00 am\n\nSt. Croix County\n\nLocation: Hop and Barrel Brewing\n\n310 2nd Street\n\nHudson, WI 54016\n\nTime: 12:30 pm \u2013 2:00 pm\n\nSt. Croix County\n\nLocation: American Legion Post 80\n\n1260 Wall Street\n\nNew Richmond, WI 54017\n\nTime: 2:30 pm \u2013 3:30 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Wednesday, September 25th:\n\nWashburn County\n\nLocation: Spooner Memorial Library\n\n421 High Street\n\nSpooner, WI 54801\n\nTime: 11:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm\n\nBurnett County\n\nLocation: Larsen Family Public Library\n\n7401 Main Street West\n\nWebster, WI 54893\n\nTime: 1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Thursday, September 26th:\n\nBarron County\n\nLocation: Barron City Hall\n\n510 East La Salle Avenue\n\nBarron, WI 54812\n\nTime: 1:00 pm \u2013 2:30 pm\n\nBarron County\n\nLocation: Rice Lake Public Library\n\n2 East Marshall Street\n\nRice Lake, WI 54868\n\nTime: 3:00 pm \u2013 4:30 pm\n\nIf you have any further questions or need help with a federal agency and cannot make it to these mobile office hours, Congressman Tiffany\u2019s district staff remains ready to help at (715) 298-9344.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-presents-health-care-hero-awards-in-racine", "Steil Presents Health Care Hero Awards in Racine", "2024-09-04", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Racine, WI (September 4, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) yesterday presented Rachel Cortez, Ascension\u2019s Wisconsin Sexual Assault Treatment Center Coordinator and Dr. David Galbis-Reig, Medical Director of Addiction Services with Wisconsin\u2019s First Congressional District\u2019s 2024 Health Care Hero Awards.\n\nHealth Care Hero Rachel Cortez\n\nA Health Care Hero Award was presented to Rachel Cortez, Ascension\u2019s Wisconsin Sexual Assault Treatment Center Coordinator. Additionally, Rachel leads Ascension\u2019s 24/7 Mobile Sexual Assault Treatment Center \u2013 a unit of specialty forensic nurses that treat assault patients throughout southeastern Wisconsin. On top of that, she serves as an instructor to hundreds throughout the state on how to treat abuse victims and how to recognize signs of human trafficking. Rachel\u2019s colleagues describe her as a powerful advocate for trauma-informed care who empowers patients who have experienced sexual assault and domestic violence.\n\nHealth Care Hero Dr. David Galbis-Reig\n\nA Health Care Hero Award was also presented to Dr. David Galbis-Reig, Medical Director of Addiction Services at Ascension All Saints Hospital in Racine. His role at Ascension is only one of the many ways he is working to provide treatment to patients suffering from the mental health and addiction crisis. Dr. Galbis-Reig additionally serves as Medical Director of Addiction Services for Racine County Behavioral Health Services and on the Wisconsin Medical Society Board. His colleagues say his compassionate care and unwavering commitment to his patients who struggle with addiction has transformed the lives of countless individuals in the community.\n\nNOTE: Recipients of these awards were nominated by local Wisconsin citizens and selected by Wisconsin\u2019s First Congressional District\u2019s Health Care Advisory Board. The Health Care Advisory Board is comprised of health care professionals across Southeast Wisconsin.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/8/sen-johnson-releases-updated-timeline-of-law-enforcement-tracking-trump-shooter-on-july-13-2024", "Sen. Johnson Releases Updated Timeline of Law Enforcement Tracking Trump Shooter on July 13, 2024", "2024-08-29", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released an updated timeline of law enforcement\u2019s awareness of would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, in the hours, minutes, and seconds, leading up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, PA on July 13, 2024.\n\nSenator Johnson entered an earlier version of this timeline into the hearing record on July 30, 2024 during a joint Senate committee hearing before members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Committee on the Judiciary.\n\nAt that hearing the senator noted, \u201cwe will continue to update this timeline as more information becomes public. This is the way you do an investigation. We need to find out literally second by second what happened so the American public understands the truth.\u201d\n\nThe timeline, featuring information from law enforcement radio communications, publicly released body camera footage from local law enforcement, and media reports, highlights how law enforcement tracked Crooks over the 90 minutes preceding the first shots being fired and their immediate reaction to the shooting.\n\nThe new and updated information is highlighted in the timeline that can be viewed here.\n\nShortly after the assassination attempt on former President Trump, Senator Johnson released preliminary findings regarding the security failures at the July 13 rally. The July 21, 2024 and July 23, 2024 preliminary findings can be found here and here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tiffany-announces-september-telephone-town-hall", "Rep. Tiffany Announces September Telephone Town Hall", "2024-08-19", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WAUSAU, WI \u2013 Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) announced that he will be hosting a telephone town hall on Wednesday, September 4th at 7 PM CST to answer questions on redesignating the Apostle Islands to Wisconsin\u2019s first National Park, the economy, border, and more.\n\n\u201cTelephone town halls provide a convenient way to ask any questions you have, right from the comfort of your home,\u201d said Congressman Tiffany. \u201cI look forward to answering your questions, clarifying any misinformation about elevating the Apostle Islands to a national park, and discussing solutions to the issues facing Wisconsinites.\u201d\n\nConstituents in Wisconsin\u2019s Seventh District may join the call by dialing 833-946-1523 at the time of the event. The event will approximately last one hour.\n\n*Please be advised that Congressman Tiffany\u2019s telephone town halls are subject to last-minute cancellations. Be sure to follow Congressman Tiffany on Facebook for updates.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-announces-august-mobile-office-hours", "Tiffany Announces August Mobile Office Hours", "2024-08-16", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WAUSAU, WI \u2013 Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) announced the following mobile office hours.\n\nA member of Congressman Tom Tiffany\u2019s staff will be at the following locations to assist residents who may need help with a federal agency. Appointments are not necessary, and staff will be able to aid in federal matters concerning Veterans Affairs, Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service, Medicare, passports, and more.\n\nMobile Office Hours on Thursday, August 22nd:\n\nMarathon County\n\nLocation: Abbotsford Public Library\n\n203 North 1st Street\n\nAbbotsford, WI 54405\n\nTime: 10:30 am \u2013 11:30 am\n\nLincoln County\n\nLocation: T.B. Scott Library\n\n106 1st Street\n\nMerrill, WI 54452\n\nTime: 11 am \u2013 12 pm\n\nLincoln County\n\nLocation: Harrison Town Hall\n\nN10095 County Road B\n\nTomahawk, WI 54487\n\nTime: 2 pm \u2013 3 pm\n\nClark County\n\nLocation: Loyal Public Library\n\n214 North Main Street\n\nLoyal, WI 54446\n\nTime: 2 pm \u2013 3 pm\n\nClark County\n\nLocation: Withee Public Library\n\n511 Division Street\n\nWithee, WI 54498\n\nTime: 4 pm \u2013 5 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Monday, August 26th:\n\nPolk County\n\nLocation: Osceola Village Hall\n\n310 Chieftain Street\n\nOsceola, WI 54020\n\nTime: 2:30 pm \u2013 4 pm\n\nTaylor County\n\nLocation: Frances L. Simek Memorial Library\n\n400 North Main Street\n\nMedford, WI 54451\n\nTime: 4 pm \u2013 5 pm\n\nPolk County\n\nLocation: St. Croix Falls Public Library\n\n230 South Washington Street\n\nSt. Croix Falls, WI 54024\n\nTime: 4:30 pm \u2013 6 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Tuesday, August 27th:\n\nBayfield County\n\nLocation: Iron River Public Library\n\n68235 North Main Street\n\nIron River, WI 54847\n\nTime: 10 am \u2013 11 am\n\nIron County\n\nLocation: Hurley City Hall\n\n405 5th Avenue North\n\nHurley, WI 54534\n\nTime: 2 pm \u2013 3 pm\n\nBarron County\n\nLocation: Barron City Hall\n\n510 East La Salle Avenue\n\nBarron, WI 54812\n\nTime: 3 pm \u2013 4:30 pm\n\nBarron County\n\nLocation: Rice Lake Public Library\n\n2 East Marshall Street\n\nRice Lake, WI 54868\n\nTime: 5 pm \u2013 6:30 pm\n\nIf you have any further questions or need help with a federal agency and cannot make it to these mobile office hours, Congressman Tiffany\u2019s district staff in Wausau remains ready to help at (715) 298-9344.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/8/sens-johnson-blumenthal-paul-and-peters-request-dhs-and-fbi-provide-information-on-individual-with-ties-to-iran-in-connection-with-foiled-assassination-plot", "Sens. Johnson, Blumenthal, Paul, and Peters Request DHS and FBI Provide Information on Individual with Ties to Iran in Connection with Foiled Assassination Plot", "2024-08-16", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray requesting information on a foiled plot to assassinate U.S. government officials.\n\nFollowing the senators\u2019 initial July 24, 2024 requests, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against Asif Merchant, a Pakistani national with ties to Iran, who the Department alleges \"orchestrated a plot to assassinate a politician or U.S. government officials on U.S. soil.\" Public reports indicate this may have included former President Trump. The FBI was reportedly aware of Merchant before he arrived in the U.S., and sponsored his immigration parole for \u201csecurity interests.\u201d\n\nThe senators are requesting information to understand the extent of FBI\u2019s and DHS\u2019s awareness of Merchant and his plot, as well as whether and how intelligence on any election security threats was disseminated to relevant agencies, including the U.S. Secret Service, and related security decisions.\n\nRead more about the senators\u2019 August 14, 2024 letter in Fox News.\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/8/sen-johnson-reveals-politically-motivated-attempt-to-hinder-dhs-inspector-general-s-oversight-of-the-biden-harris-administration-s-failed-border-policies", "Sen. Johnson Reveals \u201cPolitically Motivated\u201d Attempt to Hinder DHS Inspector General\u2019s Oversight of the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s Failed Border Policies", "2024-08-15", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) sent a letter to Kimberly Howell, Chairperson of the Integrity Committee, which is part of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), after whistleblowers alleged the committee may be inappropriately targeting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) for political reasons. The letter requested information relating to the Integrity Committee\u2019s apparent ongoing investigations into the DHS OIG.\n\nThe DHS Inspector General, Dr. Joseph Cuffari, was appointed by President Donald Trump and has helmed multiple inspections into vulnerabilities at the southern border. Whistleblowers allege that the Integrity\u2019s onerous examinations may be an attempt to hinder, delay, or stop the DHS OIG\u2019s effort to expose the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s policy failures.\n\n\u201c[A]ny effort to obstruct, delay, or silence the DHS OIG, particularly for political purposes, is completely unacceptable,\u201d the senators wrote.\n\nRead more about the senators\u2019 August 12, 2024 letter in Breitbart.\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-harder-introduce-bipartisan-bill-help-consumers-know-when-theyre", "Van Orden, Harder Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Consumers Know When They\u2019re Buying Foreign Foods", "2024-08-14", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Representatives Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) Josh Harder (CA-09) introduced a bill to require clear labeling of canned goods so families know which country their food came from. Right now, many families have no idea they are buying cheap, imported canned foods. Imports of canned fruits and vegetables from China increased 43% between 2019 and 2022. The American Consumer Awareness of National Source (CANS) Act requires canned fruits and vegetables to be clearly labeled with the country they came from so families can make informed decisions at the grocery store and choose to buy USA-grown foods if they want to.\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s farmers work incredibly hard to produce high-quality food for the nation and deserve their efforts to be recognized. American consumers should also know if what they buy is domestically or internationally produced,\u201d said Congressman Van Orden. \u201cI am proud to introduce the American CANS Act with Rep. Harder to require a country-of-origin label on cans, which supports our domestic farmers and ensures transparency for consumers.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Central Valley is the fruit and nut basket of the world, but our grocery store shelves are filled with peaches, tomatoes, and other canned goods grown 7,000 miles away,\u201d said Congressman Harder. \u201cI want my daughters to eat local, healthy produce but right now you need a microscope to figure out where it was grown. That makes no sense. This bill will ensure we know exactly what we\u2019re eating and where it\u2019s from.\u201d\n\n\u201cOn behalf of the U.S. metal food can manufacturers, we applaud Rep. Josh Harder and Rep. Derrick Van Orden for introducing the American Consumer Awareness of National Source (American CANS) Act, which will provide clear and consistent labeling on the country in which each canned food product was picked and packed,\u201d said Robert Budway, President of Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). \u201cEnsuring that imported canned foods are properly labeled will empower American consumers to easily distinguish between products made in America and those packaged in other countries. Preliminary survey data shows that country of origin is an important factor considered by U.S. purchasers of packaged foods. This bill thus will enable American consumers to make informed decisions about where their food comes from. Consumer choices based on full information about country of origin will in turn help support American farmers and food producers, which are critical to the U.S. economy.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-leads-wi-congressional-delegation-in-urging-air-national-guard-director-to-select-milwaukee-128th-arw-as-home-for-kc-46-tanker", "Steil Leads WI Congressional Delegation in Urging Air National Guard Director to Select Milwaukee 128th ARW as Home for KC-46 Tanker", "2024-08-05", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Milwaukee, WI (August 05, 2024) \u2013 Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) today led Wisconsin\u2019s congressional delegation in urging Air National Guard Director Michael Loh to give the 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) his full consideration when selecting the next home for a KC-46 refueling tanker.\n\n\u201cThe 128th ARW has an array of capabilities and assets including nearly 900 personnel, a commander responsible for the combat employment of its ten KC-135 Stratotankers, upgraded fuel storage facilities, and plans for a pipeline tap and microgrid project. These existing and future assets ensure that the 128th ARW remains on the leading edge of aerial refueling operations in support of critical missions domestically and abroad.\n\n\u201cThe 128th ARW also has a myriad of modern amenities like an Alert Facility, Small Air Terminal, and a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, which are crucial for maintaining operational readiness and providing top-tier support to our service members,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.\n\nThe lawmakers continued, \u201cUpgrading the 128th to include the KC-46 enjoys overwhelming support from community leaders and local officials. This widespread support underscores the unit's integral role in the community and the significant benefits that the new aircraft would bring to the region.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Wisconsin Air National Guard and the 128th ARW have a long and distinguished history of serving both the people of Wisconsin and the United States with excellence. The men and women of this Wing fully embrace the importance of the KC-46\u2019s role in modernizing the Air Force\u2019s tanker fleet and are prepared to take on this mission. We firmly believe that the strategic location, operational capabilities, and community support merits your support for hosting the new KC-46 aircraft at the 128th ARW,\u201d the lawmakers concluded.\n\nCo-signers of the bipartisan letter include Reps. Gwen Moore (WI-04), Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), and Tom Tiffany (WI-07).\n\nNOTE: Pictured Rep. Steil during a previous visit to the 128th ARW in 2019.\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-wisconsin-congressional-delegation-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-to-honor-twelfth-anniversary-of-sikh-gurdwara-tragedy", "Steil, Wisconsin Congressional Delegation Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Honor Twelfth Anniversary of Sikh Gurdwara Tragedy", "2024-08-05", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Milwaukee, WI (August 05, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) today introduced a bipartisan resolution joined by members of Wisconsin\u2019s congressional delegation to honor the twelfth anniversary of the horrific attack at the Oak Creek Sikh Gurdwara and remember the victims of the senseless act of violence.\n\n\u201cTwelve years later, we remember the worshippers whose lives were taken from us far too soon, and honor Lieutenant Brian Murphy who responded to the scene and was shot fifteen times at close range,\u201d said Steil. This senseless act of violence should have never occurred. I join the Oak Creek community in remembering the victims and thank each of my colleagues for supporting my resolution to honor the lives we lost.\u201d\n\nCosponsors of the resolution include Reps. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Glenn Grothman (WI-06), and Tom Tiffany (WI-07).\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full text of the resolution\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-fitzgerald-lead-effort-to-provide-support-to-rock-river-health-center", "Steil, Fitzgerald Lead Effort to Provide Support to Rock River Health Center", "2024-08-02", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (August 02, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) and Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) today requested Rock River Community Clinic (RRCC) be considered for a grant opportunity that will help RRCC sustain, expand, and advance needed primary health care access in the community.\n\nSpecifically, the congressmen express support for RRCC\u2019s New Access Point application to become a Federally Funded Health Center (H80). The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is responsible for vetting applications and determining the distribution of this funding.\n\nExcerpts and highlights from the letter below:\n\n\u201cThe RRCC serves as a critical access point for affordable, high quality health care in Jefferson County and parts of Walworth and Dodge Counties. The RRCC serves as an access point to medical, dental, and behavioral health services to the over 23,000 low-income residents across their 13 zip codes, resulting in quality care and cost-savings for the entire rural community.\n\n\u201cThe clinic\u2019s patients range from dairy farmers, agricultural workers, factory workers, childcare providers, members of the food and service industry, construction workers, and trade workers. Over 95% of their patients are below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).\u201d\n\nCLICK HERE to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/8/sen-johnson-joins-bill-preventing-who-from-spending-american-tax-dollars-on-pandemic-treaties", "Sen. Johnson Joins Bill Preventing WHO from Spending American Tax Dollars on Pandemic Treaties", "2024-08-02", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and eleven of their Senate GOP colleagues in introducing the Defending American Sovereignty in Global Pandemics Act. The legislation would stop the United States from entering any international agreement, convention, or instrument with the World Health Organization (WHO) related to pandemic prevention or response without ratification by the Senate. It would also prohibit the WHO from using American taxpayer dollars on partisan international pandemic treaties without approval by the United States Senate.\n\nSens. Johnson and Barrasso were joined by U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Roger Marshall (R-Kans.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"], ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-commends-passage-colonel-heg-post-office-bill-senate-markup", "Fitzgerald Commends Passage of Colonel Heg Post Office Bill in Senate Markup", "2024-07-31", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed his bill to rename the U.S. Post Office in Muskego in honor of Colonel Hans Christian Heg.\n\nThe bill, H.R. 7199, designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the \u201cColonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office.\u201d Colonel Hans Christian Heg was a staunch abolitionist who was the highest-ranking Union casualty from Wisconsin in the Civil War.\n\n\u201cI commend my Senate colleagues on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, including Senator Ron Johnson, for passing my bill today that honors a Wisconsin hero and American patriot, Colonel Hans Christian Heg. Colonel Heg served honorably as both a Colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War and as a staunch abolitionist,\u201d said Rep. Fitzgerald (WI-05). \u201cThis bill ensures that Colonel Heg\u2019s legacy remains an enduring one in Wisconsin for generations to come. I look forward to seeing this bill swiftly passed on the Senate floor and signed into law.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND: In 1840, Colonel Hans Christian Heg immigrated to Wisconsin from Norway at just ten years old and his family settled in Muskego. Mr. Heg was eventually appointed Colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and he and his men went on to win a major battle for control of the Mississippi River at Island No. 10 during the Civil War and they were given the honor of raising the flag by battle commander Flag Officer Andrew Foote.\n\nOn September 20, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga in Georgia, the 33-year-old Colonel was shot and Killed In Action while serving the Union. After the war, veterans raised funds to erect a cannonball pyramid at Chickamauga National Military Park dedicated to Colonel Hans Christian Heg.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sen-johnson-releases-timeline-of-law-enforcement-tracking-trump-shooter-on-july-13-2024", "Sen. Johnson Releases Timeline of Law Enforcement Tracking Trump Shooter on July 13, 2024", "2024-07-30", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) entered into the hearing record a detailed timeline of law enforcement\u2019s awareness of would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, in the hours, minutes, and seconds, leading up to the shooting of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, PA on July 13, 2024.\n\nThe timeline features radio communications from local law enforcement as well as media reports and highlights how law enforcement tracked Crooks over 90 minutes and their immediate reaction to the shooting.\n\nSen. Johnson entered this timeline into the record during a joint Senate committee hearing before members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Committee on the Judiciary. There, Sen. Johnson questioned Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Director Paul Abbate about the security failures at the Trump rally.\n\nThe timeline can be viewed here.\n\nIn addition to the timeline, Sen. Johnson entered into the record his July 14, 2024 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and FBI Director Wray requesting a records preservation and documents connected to the security at the Trump rally.\n\nSen. Johnson also entered into the record his preliminary findings regarding the security failures at the Trump rally. The July 21, 2024 and July 23, 2024 preliminary findings can be found here and here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sen-johnson-announces-mobile-office-hours/74aded3a-d9ec-4356-9dda-01dc31bfd216", "Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours", "2024-07-26", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 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\u2019s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters.\n\nNote: Staff-led mobile office hours are closed to press. Recording devices of any kind are not allowed. These restrictions are put in place for the privacy of our constituents.\n\nMarinette County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, July 31\n\n10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:00 a.m.\n\nWausaukee Village Hall\n\n704 Main Street, Wausaukee, WI 54177\n\nOconto County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, July 31\n\n12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.\n\nGillett Public Library\n\n200 E Main Street, Gillett, WI 54124\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sens-johnson-blumenthal-paul-and-peters-demand-information-on-the-assassination-attempt-of-former-president-trump", "Sens. Johnson, Blumenthal, Paul, and Peters Demand Information on the Assassination Attempt of Former President Trump", "2024-07-26", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), ranking member and chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, along with U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), ranking member and chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent letters requesting information related to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.\n\nThe bipartisan documents and information requests were sent to the United States Secret Service (USSS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Beaver County District Attorney, Butler County District Attorney, Butler County Sheriff, Butler Township Police Department, and Pennsylvania State Police.\n\n\u201cWe write to request documents and information related to the assassination attempt on former President Trump and the loss of life of one attendee and injuries to two others during a campaign rally in Butler, PA, on July 13, 2024,\u201d wrote the senators.\n\nThey continued, \u201c[T]he Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has initiated a bipartisan investigation into how this attack was able to occur, what security, personnel, or other failures contributed to the attempt, and steps that must be taken to ensure any mistakes are avoided in the future.\u201d\n\nThe senators are requesting information from three federal agencies and five state and local law enforcement agencies related to the security preparations for and response to the attack during the campaign rally in Pennsylvania, along with the failures that led to an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The senators are seeking information on security preparations, intelligence gathering on potential violence prior to the attack, and detailed explanations of the agencies\u2019 security response.\n\nFull text of the letter to USSS can be found here.\n\nFull text of the letter to FBI can be found here.\n\nFull text of the letter to DHS I&A can be found here.\n\nFull text of the letter to Beaver County District Attorney can be found here.\n\nFull text of the letter to Butler County District Attorney can be found here.\n\nFull text of the letter Butler County Sheriff can be found here.\n\nFull text of the letter to Butler Township Police Department can be found here.\n\nFull text of the letter to Pennsylvania State Police can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-statement-on-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-address-to-congress", "Steil Statement on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Address to Congress", "2024-07-24", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (July 24, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) today released a statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress.\n\n\u201cFor more than 75 years, Israel has been America\u2019s close ally in the Middle East. Today, I was proud to join many of my colleagues in reaffirming the bond between our two nations by welcoming Prime Minister Netanyahu to Congress. We share a strong commitment to free all of the hostages, including Americans, and defeat Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-statement-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahus-congressional", "Van Orden Statement on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Congressional Address", "2024-07-24", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s address to Congress:\n\n\u201cThis afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed the world what it looks like to truly lead your country and people. Despite Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 refusal to attend, which is the most blatant demonstration of a lack of concern for the Americans being held by terrorists in living memory, Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered an address to Congress that displayed strength and courage during the most devastating time for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tiffany-introduces-bill-create-first-national-park-wisconsin", "Rep. Tiffany Introduces Bill to Create First National Park in Wisconsin", "2024-07-23", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) introduced the Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act. This legislation will redesignate the Apostle Islands from a National Lakeshore to a National Park. Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a hearing on this legislation. You can view that hearing here.\n\n\u201cThe Apostle Islands are one of Wisconsin\u2019s true crown jewels and deserve to be recognized as the state\u2019s first National Park. This prestigious designation would not only strengthen conservation efforts, bolster the local economy, and create new job opportunities, but would also ensure lasting environmental and economic security to our region for generations to come,\u201d said Rep. Tiffany.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Apostle Islands, established as a National Lakeshore in 1970, have long stood as Wisconsin's leading public land destination. Specifically, this legislation would elevate the current National Lakeshore as a National Park without altering its existing boundaries. The Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act would also designate Sand Island as a National Preserve to maintain existing hunting access. You can view a map of that here. Fishing and other recreational activities will be protected and will be managed consistently throughout the National Park and Preserve.\n\nThis would not be the first time a National Lakeshore became a National Park. In 2019, Indiana Dunes, once a National Lakeshore, was designated as a National Park. While our neighboring states of Minnesota, Michigan, and Indiana all enjoy National Parks, Wisconsin does not yet have one, and the iconic features of these unique islands are deserving of this long-overdue recognition. Creating the Apostle Islands National Park would bring numerous benefits, including additional conservation resources, heightened prestige, increased tourism, and greater economic output in the surrounding communities, thus supporting more local jobs.\n\nOfficials/Organizations supporting theApostle Islands National Park and Preserve Actinclude: Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), Senator Romaine Quinn (SD-25), Representative Angie Sapik (AD-73), Representative Chanz Green (AD-74), Mayor Gary Gillis of Hayward, Bayfield County Economic Development Corporation, Burnett County Economic Development Corporation, Iron County Economic Development Corporation, Sawyer County/Lac Courte Oreilles Economic Development Corporation, Hayward Chamber of Commerce, Superior Chamber of Commerce, The Development Association \u2013 Superior, Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board, Town of Barnes, Town of Bass Lake, Town of Brule, Town of Morse, Town of Namakagon, Town of Oliver, Town of Oma, Hunter Nation, and Norvado.\n\nThe full text of theApostle Islands National Park and Preserve Actcan be found here. A one-pagercan be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sen-johnson-releases-additional-preliminary-finding-on-assassination-attempt-of-former-president-trump", "Sen. Johnson Releases Additional Preliminary Finding on Assassination Attempt of Former President Trump", "2024-07-23", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released an additional preliminary finding regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The senator reported that eight shell casings were found near the body of would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks according to first-hand information obtained by his office.\n\nSenator Johnson released this material\u2014even though it is preliminary\u2014to ensure transparency and to keep the public well-informed.\n\nThe additional preliminary finding can be found here.\n\nThe senator\u2019s July 21, 2024 preliminary findings can be found here.\n\nThe July 14, 2024 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray on the assassination attempt can be found here.\n\nSenator Johnson\u2019s office continues to encourage anyone with relevant information on the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt or the shooter to come forward to his office and email his whistleblower account: Whistleblower_PSIJohnson@hsgac.senate.gov.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-calls-vice-president-harris-invoke-25th-amendment", "Van Orden Calls on Vice President Harris to Invoke the 25th Amendment", "2024-07-22", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013Today, Congressman Van Orden (WI-03) called on United States Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th amendment and remove President Joe Biden from office following the President\u2019s irrefutable cognitive decline and his announcement to step out of the 2024 presidential race. Congressman Van Orden authored a letter directly to Vice President Harris demanding she exercise her duty for the sake of national and global stability.\n\n\u201cWe cannot have a Commander in Chief in charge of the nuclear codes who is experiencing the level of cognitive decline that we see in President Biden,\u201d said Congressman Van Orden. \u201cIn order to restore Americans and our allies\u2019 trust in the United States government, I have requested that Vice President Harris exercise Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare that President Biden is unable to discharge the powers and duties required of him as president. The world looks to the United States for leadership and strength, and we cannot reassure the American people or our global partners of this until President Biden is removed from office.\u201d\n\nTo read the full letter, click here or scroll below.\n\nIn addition to the letter to Vice President Harris, Rep. Van Orden signed onto H.Res. 1336, which calls on the Vice President to activate Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Biden incapable of exercising his duties as President of the United States. Read the resolution here.\n\nJuly 22, 2024\n\nThe Honorable Kamala D. Harris\n\nVice President of the United States\n\nThe White House\n\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\n\nWashington, D.C. 20500\n\nMadam Vice President,\n\nI write to you with a profound sense of urgency regarding the President of the United States\u2019 inability to perform his constitutional duties as Chief Executive and Commander in Chief. As the leader of the free world, it is paramount that the president is of both sound mind and body. It is readily apparent that President Biden is neither.\n\nThe Constitution of the United States provides a mechanism to address such concerns through Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. This provision grants you, the Vice President of the United States, the authority to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to declare that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.\n\nGiven the gravity of the situation, I strongly request that you immediately exercise this authority. You must convene the Cabinet and implore them to declare President Biden incapable of executing the duties of his office. By doing so, you will be taking a necessary step to restore faith and confidence in our government. This action is essential for the maintenance of national and global stability.\n\nIt is my firm belief that while President Biden remains in office, our country and the world are unnecessarily at risk. To ameliorate the uncertainty and restore the trust placed in you by the American people and our global partners, you must act now. I take no pleasure in making this request, but the country and the world need confidence in our government at this time in history like no other.\n\nSincerely,\n\nDerrick Van Orden", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-votes-pass-water-resources-development-act-2024-secures-wins", "Van Orden Votes to Pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2024, Secures Wins for Wisconsin\u2019s Third District", "2024-07-22", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 out of the House. Included in the bill were four major wins for Wisconsin\u2019s Third Congressional District: (1) a new study authorization for levee accreditation in the City of La Crosse, (2) a flood risk management project on the Trempealeau River in Arcadia, (3) an Ecosystem restoration project for the River Falls Kinni Corridor Project in River Falls, and (4) an authorization for a new Upper Mississippi River System Flood Risk and Resilience Study, for the Corps to work with non-federal interests by taking a system-wide approach to flood risk management.\n\nOther wins include: (1) inclusion of the Lake Access Keeping Economies Strong (LAKES) Act, which Rep. Van Orden cosponsored, to allow portions of recreation fees collected at Army Corps recreational sites to be retained on site and improve opportunities for public-private investments, management, and operations, (2) inclusion of Section 150 of WRDA, which demands the Army Corps provide an update on its 2018 WRDA report on backlog and operation maintenance, and (3) reauthorization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s (FEMA) National Dam Safety Program through 2028 and strengthening the High Hazard Potential Dam program.\n\nPrior to its passage, Rep. Van Orden spoke on the House Floor in support of the 2024 WRDA package. Click here or the video below to watch.\n\nCongressman Van Orden\u2019s remarks, as delivered:\n\nI stand in strong support of H.R. 8812 for the very specific reason that I represent Wisconsin's Third Congressional District.\n\nWe have the largest continuous section of the Mississippi River of any district in the country.\n\nWe don't have a north-south highway \u2013 we have the Mississippi River.\n\nThis bill authorizes a new upper river flood risk and resiliency study which will help the Corps work for a non-federal interest by taking a system-wide approach to flood risk assessment.\n\nWe've got a project to check out flood risk management for the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin, a project for flood risk management for the Trempealeau River in Arcadia, Wisconsin, home of Ashley Furniture, and a project for the ecosystem restoration for the River Falls Kinni Corridor Project in River Falls, Wisconsin.\n\nI, again, support this bill very strongly and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sen-johnson-releases-preliminary-findings-on-review-of-july-13-2024-assassination-attempt-on-former-president-trump", "Sen. Johnson Releases Preliminary Findings on Review of July 13, 2024 Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump", "2024-07-21", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released preliminary findings relating to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during his July 13, 2024 campaign rally in Butler, PA. Immediately following the shooting, Senator Johnson\u2019s office began contacting federal, state, and local government entities as well as private companies seeking information about the security failures at the rally. The preliminary findings released today are based on the initial information the senator\u2019s office obtained over the last week.\n\nThe senator is sharing this information with the public to be transparent and to ensure that all entities examining the assassination attempt are equipped with this information. The five preliminary findings are listed below:\n\nSecret Service did not attend a security briefing provided to local special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and sniper teams the morning of July 13, 2024;\n\nLocal law enforcement said communications were siloed and they were not in frequent radio contact directly with Secret Service;\n\nLocal law enforcement notified command about Crooks prior to the shooting and received confirmation that Secret Service was aware of the notification;\n\nFollowing the shooting Secret Service was seen on the roof of the American Glass Research (AGR) building with local law enforcement; photos of the shooter were sent to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for facial recognition; and\n\nSecret Service was initially not going to send snipers to the rally, according to local law enforcement.\n\nA timeline is also enclosed with these preliminary findings highlighting significant events based on information obtained by the senator\u2019s office.\n\nOn July 14, 2024, Senator Johnson wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray demanding a preservation of records, information relating to the security of the Butler rally, background information on the alleged gunman, and all texts and communications between law enforcement agents, including Secret Service personnel, relating to the rally from July 11, 2024 to July 14, 2024. To date, the Department of Justice (DOJ), DHS, and FBI have failed to provide any of the requested information and have not even confirmed that they will preserve the relevant records. The federal agencies\u2019 continued lack transparency with both Congress and the American public is entirely unacceptable.\n\nSenator Johnson\u2019s office will continue to pursue the truth and in doing so, encourages anyone with relevant information on the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt or the alleged shooter to come forward to his office and email his whistleblower account: Whistleblower_PSIJohnson@hsgac.senate.gov.\n\nA full explanation of the senator\u2019s preliminary findings, a timeline of significant events reported to the senator\u2019s office, and unanswered questions can be viewed here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sen-johnson-demands-doj-dhs-fbi-preserve-records-following-assassination-attempt", "Sen. Johnson Demands DOJ, DHS, FBI Preserve Records Following Assassination Attempt", "2024-07-14", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2013 On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray requesting the agencies preserve all records referring or relating to the protective detail of former President Trump. The letter additionally requested information relating to the security plans of the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt on the former president.\n\n\u201cWhile there is still much more information that has yet to be uncovered and shared with the public, the American people deserve a full explanation and complete transparency about this failure of security,\u201dthe senator wrote.\n\nThe July 14, 2024 letter can be foundhere.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffanys-legislation-requiring-senate-approval-any-world-health-organization", "Tiffany\u2019s Legislation Requiring Senate Approval of Any World Health Organization Treaty Passes Out of House Committee", "2024-07-11", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany\u2019s (WI-07) legislation \u2013 the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act \u2013 passed out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. This legislation would require any convention or agreement resulting from the work of the World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating body to be deemed a treaty, thus requiring the advice and consent of a supermajority of the Senate.\n\nThis comes after the WHO failed to finalize their pandemic global treaty during the World Health Assembly earlier this year, but WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated, \u201cWe will try everything \u2014 believing that anything is possible \u2014 and make this happen because the world still needs a pandemic treaty.\u201d\n\n\"Under no circumstances should the Biden administration surrender our pandemic management to international bureaucrats at the World Health Organization and United Nations. The WHO has repeatedly shown that they cannot be trusted to carry out an effective pandemic response. Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee took an important step to protect American sovereignty,\u201d said Congressman Tiffany.\n\n59 Members of Congress cosponsored Rep. Tiffany\u2019s No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has introduced identical legislation in the Senate and every Republican senator is a cosponsor.\n\nH.R. 1425 is also supported by the Center for Family and Human Rights, Eagle Forum, Family Research Council, Family Watch International, Heritage Action, Sovereignty Coalition, and Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers.\n\nYou can read more about H.R. 1425here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sen-johnson-demands-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-turn-over-records-on-inadmissible-travelers-at-u-s-airports", "Sen. Johnson Demands DHS Secretary Mayorkas Turn Over Records on Inadmissible Travelers at U.S. Airports", "2024-07-11", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding records relating to the threat posed by the Biden administration\u2019s inability to detain and remove inadmissible travelers from U.S. airports.\n\nThe DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently published a report providing further evidence of the Biden administration\u2019s disastrous handling of border security and blatant disregard for immigration laws. The OIG report found that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identified 66,491 inadmissible non-citizen travelers at U.S. airports during an 18-month period.\n\nThe OIG found that between 2021 and 2023, almost 400 inadmissible non-citizen travelers from a single undisclosed U.S. international airport were released into the U.S. with verbal instructions to return for their removal flights. At least 168 of those travelers failed to return for their removal flights.\n\n\u201cThis security lapse must be fixed so that American airports do not become yet another easily exploited avenue for illegal immigration and terrorism,\u201d Sen. Johnson wrote.\n\nThe senator is requesting that Sec. Mayorkas provide information related to this lapse in security by July 22, 2024.\n\nRead more about the senator\u2019s July 8, 2024 letter to Sec. Mayorkas in Breitbart.\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-issues-statement-on-the-passage-of-the-save-act", "Steil Issues Statement on the Passage of the SAVE Act", "2024-07-10", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Bryan Steil", "S001213", "steil.house.gov", "steil", "https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON (July 10, 2024) - Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) released a statement following the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 8281).\n\n\"American elections are for American citizens only,\" said Steil. \"As Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, I have worked to improve election integrity and increase confidence in our elections. By passing the SAVE Act, we are one step closer to preventing noncitizen voting and protecting American elections.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nThe House passed the SAVE Act today by a vote of 221 - 198. On May 16, Steil led a Committee on House Administration hearing with several top election integrity witnesses to discuss the SAVE Act and noncitizen voting in our elections. On May 23, the Committee on House Administration passed the SAVE Act by a vote of 6-1 out of committee.\n\nThe SAVE Act:\n\nHelps prevent noncitizens from voting by updating the National Voter Registration Act to require states to obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering an individual to vote.\n\nStrengthens our election administration and restores Americans' confidence in our elections.\n\nAllows states to access federal databases containing citizenship information to help the states perform voter list maintenance and remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.\n\nCLICK HERE to read the bill.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases/van-orden-votes-restore-integrity-federal-elections", "Van Orden Votes to Restore Integrity in Federal Elections", "2024-07-10", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Derrick Van Orden", "V000135", "vanorden.house.gov", "vanorden", "https://vanorden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) voted in support of H.R. 8281 \u2013 the SAVE Act. The SAVE Act amends the National Voter Registration Act to require states to obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship and utilize in-person identification when registering an individual to vote in a federal election and require states to establish a program to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls.\n\n\u201cEighty percent of Americans believe that only U.S. citizens should be voting in U.S. elections,\u201d said Congressman Van Orden. \u201cThe SAVE Act will go a long way in ensuring that this is the case.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/sen-johnson-announces-mobile-office-hours", "Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours", "2024-07-10", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 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\u2019s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters.\n\nNote: Staff-led mobile office hours are closed to press. Recording devices of any kind are not allowed. These restrictions are put in place for the privacy of our constituents.\n\nFlorence County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, July 10\n\n10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:00 a.m.\n\nFlorence Public Library\n\n400 Olive Ave, Florence, WI 54121\n\nForest County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, July 10\n\n11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.\n\nArmstrong Creek Town Hall\n\n501 1st Ave., 7860 Old 101, Armstrong Creek, WI 54103\n\nWinnebago County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 11\n\n8:00 a.m. \u2013 9:00 a.m.\n\nBlack Wolf Town Hall\n\n380 E Black Wolf Ave, Oshkosh, WI 54902\n\nGreen Lake County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 11\n\n10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:00 a.m.\n\nBerlin Public Library\n\n121 W Park Ave, Berlin, WI 54923\n\nMarquette County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 11\n\n12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.\n\nNeshkoro Public Library\n\n132 S Main St, Neshkoro, WI 54960\n\nWaushara County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 11\n\n2:00 p.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m.\n\nRedgranite Public Library\n\n135 W Bannerman Ave, Redgranite, WI 54970\n\nFond du Lac County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 18\n\n9:30 a.m. \u2013 10:30 a.m.\n\nFairwater Village Hall\n\n407 Main Street, Fairwater, WI 53931\n\nDodge County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 18\n\n11:15 a.m. \u2013 12:15 p.m.\n\nHustisford Community Library\n\n609 W Juneau St, Hustisford, WI 53034\n\nWashington County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 18\n\n2:00 p.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m.\n\nNewburg Village Hall\n\n620 W Main St, Newburg, WI 53060\n\nSheboygan County Office Hours\n\nThursday, July 18\n\n4:00 p.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.\n\nMemorial Park\n\n21 Van Altena Ave, Cedar Grove, WI 53013\n\nJackson County Office Hours\n\nWednesday, June 19\n\n3:00 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m.\n\nVillage of Merrillan\n\n101 S Main St Merrillan, WI 54754\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/7/video-release-sen-johnson-exposes-horrors-of-biden-s-inhumane-open-border-policy", "*** VIDEO RELEASE ***  Sen. Johnson Exposes Horrors of Biden\u2019s Inhumane Open Border Policy", "2024-07-10", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2013 On Tuesday, U.S. Sen Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, participated in a roundtable titled, \u201cThe Exploitation Crisis: How the U.S. Government is Failing to Protect Migrant Children from Trafficking and Abuse.\u201d Sen. Johnsoncalled out the Biden administration for failing to protect migrant children at the border who have been exploited and abused due to the inhumanity of this administration\u2019s open border.\n\nSen. Johnson\u2019s remarks can be foundhere.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"], ["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-announces-july-mobile-office-hours", "Tiffany Announces July Mobile Office Hours", "2024-07-09", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WAUSAU, WI \u2013 Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) announced the following mobile office hours.\n\nA member of Congressman Tom Tiffany\u2019s staff will be at the following locations to assist residents who may need help with a federal agency. Appointments are not necessary, and staff will be able to aid in federal matters concerning Veterans Affairs, Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service, Medicare, passports, and more.\n\nMobile Office Hours on Tuesday, July 16th:\n\nWood County\n\nLocation: Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library\n\n105 South Maple Avenue\n\nMarshfield, WI 54449\n\nTime: 4:00 pm \u2013 5:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Wednesday, July 17th:\n\nPrice County\n\nLocation: Ogema Public Library\n\nW5005 WI-86\n\nOgema, WI 54459\n\nTime: 4:30 pm \u2013 5:30 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Monday, July 22nd:\n\nPrice County\n\nLocation: Park Falls Public Library\n\n121 4th Avenue North\n\nPark Falls, WI 54552\n\nTime: 10:00 am \u2013 11:00 am\n\nLanglade County\n\nLocation: Elcho Public Library \u2013 Inside Elcho High School\n\n9630 Antigo Street\n\nElcho, WI 54428\n\nTime: 11:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm\n\nAshland County\n\nLocation: Legion Memorial Library\n\n106 Iron Street\n\nMellen, WI 54546\n\nTime: 12:00 pm \u2013 1:00 pm\n\nForest County\n\nLocation: Laona Public Library\n\n5216 Forest Avenue\n\nLaona, WI 54541\n\nTime: 1:30 pm \u2013 2:30 pm\n\nOneida County\n\nLocation: Rhinelander District Library\n\n106 North Stevens Street\n\nRhinelander, WI 54501\n\nTime: 4:00 pm \u2013 5:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Wednesday, July 24th:\n\nVilas County\n\nLocation: Frank B. Koller Memorial Library\n\n5761 US-51\n\nManitowish Waters, WI 54545\n\nTime: 11:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm\n\nIron County\n\nLocation: Hurley City Hall\n\n405 5th Avenue North\n\nHurley, WI 54534\n\nTime: 1:30 pm \u2013 2:30 pm\n\nPrice County\n\nLocation: Park Falls Public Library\n\n121 4th Avenue North\n\nPark Falls, WI 54552\n\nTime: 4:00 pm \u2013 5:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Tuesday, July 23rd:\n\nMarathon County\n\nLocation: Marathon County Public Library \u2013 Mosinee Branch\n\n123 Main Street\n\nMosinee, WI 54455\n\nTime: 1:30 pm \u2013 2:30 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Thursday, July 25th:\n\nMarathon County\n\nLocation: Athens Municipal Building\n\n221 Caroline Street\n\nAthens, WI 54411\n\nTime: 2:00 pm \u2013 4:00 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Tuesday, July 30th:\n\nBarron County\n\nLocation: Turtle Lake Public Library\n\n301 Maple Street South\n\nTurtle Lake, WI 54889\n\nTime: 10:00 am \u2013 11:30 am\n\nBarron County\n\nLocation: Barron City Hall\n\n510 East La Salle Avenue\n\nBarron, WI 54812\n\nTime: 12:00 pm \u2013 1:30 pm\n\nBarron County\n\nLocation: Rice Lake Chamber of Commerce\n\n37 South Main Street\n\nRice Lake, WI 54868\n\nTime: 2:00 pm \u2013 3:30 pm\n\nMobile Office Hours on Wednesday, July 31st:\n\nPolk County\n\nLocation: Osceola Village Hall\n\n310 Chieftain Street \u2013 3rd Avenue Entrance\n\nOsceola, WI 54020\n\nTime: 10:00 am \u2013 11:30 am\n\nPolk County\n\nLocation: St. Croix Falls Public Library\n\n230 South Washington Street\n\nSt. Croix Falls, WI 54024\n\nTime: 12:00 pm \u2013 1:30 pm\n\nIf you have any further questions or need help with a federal agency and cannot make it to these mobile office hours, Congressman Tiffany\u2019s district staff remains ready to help at (715) 298-9344.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 305, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select url, title, date, year, month, party, chamber, state, member_name, bioguide_id, domain, scraper, source, date_source, text, has_text, collected_at, updated_at from releases where \"party\" = :p0 and \"state\" = :p1 and \"year\" = :p2 order by date desc limit 101", "params": {"p0": "Republican", "p1": "WI", "p2": "2024"}}, "facet_results": {"party": {"name": "party", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "Republican", "label": "Republican", "count": 305, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?state=WI&year=2024", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "chamber": {"name": "chamber", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "House", "label": "House", "count": 221, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI&year=2024&chamber=House", "selected": false}, {"value": "Senate", "label": "Senate", "count": 84, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI&year=2024&chamber=Senate", "selected": false}], "truncated": false}, "state": {"name": "state", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "WI", "label": "WI", "count": 305, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&year=2024", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "year": {"name": "year", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI&year=2024", "results": [{"value": "2024", "label": "2024", "count": 305, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}}, "suggested_facets": [], "next": "2024-07-09,https~3A~2F~2Ftiffany~2Ehouse~2Egov~2Fmedia~2Fpress-releases~2Ftiffany-announces-july-mobile-office-hours", "next_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=WI&year=2024&_next=2024-07-09%2Chttps~3A~2F~2Ftiffany~2Ehouse~2Egov~2Fmedia~2Fpress-releases~2Ftiffany-announces-july-mobile-office-hours&_sort_desc=date", "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 178.54694370180368, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}