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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Thursday August 01, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Baldwin, Vance Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Taxpayer-Funded Inventions Are Made in America Advances in Senate
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) announced their Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023 advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee. The bipartisan legislation ensures taxpayer-funded inventions are not manufactured in adversarial countries like China, but rather, in the United States. The bill builds on bipartisan legislation championed by Senator Baldwin and signed into law   more

Committee on House Administration Releases July 2024 Artificial Intelligence Flash Report
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: Today, the Committee on House Administration has released its July 2024 Flash Report on Artificial Intelligence. This is part of a series of flash reports that provide an update on the use of AI technology by House offices and Legislative Branch agencies, as summarized by their response letters sent to the Committee on House Administration.   more

Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Latest Judiciary Committee Hearing On Five Judicial Nominations
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The nominees considered include U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Hawley and Ms. April Perry to district court judgeships in Illinois, at the recommendation of Senators Durbin and Duckworth Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Ryan Young Park, nominated to be U  more

Fitzgerald Commends Passage of Colonel Heg Post Office Bill in Senate Markup
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: 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. The bill, H.R. 7199, designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the "Colonel Hans Ch  more

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Latest Judiciary Committee Hearing On Five Judicial Nominations
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Ryan Young Park, nominated to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit; Byron B. Conway, nominated to be United States District Judge for the Ea  more