WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) sent a follow-up letter to the City of Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl highlighting her office's 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  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation to provide tax relief to entrepreneurs looking to start a small business and reduce barriers for startups. The Tax Relief for New Businesses Act would increase the startup tax deduction from $5,000 to $50,000 and allow businesses to write off more expenses to compensate for the increasing cost of starting a business. Currently, small business owners can  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement on the Senate's passage of a bill to keep the government funded until December: "American families suffer if we let the government shut down. It threatens to take Border Patrol off the beat, halt benefits for our Veterans, and block food for families in need. I joined my Democratic and Republican colleagues to vote to avoid a harm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Department of Justice to work with states to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls and not interfere in states' attempts to engage in legitimate voter roll maintenance. Excerpts from the letter read:   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs today held a hearing on "The Border Crisis: The Cost of Chaos" to examine the price Americans are paying for the Biden-Harris Administration's open borders policies and failure to secure the southwe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee's hearing to discuss a recent VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report highlighti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: 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. "The 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," said Rep. Fitzgerald (WI-05). "This  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: WISCONSIN Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) applauded the Senate's bipartisan vote to confirm Byron Conway to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. "The people of Wisconsin deserve to have qualified, experienced, impartial judges working for them and I am confident that's just what we will get with Byron Conway. I was proud to work with Senator Johnson to stand up our bip  more