Saturday - November 23, 2024
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Thursday November 21, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Baldwin Calls on USDA to Provide Emergency Aid for Gamebird Farmers Hit By Tornadoes, Severe Weather
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led a group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide immediate assistance to gamebird farmers who have been denied emergency aid after suffering serious losses due to severe weather events. The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) provides benefits to livestock producers for livestock deaths caused by ad  more

Sen. Johnson Demands HHS, FDA, CDC Preserve All Records Relating to COVID-19 Vaccines
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2024: On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to immediately preserve all records referring or relating to the development, safety, and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines. During the  more

Van Orden Calls Out USDA for Abandoning Wisconsin Poultry Farmers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack refused to answer a letter sent by Rep. Van Orden and a number of his colleagues in the House and Senate regarding the Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy that resulted in nearly 50 farmers and more than two million chickens throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Io  more