By: EPA Press Release -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that the Newport State Park area in Door County and the Inland area of Sheboygan County are now meeting federal air quality standards for ground-level ozone, which means cleaner and healthier air for Wisconsin residents.
“These beautiful areas of Wisconsin, home to more than… Read more »
By: Jason Calvi, For Fox 6 Milwaukee -- Republicans in the U.S. Senate plan to unveil their police reform bill later this week. There are similarities with Democrats' plan: both would restrict chokeholds, set up a federal database and make lynching a federal hate crime. So can both parties agree on something as protests in the country call for change?
Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin… Read more »
By: WISN-12 -- U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, said a de-escalation training provision she has added to a bill on police brutality could help prevent officer-involved deaths. But U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, called the bill a "disaster" that will lead to timid police forces.
The Congressional Black Caucus has introduced the "Justice in Policing Act" following the death of… Read more »
By: Haley BeMiller, For PolitiFact -- People across the globe continue to seek answers on how to defeat the coronavirus that has sickened millions.
One proposed solution has gained attention in recent weeks: Vitamin D.
A link between vitamin D and COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, caught the eye of U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah.
In a May 21,… Read more »
By: Rep. Mike Conaway Press Release -- Friday, Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) led 115 Members of the House of Representatives in sending a letter to House Leadership underscoring the importance of including pro-life protections, including the Hyde Amendment and Conaway's bill, H.R. 6742, the Protecting Life in Crisis Act, in any future stimulus packages related to… Read more »
By: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Press Release -- Muskegon, Mich. (June 3, 2020) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced membership of the Great Lakes Advisory Board (GLAB), an EPA federal advisory committee, at Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resource Institute with U.S. Congressmen Bill Huizenga… Read more »
By: Rep. Jack Bergman Press Release -- Today, Congressman Jack Bergman led 38 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, supporting his recent move to cut unnecessary and burdensome agency practices to prepare our nation for a strong economic comeback. On May 19th, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic… Read more »
By: Editor of LawNDale News -- As COVID-19 brings financial devastation to our communities, Reps. Jesús “Chuy” García and Glenn Grothman urge Congress to pass their Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act (H.R. 5050), a bill to protect families recovering from the pandemic by extending the protections of the Military Lending Act to all consumers. These protections include a 36 percent… Read more »
By: Rep. Steve Chabot Press Release – Today, U.S. Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH) spearheaded a letter (signed by 82 of his colleagues) to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging the inclusion of regulatory relief provisions in the next phase of coronavirus economic recovery legislation.
“Regulatory reform, whether through paperwork reduction or removing… Read more »
By: Jerry Dunleavy, For Washington Examiner -- The Republican members of the House Oversight Committee urged the Democratic-led committee to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s influence over the World Health Organization.
The three-page letter, sent to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney of New York on Thursday by GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and the Republican Party’s… Read more »
