On Tuesday, I voted for the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 5587) to address the training and skills needed to take part in today’s workplace.

The legislation will create more work-based learning opportunities and will give states more flexibility in how they use federal resources in career and technical education opportunities.

By increasing the focus on career and technical education, we’re making it easier to fill high-skill, in-demand jobs in fields like manufacturing -- growing the economy in Wisconsin’s Sixth District and across the state.

Oversight and Government Reform

The OGR Committee, which I sit on, held hearings this week on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails.

The Sept. 12 hearing focused on redactions, omissions and classifications in Clinton’s investigative file. When the FBI gave the OGR Committee three productions of the file, they were not consistent and the FBI gave no reason for the differences. Additionally, the productions were greatly redacted and contained complete omissions.

The Sept. 13 hearing focused on the failure to preserve federal records, in the form of emails, from Clinton’s time as Secretary of State. For five years, the State Department lost countless federal records due to the inadequate recordkeeping of Hillary Clinton and her staff. Hundreds of FOIA requests for these records now go unfulfilled with no certainty that they will ever be filled.

The OGR Committee is committed to making sure that Clinton’s improper use of email did not jeopardize the security of Americans in any way. I will keep working to make sure that Clinton and the FBI’s unwillingness to be transparent is not prioritized over our nation’s security

This week, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) honored me as a Guardian of Small Business. I received the award because of my strong voting record on issues favorable to small business – like taxes, healthcare and regulations.

The NFIB has 11,000 members in Wisconsin, so it is an honor to be recognized by the organization. As a lawmaker, I will continue to make protecting small businesses from government overreach a priority.