WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Demands Trump's USDA Restart Payments Guaranteed to 88 Wisconsin Dairy Farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) demanded the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) restart payments already committed to Wisconsin Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiative recipients. Baldwin's call comes as bipartisan federal funding that was approved by Congress, signed i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congresswoman Gwen Moore Speaks on VA Firings in Milwaukee During a CSPAN Washington Journal interview today, Congresswoman Moore shared her reaction to Elon Musk's DOGE firing veterans working at Zablocki VA Medical Center. Watch here. Transcript : Veterans and the VA is being dismantled as we speak. In my own district, just yesterday we had three veterans dismissed, just unilaterally fir  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Gwen Moore and Colleagues Lead Re-Introduction of CROWN Act Today, Reps. Gwen Moore (WI-04), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Summer Lee (PA-12), and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) reintroduced the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair or CROWN Act in the House of Representatives. The bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Baldwin Calls on Secretary Kennedy to Undo Drastic Cuts to Affordable Care Act Program WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is calling on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to reverse drastic funding cuts to an Affordable Care Act program that helps Americans access quality, affordable health insurance coverage, including for  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Introduces Legislation to Prevent Foreign Interference in American Agriculture Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) introduced the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act, which would permanently add the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to help prevent improper foreign inte  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall and Fischer Introduce the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) and Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) introduced the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025, which would allow the year-round, nationwide sale of E15, a gasoline blend that contains 15% ethanol. Increasing the availability of b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Wyden Opposes the Nomination of Greer to be USTR Ahead of Floor Vote As Prepared for Delivery I rise in opposition to the nomination of Jamieson Greer to serve as United States Trade Representative. If confirmed, Mr. Greer would be the top official on one of Donald Trump's signature issues - trade and tariffs. Trump was elected president  more