Congress

As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned senators on Monday to be prepared to pass a one-week funding stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown, Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says congress should back off on a spending bill until next month, when the new congress takes over.

Thursday, Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany was joined by Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson to introduce the Justice for Murder Victims Act. Their bipartisan proposal seeks to eliminate the 13th-century “year-and-a-day” rule, which prohibits homicide prosecutions if the victim died more than a year and a day from the date of the defendant’s assault.

Gooden along with Reps. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, and Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., wrote to Catholic Charities USA, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services and Jewish Family Service of San Diego, expressing concern about "the growing role [NGOs] play in fueling the drastic increase in illegal aliens crossing the southern border.

As we wrap up 2022 with the last Telegram of the year, I want to take time to recap an incredible year.

U.S. Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin, along with Reps. Tom Tiffany and Mark Pocan joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in urging the Food and Drug Administration to amend its proposed definition of 'healthy,' which excludes most cranberry and tart cherry products.

It was a busy week in Washington, and I have much to fill you in on in this week’s Telegram. But first, I want to tell you about the Western Caucus Winter Field Tour and Policy Roundtable I attended this past weekend in Las Vegas. 

Today, The Heritage Foundation, in partnership with America First Legal, filed an amicus brief in Gonzalez v Google. With Boyden Gray & Associates serving as lead counsel, the amicus brief was filed on behalf of Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Braun, Joni Ernst, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Bill Hagerty, James Lankford, Mike Lee, Cynthia Lummis, Marco Rubio, and Roger Wicker, and Representatives Mike Johnson, Jodey C. Arrington, Scott Fitzgerald, Doug Lamborn, Victoria Spartz, and Tom Tiffany.