Congress

Congressman Tom Tiffany, who represents Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district, said he hopes to serve again on the judiciary and natural resources committees. One of his top priorities is working toward energy independence.

Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) announced the following key legislative initiatives for Wisconsin’s Seventh District signed in to law this year. Remembering our local veteran heroes: The United States Post Offices in New Richmond and Neillsville will be renamed in honor of Captain Harmon, Private Peirson, and Corporal Red Cloud, who courageously made the ultimate sacrifice serving our country during World War II and the Korean War. Congressman Tiffany introduced H.R. 8217 and H.R. 8218 earlier this year, and both pieces of legislation were signed in to law through year-end legislative action.

Today, control of the United States House of Representatives officially switches to the Republican Party. It brings new division to the federal level after years of total Democratic Party control and puts Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District Rep. Tom Tiffany into the majority after several years in the minority.

Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany tells Brownfield his Future Agriculture Retention and Management, or FARM Act will have to be re-introduced in the new year. “The FARM Act never even got a hearing.”

The Janesville Republican’s northwestern colleague Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07) complained the legislation devotes just over one-third as much money to border security as it does to Ukraine’s defense against the Russian incursion, bespeaking what he considers the majority party’s misplaced priorities.

The legislation, which was unveiled by congressional negotiators on Tuesday, has been widely panned by budget hawks who argue it will worsen inflation. Wisconsin GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany referred to the bill on social media as the "Nightmare Before Christmas."