Economy

Homeownership is the foundation of the American Dream, but for too many Americans, that dream is slipping further out of reach.

Telegram readers know that I sent a letter to Governor Tony Evers urging him to allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to audit Wisconsin’s food stamp rolls.

Many Telegram readers already know that Communist China has been buying up farmland and land near sensitive U.S. military bases.

We know America is worth fighting for, worth protecting, and worth celebrating. That’s why what we witnessed at this week’s State of the Union was so striking.

Americans deserve elections that they can trust. After all, confidence in our voting system is the backbone of our Republic, yet today that confidence is at an all-time low.

This week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on fraud and the theft of taxpayer dollars. We heard expert testimony from Nick Shirley, who helped uncover Minnesota’s massive fraud scandal, and Jennifer Larson, CEO of the Holland Autism Center, who delivered real services to children with autism after her own son’s diagnosis.

Before the holidays, we began highlighting the growing fraud scandal in Minnesota. Unfortunately, the situation has only worsened, both in our neighboring state and closer to home here in Wisconsin.