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Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) cited the report on a secret police station in New York City, believed to be one of more than 100 such stations operated by the CCP’s agents around the world.

Congressman Tom Tiffany sat down with area businesses on Wednesday to discuss the biggest issues facing them. One of the biggest trends the businesses were highlighting was the issue of finding enough local talent to fill their open positions.

A bill to remove the gray wolf from protections of the federal Endangered Species Act passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee on Friday. The proposal, tabbed the Trust the Science Act, is sponsored by Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisconsin) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado). It seeks to permanently remove the gray wolf from the list of federal endangered species and restore wolf management authority to state lawmakers and state wildlife officials.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Wisconsin Republican and chair of the House Natural Resources Committee’s panel on federal lands, said the agency needs to usher in a new phase of accountability and transparency if it wants “reverse the tide against this historic crisis.” Tiffany pointed to a yearslong restoration project that has struggled to treat wide swaths of land spanning four national forests in northern Arizona, saying the agency has reported more acres being treated than what regional managers have submitted.

The bill’s author, Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., the chairman of the committee’s federal lands subcommittee, cited the NBC News reporting in his summary, saying the amount of land treated to reduce wildfire risk annually — one of the key strategies for combating the wildfire crisis — is “already insufficient.”

U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 7th District Tom Tiffany invited area public safety professionals to a round table discussion in Hudson on Tuesday, April 25. In attendance were Hudson Chief of Police Geoff Willems, Hudson Lieutenant Jason Muenich, Hudson Patrol Sergeant Brad Kusmirek, St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson and New Richmond Chief of Police Craig Yehlik, among other area sheriff’s, chiefs and district attorney’s.

Congressman Tom Tiffany met with community members in Hudson Monday to talk about law enforcement and public safety. Topics during the Roundtable Discussion ranged from combating opioids, qualified immunity, and how the Chippewa Valley can better support local law enforcement officers. Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes was in attendance Monday, as well as county sheriffs from Polk, St. Croix, Barron, Sawyer, and Burnett counties.