Editorials, Letters, and Articles
December 30, 2022
By: Empower WI
Title 42 remains in place — at least for now.
The U.S. Supreme Court this week temporarily blocked the lifting of the Trump-era rule that provided at least some check on the Biden administration’s failure to secure the U.S. southern border. Put in place in 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, the rule curtails general asylum for illegal immigrants, quickly expelling them to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Issues:Congress
December 28, 2022
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.”
Issues:Congress
December 22, 2022
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.
Issues:Congress
December 22, 2022
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."
Issues:Congress
December 19, 2022
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.
Issues:Congress
December 19, 2022
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.
Issues:Congress
December 19, 2022
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.
Issues:Congress
December 15, 2022
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.
December 9, 2022
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.
Issues:Congress
December 8, 2022
“By turning a blind eye to what is happening at our southern border and in our communities,” argued Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, “Biden is leaving countless families who have lost a child behind as collateral damage.”
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