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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday (July 13) passed a defense spending bill that includes an amendment prohibiting the Pentagon from using any map depicting Taiwan as part of China. The House approved the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for US$886 billion in spending for the Department of Defense. Included in the bill is an amendment proposed by Representative Tom Tiffany dubbed the "honest maps" measure that bars the U.S. Department of Defense from spending funds on maps that portray Taiwan as Chinese territory.

A group of 16 Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives is urging the Biden administration not to expend taxpayer funding providing healthcare for illegal immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray about former Special Counsel John Durham’s report regarding the FBI’s conduct while investigating Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016, with Wray admitting that he agreed with the report’s findings. Wray was questioned by members of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, in a highly-anticipated hearing regarding the FBI’s investigative activities. “In the Durham Report, he said that the FBI failed to uphold strict fidelity to the law, and that predates you. Do you agree with that statement that Mr. Durham made?,” Tiffany asked Wray, to which he responded, “Yes, I do.”

I hope you had a great week celebrating America’s 247th birthday and the liberties that we get to enjoy every single day. 

Reps. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, Eric Sorensen of Illinois and Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin reintroduced legislation to expand broadband access in rural areas across the United States. The ACCESS Rural America Act would allow smaller, locally owned broadband providers to streamline the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s registration and reporting requirements.

Law enforcement from northcentral Wisconsin met with Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-Hazelhurst) on Wednesday, June 28 for a roundtable discussion. Tiffany has been holding events, such as this one at Nicolet College in Rhinelander, around the district. “Sitting on the Crime Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, we hear about issues that surround this, so we want to hear from local law enforcement, what their challenges are, if there are ways in which we can help,” Tiffany said.