[Madison, WI] – On Wednesday, the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance issued the following statement regarding Attorney General Kaul’s comments on not accepting the settlement in the Purdue Pharma case. “Through media reports, the attorney general stated Wisconsin is not one of the states agreeing to settle the Purdue Pharma case at this time. We hope those reporters have signed non-disclosure agreements, because they are getting ‘confidential’ information from the attorney general that he refused to share with members of the Joint Committee on Finance. It’s clear the attorney general did not need signed secrecy agreements to share

Statement from state Rep. Romaine Quinn, R-Barron, passing on a run for the 7th CD and endorsing state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua: “I am so thankful for everyone that reached out and encouraged me to run. However, as my wife and I hope to start a family, a congressional campaign and work schedule would be more than we want to take on right now. It would also pull me too far away from the people in the 6 counties I currently represent.” “From fixing the dairy crisis to supporting our manufacturers — I know that Tom understands the issues we

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), ranking member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, and 13 Senate Democrats, led by Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Inspector General Peggy Gustafson demanding answers following recent reports of improper behavior at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), including one that Commerce Department officials threatened to fire NOAA employees for contradicting the President’s false assertions about the projected path of Hurricane Dorian. In their letter, the Senators also denounced the administration’s repeated attempts to censor, withhold and undermine science for