Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Biden's proposed FY2022 budget for the Department of Defense.

MADISON, WI—Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement in response to the Wisconsin Republican Party's refusal to fund K-12 and higher education at the level necessary to qualify for $1.5 billion in federal COVID aid.

MADISON, WI—After reaching out to the Department of Education to ask whether the state GOP's insufficient education budget proposal would disqualify Wisconsin from receiving $1.5 billion in federal COVID aid, Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) received confirmation that Wisconsin would lose the federal aid if they move forward with the GOP's budget proposal. Congressman Pocan released the following statement and shared the Department of Education's letter to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Governor Tony Evers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Gwen Moore (WI-04), and Ron Kind (WI-03) sent a letter today to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen opposing the Treasury's reduced allocations for the state of Wisconsin from the American Rescue Plan's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. When the American Rescue Plan was signed into law, the Congressional Research Service estimated Wisconsin would receive $3.2 billion—$700 million more than the Treasury's final issuance of $2.5 billion.

MADISON, WI—In September 2020, Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) led Representative Gwen Moore (WI-04), Representative Ron Kind (WI-03), and Senator Tammy Baldwin in a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to request a full and fair consideration to the State Wisconsin Investment Board's (SWIB) August 10th settlement proposal regarding State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Transferee v. Commissioner.