Press Releases

MADISON, WI –Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement after President Biden announced that he would not authorize any offensive weapons transfers to Israel if they were to invade Rafah:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), released the following statement following the events at the Mt. Horeb Middle School:

“My thoughts are with the Mt. Horeb community tonight. No one should live in fear of gun violence, especially those in school. I’m grateful for the quick response from first responders and law enforcement, as well as the teachers in the school. This is an unfortunate reminder that we must do everything we can to make our communities safe from the plague of gun violence.”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), spoke on the House Floor about the ongoing war in Gaza after the Israeli military targeted a World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid convoy killing seven, including an American citizen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and 37 of their colleagues sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken asking them to withhold pending offensive weapons transfers to Israel after seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, were killed in an Israeli airstrike, and to place conditions on future weapons assistance.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), released the following statement on U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden’s outbursts at last night’s State of the Union.