Press Releases
Washington— Today, several Democratic Members of Congress, along with the Executive Director of Americans for Tax Fairness, Frank Clemente, released a major new report on the extent of Pfizer’s tax dodging and price gouging, as well as a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging the Administration to use its executive authority to deny the tax benefits of the proposed corporate inversion.
WASHINGTON — Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to PBS urging the moderators of Thursday’s Democratic Debate in Milwaukee to bring up the topic of voting rights.
The text of the letter is below and available online here.
Dear Public Broadcasting Service:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) launched the bipartisan Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus with Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Bob Latta (R-OH) to facilitate discussion, educate Members of Congress and develop policy solutions to close the digital divide in rural America.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement after Rep. Reid Ribble (WI-08) announced he was not seeking re-election for another term in Congress.
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement on the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
“It has been six years since the Supreme Court opened the campaign spending floodgates, which gave corporate money unlimited influence over our elections,” said Rep. Pocan. “Since then, roughly half-a-billion dollars have been spent on our elections from secret sources.”
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) launched the bipartisan Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus, which will promote greater awareness of the cooperative business model and help policymakers enact co-op friendly legislation.
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement after President Obama delivered his final State of the Union Address in front of a joint session of Congress. Rep. Pocan invited Madison Ald. Samba Baldeh, a local Muslim community leader, as his guest to the State of the Union Address to show solidarity with the American-Muslim community at a time of escalating bigotry and discrimination.
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) strongly opposes Gov. Scott Walker's comments, laid out in an interview Thursday that the state could ‘simply spend less on roadwork' in his next budget to keep his pledge not to raise taxes. Members of the Governor's own party have harshly criticized the continued underfunding of transportation infrastructure because it leaves roads, highways and bridges crumbling. Failure to invest in our bridges and roads will result in safety hazards, which are disruptive to travel and hurt our economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) announced today that he will bring Madison Ald. Samba Baldeh as his guest to next week's State of the Union Address to show solidarity with the American-Muslim community at a time of escalating bigotry and discrimination. Rep. Pocan joins other Members of Congress, including Reps. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), who also invited a Muslim constituent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) a member of the Budget Committee, spoke on the House Floor in opposition to a budget reconciliation bill, which would repeal the Affordable Care Act for the 62nd time and defund Planned Parenthood.
You can find a video clip of Rep. Pocan speaking on the Floor here.
"Thank you Mr. Speaker. We were told just a couple months ago on the floor of this Congress that there's a new day in Congress.