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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.
By Hillary Gavan
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, the Madison congressman who represents Beloit at the nation’s capital, was one of nearly 20 Democrats who brought along Muslim guests to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday.
“We appreciate diversity. We know we are a nation of immigrants,” Pocan said.
By David Dahmer
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said last month that Muslims should be banned from entering the country for security concerns. Earlier, he argued that he would “strongly consider” shutting down U.S. mosques in response to the Paris attacks.
By Laurel White
At one point during Tuesday night’s State of the Union, northeast Madison Ald. Samba Baldeh was near tears.
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.
By Mark Sommerhauser
Congressman Mark Pocan says President Barack Obama should counter what he calls anti-Muslim statements by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and others in Tuesday night's State of the Union Address.
By John Nichols
Members of Congress get a chance each year to invite a guest to the State of the Union address, and Congressman Mark Pocan used his invitation to make a vital point about religious pluralism.
By Rep. Mark Pocan
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.