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WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), and Henry Waxman (D-CA), along with 114 of their House colleagues, today sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman insisting the United States stop any further negotiations with the government of Brunei Darussalam on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement until Brunei addresses its human rights violations – part of its newly adopted a penal code.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today announced the finalists from Wisconsin's Second District in the 2014 House Student App Challenge.
"I was so pleased to see the creative work submitted by the young app developers in my district, and I commend their hard work," Pocan said. "The App Challenge focuses on the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education at a time when subjects like computer programming are not widely taught in our high schools."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today announced he will join colleagues from Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire, Oregon, Connecticut, New York and California to introduce a bipartisan amendment that would prevent the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from banning the practice of wood-aging in cheese making.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, today issued the following statement on President Obama's call for the Senate to pass legislation that would allow Americans to refinance their outstanding student loans at lower interest rates currently available to new borrowers.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), a co-chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, today issued the following statement on the decision by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to appeal Friday's federal court ruling which struck down the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), a co-chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus, today issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin's ruling that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) today released the following statement following Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's resignation:
"Secretary Shinseki‘s decision to step down reflects his conviction that the VA will be best served with new leadership as the department continues to address serious systemic problems within the VA health care system. I thank him for his dedicated leadership and service to our country.
By Erik Gunn
On an overcast April afternoon, Mark Pocan fields questions in the council chambers of Reedsburg's city hall.
The group is small, barely more than a dozen. It skews decidedly older, with most easily over 60. It makes sense: Today's listening session for Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District is at 1 p.m., when retirees are about the only voting-age people who don't have somewhere else to be.
It's a mostly friendly crowd. One man wears a pin that declares, "Corporations are not people."
Madison, WI — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) today released the following statement in honor of Memorial Day, Monday, May 26:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), a small business owner for more than two decades, today honored small businesses across Wisconsin in celebration of National Small Business Week. National Small Business Week recognizes the immense contributions of the country's small business owners to the economy and culture of America: