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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement after he reviewed the security footage showing Representative Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) accosting and verbally harassing teenage Senate pages while they were enjoying the U.S. Capitol rotunda this past summer:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released an update on his request to release the tapes showing Representative Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) verbally harassing teenage Senate pages when they were enjoying the U.S. Capitol rotunda this past summer: 

MADISON, WI – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) sent a letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Administration, Representative Bryan Steil (WI-01), urging him to release the July 26-27, 2023 security footage from the Capitol Rotunda where Representative Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) allegedly screamed at high school-aged Senate pages. 

The text of the letter is as follows:

Dear Chairman Steil,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), and House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Ranking Member Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led 57 Members in a letter to DHS Secretary Mayorkas and USCIS Director Jaddou expressing concerns about the affirmative asylum application backlog at the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), released the following statement after the Israeli Knesset passed a law that desecrates judicial independence: 

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced the Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act, legislation to improve training for food service employees in schools.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Andrew Garbarino (NY-02) and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the “Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act,” bipartisan and bicameral legislation which would reauthorize Helen Keller National National Center for DeafBlind Youth and Adults (HKNC) for five years through 2028.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement after the House passed a resolution supporting the State of Israel, which he supported: 

“This resolution is aspirational: it embodies what Israel wants to be and what we hope it is. But if we want to make this vision a reality, then as friends of Israel, we must point out the significant barriers to those aspirations – as any good friend would.