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Mark William Pocan is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Pocan has focused on issues such as healthcare, poverty alleviation, and economic inequality throughout his tenure. He has been an outspoken critic of policies he views as detrimental to working families and has advocated for progressive reforms in various areas, including taxation and social services.
Thank you, Mr. Ellison, for all your leadership and your cochairing the Progressive Caucus. One other thing that is in that budget, in addition to growing us out of the economic problems we have had in this country that we have slowly been…
Whether it be the fact that we have discharge petitions now on rasing the minimum wage, so that people can be lifted out of poverty who are working hard every single day, playing by the rules, and just trying to get by; by extending…
Thank you very much, Mr. Ellison. I share your concern. I came to Congress as a new Member, thinking that we are going to get some important work done for the country. I remember, in history class, I believe it was the Congress of 1948…
I thank Representative Moore for that. Your poetry is always much appreciated not only on this floor, but also in our State of Wisconsin. Thank you for sharing today. Before I get to fracking, I want to talk about one part of global…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and we are here today to talk about the issue of fracturing, also known as fracking, and the need to have more regulation on fracking to protect our environment…
Thank you, Mr. Ellison. It is not just members of the Progressive Caucus, Democrats, or concerned citizens who live near these wells who are talking about this. There actually was a recent investigation that was done by The Weather…
when we don't pay people more, when the minimum wage is as low as it is, we wind up subsidizing as taxpayers
It is smart to pay people more. You can retain them; there is less cost in trying to train employees.
this is a real issue to people in my district growing every single week that we don't take action.
I want less people to be on Food Stamps, and most importantly, the people I meet who are working 50 hours and still relying on Food Stamps, they want to be off Food Stamps but they can't because they are not making enough money.
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