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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.
Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 7 o'clock and 2 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 9 a.m. ____________________
Mr. Speaker, I am here and rise today on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for a Special Order hour on a topic. However, before we start that Special Order hour, I would like to yield to the lady from the Ninth District of…
I think the best tribute we can give to those who lost their lives is to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Congress is now more than 1 week past our legal deadline to produce a final budget for the American people, but this is not due to a lack of activity by either Chamber. In fact, the House has passed a budget, and the Senate has passed a…
I join today with my colleagues to observe the National Day of Silence, which began 13 years ago, to raise awareness of the hurtful and often long-term silencing effects that anti-LGBT name- calling, bullying, and harassment has on our…
If you are going to keep people in those small communities in rural Wisconsin and across the Country, you need a viable post office.
I read Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and it says we have to establish a post office.
What you are doing by growing the economy, investing in infrastructure and research and development, having tax fairness in this budget that helps small business owners and middle class, and stopping the sequester that is hurting small…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. We are here today to talk about a specific item in the President's budget, and that item is the chained CPI in Social Security. The chained CPI is an idea that…
Thank you so much, Ms. Lee. We really appreciate it. And again, your history in this House has been recognized by so many of us who are new and proud to be here. We appreciate all that you've done on behalf of the middle class and those…
We did several press conferences this week. You're the author of a major letter from many people in this House about it. Could you just address a little bit about why you're so passionate about the need to make sure we have Social Security…
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