Tammy Baldwin: “Thank you so much for being before the Committee today on this incredibly important issue and for your tireless advocacy…”

We are investing in our people—in the workers who will build it, the businesses that depend on it, and the families who will use it every day.

In light of the documented damage and its impact on local and state capacity, I request that FEMA give full and fair consideration to Wisconsin’s appeal for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding.

Investing in this rail line is an investment in the Main Streets that will get more customers, in families’ safety, and in our state’s future.

Since the day we passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, I’ve worked tirelessly with Governor Evers and our friends on the other side of the Mississippi to get this funding, and today we are putting shovels in the ground to replace this…