Tammy Baldwin
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Tammy Baldwin is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she made history as the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to the U.S. Senate. Baldwin previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 6, 1999, to January 3, 2013, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Throughout her career, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic opportunity for all Americans.
I thank my good friend from Delaware. As did he, I wish to start my remarks by taking a moment to say that my thoughts and prayers are with the community of Roseburg, OR, as we heard word of yet another senseless act of gun violence. I…
while it appears we will avert a government shutdown, another serious deadline with serious consequences looms over this body. Tonight, unless the Senate acts by midnight, the Federal Perkins Loan Program will expire, impacting the…
I am very disappointed that my offer to extend the Federal Perkins Loan Program was just blocked by my Republican colleague from Tennessee. While I understand and, frankly, I share his desire to have a broader conversation about Federal…
I wish to discuss the international nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA. Reached on July 14, 2015, after years of difficult negotiations among the United States and the other P5+1 countries…
I believe that the website does much to increase transparency, but it has certainly been criticized in some quarters that OMB must address underreporting and inconsistency in the website.
Political games have resulted in another manufactured crisis that is driving us to the brink of yet another government shutdown.
much attention has appropriately been focused upon our next 36 hours in the Congress. A lot of attention-- again, appropriately--focused on whether there would be a government shutdown for failure to pass a continuing resolution. Now we…
As a member of both the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, following on implementation of recommendations from the inspector general has been a great concern of…
We believe this represents TSA's failure to understand the gravity of the situation.





