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.
The Senate has taken action and passed this bill, and now we need to get it across the finish line.
I want to just ask a follow-up. This was already dealt with in your testimony, to a certain degree.
I appreciate your talking about your experience in the recent fishing tournament on Lake Winnebago.
I'm concerned for the 35 million people who depend on the Great Lakes for their source of drinking water.
I want to voice my support for the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, which would reauthorize this crucial program.
This summer, algae blooms are turning hundreds of Wisconsin's sparkling blue lakes and rivers into green pea soup, closing beaches and upending boating, fishing, and family recreation plans.
I think that the Federal Government can and should do more to bear the burden of having accurate maps.
We need to be innovative and creative, because we need the best data possible to fix this problem.
I have introduced a measure called the PARTNERS Act, which I hope as this Committee works moving forward to expand apprenticeships, that we can discuss.
I want to hear your reaction to high-profile disruptions like that of CSX last year.
Businesses in Wisconsin rely on a freight rail system that works for everyone, and that means reasonable rates and service.
I noted earlier that these lakes provide drinking water for 35 million people.
I look forward to your testimony, and I hope you will take the opportunity to address those concerns.
It's troubling to me that this proposal was ever presented to the Department, because it threatens to undermine the Blue Economy.
This administration has taken several steps that undermine that very same economic prosperity
The Decadal Ocean Vision document that I also entered into the record identifies goals to advance U.S. ocean science over the next 10 years.
I hope that all of my colleagues can support my Made in America Shipbuilding Act to do just that.
The term 'Blue Economy' is probably not used very often at Wisconsin dinner tables, but what the term represents is integral to the economies of the eight Great Lakes states
In order to ensure that our community providers can meet the challenges related to addressing the opioid epidemic, is HRSA considering changes to its Program income standards to allow for greater flexibility in how these savings are used…
Modernizing oversight is also an integral part of strengthening the 340B Program to ensure that it fulfills its purpose.
I want to begin, as I have in each of these hearings on the 340B Program, by sharing a couple of stories from my home State of Wisconsin to underscore the benefit of the 340B Program that it provides to hospitals, patients, and our…





