Tammy Baldwin

We have learned from the attacks in Brussels, Paris, and San Bernardino that we face critical and evolving threats as a Nation.

Can you please let me know when we can expect a final rule on oil spill response plans for high-hazard flammable trains (HHFT)?

With increased volume comes increased risk, and last November, two trains carrying hazardous materials derailed in the State of Wisconsin.

FEMA is charged with the critical role of ensuring that our first responders have the tools and resources they need to prevent, prepare for, and respond to all hazards.

However, as I have said in previous Subcommittee hearings, we must continually assess and evaluate our programs to ensure that we are addressing our Nation's priorities in the most efficient and effective manner possible.

I appreciate the training that FEMA provides to first responders. That is why I remain concerned about significant proposed cuts to FEMA's preparedness programs in the President's Fiscal Year 2017 budget request, particularly a 63-percent…

High-quality installations like the Wisconsin Air National Guard Truax Field... rely on adequate capital investments.

Fort McCoy plays a crucial role in the training and mobilization of our Armed Forces.

I would like to see VA discontinue using social security numbers to identify individuals in all VA information systems.

I hope to work with you in that process.

We hope that this bill will pass the Senate and become law in short order.

I look forward to continuing to work together on that.

I very much appreciate your support for the legislation that I drafted, along with Senator Capito.

I do not think we will successfully achieve the intent of the Congress of the United States at the current funding level.

I appreciate those comments. When we spoke earlier, I noted that there are several community colleges and technical colleges in the State of Wisconsin that are endeavoring to make a college promise to students in their area, even without…

I feel like we absolutely must tackle this.

I appreciate your commitment to work with me and local communities, and we will certainly follow up.

For Wisconsin farmers, it is not about the academic competition. It is about having the varieties that they need right on the farm to help them make it through tough years.

I hope we can follow up this exchange with ways in which the USDA can help meet those very important and immediate needs.

I hope that you will commit to resolving this issue this year, and pushing forward with that specific competition for classical breeding research.

I am concerned about the proposed cuts as well as their impact and their potential for impact in the State of Wisconsin.

I want to just briefly pivot to the related issue of over reliance on opioids.

It seems to me that a facility like this has lax oversight of its resident population, and may not be the best place for these veterans.

I am very concerned about the whole domiciliary program.

My frustrations with trade enforcement can be illustrated by the experience of a paper company in my State--Appvion.