Rep. Mark Pocan

Happy National 🧀 Day!

When local officials and neighboring tribes all express opposition to a proposed national park at the Apostle Islands, the federal government should listen. Unfortunately, Rep. Tiffany's bill, which has NEVER moved forward in Congress, was jammed into the Interior Appropriations bill.

Today, in the House Appropriations Committee, I introduced an amendment that would prohibit your taxpayer dollars from being spent on Trump's golden ballroom. Unfortunately, every Republican voted against it.

We can't trust that Trump won't try to bring back his $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund, so we need to pass my Tax the Grift Act. It will tax all payouts from Trump's slush fund at 100% so that all taxpayer funding goes back to the Treasury rather than into the hands of Trump allies.

I haven’t met a single person who wants billionaires and big corporations buying off politicians with unlimited donations to their PACs. We need to end Citizens United!

The Golden Age for oil execs... not you.

NO ONE wants billionaires buying up elections like they’re just another yacht. We will continue to keep up the pressure to end Citizens United!

I spoke with an ICE whistleblower who was instructed to teach agents that they could enter homes without a judicial warrant. The public deserves answers.

Last fall, the Trump administration issued an Orwellian directive called NSPM-7 which would allow them to investigate anyone they deem to be "anti-Christian," "anti-capitalist," or "anti-American," for domestic terrorism. (1/3)

Good news is rare in Washington these days, so watching countless beagles being rescued from Ridglan Farms was a welcome change. I’ll continue working to ensure that what happened at Ridglan never happens again.

I was supposed to volunteer with Dane County Humane Society & @beaglefreedom.bsky.social to rescue the remaining beagles at Ridglan Farms. However, their attorney told me that I wasn’t welcome on their property.

Why does the United States experience so much more gun violence than other countries? David Hogg explains.

My amendment targeting breeders like Ridglan Farms was passed into the House Appropriations Agriculture funding bill earlier today.

Studies show that Trump's dismantling of USAID may have already caused upwards of 1 million preventable deaths worldwide, and could cause up to 14 million more by 2030.

Today, I spoke in support of @quigley.house.gov's amendment in the Appropriations Committee to provide urgently needed funding to help rebuild Gaza and give Gazans the help they desperately need.

Today is Workers’ Memorial Day. We recognize the thousands of Americans who lose their lives on the job every year. From OSHA to Workers’ Compensation, the labor movement has led many great victories. But we still have more to do. No one should EVER lose their life simply trying to earn a living.

I asked my Republican colleagues to explain why they want to ban the IRS from providing an online tool that ALREADY EXISTS to allow people to file their taxes for free. *Silence* Every Republican voted against @gluesenkampperez.house.gov's amendment to allow the IRS to offer Direct File.

Donald Trump is currently suing the government HE runs for $10 billion. I offered a commonsense amendment in @democrats-appropriations.house.gov to ban him and future presidents from suing and settling with the government they run to avoid any president from taking advantage of their office.

DACA recipients can go to school here, serve in our military, and work in our hospitals, but for some reason, they're not allowed to be federal employees. It makes no sense! @aguilar.house.gov offered an amendment to change that but again, Republicans rejected this commonsense change.

Project 2025 lead author and Trump’s current budget head, Russ Vought, is STEALING Congressionally-approved funds. Today, I offered an amendment to withhold funds from his office until he testifies before @democrats-appropriations.house.gov and answers our questions.

Happy Earth Day, a celebration with Wisconsin roots!

In my district, a beagle breeding facility called Ridglan Farms has hundreds of code violations, including serious harm to the health of the dogs, yet the NIH is still giving funding to groups that use the beagles from this facility. Today, I urged Secretary Kennedy to stop this practice.

Trump posted a depiction of himself as Jesus. Instead of admitting it was a stupid, narcissistic move, he claimed it was meant to depict him as… a doctor. Look, I watch the Pitt & I’ve never once seen them heal patients with light coming from their hands. Maybe that’s next season.

When you go to pay your taxes today, remember that billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos got way more benefits from Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” than you or me! I explain how.

While more than half of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, Trump is trying to increase the war budget by a mind-boggling 42% to $1.5 TRILLION. This is an insult to the American people.

A year ago today, Trump illegally declared across-the-board tariffs on nearly every nation on earth. When I asked Treasury Secretary Bessent who paid the tariffs, he was unable (or more likely unwilling) to answer. Spoiler alert: it’s American consumers.

The $200 BILLION in additional funding the Trump administration has requested for the war in Iran is so outrageous that even Lauren Boebert opposes it. Every one of my Republican colleagues should be saying the same thing.

We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week, but the President said no deal. That’s not coming from me. That’s coming from a Republican Senator.