Washington, DC– Today, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) lauded Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis Smith for an apparent turn-around to support the city of Milwaukee’s application for Federal grant funding to help fight and prevent chronic diseases.Last month, Secretary Smith said that he would not write a letter of support for the city’s… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and asked her to consider applications from Wisconsin for the Community Transformation Grants without support from Governor Walker.The City of Milwaukee Health Department was informed that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will not support the… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment written by Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) that would require the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to study the diversity of patent… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) and U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) announced that YWCA of Greater Milwaukee will receive more than $5.7 million to help Milwaukee residents enter the workforce and maintain economic security.Congresswoman Moore said, “The sad facts are that many low-income people are forced into jobs where they can’t… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) made the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new proposed rules for swifter union certification elections:“We need to throw everything we have at getting Americans back to work and getting our economy back on track. “Union participation and a strong middle class… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) made the following statement on the Wisconsin State Legislature blocking Federal funding from reaching unemployed Wisconsinites:“As protégés of Governor Walker, the Wisconsin legislature is blocking unemployed Wisconsinites access to extended benefits.“Are they living in some fantasy land where good,… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) decried a cut of $650 million to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program included in the Agriculture appropriations bill, which passed the House today.Speaking on the House Floor earlier this week, Congresswoman Moore highlighted that fact that one week of the Bush tax cuts could more than make up for this… Read more »
Washington, DC – United States Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) spoke in Washington, DC this morning as the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the National Soldiers Home Historic District one of the eleven most endangered historic places in the country.Congresswoman Moore said, “These buildings have served veterans since the Civil War. They are a rich… Read more »
Washington, DC – Last night, the House of Representatives rejected a bipartisan amendment, which would have cut a $17 billion defense spending increase in half. The bipartisan amendment offered by Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA), John Campbell (R-CA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Walter Jones (R-NC) and Ron Paul (R-TX) would have saved $8.5… Read more »
Washington, DC – U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore is working to keep the Milwaukee area eligible for crucial funding that trains first responders to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks and natural disasters. The bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) originally included a provision to limit funding under the Urban Area Security Initiative to our… Read more »
