Press Releases

(Washington, DC)— U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) made the following statement after Wisconsin’s application for Race to the Top funding was taken out of the first round:“Race to the Top funding would have helped the schools most in need, but instead it took what should’ve been guaranteed and created winners and losers.  Kids in Milwaukee… Read more »

Bill Would Make Recently-Married Milwaukee Nurse and Others like Her Eligible(Washington, DC)— U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) today introduced legislation to correct an unfair loophole in the repeat homebuyer tax-credit that was brought to her attention after a recently-married Milwaukee nurse found she was ineligible for the tax credit despite having lived in her north… Read more »

House Votes 406-19 to End Long-Standing Exemption from Anti-Trust Laws(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) today voted to lower health insurance premiums for families by ending health insurance companies’ long-standing exemption from anti-trust laws.Congresswoman Moore said, “We stand with families who have seen their health insurance premiums go up… Read more »

Education Secretary will come before Congresswoman at Committee Hearing Thursday(Washington, DC)— Today, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) wrote to Education Secretary Arne Duncan expressing concern that freezing funding for the nation’s most disadvantaged schools and students could negatively impact First Lady Michelle Obama’s new initiative to fight childhood… Read more »

Major Provisions of Credit CARD Act go into Effect Today (Washington, DC)— U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) commends the common-sense consumer protections that go into effect today that passed Congress and were signed into law last year as part of a credit card reform bill, the Credit CARD Act.Congresswoman Moore said, “This is a real victory for… Read more »

One-Day Trip to Assess Ongoing Humanitarian Efforts(Washington, DC)— U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) is traveling to Haiti today as part of a five member bipartisan Congressional Delegation to review and assess ongoing humanitarian assistance following last month’s devastating earthquake centered near the nation’s capitol Port-au-Prince.Congresswoman Moore… Read more »

Dept. of Transportation Announces Funding on Recovery Act’s One Year Mark(Washington, DC)— Today U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) lauded Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s announcement that Milwaukee will receive $21.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for two critical bridge projects. Specifically, funding will be used to… Read more »

Congresswoman Lauds New Clean-Energy Manufacturing Jobs in Milwaukee (Washington, DC)— Today U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) lauded the announcement that the Spanish Company Ingeteam will build a new factory in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley and create clean-energy, high-tech manufacturing jobs.Just last month, Ingeteam was awarded more than $1.66 million in tax… Read more »

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Asks Superintendent to Immediately Stop (Washington, DC)— Today, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) wrote to Tony Evers, State Superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, asking him to immediately stop the process to withhold $175 million in Federal education funding from Milwaukee Public Schools.Congresswoman Moore wrote that Superintendent… Read more »