Economy and Jobs

 Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) accompanied President Barack Obama on Air Force One to Milwaukee and on a tour of the Master Lock facility this week. She said that it is her hope that Master Lock will be a model for other companies in her district and across the country on the benefits of “insourcing”. “It was so wonderful to have President Obama come to… Read more »

 The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate this morning both passed legislation to extend the 2 percent federal payroll tax cut through the end of the year. The House voted 293-132 and the Senate voted 60-36 in favor of the legislation. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama's desk. Obama has been urging Congress to pass the payroll tax holiday legislation… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder seeking to ensure that funds from the recent foreclosure and mortgage-servicing settlement would in fact be used to assist troubled homeowners and not for other means. Read more »

 By Dominique Paul NothEditor, Milwaukee Labor PressPosted February 16, 2012 President Obama, who had praised Master Lock for bringing 100 manufacturing jobs home from China and putting its Milwaukee plant at capacity and on a path to expanding, emphasized Feb. 15 that this was not just a passing comment in his state of the Union address.  He flew into Milwaukee… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) released the following statement in response to the decision by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to use a portion of the state's $140 million share of a national settleme Read more »

As a Member of the House Budget Committee, I feel that President Obama has presented Congress with a very fair and balanced budget. Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) voted in favor of the STOCK Act, which would explicitly ban insider trading by members of Congress and their aides on non-public information. Additionally the bill would impose new disclosure requirements under which Read more »

Recently, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4), along with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced the release of over $1.2 million in grant funding for the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee. Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) voted in opposition to the conference report to the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 658). The House approved the conference report by a 248-169 vote. Read more »

 WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin's congressional Democrats said they appreciated President Obama's vow to revive manufacturing in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. But the state's Republicans said Obama's plea for economic fairness wrongly focuses on guaranteeing outcomes through government action, instead of opportunities in a free… Read more »