Dear Friend,
 
During the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency, the Democrats had one-party rule in Washington which gave them free rein to take government spending to unprecedented levels. That unchecked, reckless spending not only fueled inflation, it sent our national debt through the roof.
 
Barely a year into that high-priced socialist shopping spree the United States was already bumping up against the debt ceiling. Instead of seeing that as wake-up call and instituting responsible fiscal reforms, Nancy Pelosi’s rubber-stamped Democrat congress simply raised the borrowing limit.
 
As I’ve said before, if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you need to do is stop digging.
 
Unfortunately, despite being fully aware of the impending financial crisis, they doubled down and continued spending money we didn’t have on programs we couldn’t afford – racking up over $6 trillion and plunging the nation into a $32 trillion sea of red ink by the time Republicans took control of the House a few short months ago.
 
So, we are once again at a crossroads, thanks in no small part to the tab that President Biden and his Democrat enablers racked up starting in 2021.
 
While it would be fiscally irresponsible to sign another blank check for the Biden administration, it would also be irresponsible to allow the United States to default on its debt.
 
That’s why this week House Republicans took the first step towards restoring fiscal responsibility in Washington by passing the largest deficit reduction bill in U.S. history.
 
The Limit, Save, Grow Act will address the debt ceiling while also instituting commonsense curbs on spending that will grow the economy, and save taxpayers $4.8 trillion over the next decade. 
 
These long overdue changes will also make the federal budget more accountable to the American people by rolling back programs that the American people do not support – like Biden’s IRS Army and all-you-can-eat buffet of green fantasy tax credits.
 
But that’s not all.
 
It will cap federal spending and lock those savings in place by putting limits on future spending so that we can get back on track and restore fiscal sanity in Washington.
 
House Republicans are working hard to dig us out of the hole we inherited, and this historic debt reduction package is a great first step towards doing just that. 
 
Thanks again for starting off your weekend with us! We hope you enjoy this week’s edition of the Tiffany Telegram.

Sincerely,





Tom Tiffany
Member of Congress

Thank you to everyone who filled out my survey on protecting women’s sports. Over 90% of respondents said they do not support biological men competing in women’s sports. I will continue to protect our daughters by supporting legislation that ensures biological women’s rights to play sports competitively and fairly.

Thank you for the great questions
Thank you to everyone who joined my telephone town hall on Wednesday with Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08). We enjoyed answering your questions and discussing the importance of producing Made-in-America energy and critical minerals. H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, will ensure that we are able to protect the environment by allowing America – not corrupt foreign adversaries with few environmental standards – to produce and supply oil, gas, and critical minerals to the rest of the world. If you weren’t able to join the call on Wednesday, you can listen to a recording here. You can also register here to ensure you don’t miss my next telephone town hall.

Great things happening at Superior High School
Congratulations to the Superior Food Service Director, Jamie Wilson, on being named Director of the Year by the School Nutrition Association of Wisconsin! I had a great meeting with Jamie previously about the important work that he is doing and his commitment to serving quality food to all students in the Superior School District. I also want to congratulate Lori Danz, a biology teacher at Superior High School, for being named Wisconsin’s Teacher of the Year! We were able to meet yesterday to talk about the challenges educators are seeing regarding broadband, social media, and advancing technology. Thank you both Jamie and Lori for your hard work and dedication to Superior’s youth!

Join me in congratulating Superior High School teacher, Lori Danz, on being named Wisconsin’s Teacher of the Year.

Committee Update

Natural Resources
Two Tiffany bills clear committee
It was an exciting week for the Natural Resources Committee, we had an important hearing in the Federal Lands Subcommittee, and we had a full committee markup that included two bills I helped author. Today, we completed our markup of nine bills. Two of which were the Trust the Science Act, to delist the gray wolf, and the ACRES Act, to accurately report hazardous fuel reduction to reduce the risk of wildfire. I am very pleased to say that both passed out of the Natural Resources Committee. In fact, the ACRES Act sailed through the panel with bipartisan support. Restoring local control over gray wolf management decisions has been one of my top priorities since I got to Congress. I’m pleased with the progress that we made this week, but we’re not done yet. I appreciate the support these bills received from my colleagues, and I look forward to getting them to the House floor for votes in the very near future. 
 
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Combating wildfires by going green?
In Federal Lands, we had the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Randy Moore, come before us to discuss the budget request for the year. It was the first time he appeared before Natural Resources since assuming his position with the USFS, so it was important to finally have an opportunity to discuss the many challenges facing our nation’s forests. The Forest Service’s FY 2024 budget request is $9.7 billion, a nearly 18 percent increase over last year, not to mention it also received over $10 billion through President Biden’s two budget-busting spending packages. Despite this, the budget is only proposing an additional 400,000 acres treated this year, a mere 10 percent increase, which is not nearly enough to help address the forest health crisis facing too many National Forests. Meanwhile, the agency is also requesting $60 million for “electric vehicle charging infrastructure,” which won’t do anything to address the tinderbox conditions that put rural communities, key wildlife habitat, and critical watersheds at risk. You can watch my questioning of Chief Moore
here.

Judiciary
Biden’s Abusive Taking of Firearms director testifies
I know Wisconsin’s law-abiding gun owners are fed up with President Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and I am too. The Biden administration has weaponized the ATF into their de facto Abusive Taking of Firearms agency, and enough is enough. This week, the House Judiciary Committee had ATF Director Steven Dettelbach testify before the committee to examine the agency's overreaching pistol brace rule, the “Frame or Receiver” rule, and its policy of “zero-tolerance” for Federal Firearms Licenses. All three of these rules were created with the stroke of a pen, circumventing Congress’s authority to write our nation’s laws. Their latest pistol brace rule upends over a decade of precedent and could turn millions of law-abiding gun owners into felons. Actions like this must be stopped, and that’s why I signed onto legislation to repeal the ATF's unconstitutional pistol brace rule. The ATF needs to focus on going after actual criminals, like Hunter Biden for lying on form 4473. Instead, they are changing the rules to go after law-abiding gun owners, and I will fight them tooth and nail.

Recent Legislation

Backing the Blue
Wisconsin’s law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep our families and communities safe. Instead of emboldening criminals with soft-on-crime policies, we need to be supporting our law enforcement officers. That’s why I held a public safety roundtable on Monday in Hudson to hear from local sheriffs, police chiefs, and district attorneys. We discussed how to boost morale within our law enforcement community, the need to secure our southern border to prevent illicit drugs, like fentanyl, from flowing into our communities, and mental health programs. Two easy steps Congress can take to protect our law enforcement officers are securing our southern border and passing my bill with Rep. Malliotakis (NY-11) to ensure prosecutors are prosecuting crimes. The Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act would require prosecutors to report how often they follow through on holding criminals charged with violent crimes, like murder, rape, arson, crimes involving illegal guns, and motor vehicle theft, accountable.

Thank you to all the local law enforcement leaders who attended and gave their insight at my public safety roundtable in Hudson.

Communist Chinese “police stations” inside America?
It sounds like something right out of a Tom Clancy spy novel, right? Unfortunately, however, this isn’t the plot of some new Hollywood blockbuster. It’s real life. We learned last week that Communist China’s Ministry of Public Security was operating just such a “police station” in New York City. Its purpose? According to the U.S. Department of Justice, to spearhead an organized campaign of transnational repression inside the United States. The good news is that federal prosecutors recently announced charges against nearly 50 defendants affiliated with the brazen operation, which sought to monitor and harass the regime’s critics on American soil. These arrests are an important first step, but don’t go nearly far enough. That’s why this week I introduced legislation that would permanently close Communist China’s diplomatic offices in the Big Apple, and expel their operatives from our country for good. Yesterday, a spokesman for Communist China’s embassy lashed out at me over the bill, which is hardly a surprise. It isn’t the first time Beijing has attacked me. Earlier this year, the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship propaganda “newspaper” branded me a “troublemaker.” And that’s fine by me. It means I must be doing something right. You can read more about this situation, and my bill, here.

District Update

Hudson small business of the year
Congratulations to Jonesy’s Local Bar and Grill on being named the Hudson Chamber’s Small Business of the Year! Since opening in 2017, Jonesy’s has supported the community by hosting charity meat raffles, fundraising for local high school sports, and more. I had a great time visiting the business this week where I got to meet Jonesy himself to talk about the importance of small businesses and the integral part his establishment plays in the Hudson community. Thank you for the important work you do!

I had a great time congratulating Jonesy’s Local Bar and Grill on being named the Hudson Chamber’s Small Business of the Year.

Service Academy Day
Thank you to all the parents and students who came out to my Service Academy Day in Merrill on Saturday. It was inspiring to see so many young leaders interested in serving our great nation. Also, a special thank you to the members from all five military branches and the Northwoods Veterans Post for helping make this event possible. For high school students interested in serving in our nation’s military, please visit my website here to find out more information on how to receive my nomination to a U.S. service academy.
 
Touring New Richmond and Hudson High School
I had a great time touring New Richmond and Hudson High School on Monday. At New Richmond High School, I heard from the Career and Technical Education teachers and students about their work in agriculture, welding, and the automotive sector. At Hudson High School, I visited the Veterinary Science, Culinary Arts, Special Education, Choir, Tech Ed - Project Lead the Way, and Criminal Law classrooms. I also got to congratulate Ingrid Holter (Naval Academy), Isaac Anderson (Air Force Academy), and Bennett Hatfield (West Point Military Academy) on their U.S. service academy nominations. Both schools are doing great work in preparing their students for their next endeavors. Keep up the great work New Richmond Tigers and Hudson Raiders!

Congratulations to Ingrid Holter (Naval Academy), Isaac Anderson (Air Force Academy), and Bennett Hatfield (West Point Military Academy) on being appointed to U.S. service academies. 

Save the date: June 24th
On June 24th at 1:30 PM, Across The Pond Veterans Park is holding a Vietnam Memorial Dedication in Iron River to honor the brave men and women that dedicated their lives for the sake of our freedom. Part of the memorial will have dog tags with the name of each Wisconsinite that died in the Vietnam War. For more details on this ceremony, click here. You can also contact Across The Pond Veterans Park here.

Photo of the week
If you would like your photo to be the next one featured in our photo of the week section, be sure to email it to [email protected] with your name and location. We have received some wonderful submissions, and I am looking forward to seeing more, especially if you have some spring photos to share. The story behind this week’s photo is a good one. Deronda Lutheran Church in Amery asked the Saginaw Tree and Crane Service to remove their weathervane, which was built in 1900, before the church was demolished.

“Keeping History Alive” – Submitted by Ross at the Deronda Lutheran Church in Amery.

Resources  

Summer is just around the corner, so don’t wait until the last minute to apply for or renew your passport for your upcoming vacation. The current processing time is 10 to 13 weeks, so we recommend getting this done as soon as possible. For more information, click here.

The USDA continues to make resources and assistance available to agricultural producers and working families to ensure access, safety and stability for food markets and supplies. 

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