On Friday, President Trump signed the
coronavirus emergency funding package passed by
Congress. This funding package provides an
aggressive surge in resources to combat and contain
the virus. Earlier this week, I chaired a hearing
of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee to examine the actions the federal
government is taking to contain the spread of the
coronoavirus, COVID-19, and prevent future
pandemics.
The continued spread of the virus should focus
us on addressing top priorities. First, we must
ensure that we are protecting our medical
responders: doctors, nurses, and other medical
staff, as well as first responders at Customs and
Border Protection and the Centers for Disease
Control.
In an interview on "The Story with Martha
MacCallum" Wednesday, I spoke about our
continuing oversight into possible corruption
involving the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and
my plans to consider a subpoena as part of those
overnight efforts.
One of the things we are preparing right
now is a timeline, and it is incredibly interesting
and it raises all kinds of questions. It connects
all kinds of dots. What I'm hoping to be
able to do within the next couple of months is
gather enough information, verify it through things
like this subpoena and then issue at least an
interim report so the American people can see what
this possible corruption is. And again, it is
bullying from a well-connected, swampy consulting
firm.
A CBS News story about the investigation can be
found
here.
Presidential
Transition Enhancement Act
Official White
House Photo: Pete Souza
I applaud President Trump for signing the
Presidential Transition Enhancement Act into law
this week. I introduced this bipartisan legislation
to fix issues that arose during the Obama-Trump
presidential transition. It codifies current ethics
practices of presidential transition teams.
Regardless of what party wins an election and
takes the White House, it is imperative that
presidential candidates' transition teams have full
confidence in the services provided by federal
agencies and that the transition of power is as
smooth as possible.
Handing over the keys to the entire $4.45
trillion federal government is a colossal
undertaking. This legislation makes important
improvements to streamline the transition
process.
Learn more
here.
New District Judge
Nominee for Wisconsin
On Monday, I signed the blue slip in support of
Judge Brett Ludwig's nomination to join the U.S.
District Court for Wisconsin's Eastern District.
Judge Ludwig received bipartisan support from my
judicial nominating commission and also Sen.
Baldwin's. Ludwig will fill a spot on the federal
bench that has been open since February of
2016.
The Senate has confirmed 193 federal judges
during President Trump's time in office. In fact,
Trump nominees make up 1 in 4 circuit court judges
on the bench today.
Read more
here.
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