Dear Friend,

This week, Wisconsin received a few early Christmas gifts from Congress. While Santa was busy making his list and checking it twice, the gray wolf earned a spot on the naughty list.

For the third year in a row, wolf attacks in Wisconsin have increased. This affects everyone, from farmers protecting their livestock, to families worried about their pets, to hunters who have watched deer numbers decline across Northern and Western Wisconsin.

While several states in the Northern Rockies are responsibly managing stable wolf populations, Wisconsin has been left out in the cold. Out-of-state judges keep putting coal in our stockings and blocking science-based management.

When federal protections were first established for gray wolves in the Great Lakes region, populations were only in the hundreds. Today, there are well over 4,000 wolves across Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Due to this recovery, the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations have all moved to delist the gray wolf. Yet each time, activist judges thousands of miles from Wisconsin continue to ignore the science, leaving livestock and pets to be slaughtered and rural communities vulnerable. You can view examples here, here, and here (warning of graphic content).

Many of you know I have been fighting to protect livestock, pets, and wildlife from the consequences of an unmanaged wolf population since I came to Congress. When a species has recovered, it should be celebrated and removed from the Endangered Species Act.

That’s why this week was an important early gift. My Pet and Livestock Protection Act passed the U.S. House with bipartisan support. H.R. 845 will delist the gray wolf and stop endless lawfare by radical judges. You can view the vote here.

It now heads to the U.S. Senate, where Senator Johnson has already introduced the same bill. I encourage you to contact Senator Baldwin to help us get this across the finish line.

The House also passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which now heads to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law. The bill restores whole and 2% milk, both flavored and unflavored, back into schools. Telegram readers will remember when the Biden administration tried to ban flavored milk in schools. I fought back and stopped it, and now this bill will protect access.

With most kids not getting enough daily dairy intake, this is a win for our children and our dairy farmers... and don’t forget to leave a glass out for Santa next week!

Lastly, accountability arrived just in time for the holidays. Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of obstructing federal law enforcement after helping a violent illegal alien evade arrest.

Back in April, Dugan led an illegal alien out a side door of her courtroom after ICE arrived to arrest him. She admitted she knew that she would “get the heat” for showing Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer the side exit.

The individual she protected had illegally entered the U.S. twice and had a violent criminal history, including domestic abuse. He has since been deported, and Dugan now faces up to five years in prison. Accountability matters, especially for those entrusted with the law, and she should be removed from ever serving as a judge again.

As we wrap up the year, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for spending part of your weekend with us and reading this special edition of the Tiffany Telegram.

Sincerely,





Tom Tiffany
Member of Congress

Click here or on the image above to watch my House Floor speech on why we must follow the science and delist the gray wolf.

Making Health Care Affordable Again

This week, the House passed the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, which gives individuals choices, transparency, and competition so they can select a plan that suits their needs. Democrats promised you when they passed the Unaffordable Care Act that you could keep your doctor, keep your plan, and pay less. None of that was true. Since Obamacare’s passage, premiums have nearly tripled and deductibles have doubled. To cover up those failures, Democrats poured billions into pandemic-era subsidies, even for households making up to $500,000, which padded the profits of big insurance companies. Those subsidies are now expiring under a deadline Democrats set themselves, and instead of working with Republicans on solutions, they want to double down on the problem they caused and send billions more to insurance companies. Health insurance, much like car insurance, should let people compare options, see prices up front, and pick what works for them. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act moves the system in that direction by lowering premiums, eliminating hidden prescription drug costs, and expanding affordable options for every American. It shifts the focus away from government measures that make health care unaffordable and back to a market that is transparent and competitive. You can read more about it here.

Protecting kids from mutilation

This week, the House of Representatives passed two measures to protect kids from irreversible “sex change” surgeries. Federal tax dollars should not be used to subsidize these procedures, especially for those under 18, and the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act would prohibit Medicaid dollars from funding them. The second measure I voted in favor of is the Protect Children’s Innocence Act. This bill would establish criminal offenses for those who perform these surgeries on children. While safeguarding children from having their bodies mutilated should never be a partisan issue, nearly every Democrat voted against both pieces of legislation. You can see how lawmakers voted here and here.

Slamming the door on Palestinian terrorism

Telegram readers may recall that I was the first lawmaker to call for a complete and total shutdown of Palestinian immigration into the U.S. when I introduced the Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admissions – or GAZA Act – back in 2023. At that time, President Biden was considering plans to “resettle” Palestinians in the U.S. That was a dangerous idea – primarily because Hamas – which still pulls the strings in Gaza, is a notorious terrorist organization that has bragged about its murderous activities – and even infiltrated the United Nations. Fatah, which controls Judea and Samaria, is no better. Fatah’s operatives have frequently cheered on violence, and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is perhaps best known for making outrageous statements about the Holocaust. That’s why I was pleased to see the Trump administration halt the issuance of visas to Palestinians in September of this year. And this week the White House went one step further, effectively implementing my GAZA Act through executive proclamation by placing a travel ban on individuals holding Palestinian travel documents. That’s great news, because neither of these militant Islamist groups are trustworthy partners – and that’s exactly why we shouldn’t be trusting their identity documents. You can read more about President Trump’s latest move here.

Click here to read more about the GAZA Act. America’s security must come first.

Committee Update

Judiciary

Putting the “T” back in TPS 

On Wednesday, the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the abuse of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Regular Telegram readers know this program was designed to allow foreigners in the U.S. to temporarily remain here if their home country experienced extreme disaster making it too dangerous for them to return. In practice, however, TPS has been anything but “temporary.” For example, due to a hurricane in 1998, nationals from Honduras were given TPS and held it for several decades – well after the country recovered - until President Trump ended it. What’s more, most beneficiaries of TPS came to the U.S. illegally or overstayed a visa, meaning the program has essentially granted illegal aliens a rolling amnesty that allows them to stay and work in America. We have seen the effects of this program across the nation ranging from Springfield, Ohio to Charleroi, Pennsylvania where communities have been flooded with foreign nationals, often thanks to federally funded open-borders NGOs. One of our witnesses, a Councilman from Charleroi, pointed out that while TPS needs reform, bills such as my CARE Act will give local communities – not NGOs and bureaucrats in Washington – the last word in these major, consequential immigration decisions. You can watch my entire questioning here. 

Natural Resources

Cutting red tape for Christmas

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed historic bipartisan permitting reform legislation. You may be familiar with the SPEED Act, as we passed this out of the Natural Resources Committee last month. This bill brings long overdue reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which will help lower energy prices, get us back to building essential infrastructure projects, and unleash our economy. It does this by reducing permitting timelines, streamlining judicial reviews, and cutting down on frivolous litigation. Folks from all over the country and different sectors of the economy recognize the great need for these reforms, which is why the bill has support from over 375 organizations, representing every state in the union. We need to get back to building in America, and permitting reform is key to unlocking that potential because for too long NEPA has been a prime source of bureaucratic delays. These key reforms will help return NEPA to its original purpose and enable us to harness our natural resources while also protecting our environment. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration. You can see how lawmakers in the House voted here.

District Update

Photo of the week

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and I hope you’re spending it with the people you love. If you have a photo of Wisconsin you’d like to share, send it to [email protected] with your name and location. Your photo could be featured in next week’s Telegram! 

“Merry Christmas” – From all of us at Team Tiffany

Resources  

Vacation is meant to be relaxing, so don’t let renewing or applying for your passport stress you out. The current processing time is 4 to 6 weeks, so we recommend getting this done as soon as possible. For more information, click here.

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