Dear Friend,

While I was in D.C. this week, voting to keep the government open, I received numerous calls and emails from parents standing up for their daughters.

As you may know, the New Richmond School District is allowing male students in girls’ bathrooms. Parents and community members told the board members their daughters feel unsafe last week, and administrators said girls who object to the policy can use a single-stall restroom.

This is unacceptable, and they must reverse this policy. Girls deserve safety, fairness, and dignity in schools across Wisconsin.

In Congress, I have fought to protect Title IX, which was created to guarantee equal opportunity for women and girls. Yet the radical left has been trying to rewrite Title IX for years to allow men into girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports.

We saw this under the previous administration when, on the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Democrat officials attempted to redefine the law to include “gender identity.”

We saw it at the college level when biological male Lia Thomas took championships from female swimmers.

We saw it in the Sun Prairie Area School District, where an 18-year-old male student was reportedly allowed to shower in a girls’ locker room and exposed himself. And now New Richmond is the latest example.

Federal leadership under President Trump has proven these policies will not be tolerated, including suing school districts that do not protect female students.

I will also continue pushing for the enactment of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, to uphold the original intent of Title IX and ensure only girls play in girls’ sports. The U.S. House passed it last year. Unfortunately, 206 Democrats, including Wisconsin’s Democrat members of Congress, voted against it.

I am also an original cosponsor of Rep. Mary Miller’s Keep Our Girls Safe Act, which requires public schools to comply with federal mandates to protect female-only spaces or lose federal funding. You can read more about that here.

Sometimes I stop and ask how we reached a point where this is even a debate. And now it is happening right here in Wisconsin’s Seventh District. It is past time to acknowledge the basic biological reality that men do not belong in girls’ sports or girls’ spaces.

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

Telegram readers know that last week we told you about the OMAR Act, to stop politicians from funneling campaign cash to their spouses. You can watch my interview on Real America’s Voice here.

Pay raises for troops, accountability for taxpayers

This week, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, which keeps the government focused on core priorities. The defense bill fully funds a 3.8 percent pay raise for every service member and includes an additional 10 percent raise for junior enlisted troops. The bill also targets waste, fraud, and abuse by adding program integrity resources for Social Security and federal healthcare programs, while it increases funding for the Social Security Administration. Meaning that, seniors will receive better frontline service when they need help. This package also allows Congress to fully fund veterans’ medical care, benefits, and VA operations, while increasing support for veteran homelessness prevention, so more former servicemembers can get stable housing and long-term support. These are wins for military families, seniors, and veterans, and you can read the full text here.

Charting a new course on China

If you’re a regular Telegram reader, you know I’ve been working to map out a new direction on America’s China policy. From then-President Jimmy Carter’s recognition of Communist China in 1979 to former President Bill Clinton’s decision to extend permanent “Most Favored Nation” trade status to the People’s Republic of China more than 20 years ago, it’s been one mistake after another for decades. That’s why I’ve introduced legislation to end America’s outdated “One China Policy,” and co-authored a bill to revoke China’s permanent preferential trade status – both of which have undermined U.S. economic and national security for far too long. These failed policies have also emboldened Beijing to dangerously destabilize the Pacific with reckless military provocations and ridiculous territorial claims. They’ve even pressured American filmmakers to parrot their absurd worldview. One of these baseless Chinese claims is over the island nation of Taiwan, a longtime strategic U.S. security and economic partner that has never been under the control of the People’s Republic of China for even a single day. So, I was pleased when President Trump took a small but important step to reverse course this week by signing legislation I authored into law that would keep China’s cartographic pipe dreams out of U.S. government maps. My “Honest Maps” provision – included in part of a larger spending package – prohibits the expenditure of funds to produce, purchase, or display any map that depicts Taiwan as part of Communist China’s territory, or under its control. You can read more about that here.

Abuse of taxpayers by left-wing activist

In 2022, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) reversed a first-term Trump rule and enacted two directives allowing money from a federal legal settlement to be diverted away from the parties involved in the case and instead to outside third parties and left-wing activist organizations. Essentially, rather than money from these cases going to help victims or being returned to the U.S. Treasury, the Biden-Harris DOJ decided that it was more important to pay their friends – and this has been going on for years. For example, in 2008, the Obama DOJ entered into a settlement agreement with national banks to forgo paying the government, instead funneling money to liberal, politically activist organizations. To put an end to this practice, I joined Rep. Lance Gooden (TX-05) in introducing the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act. The bill simply prohibits the DOJ from redirecting payments from federal cases to parties not directly involved in a given case. This clear abuse of power must come to an end, and the federal government must stop treating your taxpayer dollars as a slush fund for their friends and allies.

District Update

2026 Congressional Art Competition

If you or someone you know is interested in having their artwork displayed in the United States Capitol for one year, you will not want to miss out on competing in my 2026 Congressional Art Competition. This competition is open to students in 7th through 12th grade and allows young artists from across the nation to compete against one another. All submissions must follow this year’s theme: “A day in the life of Wisconsin.” The first-place winner will have their artwork hung in the U.S. Capitol Building – Cannon Tunnel for one year. Second and third place will have their artwork hung in my Washington, D.C., and Wausau offices. The deadline to apply is April 10th, 2026, at 5 PM. Click here for more information.

Photo of the week

We celebrated Groundhog Day this week, and he saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter fun. If you have a photo of Wisconsin, send it to [email protected] with your name and location. We have received some great submissions over the last few weeks, and your photo could be featured next.

“Winter fun” – Submitted by Kathy of Florence County.

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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