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One of Wisconsin’s congressmen is warning about a potential Chinese strategy to corner the market on electric cars. Congressman Mike Gallagher and other members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party this week sent a letter to the U.S. ambassador warning China may flood the U.S. market with electric vehicles. “We are concerned by how the People’s Republic of China is preparing to flood the United States and global markets with automobiles, particularly electric vehicles, propped up by massive subsidies and long-standing localization and other discriminatory policies employed by the PRC,” Gallagher and the Select Committee wrote in the letter. “We request that the Office of the United States Trade Representative consider whether to launch a new Section 301 investigation into these practices and the harm they pose to the American automotive industry and American workers and what actions should be taken to...

One of Wisconsin's congressmen says he wants to get ahead of any policy that may invite Palestinian refugees into the U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, introduced a piece of legislation that would not allow people fleeing the Gaza Strip to be brought to America. “It prevents people that have a Palestinian Authority visa from being able to come into the United States,” Tiffany told Jay Weber on News Talk 1130-WISN. Tiffany says the legislation is necessary after how the Biden Administration handled the evacuation of U.S. troops and allies out of Afghanistan. “We saw what happened in Afghanistan a little over two years ago when you had about 100,000 people that came in unvetted. This would be the same thing,” Tiffany said. Tiffany, who has long been a critic of President Biden and his immigration policies, said the United States must do a much better job of vetting the people who come into this country. “When you have children that are given maps without Israel on i...

Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services has proclaimed that it will distribute the pills in this state based on “equity.” Tom Tiffany, one of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen wants to ban racial scoring in deciding who gets the new coronavirus antiviral pills. Northwoods U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit the federal government and the states from discriminating against or giving preference to any person based on race when it comes to the distribution of, or access to, medical treatment. “Denying life-saving medical care to Americans based on skin color is wrong, it is illegal, and it is un-American,” Tom Tiffany said. The plan, which Tom Tiffany is calling the Medical Equality and Discrimination Stoppage Act, or MEDS Act, comes after reports that states and hospitals are using race-based scoring systems to determine who gets access to the new pills. Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services has proclaimed that it will distribute ...

Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services has proclaimed that it will distribute the pills in this state based on “equity.” Tom Tiffany, one of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen wants to ban racial scoring in deciding who gets the new coronavirus antiviral pills. Northwoods U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit the federal government and the states from discriminating against or giving preference to any person based on race when it comes to the distribution of, or access to, medical treatment. “Denying life-saving medical care to Americans based on skin color is wrong, it is illegal, and it is un-American,” Tom Tiffany said. The plan, which Tom Tiffany is calling the Medical Equality and Discrimination Stoppage Act, or MEDS Act, comes after reports that states and hospitals are using race-based scoring systems to determine who gets access to the new pills. Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services has proclaimed that it will distribute ...