Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District
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Gallagher: Pentagon Should Focus on Lethality, Not Pronouns
On September 1, 2023, Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) released the following statement in response to a recently enacted DoD policy that strips gendered pronouns from awards honoring the men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.
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Gallagher Celebrates Renaming of Appleton Post Office in Honor of Firefighter Lundgaard
On August 23, 2023, Rep. Gallagher joined members of the Appleton community and the Lundgaard family to celebrate the renaming of the Appleton Post Office in honor of its fallen hero, Firefighter Mitchell Lundgaard, who was tragically killed in the line of duty while responding to an emergency call in 2019.
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Gallagher Statement on President Biden's Visit to Wisconsin
Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today released the following statement after President Biden visited Wisconsin.
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Gallagher Celebrates Renaming of Krakow Post Office in Honor of its Longest Serving Postmaster
On August 8, 2023, Rep. Gallagher joined members of the Krakow community to celebrate the renaming of the Krakow Post Office in honor of its longest-serving postmaster, Romuald 'Bud' Brzezinski.
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Gallagher Presents Posthumous Medals to Family of WWII Hero
Rep. Gallagher on August 1, 2023 presented medals to the family of World War II Veteran Ray C. Jackson in honor of his heroic service in WWII.
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Gallagher Introduces Bills to Drain the Swamp
On July 28, 2023, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) re-introduced a package of common-sense reforms that would help Congress better serve the American people.
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Gallagher Pushes Bill to Support Trauma Informed Care in NEW
Rep. Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Davis (D-IL) announced the reintroduction of the Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion (RISE) from Trauma Act, a bipartisan bill that would increase support for children and adults who have been exposed to trauma such as parental addiction, witnessing violence, and abuse.
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Gallagher, Ernst Push to Require DoD to Develop Strategy to Build "Rings of Fire" in Indo-Pacific
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced they introduced the Rings of Fire Act of 2023, a bill that would help strengthen deterrence and counter the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force by requiring the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for building "rings of fire" in the Indo-Pacific by developing and deploying ground-based theater-range missiles in the region.
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Gallagher, Ernst Push to Require Dod to Develop Strategy to Build "Rings of Fire" in Indo-pacific
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced they introduced the Rings of Fire Act of 2023, a bill that would help strengthen deterrence and counter the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force by requiring the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for building "rings of fire" in the Indo-Pacific by developing and deploying ground-based theater-range missiles in the region.
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Cyberspace Solarium Co-chairs Praise “forward-thinking” National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), today released the following statement on the Biden administration’s newly unveiled National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) Implementation Plan
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Gallagher Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Prevent Court Packing
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) re-introduced a constitutional amendment that would prevent court packing by capping the size of the Supreme Court at nine justices.
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Gallagher Leads Push Against Onerous Regulations on Northeast Wisconsin Welders, Manufacturers
Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senators J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) sent a letter to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Chairman over the proposed safety standards for portable generators outlined in the commission's Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. In the letter, the members expressed concerns that burdensome regulations within this rule could have a negative impact on the production and availability of engine-driven portable welders, a tool that many Northeast Wisconsin welders rely on to do their jobs.
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Gallagher: President Biden's Student Loan Bailout Was Reckless and Unlawful
Rep. Gallagher (R-WI) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to block President Biden’s student loan bailout.
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Gallagher, Colleagues Reintroduce Promising Pathway Act
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), alongside Reps. Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) today announced they will reintroduce the Promising Pathway Act.
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Gallagher Announces Opening of 2023 Congressional App Challenge
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today announced that the Congressional App Challenge is open to middle and high school students who live or attend school in Wisconsin's Eight Congressional District.
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Gallagher, Colleagues Introduce Counter-drone Legislation to Protect Americans
Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), and Troy Carter (D-LA) introduced the Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023.
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Gallagher: Dni Report Obscures More Than It Illuminates
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence finally released its report declassifying its intelligence surrounding the origins of COVID-19.
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Gallagher Introduces Bill to Require Allergen Labeling in Medication
On June 22, Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Mike Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced the bipartisan Allergen Disclosure In Non-Food Articles (ADINA) Act.
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Gallagher: Ndaa Helps Combat Ccp Aggression, Includes Major Wins for Northeast Wisconsin
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation, secured major wins in the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed out of the House Armed Services Committee after more than 12 hours of committee deliberation and debate.
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Gallagher, Huffman, Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Incentivize Use of Soil Health Cropping Systems
Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), and Zach Nunn (R-IA) today introduced the Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies (NO EMITS) Act, a bill that would create incentives for producers to transition their farms to soil health cropping systems.