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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Middle Class Home Tax Elimination Act, legislation that would eliminate capital gains taxes on the sale of primary residences. This bill is designed to help increase housing supply and modernize the tax code to reflect today’s housing market realities by removing outdated limits on the capital gains exclusion that no longer protect typical homeowners.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statements in response to the passage of three critical pieces of legislation this week: the FY26 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act, and the Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing (SHOWER) Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1834, which would extend temporary COVID-era Obamacare subsidies for three years. This legislation does not include safeguards to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in Obamacare marketplaces.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald’s (WI-05) Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, legislation aimed at combating radical bail policies by subjecting bail bonds to insurance fraud laws, passed the House Judiciary Committee today. Specifically, the bill defines bail bonds as insurance products, which subjects them to federal insurance fraud laws and allows states to enact licensing requirements for corporate, for-profit, and non-profit entities that post bail on behalf of defendants.

OCONOMOWOC, WI — Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after President Trump addressed the nation regarding the capture and federal indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro:

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statements in response to the passage of four critical pieces of legislation this week: the Kayla Hamilton Act, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, the Power Plant Reliability Act, and the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 845, the Pet and Livestock Protection Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 6703, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.