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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Thwarting Regional Adversary Investments Now (TRAIN) Act to help train and protect non-adversarial government officials in South and Central Asia against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) predatory lending practices through its Belt & Road Initiative.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Congressman Kevin Hern (OK-01), and Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) introduced the Build Responsible Infrastructure Development for the Global Economy (BRIDGE) Act to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and bolster the United States’ economic competition against China.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) and Congressman Mike Flood (NE-01) introduced the Insurance Data Protection Act to rein in the Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) by eliminating its subpoena authority and limiting how the office collects data from state insurance regulators.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act alongside the Chairman of the Select Committee on China, Mike Gallagher (WI-08), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, Darrell Issa (CA-48), and Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03)
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) have introduced the Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act to bolster the U.S. response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) economic theft of U.S. intellectual property.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) released the following statement in response to Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Earlier this month, Fitch Ratings, one of only three private credit rating firms, downgraded its U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+. This credit downgrade comes on the heels of repeated warnings from Republicans to Democrats and the White House that we need to rein in spending to control our unsustainable debt. In making this downgrade, Fitch specifically cited unsustainable debt as a core reason for the downgrade.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) will be hosting Mobile Office Hours in two locations on Friday, September 8th.
Congressman Fitzgerald and his staff members will be available to meet with constituents who may be experiencing problems with a federal agency. Constituents are asked to bring copies of documentation related to their issues.
Earlier this month, two U.S. Navy sailors in Southern California were arrested and accused of providing military secrets and sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officers.
This revelation is alarming and though it’s a relief that these perpetrators were caught, the truth is, the Biden Administration hasn’t prioritized countering Chinese espionage as they should.
The power of the purse is one of the most powerful checks Congress has on the Executive Branch. A landmark Supreme Court case, OPM v. Richmond, underscored the importance of the Appropriations Clause in upholding the integrity of government spending. However, recent controversies surrounding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) funding mechanisms have thrust this constitutional provision into the spotlight once again.