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Malchine Farms in Waterford has experienced its share of challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the fluctuating prices of crops.
Those issues the owners discussed Monday with Rep. Bryan Steil, who represents Racine County in Congress.
Malchine Farms was also supposed to host a breakfast on the farm this summer, but that was canceled due to COVID. They are hoping to host it next year.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil isn't satisfied with the answers he's received concerning an August COVID-19 outbreak at the Wisconsin Veterans Home.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-WI, along with a group of colleagues, introduced Tuesday the Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act. This bill allows the Keystone XL Pipeline to be built. On President Biden's first day in office, Biden revoked the presidential permit for the pipeline, eliminating thousands of American jobs. This bill would reverse that action.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., is calling on the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct an investigation of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove three weeks after a trio of deaths of coronavirus-positive veterans living at the facility were reported.
It's the trading frenzy that saw some unlikely companies' stocks soar. Now members of Congress want answers, including Wisconsin's Bryan Steil.
"We're going to have to get answers to what exactly played out," said Steil.
Retail investors chatting online pushed the price up of stocks like GameStop and Milwaukee-based Koss, leaving investors who had bet the stock's value would go down, in a tough spot.
A local Congressman is joining an effort among lawmakers in Washington to promote policies that strengthen capital markets and support a growing, dynamic economy. Bryan Steil of Janesville says the "Investing in Innovation Initiative" will act as a think-tank to come up with legislation to more fairly inspire investment. Steil says current investment favors companies with access to big banks like those in New York. The Republican says he wants to support businesses in small town American have similar opportunity.
Wisconsin's first district representative, Rep. Bryan Steil, vocalized his hopes to get students in classrooms this fall during a call-in town hall meeting Thursday afternoon.
Steil opened the meeting by focusing on students returning to school this fall, touching on issues surrounding the spring's sudden turn to remote learning.
"This pandemic, I think, has had some really significant consequences on students and its important that we support them during this upcoming school year," Steil said.
The City of Racine was awarded $649,751 through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act to assist homeless families and individuals affected by COVID-19.
The City of Racine was one of three Wisconsin cities, along with Milwaukee and Madison, to receive the Emergency Solution Grants through the CARES Act, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis.
A local Congressman wants to crack down on scammers taking advantage of fear over the coronavirus pandemic. Bryan Steil of Janesville is introducing the Stop Coronavirus Scams Act. Steil says criminals are preying upon the vulnerable and capitalizing on the crisis. The Republican says the bill enhances penalties on criminals who knowingly traffic counterfeit drugs, mislable masks, and other false products during the coronavirus crisis.