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Two Greendale High School students have won the First District Congressional App Challenge.

Charlie Smitsdorff and Tyler Balota, both sophomores, were presented with the award by U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil in a surprise ceremony Monday at Greendale High School.

The Congressional App Challenge's mission is to inspire, include and innovate efforts around STEM, coding and computer science education. The CAC website calls it the most prestigious prize in student computer science.

Today, more than ever before, too many Americans are doubting the American Dream. Single moms in Bridgeport, workers in Racine and families throughout rural America fear their kids will not be able to better their position in life. That is not how Americans have ever understood our future.

As Americans experience inflation at a rate not felt in four decades, the Biden administration continues to promote a multitrillion-dollar social spending package.

"Our spending is already out of control," Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., says, adding that "new government spending is only going to exacerbate [inflation] and make it worse."

In an effort to get spending under control and inflation rates down, the second-term congressman says, lawmakers should "completely kill this bill."

Iranian "drone armies" are behind a surge in attacks on U.S. positions and allies in Iraq, according to a group of Republican lawmakers who are demanding answers from the Biden administration about how it is working to counter these threats amid ongoing negotiations with Tehran over a revamped nuclear accord.

Capitol Hill Republicans and Democrats are spinning warring narratives about the child care provisions in President Biden's reconciliation spending bill as Senate Democrats race to come to a deal before Christmas.

A local Congressman is pushing back against the President's "Build Back Better" plan. First District Representative Bryan Steil of Janesville issued a statement regarding Novembers' record level inflation report. Steil also points to a Congressional Budget Office report indicating the "Build Back Better" social spending bill would add $3 trillion to the deficit if the programs were made permanent. The Republican contends once a government program is created, it never goes away.