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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.