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A bipartisan group of about 70 freshman congressmen, including U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., are settling back in after a nearly week long trip to Israel.
However it was those that didn't go that grabbed the national attention last week.
U.S Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., planned to go to Israel sponsored by a pro-Palestinian nonprofit organization called Miftah, but were last week barred from entering the country.
Steil said Tlaib and Omar "made a choice not to join the trip that we were on."
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – Around 70 members of Congress recently took a trip to Israel including Wisconsin's First District Representative Bryan Steil.
During the bipartisan trip, Rep. Steil and other lawmakers met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visited the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and learned about Israel's security.
Rep. Steil said the group also met with the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
MOUNT PLEASANT — Howard Peckrd is concerned about the mental health of some of his younger family members, and on Thursday at Case High School he wanted to learn more about what is available to those in need of mental health, and to understand more about what someone with mental issues feels.
Peckrd said he found some answers at a children's mental health forum hosted and organized by U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., at Case.
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Congressman Bryan Steil hosted a Children's Mental Health Forum for parents and families Thursday night.
The forum included panelists from the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
It also included people with the U.S. Department of Education and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis. - The remaining 250 members of Wisconsin's Air National Guard departed for Southwest Asia on Sunday.
According to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, the members will spend the next several months conducting flying missions in Afghanistan for Operation Freedom's Sentinel and NATO's Resolute Support.
Members were made up of the 115th Fighter Wing and 378th Fighter Squadron active associate.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Bryan Steil released a statement on the budget agreement.
"Our budget process is broken and Washington has a spending problem. Congress cannot continue to spend without a plan to pay for it. Our nation is $22 trillion in debt. Rather than promoting fiscal responsibility and providing a plan towards a balanced budget, this bill adds $300 billion to the debt. I continue to work with my colleagues to improve our budget process and bring fiscal responsibility back to Congress."
Bryan Steil will host a Children's Mental Health Forum for parents and families in Southeast Wisconsin on August 1, 2019. Panelists include experts from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Racine Collaborative for Children's Mental Health, and Racine County Human Services office. This is an opportunity for parents and families to learn from experts and to discuss best practices regarding mental health.
On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence saw the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions that detained migrant adults faced at a U.S. detention center in McAllen, Texas.
His tour came in advance of ICE raids in select U.S. cities and amid a growing humanitarian crisis at the southern U.S. Border.
In comments following his tour, Pence called upon Congress to take action to begin alleviating the buildup of detained adults and families along the U.S.-Mexico border.