Thank you for joining the GovTrack Advisory Community! A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define the term natural cheese. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the Federal student loan limits for students in flight education and training programs. (Senate), 2015 Oct-Dec "And it must yield to bring focus to where it should have been all along: the veterans who receive care by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.". Baldwin paid her congressional staff a total of $1,044,671 in 2011. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for current year inclusion of net CFC tested income, and for other purposes. ICYMI: The Terrible Truth About Tammy Baldwin And The Tomah VA Youre more than a vote, so support GovTrack today with a tip of any amount: Or keep using GovTrack for free! Baldwin began calling for a federal investigation only after news reports ran in January showing that as many as three vets died after receiving treatment at Tomah. District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act. Bill Murat, Baldwin's chief of staff in Congress from 2001 through 2012, will stay in the job, according to a news release Tuesday from Baldwin's office. $174,000 (2023 Senate Democratic Conference Secretary salary) Other office Baldwin, Former Rep. Tammy ( D) - Ran for Senate Others who have held this office Kohl, Former Sen. Herb ( D) - Retired Index of Sen. Tammy Baldwin's staff, past and present Albergo, Jacob A. Amidzich, Michelle R. Anstaett, Sarah E. Benedict Assini, John T. Hill's salary will be sliced from $131,300 annually to $80,800 a year a cut of more than $50,000. We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress). The review found her aides in Wisconsin notified her staff in Washington last August that an independent investigation backed up whistleblower complaints they had received, but the aides did not reveal that the complaints concerned opiates at Tomah, and no one followed up on it. A resolution celebrating the 151st anniversary of Arbor Day. An autopsy ruled he died of "mixed drug toxicity.". 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015, H.R. As her grandmother grew older, Tammy served as her grandmother's primary caregiver - an extremely rewarding, but also challenging responsibility. "What I recall being told is that there were significant concerns that our VA casework was not being handled well," she said. But the senator said the ex-staffer countered with an offer seeking four times what she had been offered. A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards". Veterans who relied on the facility for care had begun calling it "Candy Land.". A resolution recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2023, as the sixth annual "Black Maternal Health Week" to bring national attention to the maternal health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing persons. U.S. If you can, please take a few minutes to help us improve GovTrack for users like you. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. A resolution designating the week of February 6 through 10, 2023, as "National School Counseling Week". (House), 2000 Jan-Mar Daniel Bice is a Watchdog columnist covering Wisconsin government and politics. Baldwin said her chief of staff, Bill Murat, and others did not properly brief her on the report by the Veterans Affairs' inspector general or the complaints from the whistleblower, former Tomah employee Ryan Honl, who repeatedly emailed her office in November and December pleading that she take action on the report. 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Born 02/11/1962 (Age 61) Contact Senator Tammy Baldwin (D) by email address, mailing address, Wisconsin & DC office phone numbers, official & campaign websites, and Facebook, Twitter & YouTube: DC Phone Number: 202-224-5653. Baldwin is fining Murat one month's salary, demoting Doug Hill from state director to outreach coordinator, and reassigning Mike Helbick from veterans' outreach aide to another role that will be determined after he undergoes more training, she said. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the use of Federal foreign assistance funds for comprehensive reproductive health care services, and for other purposes. Murat, her veteran chief of staff, took a one-time cut of more . RESTRICT Act Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act. Fired Staffer Files Ethics Complaint Against Baldwin - Roll Call A preliminary report by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said this week that Tomah patients have a higher likelihood of receiving high doses of narcotics, including opioids, than those at other VA hospitals. Tammy was then elected to four terms (1986-1994) on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. as a Democrat Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. She said he agreed to put the last one in the senator's briefing binder. Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act. U.S. (House), 2006 Apr-Jun As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tammy helped craft the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, leading the effort to include the provision that now allows young people to remain on their parents' health insurance plans up to age 26. Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act. A BILL To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. Chief of Staff Ken Reidy. (House), 2005 Jul-Sep She has acted unethically.". A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of, and expand access to, home and communitybased services under the Medicaid program, to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers, and for other purposes. Tammy Baldwin Contact & Bio Information. A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care. A resolution commemorating the 20-year anniversary of the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Calls on President Trump to Provide Communications Director - Tammy Baldwin for Senate - LinkedIn S.Res. Youve cast your vote. Contact Daniel Bice at (414) 224-2135 or dbice@jrn.com. among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders. We hope that with your input we can make GovTrack more accessible to minority and disadvantaged communities who we may currently struggle to reach. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States. On Monday evening, Baldwins communications director responded with a statement asserting the ex-stafferhadchosen to be used as a pawn by Republican opponents in what is nothing more than political hit jobby a go-to Republican firm, referring to a reports of an ethics complaint from the Wisconsin GOP. But the first-term senator acknowledged that her staff came up short in dealing with the Tomah hospital. Senator Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has retained her chief of staff from her years in Congress, and has hired three new staff members for the senate office. (House), 2002 Oct-Nov (Senate), 2021 Jan-Mar She spent three months in the hospital. (House), 2004 Oct-Dec (House), 2012 Jan-Mar She cut the pay of her chief of staff and demoted her state director in . A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans, and for other purposes. Baldwin said she was disciplining rather than firing Murat, Helbick and Hill because the review did not find evidence of deliberate wrongdoing. (Senate), 2023 Apr-Apr (House), 2012 Jul-Sep better than GovTrack.us is not a government website. A bill to establish a postsecondary student data system. In November, after Honl first asked Baldwin's office about the report,the Wisconsin aides also gave Baldwin's chief of staff the report outlining the high rates of opiate prescriptions. Leading the review was Democratic heavy-hitterMarc Elias. "My name is on the door.". A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee. "I accept responsibility," Baldwin said. Tammy had been branded with the words "pre-existing condition." In the proud tradition of Wisconsin's state . Baldwin's aides sat for months on an inspection report that found officials at the Tomah medical center were prescribing high amounts of opiate pain pills to patients, a concern raised repeatedly by a whistle-blower with Baldwin's staff late last year. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and to rebate the tax collected back to individual taxpayers, and for other purposes. (House), 1999 Jul-Sep A bill to provide enhanced student loan relief to educators. A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) - Staff salaries from LegiStorm Turning Point Action is fighting to ensure the right to free speech across all forms of media and terminating bias censorship by Big Tech. The 38-page complaint from Marquette Baylor, first reported by state media outlets, marks the latestdevelopment in a controversy within a Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Medical Center thats fueled criticism ofbothBaldwin and Republican Ron Johnson for allegedly mishandling whistleblower complaints. We are also still on Instagram at @govtrack.us posting 60-second video summaries of legislation in Congress. Doug Hill, Wisconsin state director. 2048, Pub.L. A BILL To prohibit an employer from terminating the coverage of an employee under a group health plan while the employer is engaged in a lock-out or while the employee is engaged in a lawful strike, and for other purposes. A bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes. Senator Tammy Baldwin - Turning Point Action The deal would have paid Baylor, who was earning $80,000 a year, the equivalent of 111/2 weeks of pay a week for every year with the Senate. (House), 2005 Jan-Mar RESOLUTION Supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month. A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. (Senate), 2022 Apr-Jun Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) | Association for Better Communication A BILL To establish an awareness campaign related to the lethality of fentanyl and fentanyl-contaminated drugs, to establish a Federal Interagency Work Group on Fentanyl Contamination of Illegal Drugs, and to provide communitybased coalition enhancement grants to mitigate the effects of drug misuse. Apr 26, 2023, But presidents still wouldnt be able to move their legal cases to the shows The Peoples Court or Divorce Court. International Human Rights Defense Act of 2023. nullU.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (House), 2012 Nov-Dec She is 61 years old. Join 10 million other Americans using GovTrack to learn about and contact your representative and senators and track what Congress is doing each day. Improving Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2023. (House), 2004 Jan-Mar Tammy was raised by her grandparents because her mother struggled with mental illness, chronic pain, and drug abuse. (House), 2002 Jul-Sep 0.00%. This partisan political drama isnt going [to] distract from Senator Baldwins commitment to work in a bipartisan way to get to the bottom of the problems at the Tomah VA and make sure they never happen again, Kraus continued. Contact Tammy Thank you for taking the time to contact me. Please sign up for our advisory group to be a part of making GovTrack a better tool for what you do. Copyright 2023 CQ Roll Call. Related: Murat, a Stevens Point native, also served as Baldwin's district director from 1999 to 2000. Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023. (Senate), 2013 Oct-Dec Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act. Tammy Baldwin | ethics complaint | staffer | VA scandal Contact Tammy Baldwin | Email, Address, Office & DC Phone Number A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin. A resolution designating March 2023 as "National Women's History Month". CQ Roll Call is a part of FiscalNote, the leading technology innovator at the intersection of global business and government. In fact, Baylor said all emails from Honl starting Nov 25 were forwarded to Murat. Tammy Baldwin was hoping she could scrub her hands clean of responsibility for her failure to act on the overprescription of opioids at the Tomah VA, despite damning reports showing she was the only member of Congress to have received a government report detailing abuses at the veterans' health care clinic back in 2014.