Press Releases
December 6, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), joined by House Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Committee Chairman Mike Bost (IL-12), and Congressmen Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) and Adrian Smith (NE-03), introduced the BONUS Transparency Act.
Issues:
Congress
December 5, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Chairman of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, participated in a House Veterans’ Affairs full committee hearing on the Veterans Administration’s $6.6 billion budget shortfall request.
Issues:
Veterans
December 2, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced the pardon of his son, Hunter Biden:
November 21, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), and Mike Lawler (R-NY) led a bipartisan call of more than 80 lawmakers today urging House appropriators to fully fund the new grant program they created to help airports replace firefighting foams containing harmful forever chemicals.
Issues:
Transportation & Infrastructure
November 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack refused to answer a letter sent by Rep. Van Orden
Issues:
Agriculture
November 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 8371 – the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act.
Issues:
Veterans
November 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden voted to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, a widely bipartisan bill that overturns a harmful restriction on Social Security that prevented seniors with pensions from receiving their full retirement benefits.
Issues:
Seniors
October 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), along with Reps. Brad Finstad (MN-01) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04), penned a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack following Pure Prairie Poultry’s bankruptcy that resulted in nearly 50 farmers and more than two million chickens throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa being left without feed or processing options.
Issues:
Agriculture
October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) participated in a House Judiciary Committee field hearing in Milwaukee on the effects of the current southwest border crisis on Wisconsin residents and communities.
Issues:
Border Security
Public Safety
October 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) and Celeste Maloy (UT-02) introduced the Servicemember’s Eyeglasses Efficiency Act (SEE Act).
Issues:
Healthcare
Veterans