Thomas Tiffany

Mr. TIFFANY

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate Walter Gorlewski's 100th birthday on June 28. He resides in Eagle River, Wisconsin. I honor his remarkable life and express gratitude for his courageous service in the United States Army with Patton's Third Division in the European-Middle Eastern Theater during World War II. This theater played a critical role in diverting German strength and controlling important supply routes, ultimately leading to allied victory. For his acts of valor, Walter was awarded four Bronze Battle Stars, three Overseas Service Bars, and a Good Conduct Medal. Mr. Speaker, I wish Walter a happy 100th birthday and thank him for his service.

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Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, this National Police Week, I thank the brave men and women of law enforcement who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Their courage and service will never be forgotten. I want to recognize two law enforcement officers from Wisconsin's Seventh District who recently retired after decades of service. Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, ``Fitzy,'' served for 28 years in law enforcement, including 17 years as sheriff. His leadership and commitment made a lasting impact on his community. I wish Sheriff Fitzgerald the best in the next chapter of his life. Rusk County Sheriff Jeff Wallace retired earlier this year after 28 years in law enforcement, including 10 years as sheriff. We are grateful for Sheriff Wallace's service. I also congratulate Jim Peglow. After 31 years with the Neenah- Menasha Fire Rescue and an additional 9 years with the Minocqua Fire and Rescue, Jim has answered his final call. We thank all of our law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders. Our communities are safer because of them.

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Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the high school athletes from Wisconsin's Seventh District who competed in the State championships during the winter sports season. In the individual State wrestling tournament, my district had Liam Neitzel of Hudson, Lane Andersen of Amery, Reegan Roy of Wabeno, Blake Underwood and Cale Quantance of Marathon, Wyatt Unser of Glenwood City, Colton Weiler of Auburndale, and Carter Lueck of Stratford secure the State championship, with the Saint Croix Falls boys' team taking home the first place title at the team State wrestling tournament. Then the Tomahawk boys' hockey team claimed their first-ever State title at the boys' hockey State tournament. At the gymnastics State meet, Chippewa Falls Co-op won Division 1 team State, Rice Lake High School won Division 2 team State, and Avery Ash of Rice Lake took home first place in the individual balance beam event. I also congratulate the Osceola High School ice fishing team on taking home the State title, going against 87 schools. Not many States have an ice fishing tournament. We congratulate each one of these State champions, as well as their coaches. I wish them the best of luck in their future seasons.

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Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I thank the gentlemen who have led the Border Security Caucus, Mr. Babin and Mr. Biggs. I thank them for their leadership on this issue. It is as a result of their efforts that they continue to deliver this message to the American people of what a disaster this was going on at our southern border that caused this to be the number one issue in the past election before the American people. In particular, I thank the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs). The first trip I did after being sworn in, in May 2020, was to go down to the southern border on a trip that he led with many of us, as he did so many times with so many Members. I don't know if there are hardly any Members on the Republican side that he didn't lead to the southern border to deliver the message. It is there that I got to meet people like Sheriff Mark Lamb from Pinal County in Arizona and Sheriff Mark Dannels down in Cochise County, who back in 2020 talked about how the border was becoming secure, that at the end of the Trump administration's first term, the border was becoming more secure. We visited them a year later, and they told us that it was all deteriorating simply because there was a change in the Presidency. I thank them for their leadership in regard to this. They have done a service to the American people. Hopefully, we can fix this for the future. We just had a hearing this morning with a sheriff from one of the counties in Texas, a border county there, as well as one of the leaders of the Border Patrol union. They told us that it is night and day since January 20. Thank God we have new leadership in the White House because the border is once again secured. I would just say, remember when the media and Democrats told us that President Biden needed a bill to fix the border? That was a lie. As President Trump said last week in his joint address, all we really needed was a new President. If there is one thing that has been proven over the last month, it is that the Democrats' border invasion was intentional. Mr. Speaker, President Trump announced illegal border crossings in February were the lowest in decades: February 2024, under Biden, nearly 190,000; 2025, under Trump, a little over 8,000. That is a 96 percent decrease without a single new law from Congress. The difference is real leadership. It is truly a shame that Democrats willingly let the killers of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray and Rachel Morin into this country. It is also a shame that they did not deport criminals like the one in my congressional district who killed Steven Nasholm, a father of three daughters. Thankfully, President Trump didn't wait for excuses. He took action by putting remain in Mexico back in place. He declared an emergency at our southern border, sent troops to help the border patrol, put a stop to illegal crossings, and signed the Laken Riley Act into law to deport dangerous criminals. Gone are the days of catch and release, which have a completely different meaning where I come from in the lakes in northern Wisconsin. President Biden had turned it into an illegal alien term where illegals who were caught at our southern border were released into the U.S. To be clear, the last administration chose to let America be invaded. President Trump chose to stop it. American strength is back and stronger than ever, but we cannot stop here. Congress must act now to ensure these gains are not undone by the next weak President in the White House. We must codify things like stopping birthright citizenship, ending catch and release, ensuring that ICE has the tools needed to carry out mass deportations, and preventing parole abuse permanently. President Trump is doing his job. Now it is time for Congress to do ours. There are no more excuses. It is time to stand up for America.

Mr. TIFFANY

Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, in spite of what was just said on the other side of the aisle, I want to invite the gentleman from California to Wisconsin. He can get some good fishing in in northern Minnesota, good musky fishing, but if the gentleman wants the best, then come to northern Wisconsin. I have an invitation for my friend. This bill will bring transparency, Mr. Speaker, to the misleading and inaccurate way hazardous fuels treatments are reported. Decades of mismanagement of our Federal lands have left our forests overstocked with trees and created tinderbox conditions, and we have long known the reported pace and scale of forest management has been insufficient to truly address our catastrophic forest health crisis. There is a better way to actively manage our public lands, and that starts with holding our Federal land management agencies accountable by requiring accurate reporting on the effectiveness of their work in fuel reduction. According to troubling reports, the situation is even worse than we have been led to believe, as agencies have been overstating their treatments by over 20 percent. Accurate reporting is necessary to broadly track the progress made on our larger wildfire mitigation targets as well as individual projects. The ACRES Act is a simple solution to hold our Federal agencies accountable to see the actual work they are doing to reduce the enormous risks of wildfire. American taxpayers deserve to know they are getting what they paid for. This bill will help ensure that happens. Mr. Speaker, this is a small step in what needs to be a number of steps to get back to active forest management to protect the life and health of our forests and the people who live around them in the United States of America. I hope this incoming administration and this Congress are active in getting us back to active forest management here in America. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''

Mr. TIFFANY

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize all the young athletes from Wisconsin's Seventh District who competed in the 2024 Wisconsin football State championships. I congratulate the Owen-Withee Blackhawks on winning the program's first-ever State championship, the Edgar Wildcats and Coach Jerry Sinz on winning the Division 7 State championship title for the second year in a row, and the Stratford Tigers on winning the Division 5 State championship title for the third year in a row, setting a WIAA State record with their 10th State football title in school history. I also wish Stratford's head coach, Jason Tubbs, all the best in retirement after 13 seasons with the Tigers. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate all of these athletes and their coaches on an incredible season.

Mr. TIFFANY

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7326) to amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on H.R. 7326.

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Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7324) to make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 7324.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 7324. This bill was prepared for the House Committee on the Judiciary by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Congress enacted a restatement of title 41 into a positive law title more than 13 years ago in January 2011. Since that time, Congress has continued to legislate on matters within title 41, which necessitates the bill to update that title before us today. This bill does not change the substance of any law on the books. It simply updates title 41 to account for laws passed by Congress since 2011. The bill also updates and corrects technical matters, such as cross-references to other parts of the U.S. Code that have changed since 2011. I thank my colleagues on the House Committee on the Judiciary for the bipartisan way that we handle these bills. I urge support of H.R. 7324, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I reserve and am prepared to close.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of the bill also, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 7341.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7341) to make technical amendments to title 49, United States Code, as necessary to improve the Code.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 7341. This bill was prepared for the House Committee on the Judiciary by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. In 2021, Congress enacted the Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021. That law created a new chapter 224 in title 49. H.R. 7341 makes various technical corrections in title 49 to account for the creation of that new chapter. This bill does not change the substance of any law on the books. It simply updates title 49 to account for laws passed by Congress. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues on the House Committee on the Judiciary for the bipartisan way that we handle these bills. I urge support of H.R. 7341, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7339) to make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on H.R. 7339.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 7339. This bill was prepared for the Judiciary Committee by the Office of Law Revision Counsel. In 2010, Congress enacted a restatement of title 51 making it a positive law title. Since that time, Congress has continued to legislate on matters within title 51, which necessitates the bill to update the title before us today. This bill does not change the substance of any law on the books. It simply updates title 51 to account for laws passed by Congress. I thank my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee for the bipartisan way that we handle these bills. I urge support of H.R. 7339, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this bill also, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I also urge support, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7316) to make improvements in the enactment of title 54, United States Code, into a positive law title and to correct related technical errors.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 7316. This bill was prepared for the Judiciary Committee by the Office of Law Revision Counsel. In 2014, Congress enacted a restatement of title 54 making it a positive law title. Since that time, Congress has continued to legislate on matters within title 54. H.R. 7316 further updates title 54 to account for those laws subsequently passed by Congress. This bill does not change the substance of any law on the books; it simply updates title 54 to account for laws passed by Congress. I thank my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee for the bipartisan way that we handle these bills. Mr. Speaker, I urge support for H.R. 7316, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on H.R. 7316.