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Mark Pocan
stated on March 27, 2024 in Public appearance:

“We passed 27 bills last year, which is the fewest since the Depression.”

By Laura Schulte • April 17, 2024
Mark Pocan
stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter:

“The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”

By Laura Schulte • October 14, 2021
Mark Pocan
stated on August 27, 2021 in Twitter:

End of eviction moratorium means “millions of Americans” could lose their housing in the middle of a pandemic.

By D.L. Davis • September 3, 2021
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2021 in Twitter:

During the pandemic, “I’ve been in D.C. voting regularly.”

By Laura Schulte • June 15, 2021
Mark Pocan
stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter:

Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion.

By Laura Schulte • June 8, 2021
Mark Pocan
stated on February 12, 2021 in a tweet:

Ron Johnson didn’t “show up” for a day of impeachment hearings.

By Eric Litke • February 16, 2021
Mark Pocan
stated on June 30, 2020 in a tweet:

"Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state."

By D.L. Davis • July 17, 2020
Mark Pocan
stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet:

“There’s an Amazon distribution center that was advertising, last time I was there, up to $12.75 an hour. Your parents made that three decades ago.”

By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2020
Mark Pocan
stated on December 2, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."

By Eric Litke • December 11, 2019
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 in a tweet:

"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."

By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
Mark Pocan
stated on April 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."

By D.L. Davis • June 21, 2019
Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.

By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019
Mark Pocan
stated on October 18, 2017 in an interview:

What Republicans call the "death tax" is the estate tax "on the ultra wealthy" which, in 2016, was paid by only "two out of every 1,000 people."

By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on September 13, 2017 in a tweet:

Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."

By Tom Kertscher • September 18, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 in a press release:

"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."

By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on June 8, 2017 in a radio interview:

Says Scott Walker recently said "he got his bald spot from hitting his head on a cabinet, and it's not a joke, he actually said that his bald spot came because he hit his head on a cabinet."

By D.L. Davis • July 3, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:

"Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."

By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 in a hearing:

In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."

By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 in an interview:

In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."

By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 in a statement:

"There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 in a video:

Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."

By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 in an interview:

"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."

By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 in a letter:

Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."

By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on December 8, 2016 in an appearance on Fox News:

"In the last decade, 73% of new jobs (in Wisconsin) have come from Madison."

By Eric Litke • January 19, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on December 16, 2016 in an interview:

Says Donald Trump's first 17 Cabinet appointments "have a net worth of more than a third of America."

By Tom Kertscher • December 30, 2016
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2016 in a blog post:

"More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2016
Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 in a statement:

"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."

By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview:

"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.

By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015
Mark Pocan
stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference:

"When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."

By Dave Umhoefer • April 16, 2015
Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 in an interview:

Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."

By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2015

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