Jim Sensenbrenner

U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., has served in Congress since 1979. He represents a district covering Milwaukee suburbs.

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Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 11, 2019 a tweet

"104 House Democrats voted for impeachment before the Ukraine call took place."

By Madeline Heim • December 20, 2019

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on April 15, 2014 a town-hall meeting

President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."

By Dave Umhoefer • May 4, 2014

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on July 1, 2013 an op-ed article

"Currently, it takes up to 25 years to obtain U.S. citizenship legally" but the Senate bill "would allow immigrants who came to the United States illegally to obtain citizenship in just 13 years."

By Dave Umhoefer • July 7, 2013

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on May 9, 2013 an interview

An 11-year-old girl was investigated by the FBI and had to pay a $500 federal criminal fine "because she found an injured woodpecker and put it in a cage to make sure that the bird was OK."

May 28, 2013

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on March 22, 2013 a press release

"75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the Obama Administration is closing are located in Republican Congressional Districts."

By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 8, 2011 a House Judiciary Committee hearing

"I've done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country."

December 19, 2011

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 29, 2011 an interview

"We have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. It’s 35 percent."

October 9, 2011

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on July 24, 2011 a discussion at a town hall meeting

"One of the biggest polluters in our country is the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District."

August 3, 2011

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on January 16, 2011 an interview after a town hall meeting

"We had a debate on whether ‘ObamaCare’ was the way to go to fix up health care and the American voters said no -- emphatically."

By James B. Nelson • January 20, 2011

Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on September 10, 2010 a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign

Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.

By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010

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Tom Palzewicz
stated on May 14, 2018 a tweet

Says Jim Sensenbrenner "has been in office for 40 years" and "he's led on exactly one bill," the Patriot Act.

May 17, 2018