This morning I was able to ask Chairman Ed Royce (R-California) who is chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the future of a unified Iraq and the option of independent Kurdish, Sunni, and Shia states. He disagreed saying it would only further assist ISIS in its recruitment. Ed Royce is frustrated because the…
The Kurds are friends of Bill and I. We have know them for years. We are proud of what they are doing and eternally greatful for their fighting strength, will, and determination. How can we ever forget what they did in saving the Yazidis people on Mount Sinjar last August? The thought of the women,…
It appears that the US government is finally giving full backing to the only ally we have (other than Israel) in the Middle East that is willing to fight—the Kurds. The Kurds are the only large ethnic group in the Middle East that in the aftermath of the First World War were left without a…
Tonight Milwaukee will host a Republican Presidential debate. It is a city plagued by poverty, a growing murder rate, and educational underachievement; Milwaukee has eneavored with an unending will and want to make Milwaukee a great city on a great lake for everyone . What’s missing is a Federal partnership with the city,the business community, the…
When Congress passed its overall budget outline it was a bipartisan deal and most of the votes came from the Democrats. Only 79 of the 246 House Republicans supported the package and 17 of the Senate Republicans. Now there are three way negotiations beginning with Paul Ryan leading House Republicans, Mitch McConnell Senate Republicans, and the…
I was proud to see two of the clients we assisted were named by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, as being WEDC (Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation) deals that were “on the right track”. These companies received a portion of the $126 million in taxpayer subsidies to support their efforts in economic development and growth…
The Economic Development Administration of the US Department of Commerce informed us today that they have forgiven a $2 million loan to the YWCA of Milwaukee 5 years early. When the YWCA originally built their headquarters building in 1995 they obtained a $2 million loan from FDA forgivable after 25 years. Later the regulations were…
I am proud to have assisted Mortara Instruments in their successful application to WEDC (Wisconsin Economic Development Corp) for tax credits based on creating 150 new jobs in Milwaukee. Today was the groundbreaking of their new $5 million facility on Milwaukee’s northwest side (see link in the Journal Sentinel). Mortara is a family company with…
39 members of Congress on Thursday, June 5th have asked the VA to expedite its review of Cologuard the new noninvasive stool based DNA colon cancer test. While both FDA and Medicare have approved the test it is currently denied to veterans who receive their care through the VA system. The goal of Cologuard is…
Beware of the anyone who tells you that you can export something to Cuba as the result of changes in Obama administration policy without an export license. I was asked the question by a client who had been contacted by a disturber who said it was okay to sell certain items to Cuba without an export…