WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced that she has successfully pushed U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy to release the more than $1 billion for the Blatnik Bridge replacement project. Baldwin has championed the reconstruction of the Blatnik Bridge project, including leading her colleagues in calling on (https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/baldwin-klobuchar-smith-demand-secretary-duffy-release-blatnik-bridge-project-funding) Secretary Duffy to release this funding just two weeks ago.
"There is no good reason these funds should have been held up in the first place, and I am glad we forced the Trump Administr...