Washington, May 1 -- Congressman Tony Wied issued the following press release:

Today, Rep. Tony Wied (WI-08) led Reps. Bryan Steil (WI-01), Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Glenn Grothman (WI-06), and Tom Tiffany (WI-07) in sending a letter to Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Karen Evans thanking the agency for its swift response to the State's request for a Joint Preliminary Damage Assessment and urging the agency to act swiftly and in coordination with Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM).

"We write to express our thanks for your agency's prompt response to the State of Wisconsin's request for FEMA to conduct a Joint Preliminary Damage Assessment (JPDA) with WEM in order to determine w...