Advent Calendar Surprise: Tom Tiffany is a Public Health Nightmare for Wisconsin

Tiffany voted against expanding benefits for firefighters who developed job-related diseases and cancer

Tom Tiffany voted against funding for lead pipe removal and PFAS cleanup

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Tiffany voted against funding for suicide prevention for health care professionals

MADISON, Wis. — Tom Tiffany has a long record of bad health care votes on everything from cutting ACA tax credits to pay for tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk, to co-sponsoring a bill to criminalize abortion after six weeks. But Tiffany doesn’t just attack health care in the clinic—Tom Tiffany has consistently voted against common sense public health legislation on crucial funding for lead pipe removal and PFAS cleanup, and even praised RFK Jr. for rejecting WHO standards for pandemic readiness following the COVID-19 pandemic. Tiffany went so far as to shun common-sense vaccine protocols that have saved millions of lives and eradicated other diseases like the measles, calling the COVID vaccine mandate a “cruel enforcement.”

“Tom Tiffany is a public health disaster waiting to happen, already voting against some of the most bipartisan legislation the country has ever seen including funding for cancer, lead pipe removal, PFAS cleanup, suicide prevention for pandemic health care professionals and even support for students with disabilities,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Emily Stuckey. “Tiffany is the kind of self-interested out-of-touch DC Republican that makes Ebenezer Scrooge seem like an okay guy even before he found the meaning of Christmas.”

A Brief Look at Tom Tiffany’s Extremist Record on Public Health and Praise for RFK Jr.:

• Tiffany voted against expanding benefits for firefighters who developed job-related diseases and cancer.
• Tiffany voted against a bipartisan bill requiring health insurance to cover treatment for birth defects.
• Tom Tiffany voted against funding for lead pipe removal and PFAS cleanup.
  • The bill would provide $15 billion to replace lead pipes and $10 billion to address water contamination from PFAS nationally with $841 million in funding to improve water infrastructure across Wisconsin.
• Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Tiffany voted against funding for suicide prevention for health care professionals.
• Tiffany voted against funding for school-based mental health services.
• Tiffany was one of only 49 members to vote against funding to help colleges combat drug and alcohol abuse among students.
• Tiffany praised RFK Jr for rejecting WHO standards for pandemic readiness.

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NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.