{"id":2159,"date":"2023-04-14T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2023-04-14T17:04:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:04:07","slug":"wisconsin-congressman-derrick-van-ordens-very-productive-first-100-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2159","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden\u2019s Very Productive First 100 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/derrick-van-orden-3\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/derrick-van-orden-3\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/derrick-van-orden.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fentanyl Overdose Link derrick van orden\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"derrick van orden\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New conservative Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden has had a very productive first 100 days in office, introducing bills to help military veterans and their families, meeting with constituents and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks 100 days since the 118th Congress convened in Washington, DC on January 3, 2023. Since then, Rep. Van Orden has led a constituent services-first office and delivered results for the people of Wisconsin\u2019s Third Congressional District,\u201d his office says in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>A former Navy SEAL, Van Orden flipped a seat in western Wisconsin that Democrats had held for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOn my 100th day in Congress, I\u2019m proud of the results our team has achieved on behalf of my constituents,\u201d <\/strong>said Van Orden in the release.<strong> \u201cI look forward to continuing to advocate for the farmers, veterans, families, and working men and women who make up the Third District. We are here to help in any way we can.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the first 100 days, Rep. Van Orden\u2019s office says he:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduced five bills, including three during his first two weeks in office. In one example. he introduced \u201ctwo bills designed to expand opportunities for veterans and protect military families \u2013 the Ensure Military Personnel Learn Opportunities Yielding Vocations that Employ Transitioning Servicemembers (EMPLOY VETS) Act and Protect Military Dependents Act.\u201d His office says, \u201cThe EMPLOY VETS Act improves the process transitioning servicemembers go through as they move from active duty to veteran by ensuring they receive information about employment opportunities. The Protect Military Dependents Act ensures that dependents who receive educational benefits aren\u2019t penalized when a servicemember loses benefits.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sent over 40,000 letters to constituents.<\/li>\n<li>Closed over 200 cases for Wisconsinites seeking assistance with federal agencies.<\/li>\n<li>Organized over 100 Washington, DC tours to over 400 constituents.<\/li>\n<li>Participated in over 70 interviews with local and national media.<\/li>\n<li>Joined over 25 hearings on the Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/derrick-van-orden-3\/ New conservative Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden has had&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2161,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}