section_path: U.S. House of Representatives (2011 – 2019)/Tenure
section_name: Tenure
paragraph_text: Tenure
  
  In 2011, Duffy voted to eliminate Davis–Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements for federal projects.
  
  In March 2011, Duffy attended a Polk County Republican public town hall-style meeting in his district. In a video, following the passage of a state bill which would have effectively frozen the salaries of state employees, Duffy was asked about whether he would be willing to cut his own $174,000 salary. Duffy responded that he would only be willing to do so as part of a general round of salary cuts for government employees, and insisted that he was "struggling" to get by, despite his salary being nearly three times the average for Wisconsin residents.
  
  On December 22, 2011, Duffy and fellow Republican House freshman Rick Crawford (Arkansas), published an open letter to Speaker John Boehner, urging the leader to allow the House to vote on the Senate's two-month tax cut extension compromise.
  
  In 2013, Duffy and Democratic House member Michael Michaud (Maine) introduced a resolution calling for government action to ensure that people be provided with paper-based information along with electronic.
  
  Duffy was on the Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood.
  
  Duffy supported President Donald Trump 's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim -majority countries. He stated that "President Trump is fulfilling a campaign promise to re-evaluate our visa vetting process so that the American people are safe from terrorism." In February 2017, Duffy gave an interview to CNN's Alisyn Camerota supporting Trump's immigration and travel ban. When Camerota, referring to the Quebec City mosque shooting, asked why Trump made no public statement on the white terrorists who perpetrated that act, Duffy replied, "I don't know, there's a difference. You don't have a group like ISIS or al-Qaeda that is inspiring people around the world to take up arms and kill innocents...That was a one-off, Alisyn."
  
  In January 2017, Duffy co-sponsored legislation that would end protection for grey wolves in the Endangered Species Act.
  
  In July 2018, Duffy said that Europe, China, Canada and Mexico had committed "economic terrorism in a way" by placing retaliatory tariffs on the United States in response to tariffs enacted by the Trump administration.
  
  Duffy resigned his seat effective September 23, 2019, to have more time to help his wife care for their daughter, who has a heart defect.
  
  In 2011, Duffy voted to eliminate Davis–Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements for federal projects.
  
  In March 2011, Duffy attended a Polk County Republican public town hall-style meeting in his district. In a video, following the passage of a state bill which would have effectively frozen the salaries of state employees, Duffy was asked about whether he would be willing to cut his own $174,000 salary. Duffy responded that he would only be willing to do so as part of a general round of salary cuts for government employees, and insisted that he was "struggling" to get by, despite his salary being nearly three times the average for Wisconsin residents.
  
  On December 22, 2011, Duffy and fellow Republican House freshman Rick Crawford (Arkansas), published an open letter to Speaker John Boehner, urging the leader to allow the House to vote on the Senate's two-month tax cut extension compromise.
  
  In 2013, Duffy and Democratic House member Michael Michaud (Maine) introduced a resolution calling for government action to ensure that people be provided with paper-based information along with electronic.
  
  Duffy was on the Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood.
  
  Duffy supported President Donald Trump 's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim -majority countries. He stated that "President Trump is fulfilling a campaign promise to re-evaluate our visa vetting process so that the American people are safe from terrorism." In February 2017, Duffy gave an interview to CNN's Alisyn Camerota supporting Trump's immigration and travel ban. When Camerota, referring to the Quebec City mosque shooting, asked why Trump made no public statement on the white terrorists who perpetrated that act, Duffy replied, "I don't know, there's a difference. You don't have a group like ISIS or al-Qaeda that is inspiring people around the world to take up arms and kill innocents...That was a one-off, Alisyn."
  
  In January 2017, Duffy co-sponsored legislation that would end protection for grey wolves in the Endangered Species Act.
  
  In July 2018, Duffy said that Europe, China, Canada and Mexico had committed "economic terrorism in a way" by placing retaliatory tariffs on the United States in response to tariffs enacted by the Trump administration.
  
  Duffy resigned his seat effective September 23, 2019, to have more time to help his wife care for their daughter, who has a heart defect.