January 8, 2011

Members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation on Saturday denounced the deadly Arizona shooting spree as a horrific and senseless act of violence.
Some said the shootings that left their colleague, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), critically injured would not stop them from holding similar town hall-style meetings like the one Giffords was having outside a grocery store when she and others were shot.

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a Menomonee Falls Republican, had no plans to call off a 1 p.m. Sunday town hall meeting at Pewaukee City Hall, spokeswoman Wendy Riemann said.
But at the urging of the House sergeant at arms, Sensenbrenner will have a police presence at his meeting “to ensure everyone’s safe,” Riemann said.

Capitol police also told lawmakers to be more vigilant about security as they conduct meetings with constituents, Riemann said.

Sensenbrenner has town hall meetings scheduled Monday in Washington, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties.

Rep. Gwen Moore, a Milwaukee Democrat, is in Milwaukee and proceeding with her schedule as normal, said her spokesman, David Frey.