% >>
I'M ZAC
SCHULTZ,
FILLING
IN
% TONIGHT FOR FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT
ON "HERE AND
NOW," A
% CONVERSATION WITH
THE
HEALTH
% SERVICES
SECRETARY
DESIGNEE,
% INCLUDING BACK
TO
SCHOOL
% QUESTIONS ABOUT
IMMUNIZATIONS.
% THEN AN INSIDE
LOOK
AT A NEW
% BILL THAT
AIMS
TO
HELP
KEEP
% FAMILY FARMS WITHIN
THE
FAMILY.
% A
CLOSER LOOK
AT
THE
TOLL
THE
% FOXCONN
PROJECT
HAS
TAKEN
ON
% PROPERTY
OWNERS.
% RESULTS FROM
THE
LATEST% MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY POLL.
% IT'S "HERE AND
NOW"
FOR
% SEPTEMBER 6.%>> FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND NOW"
IS
%
PROVIDED IN
PART
BY
FRIENDS
OF
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
% >>
A
FIRST
LOOK
TONIGHT.
% IT'S BACK TO
SCHOOL WEEK
IN
% WISCONSIN AND
WHILE
KIDS
ARE
% MAKING NEW
FRIENDS,
THEY'RE
ALSO
% SHARING
GERMS
AND
NUMBERS
FROM
% THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
% SERVICES
SHOW AN
INCREASING
% NUMBER
OF
PARENTS ARE
OPTING OUT% OF
IMMUNIZATIONS FOR
THEIR
% CHILDREN.
% MORE
THAN
8%
OF
ALL
SCHOOL
% CHILDREN
DID
NOT
MEET
THE
% MINIMUM IMMUNIZATION
STANDARDS,% A NUMBER
THAT
HAS
INCREASED IN
% RECENT
YEARS.
% THE
NUMBER
OF
KIDS WHO ARE
% PROTECTED FROM
THE
MEASLES
% VARIES
FROM
70%
TO
980
!
--
90%.
% OUR
GUEST
ON
NOON
WEDNESDAY
WAS% DR.
JAMES
CONWAY.
% HE
EXPLAINED
WHY
THIS
PUTS
% WISCONSIN AT A
GREATER
RISK
FOR% A
MEASLES
OUTBREAK.% >>
THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
80%
% AND
90
PERSZ
!
%
IS
ENORMOUS.
% FOR
MOS
T
DISEASES
WE
WANT TO
BE
% OVER
90%.
% FOR
SOME
DISEASES
THAT
ARE
% HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS,
MEASLES
ONE% OF THE
MOST
TON
!
CON
TAI
GENT ON
THE
% PLANET,
YOU
WANT
95%
PROTECTED
% SO
YOU
DON'T
GET
INTO AN
% OUTBREAK
SITUATION.% >>
JOINING
US
NOW
IS
THE
% SECRETARY DES
!
DESIGNEE, ANDREA
PALM.
% >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
% >> HOW
MUCH AT
RISK
IS
WISCONSIN
% OF A
MEASLES
OUTBREAK?
% >>
LIKE
ALL
STATES WHO
DON'T
% HAVE A CASE
IN
THEIR
STATE,
IT
% JUST
TAKES
ONE
EXPOSURE TO
START% AN OUTBREAK.
% SO
I
THINK
OUR
FOLKS
AT
THE% DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES
IN
% PARTNERSHIP WITH
LOCAL
HEALTH
% DEPARTMENTS
ARE
FOCUSED ON
% MAKING
SURE WE ARE
TRACKING
AND
% TRACING
ANY
SUS
!
SUSPECTED
CASE
SO WE
% ARE PREPARED
TO
LIMIT
ITS
SPREAD
% AS
QUICKLY
AS
POSSIBLE.% >> DEMOCRATS
IN
THE
LEGISLATURE
% PROPOSED A BILL
THAT
WOULD
% ELIMINATE THE
PERSONAL
EXEMPTION
% CLAUSE
FOR
PARENTS.
% HOW DO
YOU
FEEL
ABOUT
THAT?
% >>
W
E
NEED
TO
USE
ALL
THE
TOOLS
% TO
INCREASE IMMUNIZATION
RATES.
% ONE OF
THE
BIGGEST
CHALLENGES
WE
% FACE AND
PART
OF
WHY
YOU'RE
% SEEING AN
INCREASE IN
PERSONAL
% EXEMPTION
ONS
IS
MISINFORMATION% ON
THE
INTERNET.
% IMMUNIZATIONS ARE
SOME OF
THE
% SAFEST
AND
MOST
TESTED
MEDICINES
% IN
THE
MARKETPLACE
AND
THEY
KEEP
% US
SAFE.
% MEASLES IS
HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS.
% THE
SAFEST
WAY
TO
PROTECT
YOUR
% FAMILY
AND
COMMUNITY AT THAT
95%
% RATE IS TO
GET
THE
VACCINE.% >>
GIVEN
THE
IMPORTANCE
OF
HERD
% IMMUNITY, IS THAT SOMETHING
THAT
% THE
STATE
CAN
RISK
OR
SHOULD
WE
% REMOVE
THE
EXEMPTION FOR
PUBLIC
% SAFETY?%>> THERE
IS A
BILL
MOVING
% THROUGH
THE
LEGISLATURE.
% WE
LIKE
WITH
ALL
LEGISLATION ARE
% ABSOLUTELY INTERESTED IN
WORKING
% WITH THE
LEGISLATURE
TO
MAKE
% SURE IT
IS
AS
WORKABLE AS
% POSSIBLE.
% WE
WANT
TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT
KIDS
% AND
FAMILIES
WHO
HAVE
MEMBERS
% WHO CAN'T
BE
VACCINATED
BECAUSE
% OF
MEDICAL
CONDITIONS
OR
OTHER
% THINGS,
THAT
THOSE
PROTECTIONS
% REMAIN IN
PLACE.
% BUT
I
THINK
THE
MORE
WE
LOWER
% THE
RATE
OF
PERSONAL
EXEMPTIONS,
% THE MORE
PROTECTED WE
ALL
ARE.% >>
SPEAKING
BROADLY
ABOUT
YOUR
% DEPARTMENT.
% THE
BUDGET
WAS
BUILT
AROUND A
% MEDICAID EXPANSION.
% THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
% WHAT
DOES
THAT
MEAN
FOR
DHS?
% >>
IT'S A GREAT
QUESTION.
% MEDICAID EX
ANGS
IS A
REALLY
% IMPORTANT THING FOR US
TO
DO
I
N% WISCONSIN.
% 37
OTHER
STATES
HAVE
DONE
IT.
% IT
WOULD
BRING
DOWN,
AS
YOU
SAW
% IN
OUR
B
UDGET, A WHOLE LOT
OF
% NEW FEDERAL
MONEY
THAT
WOULD
% ALLOW US
TO
MAKE
REALLY
% IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS IN OTHER
% PARTS OF
THE HEALTH CARE
% NOT
JUST
IN
MEDICAID,
BUT
IN
%
OTHER PARTS OF
THE
SYSTEM
THAT
% WOULD
BENEFIT
ALL
WISCONSINITES.
% SO
WE
WILL
CONTINUE
TO
% PRIORITIZE
I
T,
TO
PUSH
TO
BRING
% THAT
TAXPAYER
MONEY BACK TO
% WISCONSIN TO
SPEND A
MORE
% IMPORTANT THINGS
HERE.
% IN
THE
MEANTIME
WE'RE
FOCUSED ON
% MAKING
SURE WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE
FOR
% BADGERCARE KNOW
THAT THEY
ARE,
% THAT
THEY'RE
ENROLLED
AND
GET
% THE
SERVICES THAT
THEY
NEED
AND
% THAT
WE'RE
CONTINUING
TO
MAKE
% IMPROVE MENTSZ
!
IMPROVEMENTS
IN
THE
PROGRAM.% >>
WITH
THE
TRANSITION
TO A
% DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION,
WE'VE
% SEEN
OTHER
STATE
AGENCIES SHIFT
% SOME
OF
THEIR
PRIORITIES.
% IS
THAT
HAPPENING
AT
DHS?
% >> SO
I THINK
AS
YOU
SUGGEST,
% ALLINGS
!
AGENCIES ARE
TAKING A
LOOK
AT
% WHERE
THEY'VE
BEEN,
WANT
TO HEAD
% TO.%WE
HAVE A
NUMBER
OF
PRIORITIES,
% THE
OPIOID
EPIDEMIC,
METH
% EPIDEMIC.
% THOSE
ARE
REALLY
IMPORTANT
% THINGS FOR
US
TO
CONTINUE TO
% PRIORITIZE AND
TRY TO
GET
IN
% FRONT
OF,
REDUCING
DEATHS
FROM
% OPIOID
OVERDOSE
IS A
REALLY
% IMPORTANT THING FOR US
TO
DO.
% I
THINK
WE
ALSO
ARE
LOOKING
AT
% THE
LONG-TERM CARE
SYSTEM,
AGING
% POPULATION.
% WE KNOW
IT'S
C
OMING.
% HOW
ARE
WE
MAKING
SURE
THAT WE
% ARE
RESPONSIBLY
AND
% STRATEGICALLY READY
TO
SERVE
% SENIORS
AS
THEY
AGE
IN
THEIR
% HOMES AND
COMMUNITIES IN
THE
% LEAST
RESTRICTIVE
SETTING
THAT
% HONORS THEIR
CHOICES.
% THAT
IS A
PLACE
WE WILL
BE
% SPENDING TIME.
% AS WELL
AS
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
% I
MENTIONED
THE
OPIOID
AND
METH
% PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
% MENTAL
HEALTH,
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
% DISORDERS
MORE
BROADLY ARE
% PLACES
WHERE
WISCONSIN
CAN
TAKE% A
LEADERSHIP
ROLE
NATIONALLY,
% INTEGRATING THOSE
INTO HEALTH%
CARE SO
WE'RE
REDUCING
STIGMA,
% ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SEEK
THE
% HELP THEY
NEED
AND
MAKING OUR
% HEALTH AND
WELLNESS
OF
OUR
% PEOPLE
BETTER.
% THAT'S
ANOTHER
PLACE
WHERE
% YOU'LL
SEE
SOME FOCUS
FROM
US.
% >>
NEWS
REPORTS
TALK
ABOUT
% PURDUE PHARMA
BEING
IN
% SETTLEMENT
TALKS
WITH
STATES
% OVER THEIR ROLE
IN
THE
OPIOID
% CRISIS.
% HOW WOULD
YOU
WANT TO
SEE
% WISCONSIN
SPEND
ANY
SETTLEMENT
% DOLLARS?%>> THE
SCIENCE
ON
THIS
IS
PRETTY
% GOOD.
% WE
KNOW, FOR
EXAMPLE,
% MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT IS%
THE
MOST
EFFECTIVE
METHOD OF
% TREATMENT.
% WITH
FEDERAL
AND
STATE
COLLARS
% WE'VE
RECEIVED OVER
THE
LAST
% NUMBER
OF
YEARS
W
E'VE
MADE
% IMPROVEMENT
IN
ACCESS
TO
THAT.
% ANY SETTLEMENT
WE
MIGHT
SEE,
% WE'VE GOT TO
DO
MORE
TO
INCREASE
% ACCESS
TO
TREATMENT
AND
% MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT.
% YOU
SEE A
LOT
OF
IMPROVEMENT
TO
% THE
OVERDOSE
REVERSAL
DRUG
SO% ADMINISTRATION OF
THAT
WILL
SAVE
% YOUR LIFE.
% SO
WHILE WE NEED TO
GET
YOU
INTO
% TREATMENT, YOU
GOT
TO
MAKE
IT
% THROUGH
THE
OVERDOSE FIRST.
% SO
INCREASED
ACCESS
TO
THAT% WOULD BE
ANOTHER
PLACE
WHERE
WE
% WOULD
WANT TO
SEE
SOME ABILITY
% TO EXPAND
OUR
RESOURCE
% ALLOCATION
IN
THAT
SPACE.
% THERE'S LOTS OF
WORK
THAT
CAN
% AND SHOULD BE
DONE ON THE
% PREVENTION
SIDE.
% THAT'S
THE
BALL
GAME.
% IF WE
CAN
KEEP
PEOPLE
FROM
% BECOMING
ADDICTED TO
THESE
% SUBSTANCES, YOU
GOT
LESS
OF A
% FIGHT ON THE
BACK END.
% SO FOCUS
ON
PREVENTION,
O
N
USE,% ON
THE
DEMOGRAPHICS
OF
FOLKS WHO
% ARE
MORE
LIKELY T
O
BECOME
% ADDICTED.
% WE NEED
TO
FOCUS
EFFORTS
THERE.
% AND THEN
ONCE
YOU
MAKE
IT
% THROUGH
TREATMENT,
IT'S A
% LIFELONG
COMMITMENT
AND THERE
% ARE ALWAYS
MOMENTS
WHERE
YOU
% NEED A
LITTLE
SUPPORT.
% AND
SO RECOVERY AND
THE
SERVICES
% AND
THE
SUPPORT THAT
IS
% NECESSARY TO
HELP
PEOPLE
% MAINTAIN
THEIR
SOBRIETY
OVER
% TIME
ARE
ALSO
IMPORTANT
PARTS OF
% THE
SYSTEM THAT WE
COULD
AND% SHOULD
BE
FOCUSING
ON
TO
HELP
% PEOPLE
REMAIN
HEALTHY
AND
WELL
% ONCE THEY
GET
THERE.% >>
UNDER
THE
LAME
DUCK
LAWS, THE
% JOINT
FINANCE WOULD HAVE
TO
% APPROVE ANY
SETTLEMENT AND THEY
% THEY'D
ALSO
HAVE
SOME
CONTROL
% OVER
HOW
THOSE
DOLLARS
WERE
% SPENT.
% HAVE YOU
HAD
ANY
PRELIMINARY
% CONVERSATIONS WITH
REPUBLICANS
% ABOUT ANY
POTENTIAL
USE
FOR
% THOSE
DOLLARS?
% >> I HAVE
NOT,
BUT
THERE'S A
% STRONG SCIENCE BASE
FOR
THE
% KINDS OF
THINGS
THAT WE
COULD
DO
% TO
ACTUAL LI
HAVE
!
ACTUALLY HAVE
REAL
IMPACT
AND% THAT
IS
WHERE
I WOULD
WANT
TO
% START
ANY
CONVERSATION WE HAVE
% WITH THEM.%>>
SO
NO
MEMBER OF
THE
CABINET
% HAS
HAD A
CONFIRMATION
VOTE.
% HOW HAS
THAT
IMPACTED YOUR
% ABILITY TO
DO
YOUR
JOB?
% >> DIFFERENT
FROM
THE
FEDERAL
% LEVEL
WHICH
IS
WHERE
I
CAME
% FROM,
I
CAN
SERVE
IN
THIS
ROLE
% WITHOUT
BEING
CONFIRMED,
WITHOUT
% ANY
SORT
OF
TIME
LIMIT.
% SO
I
GET
UP
EVERY
DAY
AND
I'M
SO
% HAPPY TO B
E
AT
DHS
AND
I'M
% GRATEFUL
TO HAVE
BEEN
NOMINATED
% BY
THE
GOVERNOR.
% I'VE
TRIED
REALLY HARD
T
O
BUILD
% RELATIONSHIPS WITH
MY COLLEAGUES
% IN THE
LEGISLATURE, TO
BE
% TRANSPARENT, TO
BE
RESPONSIVE,% TO MAKE
SURE
WE'RE
DOING
GOOD
% CASEWORK
SERVICES AND
TALKING
TO
% THEM
ABOUT
THEIR
POLICY
% PRIORITIES.
% SO
I
A
M
CERTAINLY
HOPEFUL
THAT
I% WILL BE
CONFIRMED
AND
JUST
GET
% UP EVERY
DAY
AND
TRY
TO
DO
MY
% JOB THE
BEST
THAT
I
CAN
FOR
THE
% PEOPLE
OF
WISCONSIN.% >>
IN
JUST A
FEW
SECONDS, DO YOU% THINK
HOLDING
OFF
CONFIRMATION
% GIVES
REPUBLICANS
ANY
REMPLEG% OVER
YOU?
% >>
IT'S
NEVER
ANY
FUN TO
BE% CALLED
UP
IN
FRONT OF
THE
% LEGISLATURE TO BE
ACCOUNTABLE% FOR
X
OR
Y,
BUT THEY
HAVE
THE
% ACT
!
ACT
!
ACT
TO
DO
THAT.
% SO
I
THINK
HAVING AN OPEN
% RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM
IS
THE
% KEY.%>> ANDREA
PALM, THANK YOU
FOR
% YOUR TIME
TODAY.% >> THANK
YOU.
% >>
NOW
TO
AGRICULTURE
NEWS OUT% OF
THE
CAPITOL.
% A BIPARTISAN
PACKAGE
OF
BILLS% HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED
AIMING
TO
% HELP
FAMILY
FARMERS
OF
ALL
AGES,
% INCLUDING
REDUCING
STUDENT LOAN
% DEBT FOR
NEW
FARMERS
AND
HELPING
% OLDER FARMERS PLAN
FOR
THE NEXT
% GENERATION TO TAKE
OVER.
% ONE OF
THE
COSPONSORS
IS
% REPUBLICAN
SENATOR PATRICK
% TESTIN,
WHO
JOINS
US
NOW
FROM% STEVENS POINT.
% THANKS FOR
YOUR
TIME
TODAY.% >>
GREAT TO BE
ON.
% >>
WHAT'S
DIFFERENCE ABOUT
% HANDING DOWN
THE
FAMILY FARM
% THAN
IN
THE
PAST
AND
HOW
WILL
% THIS
BILL
HELP
THAT?
% >>
WELL,
FARM
SUCCESSION,
IT'S A
% REALLY TOUGH
DISCUSSION,
AND
% CURRENTLY RIGHT
NOW
WHEN
YOU
% TAKE A LOOK
AT
THE
AVERAGE
AGE
% OF
OUR
FARMERS,
IT'S
APPROACHING
% 57 YEARS
OLD.
% WE DON'T
HAVE
THAT NEXT
% GENERATION TO
TAKE
OVER
THAT
% FAMILY FARM.
% AS A
RESULT
OF
THAT,
WE'VE
SEEN% A
RECORD
NUMBER
OF
BANKRUPTCIES
% OF
OUR
SMALL
FAMILY
FARMS.
% WE
CERTAINLY
DON'T
WANT
THOSE
TO
% DISAPPEAR IN
RURAL
WISCONSIN.
% THEY HAVE
SERVED
AS A
BACKBONE
% OF
OUR
ECONOMY
SINCE
THE
% FOUNDING OF OUR
STATE.
% WE
WANT
OUR
FARMERS TO
HAVE
% THOSE
CONVERSATIONS
AND
WE
THINK
% THE
BILL
IS
GOING
TO
DO
JUST
% THAT SO WE
CAN
ENSURE
SMALL
% FAMILY
FARMS
REMAIN A
STAPLE
IN
% OUR RURAL
COMMUNITIES.% >> IN
THE
PAST
IN
OLDER
% GENERATIONS IT WAS
USUALLY
THE
% OLDEST
SON
WOULD
TAKE OVER
THE% FARM AND
WORK
ON
IT
AND
INHERIT
% AND A LOT OF
THE
OTHER
CHILDREN% MIGHT BE OFF
ON THEIR
OWN.
% NOWADAYS
IT
SEEMS
LIKE
THE
% PARENTS
WANT
TO
SPLIT
IT
UP
% EVENLY
AND THAT US
!
CAUSES
ISSUES
% WITH ONE
CHILD
NOT
BEING
ABLE
TO
% AFFORD
TO
BUY
OUT
THE
REST.
% WILL
THIS
HELP
THAT?
% >>
WE
HOPE
SO.
% TODAY'S AGRICULTURE ECONOMY
IS
% REALLY BIG
BUSINESS.
% IT'S
INTENSIVE.
% THAT'S
ONE OF
THE
MAIN
REASONS
% WHY YOU'RE
SEEING
LELS
!
SEEING
LESS
AND
LESS
% PEOPLE
TAKING OVER
THE
FAMILY
% FARM.
% IT'S
RIG
WUS
WORK.
% WE
HAVE
LOW
COMMODITY
PRICES.
% WITH
THE
TRADE
WAR GOING
ON, WE
% NEED TO
MAKE
SURE THERE
ARE
% RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR
THAT
% SUCCESSION, THAT
WHEN
FARMERS
% ARE NEARING
THE END
OF
THEIR
% CAREER AND
THEY'RE
GOING
TO
HANG
% UP THEIR
BOOTS,
THAT
WHEN
THEY% SIT
DOWN,
HAVE
THESE
% DISCUSSIONS,
IT'S
NOT
SO
% DIFFICULT.%THIS IS
WHAT
THIS
BILL
AIMS
TO
% DO IS
START
THAT
PROCESS, LAY
% OUT A PLAN
AND
ENSURE
THAT
WHEN% THEY HAND DOWN THE FARM TO
% EITHER A FAMILY
MEMBER
OR
% SOMEONE
ELSE,
THAT
IT'S A
SMOOTH
% TRANSITION.%>> YOU
MENTIONED
THE
TRADE
WAR.
% HOW
HAVE DONALD
TRUMP'S
% AGRICULTURE
TARIFFS
AFFECTED
% FARMERS
IN
YOUR
DISTRICT?
% >>
I'VE
HAD A
LOT
OF
% CONVERSATIONS WITH REMEMBER
% FAKERS
!
WITH
FARMERS
THROUGHOUT
THE
DISTRICT.
% MANY ARE TRYING
TO
GIVE
HIM
THE
% BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT.
% THEY
WANT
FREE
TRADE, FAIR
% TRADE.
% THEY'RE
OPTIMISTIC,
HOLDING
OUT
% THAT WE CAN
GET
NEW
DEALS
PUT
IN
% PLACE FOR
THE
USMC
AND
NEW
TRADE
% DEAL
WITH
CHINA
TO
ADDRESS
THESE
% ISSUES
AND
ENSURE
THAT
IT'S
% EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD.%
>>
DO
YOU
SUPPORT THIS
PATH
OF
% INTRODUCING TARIFFS TO
FORCE
% THIS
ISSUE?
% >>
WELL,
REALLY,
I
MEAN,
IT'S A
% -- FOR
ME,
I'M A
FREE
TRADE
GUY,
% BUT THIS
IS ONE
OF
THOSE ISSUES
% WHERE I
THINK
FOR
YEARS
% COUNTRIES LIKE
CHINA
HAVE
TAKEN
% ADVANTAGE OF THE
U.S.
% AND SO
IN
THIS
PARTICULAR% INSTANCE I'M
TRYING
TO
GIVE
THE
% PRESIDENT THE
BENEFIT OF THE
% DOUBT
TO GO
TO
THE
NEGOTIATING
% TABLE,
HOPEFULLY
HAVE
THE
% CHINESE
GOVERNMENT COME TO THE
% TABLE AND COME
TO AN
AGREEMENT
% ON
NEW
DEALS
IN
THE
BEST
% INTEREST
OF
NOT
ONLY
WISCONSIN,
% BUT
THE
U.S. AS
WELL
A
S
CHINA.% >>
NOW,
OTHER
BILLS
INCLUDE A
% PROPOSAL
TO
HELP
STUDENT
LOAN
% DEBT
FOR
NEW
FARMERS.
% DO YOU
SUPPORT
THAT
BILL?
% IS
THERE
REALLY
STUDENT
LOAN
% DEBT
THAT'S
PREVENTING
FARMERS
% FROM
GETTING
INTO
THIS
INDUSTRY?
% >>
WELL,
STUDENT
LOAN
DEBT'S A% BIG ISSUE.
% I
READ AN
ARTICLE
YESTERDAY
THAT
%
STUDENT
LOAN
DEBT
IS
PUSHING
% AROUND
$23
BILLION.
% WHEN
YOU
LOOK
AT
THE
SIMPLE
COST% TO
GET
INTO
AGRICULTURE,
% HARVESTER
CAN
COST UP
TO
% $500,000.%THAT
IS A
SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT
OF
% CASH.
% SO THIS
BILL
IS
GOING
T
O
HELP
% ALLEVIATE SOME OF
THE
HURDLES
OF
% ENTRY
INTO
FARMING.
% IT'S
CERTAINLY WORTH
HAVING
THAT
% CONVERSATION AND
SEE
IF
THERE'S
% SUPPORT FOR
IT.
% >>
THERE'S
BEEN A
PUSH
FOR
% LOOKING
AT
STUDENT
LOAN
DEBT
FOR
% ALL
BORROWERS.
% WOULD
YOU
LOOK
AT
THE
ENTIRE
% STUDENT
LOAN
PACK
INDUSTRY?
% >>
IT'S
REALLY
TOUGH
BECAUSE A
% LOT
OF THIS
I
S
D
ICTATED BY
THE
% FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
% BUT
IF THERE WERE
WAYS
THAT WE
% CAN
TRY
AND
REFINANCE
LOANS,
I'M
% CERTAINLY OPEN
TO
THAT
% CONVERSATION.
% THE TRICKY
PART
IS
THAT
% STUDENT LOAN
DEBT,
IT'S A
RISKY
% BUSINESS
BECAUSE
WHEN
YOU'RE
18,
% 19 YEARS
OLD
YOU
DON'T
HAVE A
% LONG
CREDIT
HISTORY.
% THAT'S A
HUGE
RISK.
% IF WE COULD
FIND A
PROPOSAL
THAT
% IF THERE'S
BEEN A
FISCALLY
% RESPONSIBLE
BORROWER
WHO
HAS
HAD% A
STRONG CREDIT
HISTORY,
MAYBE% THEY SHOULD BE
ABLE
TO
REFINANCE
% THEIR
STUDENT
LOAN
DEBT
AND
% PURSUE
OPTIONS.
% THERE'S BEEN
DISCUSSIONS
THAT WE
% SHOULD
CREATE AN
AUTHORITY HERE
% WITHIN
THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN,
% BUT
THE
TRADEOFF IS
I
S
THAT
IF% WE
WERE TO GO
TO A
STATE
OPTION,
% BORROWERS WOULD HAVE TO
LOOK
AT
% WHAT
THAT
WOULD
MEAN
IF
THEY
% TOOK
THAT
OPTION
BECAUSE
IT
% COULD
MEAN
YOUR
LOSE
YOUR
% INCOME-BASED
REPAYMENT
PLANS
AND
% OTHER
PLANS
PROVIDED
THROUGH
THE
% U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.% >>
SENATOR
TESTIN, THANK YOU
FOR
% YOUR
TIME
TODAY.% >> THANK
YOU.
% >>
THERE
ARE MORE THAN
CHANGES
% TO
THE
PROPOSED
FOXCONN
% OPERATION IN WISCONSIN.
% THE
COMPANY PUT
OUT A
STATEMENT
% THAT
LOUIS
WOO,
THE
EXECUTIVE
% WHO
LED
MUCH OF
THE
PROJECT,
IS
% STEPPING
DOWN
FOR
PERSONAL
% REASONS.
% IT'S JUST THE
LATEST
GOMENT
!
DEVELOPMENT
% THAT HAS
OFFICIALS
WONDERING
IF
% FOXCONN
WILL
DELIVER
13,000 JOBS
% TO WILLS.
% IT'S
NOT
JUST
OFFICIALS.
% HOMEOWNERS WHO
LOST
THEIR
% PROPERTY
ARE
NOT
HAPPY
EITHER.
% JOINING U
S
NOW
IS
WISCONSIN% PUBLIC
RADIO'S
CORRINNE
HEES,
HESS,
% WHO
HAS NEW
REPORTING ON
THE
% TOPIC.
% THANKS FOR
YOUR TIME
TODAY.
% >> THANK
YOU.
% >>
NOW, WHO ARE
THESE
HOMEOWNERS
% THAT
SOLD
THEIR
LAND
AWAY
TO
% MAKE
WAY
FOR
FOXCONN
AND
WHY
ARE
% THEY
NOT
HAPPY
NOW?
% >>
WELL,
FROM
THE
BEGINNING OF
% THE
PROJECT, MOUNT PLEASANT
SAID
% THAT THEY
WOULD
ACQUIRE
ALL
OF
% THIS
PROPERTY FOR
FOXCONN.
% IT'S
ABOUT
3,000
ACRES.
% SO
WHAT
THEY
DID
WAS
THEY
BEGAN
% SENDING
LETTERS
TO
HOMEOWNERS
% LETTING THEM
KNOW
THAT
THEIR
% PROPERTY WOULD
BE
TAKEN
THROUGH% A
PROCESS
CALLED
EMINENT DOMAIN.% AND SOME OF
THESE
HOMEOWNERS
% HAVE
REALIZED THAT
THE ROAD
% PROJECTS
THAT THEY
WERE
TOLD
% ABOUT
ARE
NOT
HAPPENING.
% AND SO
THEY'RE
PRETTY
UPSET.% >>
NOW,
FOR
THE
PEOPLE
-- THERE
% ARE
STILL PEOPLE
STAYING THAT
% HAVE
REFUSED TO
MOVE.
% DO THEY
WANT A BETTER
DEAL
TO
% MOVE
OUT
OR
ARE
THEY
LOOKING
TO
% STAY THERE
PERMANENTLY?
% >> THERE
IS A
WOMAN
WHO
HAS
% REFUSED
TO
MOVE,
KIM
MAHONEY.
% SHE
HAS
SINCE
BEEN
TOLD
THEY
% DON'T
WANT
HER
PROPERTY
ANYMORE.
% THERE
IS
ANOTHER
COUPLE,
KATHY
% AND
RODNEY
JENSEN.
% THEIR
PROPERTY, THEY WERE
T
OLD
% THAT
THE
VILLAGE
WANTED
.13
% ACRES
FOR A
ROAD
PROJECT,
BUT% THEY WERE GOING
TO
TAKE
ALL
% THREE
ACRES OF THE
PROPERTY.
% THEY
DID
NOT
MOVE.
% THE
VILLAGE
HAS
SINCE
BOUGHT
% THEIR
LAND
AND
THEY'RE
IN A
% FEDERAL
LAWSUIT RIGHT
NOW.% >>
SO
ARE
THERE
PEOPLE THAT
% ACTUALLY
WANT TO G
O
BACK
THERE
% OR IS
THIS
ABOUT MONEY
AT
THIS
% POINT?%>>
WELL,
THE
THING
IS
THAT
% THEY
CAN'T
GO
BACK.
% ALL
OF
THESE
HOMES HAVE
BEEN
%
BULLDOZED.
% SO
THERE'S
NOTHING TO
GO BACK
% TO.
% AND
IT'S
REALLY
NOT
ABOUT
MONEY.
% THE
PEOPLE
THAT
I'VE
TALKED
TO
% ARE PRETTY
HAPPY
WITH
WHAT
% THEY'VE
GOTTEN.
% THEY
GOT
WELL
ABOVE
THE
ASSESSED
%
VALUE
OF
THEIR
HOMES.
% IT'S
MORE
ABOUT
HOW
THE
VIL
% LAINL
!
VILLAGE
WENT
ABOUT
ACQUIRING
THE
% PROPERTY
AND
WHAT
THEY
BELIEVE% THEY WERE
TOLD
IN
RELATION TO
% WHAT'S
GOING
ON
DOWN
THERE.% >>
DO
YOU
GET A
SENSE
THAT
THE% DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
% UNDER TONY EVERS IS
HANDLING
% THIS
ANY
DIFFERENTLY
THAN
WHEN% SCOTT WALKER
WAS
IN
CHARGE?
% >> NO.
% I REALLY DON'T.
% I REACHED OUT
TO
THE DEPARTMENT% OF TRANSPORTATION.
% THEY
REALLY
DID
NOT
TALK
TO
ME% AT ALL.
% I
WAS
GIVEN
DOCUMENTS
UNDER
T
HE% OPEN RECORDS
LAW.
% BUT
THEY
DID
NOT
AGREE
TO
ANY
% INTERVIEWS.%>>
AND WILL
ANY
O
F
THESE
% CONNECTOR
ROADS
EVER
GET
BUILT
% OR WILL
DOT
BE
WAITING
UNTIL
% FOXCONN
ACTUALLY
STARTS
% MANUFACTURING
SOMETHING?% >> YOU
KNOW, THERE
IS
SOME
ROAD
% WORK BEING
DONE,
BUT
DEFINITELY% NOT TO
THE
EXTENT
THAT
WAS
% ORIGINALLY
PLANNED.% >>
SO
IS
THE
END
RESULT
OF
THIS
% MOSTLY
JUST
ILL
WILL
BETWEEN
THE
% PEOPLE
THAT
LIVE
THERE
AND
THE
% VILLAGE THAT
WENT
ABOUT
WORKING
% FOR
FOXCONN
AND
THE
STATE?
% >>
UNFORTUNATELY, YES.
% THE PEOPLE THAT
I
TALKED
TO
AND
% OTHERS,
THEY'VE
BEEN
PACKING
% THESE VILLAGE
MEETINGS AND THERE
% IS A
LOT
OF
ILL
WILL
DOWN
THERE
% RIGHT NOW.
% I'M
NOT
SURE
HOW
THAT
GETS
% REPAIRED.%>> ALL RIGHT.
% CORRINNE HESS
REPORTING FROM
% MILWAUKEE, THANKS
FOR YOUR
TIME.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >>
NOW
TO
POLITICS
AND
THE
% RESULTS OF THE
LATEST MARQUETTE
% UNIVERSITY
LAW
SCHOOL
POLL.
% HERE
WITH
THE
RESULTS OF THE
NEW
% SURVEY IS
THE
DIRECTOR OF
THE
% POLL, CHARLES FRANKLIN.
% THANKS
FOR
YOUR
TIME
AGAIN.% >>
GOOD TO
BE
HERE.
% >>
SO
WE'RE
14
MONTHS
OUT
FROM
% NOVEMBER OF
2020
AND DONALD
% TRUMP
IS
EITHER
TRAILING OR
TIED
% WITH
THE
TOP
FOUR
DEMOCRATS
IN
% YOUR
POLL.
% >> THAT'S
RIGHT.
% WE SEE
JOE
BIDEN
WITH A
% NINE-POINT
LEAD,
FOLLOWED BY
% BERNIE
SANDERS
WITH A
FOUR-POINT% LEAD.
% BUT
THEN
ELIZABETH
WARREN
TIES
% AT
45
AND
HARRIS
TIES
AT
44.
% WE
ASKED
ABOUT
THOSE
FOUR
% CANDIDATES BECAUSE
THEY'VE
BEEN
% IN
THE
TOP
FOUR
IN
NATIONAL
% POLLING
AVERAGES.
% WE'LL CHANGE THAT
AS
THE
% CANDIDATES
CHANGE.% >> WITH REGARDS
TO
THE
NEITHER
% CATEGORY, THAT'S
CONSISTENT
WITH
% WHAT WE
SAW
IN
2016.
% YOU'VE TOLD US
IN
THE
PAST
THOSE
% PEOPLE DO
ACTUALLY
MAKE A
% CHOICE.%>>
I
THINK
THAT'S
GENERALLY
% RIGHT.
% NOW, IN
2016
WE
SAW AN
UNUSUALLY
% LARGE
THIRD-PARTY VOTE HERE.
% AND
WE
ALSO
SAW
NEARLY
100,000
% FEWER
VOTERS GOING
TO
THE
POLLS
% IN 2016
COMPARED
TO
2012.
% SO THERE
ARE
MULTIPLE
WAYS
THAT
% YOU CAN
CHOOSE
TO
VOTE
FOR
% WITHIN OF THE
TWO
PARTIES
% ANYWAY, VOTE
FOR A THIRD
PARTY
% OR STAY
HOME.
% WE SAW
ALL
OF
THAT
AT WORK
IN
% 2016.%>>
NOW,
TRUMP'S
APPROVAL
RATING
% IS
ALSO
UPSIDE
DOWN
AND
NOT
% CHANGED
SINCE
APRIL.
% SO
IS
WISCONSIN
STILL
THE
% PROVERBIAL
SWING
STATE?
% >>
I
THINK WE
ARE
THE
SWING
% STATE.
% AND THE
WAY
TO
THINK
ABOUT
THIS
% IS OF
THE
LAST
FIVE
PRESIDENTIAL
% ELECTIONS
HERE,
THREE
OF
THEM% HAVE
BEEN
DIVIDED
BY
LESS
THAN
% ONE PERCENTAGE POINT.
% THE
GOVERNOR'S RACE
WAS
DECIDED
% BY
JUST
OVER
ONE
PERCENTAGE% POINT LAST YEAR.
% SO
THE
IDEA
THAT WE
ARE
ANYTHING% OTHER
THAN A
SWING
STATE
I
THINK
% IS
JUST
WRONG.
% PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S
FAVORABILITY
% RATINGS
ARE A
BIT
BETTER
HERE
% NOW
THAN THEY WERE
IN
'16,
% THOUGH THEY
ARE
STILL
UNDER
% WATER, AS
IS
HIS
JOB
APPROVAL.
% SO
HE'S
IN
SOME
WAYS
IN
BETTER
% SHAPE
NOW
THAN HE WAS
THERE,
BUT
% IN OTHER
WAYS
HE'S
STILL
FALLING
% SHORT OF
THAT
50% APPROVAL
WHICH
% HE'S NEVER
HIT
IN
OUR
POLLING.% >> AND
YOU
MENTIONED
THE
% DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
% WISCONSIN COMES
IN
APRIL,
PRETTY
% LATE IN
THE
PROCESS.
% HOW
MUCH
SHOULD
WE
TAKE
INTO
% THOSE
NUMBERS
NOW?
% HOW
MUCH
WILL
CHANGE BY
THEN?
% >>
ALL
OF
THESE
NUMBERS SHOULD% BE
THOUGHT
OF
AS
WE'RE
IN
THE% MIDDLE OF
THE
SECOND
INNING OF
% THE
BALL
GAME.
% IT'S A LONG WAY TO
THE
BOTTOM OF
% THE
NINTH
AND A
FINAL
SCORE.
% BUT WE
WANT
TO
WATCH
HOW
THE% GAME
PROGRESSES, WHICH
TEAMS
% RALLY
AND
WHICH
FALL
OFF
% THROUGHOUT THE COURSE.
% SO I
THINK
THAT'S
THE
WAY
TO
% LOOK AT
IT.
% NOT AS
THESE
ARE
PREDICTIONS.
% IN
THE
DEM
PRIMARY
WE
SAW
BIDEN
% IN FIRST
PLACE
AT 28
FOLLOWED
BY
% SANDERS AT
20
AND
WARREN
AT
17.
% SO
THAT'S IN
LINE
WITH
WHA
T
% WE'RE
SEEING
IN
NATIONAL
% POLLING.
% BUT
AGAIN A
LONG
TIME TO
GO.
% AND
THEY'VE
BEEN
BUSY
PAYING
% ATTENTION TO
IOWA.
% WE HAVEN'T
SEEN
AS
MUCH
OF
THOSE
% CANDIDATES
YET.% >>
MEANWHILE,
THINKING ABOUT
THE
% ECONOMY,
PEOPLE
THINK
IT'S
DOING
% OKAY
NOW,
BUT
THEY'RE
NOT
% OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
THE
FUTURE.% >>
THEY'RE
MORE
PESSIMISTIC
% ABOUT THE
FUTURE
THAN
WE'VE
SEEN
% SINCE
JANUARY 2012.
% A
NET
NEGATIVE 11
SAY
THE
% ECONOMY
WILL
GET
WORSE OVER
THE
% NEXT
YEAR RATHER THAN BETTER.
% AND
THE
A
VERAGE
FOR
2019
ACROSS
% THREE
POLLS
IS
NEGATIVE
THREE.
% AT
NO
POINT
IN
THE
TIME
THAT
% WE'VE BEEN
DOING
THE
POLL
HAS
% ANY
INDIVIDUAL
POLL
BEEN
NET
% NEGATIVE AND
CERTAINLY
NOT
THE
% AVERAGE
FOR A
YEAR.
% NOW,
THAT'S
THREE
POLLS
TAKEN
% SINCE
JANUARY HERE AND
OPINIONS% OF THE
ECONOMY
CAN FLUK IT
WA.
% --%FLUCTUATE.
% WE
HAD AN
OKAY
JOBS
REPORT
% TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE.
% BUT
I
THINK IT
IS
CERTAINLY A
% WARNING SIGN
THAT
THE
PUBLIC
% THAT HAS BEEN
VERY
POSITIVE
% ABOUT
THE
ECONOMY
SINCE
2017,
AT
% LEAST, IS
NOW
BEGINNING TO
SEE
% SOME
CONCERNS ON
THE
HORIZON.% >>
AND
IN
REGARDS
TO
POLLING
AND
% HOW
PEOPLE FEEL
ABOUT
THIS,
% CONSUMER
OPTIMISM DOES
MATTER
% WHEN IT
COMES
TO
HOW
IT
PLAYS
% OUT IN
THE
ECONOMY,
WHETHER
% PEOPLE
SPEND
MONEY.
% >> IT
ABSOLUTELY DOES
BECAUSE
% YOU
NEED TO
BE
OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT
% WHAT'S
COMING
BEFORE
YOU
GO
GET
% THAT NEW
CAR
OR
REFRIGERATOR OR
% BUY A NEW
HOUSE.
% YOU
KNOW,
THE
GOOD
NEWS
IS
OUR
% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
IS
STILL
% EXCEPTIONALLY LOW.
% BUT
THIS
NOTION
THAT
PEOPLE
ARE
% FEELING UNCERTAIN
ABOUT
THE
% FUTURE
IS
SOMETHING
TO
WORRY
% ABOUT.
% IT
MEANS
THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP
% DOES
NOT
HAVE
AS
HIGH AN
% APPROVAL ON THE ECONOMY
HERE.
% IT'S 49
TO
50.
% AS
HE
HAS
SEEN
IN
SOME
NATIONAL
% POLLING
EARLIER
IN
THE
YEAR,
% WHEN HE WAS
GETTING
53
TO
55%.% >>
I
DO
WANT
TO
TOUCH
O
N
GUN
% CONTROL
AND
UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUND% CHECKS.
% IN
YOUR
NOTES ON THE
POLL,
YOU
% MENTION
WHICH
MASS
SHOOTINGS
% CAME
BEFORE
THE
POLL
AND
WHICH
% ONES CAME OVER.
% BUT
IT
DOESN'T
SEEM
TO
MATTER
% ANYMORE.
% ONE
THEY'RE
COMING
SO
OFTEN
BUT,
% TWO,
IT
HASN'T
CHANGED.% >>
IT
HASN'T.
% I
THINK
THAT
REFLECTS HOW
MANY
% MASS
SHOOTINGS
THERE HAVE BEEN.
% WE
SAW A
LITTLE
RISE
IN
SUPPORT
% FOR
BACKGROUND
CHECKS
FROM
THE
% '70s TO
THE
'80s OVER
THE
% LAST FEW
YEARS, BUT
FOR
THE
LAST
% TWO OR
THREE
YEARS
IT'S
BEEN
% AROUND
80%.
% IT'S
80%
THIS
TIME.
% THAT
INCLUDES OVER
75%
OF
GUN
% HOUSEHOLDS AND
OVER
80%
OF
% NON-GUN
HOUSEHOLDS.
% 81%
SUPPORT
RED
FLAG
LAWS,
AGAIN
% IN
BOTH
GUN
AND
NON-GUN
% HOUSEHOLDS.
% IT'S
BANNING
ASSAULT
WEAPONS
% THAT
MORE
DIVISIVE.
% 56
OR
57%
STILL
SUPPORT
THAT.
% BUT
NOW
GUN
HOUSEHOLDS ARE
% EVENLY
DIVIDED
SO
THERE'S
MORE
% DIVISION ON THAT
ISSUE.% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% CHARLES
FRANKLIN, THANKS FOR
% YOUR
TIME.
% >> THANK
YOU.% >>
NOW
FOR
SOME
POLITICAL
% CUMMINGS
AND
GOINGS.
% REPUBLICAN
U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE% JIM SENSENBRENNER
ANNOUNCED
THIS
% WEEK HE
WILL
NOT
SEEK
ANOTHER
% TERM
IN
CONGRESS.
% HE
WAS
FIRST
ELECTED
IN
1978.
% HIS
RETIREMENT IS
ALREADY
% SETTING
UP A
LARGE
REPUBLICAN
% PRIMARY FOR
NEXT
YEAR.
% TO THE
EAST,
IN
THE CITY OF
% MILWAUKEE,
DEMOCRATIC
STATE
% SENATOR
LENA
TAYLOR
ANNOUNCED
% SHE'S
RUNNING
FOR
MAJOR.
% INCUMBENT MAYOR TOM
BARRETT
HAS
% YET
TO
ANNOUNCE IF
HE'S
RUNNING
% FOR
REELECTION.
% GOVERNOR
EVERS
HAS
MADE
HIS
% FINAL
CHOICE
FOR
HIS
CABINET.
% THIS
WEEK,
EVERS
NOMINATED
MISSY
% HUGHES, WHO IS
COMING
FROM
THE
% ORGANIC VALLEY
COOP.
% THAT'S
ALL
FOR
TONIGHT.
% FREDERICA
FREYBERG
RETURNS NEXT
% WEEK.
% I'M ZAC
SCHULTZ.
% HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS
% PROVIDED, IN
PART,
BY
FRIENDS
OF
% WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.