WISCONSIN
ORIGINAL
% PRODUCTION.
% >>
FIGURE
OUT
A
WAY
WE % DE-ESCALATE THIS
LEGISLATIVE
% NUCLEAR WAR THAT
WE
ARE
IN.
% >>
JENNIFER
SHILLING
ON
THE
% STATE
OF POLITICS
UNDER
THE % DOME.
% I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
% FULL
COVERAGE OF
A
STORMY
WEEK
% AT
THE
STATE
CAPITOL
INCLUDING
% A SPECIAL
SESSION
THAT WASN'T.
% AND
THE
FIRING OF
THE
AG
% SECRETARY BY
THE
STATE SENATE.% THEN
WE'LL
SHIFT
GEARS
AND LOOK
% AT
UW'S
ROLE IN
A
PROMISING
NEW % THERAPY
FOR
CYSTIC
FIBROSIS.
% IT
IS
HERE
AND NOW
FOR NOVEMBER % 8.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE
AND
NOW"
% IS
PROVIDED
IN
PART BY
FRIENDS % OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEV
ISION.
% >> A FIRST
LOOK
TONIGHT AT THE
% GOVERNOR'S CALL
FOR
A
SPECIAL
% SESSION
THIS
WEEK
TO
TAKE UP
% GUN
CONTROL
LAWS.% THE
SESSION
DIDN'T
HAPPEN.% NO
DEBATE,
NO
VOTES.
% THE
CALL
WAS FOR 2:00
P.M.
ON
% THURSDAY.%AS
THE
HOUR
CAME AND
WENT
ONLY
% DEMOCRATS FILLED
THE
SENATE
% CHAMBERS AND
STOOD
IN
PRAYER.
% HOURS
LATER
INTO
THE
EVENING
% MAJORITY LEADER
SCOTT
% FITZGERALD GAVELED IN AND
OUT % OF
THE
SPECIAL
SESSION.
% THE
ASSEMBLY
ALSO
DECIDED
NOT % TO
DEBATE
OR
VOTE
OR
TWO
GUN
% MEASURES INCLUDING UNIVERSAL
% BACKGROUND CHECKS
AND A
RED % FLAG LAW.
% HERE
IS
THE RESPONSE
FROM
% GOVERNOR
EVERS.
% THEY JUST SAID
GO
JUMP
IN
THE
% LAKE BECAUSE
THEY
DIDN'T HAVE
% THE
COURAGE
TO
TAKE
A
VOTE,
% MUCH
LESS
HAVE
A
DIALOGUE
ON
% TWO
BILLS
ABOUT
UNIVERSAL
% BACKGROUND
CHECKS
AND
EXTREME
% RISK
PROTECTION
ORDERS
THAT WE % KNOW
CAN
SAVE
LIVES.
% FOR
HIS
PART
SENATE MAJORITY % LEADER
FITZGERALD
SAID
THIS.
% WE'VE
SEEN
LIBERALS
ACROSS
THE
% COUNTRY
RUN
ON
A
PLATFORM
FOR
% GUN
CONFISCATION AND
GOVERNOR
% EVERS
HAS LEFT
THAT
DOOR
OPEN.
% THE
SPECIAL
SESSION WAS
THE
% SECOND REJECTION
OF
THE
WEEK.% THE POLITICAL
BRAWLS
STARTED
% TUESDAY.%THAT'S
WHEN
STATE
AGRICULTURE
% DESIGNEE BRAD PFAFF
WAS
% SCHEDULED TO
BE
CONFIRMED BY
% THE
STATE SENATE.% BRAD
PFAFF'S
NOMINATION CAME
% WITH
THE ENDORSEMENT
OF
A
LONG
% LIST
OF
FARM
ORGANIZATIONS
% INCLUDING THE
DAIRY
BUSINESS % ASSOCIATION, WISCONSIN
% CHEESEMAKERS
ASSOCIATION, AND % THE
WISCONSIN
CORN
GROWERS.
% PRIOR
TO
THE
VOTE,
MAJORITY
% LEADER
SCOTT
FITZGERALD
% SIGNALED THAT
REPUBLICANS
WOULD % NOT
SUPPORT
THE
NOMINEE
EVEN
% THOUGH FIVE
REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS
% ON
THE
COMMITTEE THAT FORWARDED % PFAFF'S
NOMINATION
TO
THE
FLOOR
% HAD VOTED
IN
HIS
FAVOR.
% IN
ATTENDANCE
THE
GOVERNOR,
% WHICH
IN
ITSELF SIGNALED
THE % CONTROVERSIAL NATURE
OF
THE
% VOTE
THAT
REJECTED
A
CABINET
% NOMINATION BY A
GOVERNOR
FOR
% THE
FIRST
TIME IN
MODERN
STATE
% HISTORY.
% PRIOR
TO
THE
ROLL
CALL
% DEMOCRATS SPOKE ON
BEHALF
OF % PFAFF.
% >>
YOU
ARE GOING
TO
VOTE NO?
% THAT'S
SO BLATANTLY
POLITICAL.% WE'LL SEND
A MESSAGE
TO
THE
% GOVERNOR.%AND
WE'RE
GOING
TO TAKE
THE
% NUMBER
ONE ADVOCATE FOR
FAMILY
% FARMS
IN
THE
STATE
OF WISCONSIN % AND
CAST HIM
TO
THE
WIND.
% YOU
THINK THAT'S SENDING
A % MESSAGE
TO
THE
GOVERNOR?
% NO.
% YOU
ARE
SENDING
A
MESSAGE
TO
% THE AG COMMUNITY.
% THAT
EVEN
THOUGH
THEY
HAVE
A
% GREAT
SECRETARY DESIGNEE, THAT
% DOESN'T MATTER
TO
YOU
BECAUSE
% YOU
WOULD
RATHER PLAY
POLITICS % THAN
LOOK AT
THE ISSUES,
% QUALIFICATIONS
AND
ABILITY.
% >>
MAJORITY
LEADER
FITZGERALD
% SAY
IT
WAS
PFAFF
PLAYING
% POLITICS IN
HIS
TIME AS
THE
% SECRETARY DESIGNEE.
% >> I
TOLD
THE
GOVERNOR.
% I
DON'T
THINK THERE
IS
ENOUGH % SUPPORT FOR
HIM
BECAUSE
OF
A
% NUMBER OF
MISSTEPS
THAT
HAVE
% HAPPENED ACTUALLY GOING
BACK
TO % FEBRUARY.%AND I
DON'T
KNOW
IF
HE
WAS % CAUGHT
OFFGUARD
OR
NOT.
% I DON'T KNOW
IF
THE
CHIEF
OF % STAFF
WAS
CAUGHT
OFFGUARD.
% WE
STARTED
A
DISCUSSION
AND
WE
% STARTED TO ROLL
THROUGH
THE
% INDIVIDUAL
ISSUES
THAT
EX
% ITIONED AROUND
PFAFF
AND
THE
% ISSUES
THAT IN
AND
AROUND
% AGRICULTURE.%>>
THE
FINAL
VOTE
TO
REJECT
THE
% PFAFF NOMINATION RAN
ALONG % PARTY LINES.
% THE
WILD
WEEK
AT
THE
CAPITOL
% SHOWCASING DIVIDED
GOVERNMENT
% COULD HAVE
ITS
LASTING
EFFECTS.
% IN TONIGHT'S
CAPITOL
INSIGHT
% WISCONSIN
PUBLIC
TELEVISION
% STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER LAURA
% WHITE
JOINS US
FROM
THE
CAPITAL.
% LAUREL, THANKS
FOR
DOING
SO.% THIS
WAS
THE
WEEK
THE
GOVERNOR
% CALLED THE SPECIAL SESSION
ON
% GUN
LAWS.% THE MAJORITY
MADE QUICK
WORK
OF
% THAT.
% DESCRIBE THE
MECHANICS.
% HOW
QUICKLY
DID
THE MAJORITY
% DISMISS
THIS
SESSION?
% >>
SO
THE
SENATE
CONVENED
AND
% ADJOURNED THE
SPECIAL
SESSION
% THERE IN
ABOUT
30
SECONDS.
% THE ASSEMBLY
CONVENED
AND
% ADJOURNED IN
ABOUT
15
SECONDS.
% SO
VERY QUICK SPECIAL
SESSIONS % TO SAY
THE
LEAST.
% >>
REPUBLICANS CERTAINLY % SENDING
A MESSAGE
TO
THE
% GOVERNOR.
% >>
THEY
WERE.
% THIS
IS
SOMETHING
THAT WE'VE
% BEEN
EXPECTING FOR
A
LITTLE
BIT.
% REPUBLICANS KNEW
WHAT
THE
TWO
% BILLS
WERE
THE
GOVERNOR
WAS
% CALLING FOR
ACTION
ON
AND
% DIDN'T
HAVE
THE
SUPPORT
IN
% EITHER CHAMBER TO
PASS
THE
% BILLS.%THEY
DECIDED THEY DIDN'T
WANT
% DEBATE ON
THE MEASURES BECAUSE
% THEY KNEW
THEY
WERE
OPPOSED.
% IT
LED
TO PUSHBACK
FROM
% DEMOCRATS SAYING
THEY WERE
KIND
% OF
AVOIDING
HAVING A
% CONVERSATION ABOUT GUN LAWS
IN % WISCONSIN.
% >>
SO WHAT'S
THE
GOVERNOR'S
% MESSAGE
BACK
TO
REPUBLICANS % AFTER
THAT
DISMISSIVE
MOVE?
% >>
THE
DEMOCRATS
AND
THE
% GOVERNOR ARE
BOTH
SAYING,
YOU
% KNOW,
THESE
MEASURES
THAT
WE
% PUT FORWARD ARE
VERY POPULAR
% WITH
THE
PUBLIC.
% THEY
POINT
TO
MARQUETTE
POLL
% SAYING
THAT
EACH
OF
THOSE
TWO
% BILLS
HAVE
EACH 80%
SUPPORT
OR % HIGHER.%SO
THEY
ARE
SAYING
THAT
% REPUBLICANS ARE
ESSENTIALLY
% DOING THIS
KIND
OF AT
THEIR
OWN
% EXPENSE AT
THE POLLS
% POTENTIALLY
FOR
THE
NEXT
% ELECTION GOING
AGAINST IN THEIR
% VIEW
THE
WILL OF
THE
WISCONSIN
% VOTERS.
% >>
WHAT
IS
HAPPENING
ON
ANOTHER
% MEASURE
WITH
THE
DATCP
POSITION?
% >>
THE
GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED
HE
% HAS APOINT AN
INTERIM
SECRETARY
% FOR THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
% AGRICULTURE.%RANDY ROMAN
SKI
WILL SERVE
IN
% THE ROLE.%WE
HAVE SOMEONE AT
THE HELM
OF
% THE
AGENCY
UNTIL
THE
GOVERNOR % MAKES HIS NEXT
NOMINATION
FOR
% THE PERSON THAT
WILL
HAVE
TO
GO
% THROUGH
THIS
CONFIRMATION % PROCESS FROM
SQUARE ONE.
% >>
SO
AGAIN
YOU
JUST
CALLED
HIM
% INTERIM AND EXACTLY WHAT
DOES
% THAT
MEAN?
% DO
WE HAVE
THAT
TIME FRAME?
% >>
NO.
% I
DON'T
THINK
ANYBODY
HAS
A
% STRONG IDEA OF
HOW LONG
HE
IS
% GOING
TO
BE
SERVING IN THAT
% ROLE
OR
WHO THE
GOVERNOR
MIGHT
% PUT
FORWARD
IN
A
MORE PERMANENT
% CAPACITY
FOR
DATCP.
% HE
SAID
IMMEDIATELY
AFTER
PFAFF
% WAS
VOTED
DOWN
HE
DIDN'T
HAVE
% PLANS
FOR
THE
AGENCY
BECAUSE HE
% WAS
SO
UPSET
BY
WHAT HAPPENED
% WITH
THE
SENATE.% THIS
IS
SOMETHING
THAT IS
% DEFINITELY
STILL
EVOLVING IN
% THE
GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE.
% >>
HAS
A
STATE
SENATE
REJECTION % OF A
NOMINEE
EVER HAPPENED
IN
% STATE
HISTORY?% WE'VE BEEN
READING
ABOUT
THAT.
% >>
WE
DON'T
HAVE A CONCRETE
% ANSWER TO
THAT.
% WE
KNOW
IT
HASN'T
HAPPENED
IN
% AT LEAST THE
LAST
30
YEARS.
% THAT'S AS
FAR
BACK
AS
THE
% LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
% HAS
GONE
WITH THEIR
RECORDS
TO % 1987.
% THEY
SAID IT
WOULD
HAVE
BEEN % EVEN LONGER
THAN THAT.
% >>
HAVE
YOU
EVER
SEEN
OR
HAVE
% OTHERS
IN
THE
CAPITOL
CORE
EVER
% SEEN
A
GOVERNOR
IN
THE
CHAMBERS
% AS
THIS
KIND
OF ACTION
WAS
% TAKING PLACE?
% >>
NO.% THAT
WAS
INCREDIBLY
UNUSUAL.
% I
THINK
VETERAN
REPORTERS
WERE
% TALKING ABOUT HOW
THEY HAD
% NEVER
SEEN
IT.
% ACTUALLY
A
REPORTER
REACHED
OUT
% TO
A SENATOR
IN
OFFICE
FOR
MORE
% THAN
50
YEARS
SAYING
HE
HAD
% NEVER
SEEN
A
GOVERNOR
ON THE
% SENATE FLOOR
WATCHING
A
DEBATE.
% IT
WAS
A
REALLY
UNUSUAL
VOTE
TO % OUST
A
CABINET
SECRETARY
AND
% UNUSUAL
MOVE
FOR
A GOVERNOR
TO
% BE THERE WITNESSING THE DEBATE
% ABOUT IT.
% >> THANK YOU FOR
JOINING
US.
% >> THANKS
FOR HAVING ME.
% >>
A
CLOSER
LOOK
NOW
AS
TO
ONE
% REASON
THE
REPUBLICAN
HELD
% STATE
SENATE
REJECTED
THE
% GOVERNOR'S NOMINEE
FOR
AG
% SECRETARY.
% MANY
IN
OPPOSITION TO BRAD
% PFAFF'S
SELECTION
SAID
IT
WAS
% HIS
AGENCY'S
PROPOSED
CHANGES
% TO
LIVESTOCK
SITING
RULES
FOR % NEW AND
EXPANDING OPERATIONS
IN
% THE
STATE.
% THE
RULES
WOULD
INCLUDE
WHERE
% LIVESTOCK FACILITIES COULD
BE
% PLACED, ODOR
AND
RUNOFF
% MANAGEMENT AND
REGULATION OF
% MANURE
STORAGE
FACILITIES.
% FARM
GROUPS
AND
WISCONSIN
% MANUFACTURERS IN
COMMERCE
WERE % OPPOSED SAYING
THE REGULATIONS
% WOULD
BE
BURDENSOME.
% THE
WISCONSIN
FARM BUREAU
SAID
% THEY WITH STIFLE
THE
GROWTH
OF
% THE
STATE'S
AG
ECONOMY.
% THE
FARMERS
UNION
AND
ITS
% PRESIDENT TAKE
A
DIFFERENT
VIEW.
% VON
RUDE
EN
JOINS US
FROM LA
% CROSSE.%WHAT WAS
YOUR
REACTION
TO THE
% REJECTION
AND
OUSTER
OF THE
AG
% SECRETARY
DESIGNEE?
% >> REALLY
DISAPPOINTING AND
% DISHEARTENING.%BRAD GREW
UP
IN
WESTERN
% WISCONSIN
ON
A
DAIRY
FARM
AND
% BEEN
INVOLVED
IN
AGRICULTURAL % HIS
LIFE
EVEN THOUGH
HE WAS
% INVOLVED
IN
POLITICS.
% BUT
HE
WAS
INVOLVED
IN
THE
AG
% SIDE
OF
WORKING
WITH
SENATOR
% RON
KIND
AND
ALSO
--
% CONGRESSMAN
RON
KIND
AND ALSO
% SENATOR HERB
KOHL.
% HE
KNOWS
THE
AGRICULTURE
% INDUSTRY INSIDE AND
OUT
AND
% WOULD
BE
A
GREAT
SPOKESMAN
FOR % THE AG
INDUSTRY
HERE.
% >>
EARLIER
YOU
HAD
SAID YOU
% THOUGHT PERHAPS
THE
DECISION % WAS
POLITICAL.
% HOW
SO?
% >>
I
THINK JUST
LOOKING AT
SOME
% OF
THE
THINGS
THAT
HAPPENED
% THIS
SUMMER
WITH JOINT
FINANCE
% COMMITTEE
TYING
UP
THE $100,000 % ON
THE
MENTAL
HEALTH
ISSUE % UNTIL
THE
SENATOR
FITZGERALD'S
% TASK
FORCE
MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS % AND
THEN
ONE
OF
THEIR
% RECOMMENDATIONS WAS
ACTUALLY
% FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF
AG TO
GET
% THAT $100,000.
% SENATOR FITZGERALD
REALLY % DIDN'T
LI
KE
THAT
BACKLASH.
% BUT
I GUESS
WHAT BRAD
WAS
DOING
% WAS
CALLING A
SPADE
A
SPADE.
% >>
AS
FOR
DEBT
CAPS
PROPOSED % RULE
REVISION
ON
NEW
OR
% EXPANDING LIVESTOCK
OPERATION
% WHAT'S YOUR
REACTION
THAT
THEY
% WOULD
BE
BURDENSOME,
HURT % AGRICULTURE AND
PUT PEOPLE
OUT
% OF
BUSINESS?
% >>
RIGHT
NOW
IN
THE
DAIRY
STATE
% WE'RE
LOSING
TWO DAIRY
FARMS
A
% DAY.
% SO
WHAT IS
THE REAL
ISSUE?
% IT'S MORE
ECONOMICS
THAN
% REGULATIONS.
% FARMERS ARE
NOT
RECOVERING
WHAT
% THEIR
COSTS
ARE
RIGHT
NOW
AND
% HAVEN'T BEEN FOR
FIVE YEARS
NOW.
% WE HAVE TO
LOOK
AT
THAT
% ECONOMICS
AND
TRY
TO
FIGURE
OUT
% HOW TO GET
THOSE
INTO
MORE
OF
A
% BALANCE SO MORE FARMERS STAY
IN
% BUSINESS.
% >>
DO
YOU FEEL
THE
REVISED
% RULES ARE A
GOOD
THING?
% >>
YES,
I DO.
% EPISCOPAL
% --
ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU
LOOK
AT % SOME
OF THE
COSTS
THEY
HAVE
IN
% THE
PERMITTING
PROCESS
FOR
% THESE
LARGE
FARMS CAN
RUN
INTO
% THE
TENS
OF THOUSANDS
OF
% DOLLARS SOMETIMES.%AND A
LOT
OF
TIMES
THE
COUNTIES
% ONLY GET 300
TO 500 TO
LOOK
AT
% THAT.
% THEY
USE
TAXPAYER
MONEY
TO
% OFFSET THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
% WHAT
THEY
ARE
RECEIVING
FROM
% THEIR PERMITEE
AND
WHAT THE
% ACTUAL COSTS
ARE.% ONE
OF
THE
THINGS THE
PROPOSED
% NEW
RULE
WAS
GOING
TO
DO
WAS
TO
% ALLOW
THESE
MUNICIPALITIES AND
% TOWNSHIPS TO
SET
A
FEE
THAT
% THEY COULD
RECOVER
THEIR
COSTS.
% >>
I
KNOW
SOME PEOPLE
ARE
% SAYING THESE
NEW
REVISED RULES
% ARE
NOT
JUST
FOR
THE
LARGEST
% FARMS
OUT
THERE
BUT
FOR
% OPERATIONS
EXPANDING TO
LIKE
% 500 ANIMALS.
% THE
LARGER
OPERATIONS
ARE
% REALLY
NOW
PART OF
OUR
FARMING
% MIX.
% WOULD YOU
LIKE
TO
SEE
THEM
EVEN
% MORE STRICTLY
REGULATED
OR
% PROHIBITED EVEN?
% >>
WE
REALLY
HAVE TO
LOOK
AT % THAT.%WHEN
YOU
LOOK
AT
THE
LARGEST
OF % BUSINESSES
AROUND THE
COUNTRY
% THEY'RE REGULATED
MORE
THAN
THE % MOM AND
POP
SHOPS
ARE.
% AS
A
ORGANIC
DAIRY FARMER
THE
% ONLY
REGULATIONS
I
HAVE
IS
% FOLLOWING
THE
ORGANIC
STANDARDS % THE
CONSUMERS WANT
TO
SEE
% ENFORCED.
% THEY
COST
MONEY BUT
THOSE
% CONSUMERS ARE
WILLING
TO
PAY
% THAT
LITTLE
BIT
EXTRA
TO
MAKE
% SURE
THE
FARMER
STAYS
IN
% COMPLIANCE
WITH
WHAT THE
% ORGANIC STANDARDS
ARE.
% SO
LOOKING
AT
WHAT
LARGER
% FARMING OPERATIONS ARE DOING,
% TOO,
IF
WE
LOOK
AT
HOW OUR
% DOLLARS COME BACK
TO US
FROM
% THE
CONSUMER,
THEY
CAN
RECOVER
% THOSE COSTS FROM
REGULATIONS
IF
% WE
LOOK
AT
HOW WE
PRICE
OUR
% PRODUCT.
% >>
WE
NEED TO
LEAVE
IT
THERE.
% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >>
IN
TONIGHT'S
INSIDE
LOOK
% DIVIDED STATE
GOVERNMENT
ON
% STEROIDS.%THIS
WEEK
WAS
A
STARK
DISPLAY
% OF PARTISAN POWER
PLAYS,
OR
IS % IT
THE
NEW
NORMAL?
% WE
TURN
TO
OUR
POLITICAL
% PANELISTS, THANK YOU
FOR
BEING
% HERE.
% FIRST YOU,
SCOTT,
YOUR
REACTION
% TO
THE
OUSTER OF
BOTH
BRAD
% PFAFF
AND
THE
SPECIAL SESSION % THAT
WAS
NOT?
% >>
I
THINK
IT'S
OUTRAGEOUS.
% IT
IS
WHERE THE
REPUBLICAN
% PARTY
OF WISCONSIN
IS RIGHT
NOW.
% WHAT
YOU
HAD
IF
BRAD
PFAFF
WAS
% AN
ABLE
SERVANT,
HE
KNOWS WHAT
% IT
IS
LIKE TO
BE
A
FARMER.% GROUP
ON
A
FAMILY
FARM
AND
% WORKED HELPING
FARMERS
IN % WISCONSIN
FOR
25
YEARS.
% HE HAS
DEVOTED HIS
LIFE
TO
IT.
% THE
FACT
THEY GOT
RID
OF
HIM
% WAS
A COMPLETE AND
TOTAL
POWER
% PLAY.
% IT
WAS
BECAUSE
THE
REPUBLICANS
% DON'T LIKE
THE
INDUSTRIES
THAT
% SUPPORT
THE REPUBLICANS
DON'T
% LIKE
WHAT
BRAD AND
THE
DATCP
% WERE DOING
RELATED
TO
SITING.% THEY
WANT
TO
SEND
A
MESSAGE
TO
% FARMERS THAT
THEY DON'T
CARE
% ABOUT
FARMERS.
% >> I THINK
SCOTT
AND
I
WILL
% AGREE
ON ONE
OF
HIS
POINTS.
% DATCP
DID
NOT
LISTEN
TO FAERMS
% ON THIS RULE.
% BRAD
PFAFF IS
A
GOOD MAN.
% I'VE
KNOWN HIM
A
LONG
TIME.
% WHAT
HAPPENED
THIS
WEEK
WAS
% UNFORTUNATE BUT
IT WAS % PREVENTABLE.
% IT
REALLY
WAS.% ON THE
LIVESTOCK
SITING
RULE
HE
% HAD
FOUR
CHANCES
TO
CHANGE
THIS
% RULE
AND
THE DATCP
DECIDED
NOT
% TO.%THE AG
INDUSTRY
SENT
HIM
A % LETTER IN
AUGUST
WITH SPECIFIC % CONCERNS.
% THEY
DID
NOTHING.
% SPEAKER VOS, MAJORITY LEADER
% FITZGERALD SENTD HIM A
LETTER
% SAYING IF
YOU
DON'T
LISTEN
TO
% FARMERS
ON
THIS WE WILL
SUSPEND % THE RULE.
% HE
DID
NOTHING.
% CHAIRMAN NASS
PUT OUT
A
% STATEMENT SAYING
IF
YOU
DON'T
% LISTEN TO
FARMERS WE'LL SEND
% THIS
RULE BACK.
% THEY
DID
NOTHING.
% IT
WASN'T
UNTIL
LAST
FRIDAY
% WHEN MAJORITY LEADER FITZGERALD
% SAID
TO
THE
GOVERNOR
WE
DON'T
% HAVE THE VOTES
FOR
PFAFF
HE
% MIGHT
BE GOING
DOWN THEY
% WITHDREW
THE
RULES.
% IF
YOU
ARE
AG
SECRETARY,
ONE
% JOB,
TO
DEFEND
AND PROMOTE
THE
% AG
INDUSTRY.
% THEY
CHOSEN ACTIVISTS OVER
FARM
% OWNERS.
% >> THE
REPUBLICANS
ARE % BEHOLDING
TO
THE
NRA.
% THEY
WON'T
PASS
COMMON
GUN
% REFORM
THAT 80%
OF
THE
PUBLIC
% SPORTS WITH
UNIVERSAL % BACKGROUND CHECKS
AND
COMES
TO
% THE EXTREME
RISK
PROTECTION % ORDERS.
% THESE
ARE
THINGS
THAT
80% OF
% THE
PEOPLE
SUPPORT.
% THE REPUBLICANS WILL
DO
NOTHING.
% >>
AND
YET
THE
GOVERNOR KNEW % THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO
GO
FOR
% THIS.
% HE
GETS
TO
NOW
GO
AHEAD
AND
PUT
% UP
STATEMENTS
ABOUT
THE
80%.
% HE KNEW
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO
% GO
FOR
IT.
% >>
WELL,
AGAIN,
THE
MODERN
% REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS
BOUGHT
AN
D
% PAID
FOR
BY THE
NATIONAL
RIFLE % ASSOCIATION.%THEY WILL
STAND
IN THE
WAY
NO
% MATTER HOW
MUCH DATA-DRIVE
--
% THAT'S
THE
THING
ABOUT
THESE % TWO
PIECES
OF
LEGISLATION.% IT IS DATA DRIVEN
THAT
THEY
% WORK.
% THE
REDUCTION
IN
GUN-RELATED
% SUICIDES IN
INDIANA
10
YEARS
% AFTER
THEY
PUT
THESE
MEASURES
% IN
PLACE, THE
ERPO, 7.5%
% REDUCTION.%VERY SIMPLE.
% IT
WORKS.
% >>
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR IN
% MINNESOTA
TIM
WALZ
HAD
THE
% OPPORTUNITY AND
CHOSE
NOT TO % CALL
A SPECIAL
SESSION.
% THIS
ADMINISTRATION
COULD
SEE
% THIS
LEGISLATURE WAS GOING
TO
% PASS
IT.
% YOU
DON'T STR
A
GOVERNOR
SIT
ON
% THE STATE
SENATE
FLOOR
FOR 2
% 1/2
HOURS
WATCHING
ONE
OF
HIS % OWN CABINET
SECRETARIES
GO DOWN.
% IT
WAS MALPRACTICE BY
THE STA. % YOU
CAN'T HAVE
THAT.
% I
WORKED
FOR A GOVERNOR FOR
10
% YEARS.
% >> UNUSUAL TO
SEE HIM
IN
THE
% CHAMBERS.%>>
I
DON'T
THINK
I
COULD
WATCH
% THE
SENATE
FOR
2
1/2 HOURS
AT
% THIS POINT, I CAN TELL
YOU
THAT.
% >>
IS
THERE
ANY AMOUNT
OF % REVENGE
POLITICS IN ALL
OF
THIS?
% >>
I THINK
IT
SPEAKS
TO THEY
% HAVE
TO
FIRG
OUT
A WAY
TO
WORK
% TOGETHER.%REMEMBER,
LET'S
GO BACK
TO
% TOMMY
THOMPSON.
% HE
GOT
HIS
BIGGEST
% ACHIEVEMENTS, WELFARE REFORM
% AND
SCHOOL
CHOICE
WHEN % DEMOCRATS
CONTROLLED BOTH % HOUSES
OF
THE
LEGISLATURE.
% WHY?
% HE
FIGURED OUT
HOW
TO WORK
WITH
% THE
DEMOCRATS.
% JIM DOYLE
GOT
THINGS
DONE.
% THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS TO
% FIGURE OUT
HOW
TO WORK
WITH THE
% REPUBLICANS
IN
THE
MAJORITY.
% >>
THINGS
ARE
SO
MUCH
MORE
% ENTRENCHED.
% >> WHAT
HAPPENED
LAST
YEAR.% THE
LAME
DUCK
ATTACKS.
% REJECTING A SECRETARY FOR
THE
% FIRST
TIME
IN
MODERN
HISTORY
% AND
NOW
THE
STUFF
RELATED
TO % RESTRICTING THE
VETO AUTHORITY
% OF
THE GOVERNOR.
% ALL
ATTACKS
BY
THE
REPUBLICANS
% WHO
SAT
AND
DID
EVERYTHING
THAT
% SCOTT WALKER WANTED AS
GOVERNOR
% AND
THEY CHANGE
THE
RULES % BECAUSE A
DEMOCRAT WON AND
THEY % LOST.
% >>
HOW DO
YOU
WORK
TOGETHER?
% >>
A
MATTER OF
FINDING
THE
% RIGHT
PERSON
WHO
CAN BUILD
THE
% RELATIONSHIP
AND
START
TO
CUT
% SMALL
DEALS
THAT LEAD
TO
BIGGER
% DEALS.%YOU HAVE
TO
BUILD
TRUST.
% THERE
IS
NO
TRUST BETWEEN THE % LEGISLATURE
AND
THE % ADMINISTRATION.%>> WHAT
DO
YOU
MAKE
OF
THE
% KENTUCKY GOVERNOR'S
RACE
THAT % SAW A
DEMOCRAT
WIN?
% >>
A TINY
WIN
FOR
DEMOCRATS.
% BEVIN
WAS
VERY
UNPOPULAR.% HIS
JOB
APPROVAL WAS
IN
THE
30s.
% HE
SHOULDN'T HAVE
RUN
FOR
% REELECTION.%HE HELPED
HIM
GET
TO
49%.% MORE
IMPORTANTLY
DOWN
TICKET
% THERE
WERE
FIVE
OTHER
STATEWIDE
% RACES TUESDAY NIGHT
AND % REPUBLICANS CLEANED UP ON
ALL
% OF
THEM.
% THEY
WON
ANYWHERE
FROM
10 TO
% 18%
IN
ALL
FIVE OF
THOSE
OTHER
% RACES.
% MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THOSE
% CANDIDATES
GOT
BETWEEN
75,000
% AND
155,000 MORE
VOTES
THAN
% BEVIN.
% THE
REPUBLICANS CAME OUT
ON
% TUESDAY
NIGHT.
% THEY JUST DIDN'T
LIKE
BEVIN.
% >>
DEMOCRATS
CAME
OUT.
% YOU
SAW
TRUMP
WON
THAT STATE
BY
% 30
POINTS.% LOOK AT
VIRGINIA
WHERE
FOR
THE
% FIRST
TIME
IN
A
GENERATION
THE
% DEMOCRATS CONTROL ALL
BRANCHES
% OF
GOVERNMENT
AND
HAVE
NOT
LOST
% A
STATE
--
NOT
LOST
A STATEWIDE
% RACE
SINCE
2009.
% IN MISSISSIPPI
THE
DEMOCRAT % CAME
CLOSE
TO
WINNING.
% DEMOCRATS WIN ELECTIONS WHEN
% DEMOCRATS GO
TO THE
POLLS.
% THEY'RE
MOTIVATED
TO GO
OUT
% THERE
BECAUSE
OF THE
CORRUPTION
% AND
WHATEVER
DONALD
TRUMP
WANTS % BY THE
REPUBLICAN
PARTIES.
% >> YOU
THINK
THAT
KIND
OF
A
% RESULTS
IS A
BELLWETHER
FOR
% 2020?
% >>
I
DO
WITH
THE
CARVE
YET
% DEMOCRATS HAVE
TO
KEEP WORKING
% AND
TALKING
TO
THEIR
BASE SO % THEIR
BASE GOES OUT TO
THE
POLL.
% >>
IT
IS
NOT
A BELLWETHER
NOT
% IN
KENTUCKY.
% VIRGINIA HAS
BEEN TRENDING BLUE
% FOR
A
WHILE.
% TRUMP
DIDN'T
LAST
TIME,
BUSH % DIDN'T WIN
IT
EITHER
TIME.% NOT
A
HUGE SURPRISE.% BUT
I'LL
TELL
YOU
WHAT,
THE ONE
% THING
REPUBLICANS
HAVE
TO BE
% CAREFUL
OF
IS
THEY HAVE
LOST
% 350
SEATS IN
THE
LEGISLATURES % DURING
DONALD
TRUMP'S
% ADMINISTRATION.
% THAT'S
HALF
AS MANY
AS
OBAMA % LOST AT
THE
SAME
POINT
IN HIS
% PRESIDENCY
BUT
SOMETHING TO BE
% MINDFUL OF.%>>
THANKS
VERY
MUCH.% BILL
AND SCOTT, THANKS.
% IN
TONIGHT'S LOOK AHEAD
IT
IS
% NOT
A
CURE PER
SE
BUT
PROVING % TO
BE
LIFE
CHANGING.
% A
NEW
BREAKTHROUGH DRUG % COMBINATION
IS
OFFERING
HOPE
TO
% PATIENTS
LIVING
WITH
CYSTIC
% FIBROSIS, A
PULMONARY DISEASE
% IMPACTING 30,000 PEOPLE IN
THE
% UNITED
STATES.
% CYSTIC FIBROSIS
CAN
CAUSE
% SEVERE LUNG
DAMAGE,
DIFFICULTY
% BREATHING,
AND
EARLY
DEATH
DUE % TO
THICK,
STICKY MUCOUS
IN THE
% AIRWAYS.%THERE IS
NO
CURE
FOR
THE
% INHERITED DISEASE BUT
THANKS TO
% TEAMS
OF RESEARCHERS
AT
THE
UW
% AND
ACROSS
THE
COUNTRY, THE
NEW
% TRIAL
DRUG
THERAPY IS TARGETING
% THE
ROOT
CAUSE
OF
THE
DISEASE % AND
SHOWING
AMAZING
RESULTS.% IN A
MOMENT
WE'LL
HEAR
FROM
ONE
% PATIENT SHOWING SUCH %IMPROV
EMENT
IN
HER
CONDITION.
% BUT
FIRST
WE
TURN
TO
DR.
ANDREW % BRAUN
WHO
LED
UW'S
% PARTICIPATION IN THE PHASE
% THREE TRIALS OF
THIS
MEDICATION % PRIOR
TO FDA
APPROVAL.
% THE
DIRECTOR
OF
THE
UW
ADULT % CYSTIC FIBROSIS PROGRAM
AND
% THANK YOU
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% HOW IMPORTANT IS
THIS
% BREAKTHROUGH?
% >>
THIS
IS
A
MOMENTOUS
THERAPY
% FOR PEOPLE
WITH
CYSTIC FIBROSIS.% RIGHT NOW
AND
FOR
THE
LAST 30
% TO
40
YEARS WE'VE
REALLY BEEN
% TREATING THE SYMPTOMS
OF
THE
% DISEASE.%THIS
NEW
MEDICATION
TARGETS
THE
% UNDERLYING
GENETIC
DEFECT
AND
% WE
ARE
ALREADY
SEEING
QUITE
% AMAZING RESULTS
FOR PEOPLE
WHO
% HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO
ACCESS
THE
% MEDICATION.
% >>
WHAT
WAS
YOUR
INITIAL
% REACTION WHEN
YOU
SAW THOSE
% KINDS
OF
RESULTS?
% >> IT
IS
SOMETHING
THAT
WE
HAVE
% NEVER SEEN
IN
CYSTIC
FIBROSIS.
% THIS
MEDICATION
WILL
BE
ADDING
% LIKELY YEARS
OF
LIFE
TO
PEOPLE
% WITH
CF
AND
REALLY
IMPACTING % THEIR
QUALITY
OF
LIFE.
% CURRENTLY MOST
PEOPLE
SPEND
TWO
% TO
THREE
HOURS
A
DAY
DOING
% MULTIPLE
INHALED
RESPIRATORY % THERAPIES.%THIS M
EDICATION
IS
A BILL
% THEY'LL TAKE
ONCE
IN THE
% MORNING AND
ONCE
IN
THE
EVENING
% WILL
LIKELY
IMPACT
THAT QUALITY % OF
LIFE
DRAMATICALLY.
% >>
BECAUSE
IT'S
AN INHERISTED
% DISEASE IT'S TESTED
FOR
IN
% BABIES.
% WHEN
DO
MOST
PEOPLE SHOW % SYMPTOMS
OR
SIGNS?
% >> ALL
CHILDREN
IN
THE
UNITED
% STATES,
ALL
STATES
NOW
SCREEN
% FOR
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
AS
OF
2009.
% THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
WISCONSIN
LED
% THE
EFFORTS
FOR
NEWBORN
% SCREENING
AND
SINCE
THE
MID
% 1980s
THAT
PATIENTS
IN % WISCONSIN
HAVE BEEN
ABLE
TO BE
% DIAGNOSED
AT
BIRTH.
% A
FEW CASES
IN
ADULT
HOOD.
% THEY
WILL
KNOW WITHIN
A
WEEK OR
% TWO
OF LIFE.
% >> LET'S HEAR
FROM
ONE
OF
YOUR
% PATIENTS WHO HAS
RECEIVED THIS % TREATMENT.
% >>
I
THINK
COMPARED
TO
BEFORE
% IT'S
REALLY
HELPED
MY
QUALITY
% OF
LIFE
BEING ABLE
TO
DO
MORE % THINGS
ON
MY
OWN.
% BEING
ABLE
TO
DO
MORE
THINGS
% THAT I
ENJOY
WITH
EASE.
% TO
ME IT
ALMOST
FEELS
AS
CLOSE
% TO
A
CURE
AS
I
EVER
THOUGHT
WAS % POSSIBLE
IN MY
LIFETIME.
% BECAUSE IT'S
KIND
OF
GIVEN ME
% MY
LIFE
BACK.
% >>
SO
SHE
SAYS IT
FEELS
LIKE
AS
% CLOSE
TO
A CURE
AS
SHE
THOUGHT
% SHE
WOULD
EVER
HAVE
IN
HER
% LIFETIME
AND
IT
HAS GIVEN HER
% HER
LIFE BACK.
% HOW MEANINGFUL TO
HEAR
THAT?
% >> IT
IS
REALLY
AMAZING.% WE'VE
NEVER
SEEN
A THERAPY
LIKE
% THIS
BEFORE.
% THE
FACT
THAT
OUR
PATIENTS ARE % THE
NOW GOING
TO
BE
ABLE
TO
% LOOK
TOWARDS A
FUTURE THEY
% DIDN'T
THINK
THEY
WOULD HAVE
A
% QUITE
REMARKABLE.% THIS THERAPY
IS
GOING
TO
BE
% AVAILABLE
FOR
85
TO
90% OF
% PEOPLE
WHO
ARE
LIVING
WITH
CF
% AND
ON
APPROVAL
FOR
ONLY
% PATIENTS WHO
ARE 12
YEARS
AND % OLDER.
% WE
EXPECT CHILDREN TO
BE
ABLE
% TO
BE ACCESSING
THIS
MEDICATION
% HOPEFULLY
WITHIN THE
NEXT
FEW
% YEARS.
% BUT
THERE
ARE
STILL
10% OF
% PATIENTS WE
NEED
TO CONTINUE
TO
% FIGHT
FOR
AND
WILL
NEED
OTHER
% TYPES
OF
GENETIC THERAPIES
TO % HELP TO
DEVELOP
THAT
TYPE
OF % IMPROVEMENT IN
THEIR SYMPTOMS.
% >>
DESCRIBE
THE
IMPROVEMENT
% THAT
YOU
SAW
IN
THAT
PATIENT
OR
% OTHERS
GOING
FROM
PLACE
A
TO
% PLACE B WITH
THE
TREATMENT.
% >>
I
WOULD
CHARACTERIZE THAT
% PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS
AND
LUNG
% FUNCTION TO
BE
STARTED
TO
% DEVELOP
INTO
AN ADVANCED
OR
% SEVERE
STATE.% THIS
THERAPY
FOR
HER
HAS
% IMPROVED HER
BACK INTO
A
MUCH
% DIFFERENT STATE
OF
LUNG
% FUNCTION.
% SHE
IS
NOW
ABLE
TO
RECONSIDER
% INTERACTING WITH
THE THINGS
SHE
% LOVES
TO
DO ON
A
DAILY
BASIS.
% AND
IT
WILL
DRAMATICALLY
BE
% IMPROVING HER
QUALITY OF
LIFE
% GOING FORWARD.%>> ONE
OF
THE
THINGS
THAT
% PEOPLE WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS %
HAVE TO
BE
CAREFUL
ABOUT
IS
% GETTING, SAY,
A COLD,
RIGHT?
% AND SO
THEY
HAVE
TO
KIND
OF
% LIMIT
WHERE
THEY GO AND
WHO
% THEY
SEE.
% >>
WE'LL
STILL
TELL
OUR
% PATIENTS WHAT
THEY
NEED
TO DO
% TO
STAY
HEALTHY.% STAY
AWAY FROM
PEOPLE
WHO
ARE
% SICK
AND
TAKING
GOOD
HYGIENE
% PRECAUTIONS.
% THIS THERAPY
IS
HIGHLY
% EFFECTIVE.%THEY'LL
BE
AT
RISK FOR
FUTURE
% CONCERNS RELATED TO
THE
DISEASE
% TODAY.%SO IT
IS NOT
A CURE
YET.
% BUT
YES,
IT IS IMPROVING % QUALITY
OF LIFE.
% >>
YOU
SAID
THIS WILL
BE
% AVAILABLE
TO
A
LARGE
NUMBER OF
% CYSTIC FIBROSIS
PATIENTS.% WHAT
ABOUT
RIGHT
NOW?
% >>
SO THE
FDA
APPROVED
IT 2
1/2
% WEEKS
AGO.
% WE'VE
BEEN PUTTING IN
% PRESCRIPTIONS AND
WE
ARE
% WAITING FOR
INSURERS
TO
LOOK
% INTO
AUTHORIZING THE
MEDICATION
% FOR
PATIENTS.
% IT
IS
INITIALLY
APPROVED
FOR
% PEOPLE WITH
A
DIAGNOSIS
OF
% CYSTIC FIBROSIS
WHO
ARE
12 % YEARS
AND
OLDER
AND HAVE
A VERY
% SPECIFIC
GENE
MUTATION.
% THAT
GENE
MUTATION,
WHICH
MANY
% PEOPLE
WITH
CYSTIC
FIBROSIS
% KNOW
THE
NAME,
INCLUDES
85
TO
% 90% OF
PEOPLE
WITH
CF.
% >>
HOW
LONG HAVE
RESEARCHERS
% BEEN WORKING
TOWARDS
THIS
DAY?
% >>
20
TO
25
YEARS OF
% BREAKTHROUGH
SCIENCE
THAT
HAS
% BEEN
FOSTERED
BY
THE
% INVOLVEMENT OF
MANY
PEOPLE
% RAISING MONEY
FOR
CYSTIC
% FIBROSIS,
THE
NATIONAL
CYSTIC
% FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THAT WAS
% CRITICAL IF
FUNDING SOME
OF
% THIS
RESEARCH
IN
THE
BEGINNING
% AND
IT
IS
BOTH
FROM
PATIENTS
% WHO PARTICIPATED IN RESEARCH
% TRIALS
AND
THE
COMMUNITY
THAT
% HAS
SUPPORTED
THEM
WHO
GOT
US % TO THIS POINT
TODAY.
% >> THANK
YOU VERY
MUCH.% THAT'S OUR
PROGRAM
FOR TONIGHT.
% I'M
FREDERICA
FREYBERG.% HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
% >>
FUNDING
FOR
"HERE
AND
NOW"
% IS
PROVIDED