% >> THE QUESTION TONIGHT, COULD
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS VETO THE
% ENTIRE STATE BUDGET OVER CUTS
% MADE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
% WISCONSIN BUDGET.
% >> THE JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE
% LATE THIS WEEK VOTED TO CUT $32
% MILLION FROM THE UW SYSTEM
% OPERATING BUDGET ALONG WITH 188
% POSITIONS TO TARGET DIVERSITY,
% EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS.
% GOVERNOR EVERS HAD THREATENED TO
% VETO THE BUDGET IN THE EVENT OF
% SUCH CUTS.
% BUDGET WRITERS ALSO VOTED TO
% APPROVE A $3.5 BILLION TAX CUT,
% THE LARGEST REDUCTIONS FOR
% PEOPLE IN HIGHER INCOME BRACKETS
% LIKE MARRIED JOINT FILERS MAKING
% MORE THAN $405,000 OF INCOME.
% EVERS HAS SAID HE OPPOSES THE
% TOP BRACKET TAX CUT.
% REPUBLICANS HERALD THE CUTS AS
% THEY WRAPPED UP BUDGET WORK
% SENDING IT ON TO THE
% LEGISLATURE.
% >> WE BELIEVE THIS IS A HISTORIC
% BUDGET.
% WE INVEST HISTORIC AMOUNTS OF
% MONEY IN OUR CORE PRIORITIES
% WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FOR A
% HISTORIC TAX CUT, LARGEST TAX
% CUT IN HISTORY.
% >> IT IS MISGUIDED PRIORITIES
% ENTIRELY THAT WE'VE SEEN UP AND
% DOWN THIS BUDGET AND THE FACT
% THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE
% THEIR JOBS AND
% MULTI-MILLIONAIRES ARE GOING TO
% MAKE AN ADDITIONAL $1.8 MILLION
% BECAUSE OF THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE
% SHAME.
% >> IN WASHINGTON AND OF
% IMPORTANCE TO WISCONSIN,
% CONGRESS IS WORKING ON THE FARM
% BILL, AND OMINOUS MULTI-YEAR
% BILL THAT FOCUSES ON FARM
% COMMODITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND
% MOST ESPECIALLY ON NUTRITION
% ASSISTANCE FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE
% LIKE THE S.N.A.P. OR
% SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION%ASSIST
ANCE PROGRAM.
% WISCONSIN THIRD DISTRICT
% CONGRESSMAN DERRICK VAN ORDEN
% SITS ON THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE
% COMMITTEE AND HAS HELD LISTENING
% SESSIONS ON THE 2023 FARM BILL.
% WE TALKED WITH HIM EARLIER THIS
% WEEK AND STARTED BY ASKING WHAT
% FARMERS ARE TELLING HIM ARE
% THEIR PRIORITIES.
% >> ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND
% ACROSS THE NATION, BECAUSE WE'VE
% BEEN AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
% AROUND THE COUNTRY, TEXAS,
% CALIFORNIA, OREGON, FLORIDA, NEW
% YORK STATE, UPSTATE NEW YORK,
% AND WE'LL BE BRINGING COUNSEL TO
% THE DISTRICT, THE CHAIRMAN OF
% THAT COMMITTEE COMING UP HERE
% NEXT MONTH.
% WE HEAR THE SAME THING ACROSS
% THE BOARD, THAT INPUT COSTS ARE
% HAVING A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON
% OUR FARMS.
% PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING
% ABLE TO TURN THEIR FARMS OVER TO
% THE NEXT GENERATION OF FARMER
% AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IF
% WE WANT FAMILY FARMS, THAT'S
% WHAT THAT MEANS, PASSING A FARM
% FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.
% THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
% LABOR ALSO.
% THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE THINGS.
% >> SO WHEN YOU SAY INPUT COSTS,
% YOU MEAN THE COST OF GROWING THE
% THINGS THAT FARMERS ARE
% PRODUCING.%>> DIESEL, FERTILI
ZER, SEED, AND
% THEN IF YOU WANT EQUIPMENT COSTS
% IN THERE ALSO BECAUSE SPARE
% PARTS HAVE GONE UP A TREMENDOUS
% AMOUNT ACROSS THE BOARD.
% ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO
% IS GET BACK TO BEING ENERGY
% INDEPENDENT.
% >> BY FAR THE LARGEST
% EXPENDITURE IN THE FARM BILL IS
% THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION%AS
SISTANCE PROGRAM FOR LOW
% INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
% ABOUT 80%, I UNDERSTAND, OF A
% POTENTIALLY TRILLION-DOLLAR 2023
% FARM BILL.
% WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO
% SEE AROUND FOOD STAMPS OR FOOD
% SHARE, AS WE CALL IT HERE IN
% WISCONSIN?
% >> WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY 81%, AND
% I VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON THE
% SUBCOMMITTEE FOR S.N.A.P.
% BECAUSE I WAS RAISED IN ABJECT
% RURAL POVERTY BY A SINGLE MOTHER
% AND WE WERE ON WHAT WAS THEN
% FOOD STAMPS.
% IT'S NO LONGER -- YOU DON'T HAVE
% A STAMP ANYMORE.
% IT'S THE S.N.A.P. PROGRAM.
% SO I USED THOSE PROGRAMS AS A
% CHILD AND WE HAD SUBSIDIZED
% SCHOOL LUNCHES, HAD GOVERNMENT
% CHEESE.
% WHEN I WAS BEING SHOT AT AS AN
% ACTIVE DUTY NAVY S.E.A.L., MY
% WIFE AND I USED WI W.I.C. TO HEP
% FEED MY CHILDREN.
% I WANTED TO BE ON THE S.N.A.P.
% COMMITTEE BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO
% UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE VITAL
% PROGRAMS AND THEY'RE DESIGNED TO
% BE A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT,
% BECAUSE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO GET
% BACK ON THEIR FEET AGAIN AND
% THERE ARE TIMES WHEN AMERICANS
% NEED THIS ASSISTANCE.
% SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE GOT
% THROUGH THAT THE BIDEN%ADMINI
STRATION SAID WAS A
% NON-STARTER WAS THE WORK
% REQUIREMENTS, AND WHO THOSE
% APPLIED TO ARE ABLE-BODIED
% ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS.
% WANT 79.5% OF WISCONSINITES
% VOTED FOR WORK REQUIREMENTS IN
% APRIL.
% 80% OF THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL
% DISTRICT VOTED FOR THOSE WORK
% REQUIREMENTS, AND I THINK IT'S
% REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
% UNDERSTAND THE DIGNITY OF LABOR.
% I REMEMBER GETTING MY FIRST
% PAYCHECK FROM A GUY NAME RALEIGH
% BEVANS.%HE HANDED IT TO MY,
AND I WAS SO
% PROUD BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I HAD
% EARNED THAT MONEY AND THAT
% STARTED A SYSTEM FOR ME OF
% WORKING AND BEING MORE
% INDEPENDENT.%SO WHEN PEOPLE A
RE ABLE TO
% SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR
% FAMILIES, IT GIVES US A GREAT
% FEELING OF PRIDE.
% ONCE YOU CAN TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR
% WORK, YOU TEND TO DO BETTER
% THROUGHOUT SOCIETY, AND THAT'S
% WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, MAKE
% SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE IN A PLACE
% WHERE THEY CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE
% MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATED AND THAT'S
% WHY I WANTED TO BE ON THE
% S.N.A.P. COMMITTEE, TO SEE HOW
% WE CAN SHAPE THE POLICIES TO
% MAKE THE MOST SENSE OF THAT.
% >> ONE THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND
% IS THAT ALREADY THE NEW DEBT
% CEILING LAW IMPOSES NEW WORK
% REQUIREMENTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE
% WHO GET FOOD SHARE OR THE
% SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
% ASSISTANCE.% WOULD BOTH THI
NGS BE HAPPENING
% AT THE SAME TIME, THEN?
% >> THEY'LL HAVE TO BE RECTIFIED.
% THE LAW HAS TO BE CONGRUENT.
% RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT, I'M 53
% YEARS OLD.
% I WORK PROBABLY 16 HOURS A DAY
% WHEN I'M HERE IN WASHINGTON,
% D.C.
% WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 HOURS A
% WEEK, 20 HOURS A WEEK EITHER
% WORKING, LOOKING FOR WORK,
% SEEKING JOB TRAINING OR BEING
% KATY FOR A JOB.
% THAT'S 20 HOURS A WEEK.
% AND AS I SAID, 79.5% OF
% WISCONSINITES AND 80% OF THE
% THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
% VOTED FOR WORK REQUIREMENTS.
% SO WE ARE NOT OUT OF LINE WITH
% THE THINKING OF THE VAST
% MAJORITY OF THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN.
% I WON BY 3.8 POINTS.
% I DIDN'T WIN BY 80%.
% THAT MEANS A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN
% MY DISTRICT WANT THESE WORK
% REQUIREMENTS, AND I WAS SENT
% HERE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO
% REPRESENTED THEM ALONG WITH THE
% REPUBLICANS THAT VOTED FOR ME.
% >> IS THE INFERENCE THERE THAT
% PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE ACCEPTING
% FOOD SHARE DOLLARS TO BUY FOOD
% BECAUSE THEY ARE LOW INCOME ARE
% JUST LAZY?
% >> NO, AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S
% WHOLLY INAPPROPRIATE THAT YOU
% WOULD EVEN ASK ME THAT QUESTION.
% THAT IS JUST SILLY.
% I TOLD YOU I GREW UP ON FOOD
% STAMPS, AND MY MOTHER WAS NOT
% LAZY, BY ANY MEANS, SO THAT IS
% DOG WHISTLE UNFORTUNATELY THAT
% LIBERAL MEDIA TRIES TO ENTICE A
% REPUBLICAN INTO SAYING SOMETHING
% STUPID.%I VOLUNTEERED TO BE
ON THE
% S.N.A.P. PARAMETER ON PURPOSE
% BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS ARE
% VALUABLE, AND MY MOTHER, CAROL
% ANN MULLIGAN, WAS NOT LAZY.
% SHE WAS FIRE TWO AND HARDER THAN
% WOOD PECKER LIPS AND SHE WORKED
% AS MUCH AS SHE COULD TO TAKE
% SCARE OF ME AND MY BROTHER, SO I
% DON'T APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
% >> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT I AM NOT
% SAYING THAT YOU OR YOUR MOTHER
% OR YOUR FAMILY WERE LAZY, BUT
% THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
% GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TIM
% MICHAELS SPOKE TO IN HIS
% CAMPAIGN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
% >> TEA IT'S 2023, MA'AM, AND I'A
% MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
% CONGRESS.%I DIDN'T RUN FOR G
OVERNOR.
% >> ACROSS THE AISLE, TAMMY
% BALDWIN WOULD LIKE TO SEE
% FUNDING FOR FARMER MENTAL HEALTH
% ASSISTANCE.%HOW NEEDED IS TH
AT FROM YOUR
% PERSPECTIVE?
% >> THE NUMBER ONE FACILITY IN
% EACH ONE OF MY 19 COUNTIES THAT
% HOUSES PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH
% CRISES ARE COUNTY JAILS, AND
% THAT'S TERRIBLE.
% IT'S NOT JUST OUR FARMERS.
% IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.
% THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT
% HAVE SPIKED AFTER THESE
% INCREDIBLY HORRIFIC INSTANCES OF
% SHUTTING PEOPLE OUT OF
% EVERYTHING DURING COVID, THEY'VE
% JUST SKYROCKETED AND WE NEED TO
% GET MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
% HOW THAT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, I'M
% NOT QUITE SURE, BUT I WENT OVER
% TO MARK POCAN'S OFFICE TO SPEAK
% ABOUT THIS.
% WE DISAGREE PROBABLY 98% OF THE
% TIME.%THAT MEANS WE AGREE 2%
OF THE
% TIME.
% PEOPLE SENT ME TO WASHINGTON,
% D.C. TO FIND THAT 2% OF THE TIME
% THAT I AGREE WITH PEOPLE, AND I
% HAVE ACTIVELY SUITING OUT MY
% DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES TO SOLVE
% SOME OF THESE VERY IMPORTANT
% ISSUES EXPECTED.
% >> CONGRESSMAN DERRICK VAN
% ORDEN, THANKS VERY MUCH.
% >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
% HAVE A GOOD DAY.
% >> YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL