%>> PRESENTATION OF "HERE & NOW"
%IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE
%ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL
%SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF MILWAUKEE
%OSHKOSH, AND MINNEAPOLIS, A%VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH PET
%OWNERS AND FAMILY VETERINARIANS
%THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN, PROVIDING
%CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
%PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
%ANIMALS.
%ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "HERE &%NOW" IS PROVIDED BY THE LE
%PHILLIPS FAMILY FOUNDATION.
%>> WISCONSIN IS
OPEN
FOR
%BUSINESS.%>>
THAT'S
GOVERNOR-ELECT SCOTT %WALKER JUMPING RIGHT
IN.
%I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
%TONIGHT, A POST
ELECTION
%ROUNDUP.
%WE'LL TALK
WITH
NEW
STATE
SENATE
%LEADERSHIP AS
WELL
AS
MINORITY
%LEADER-IN-WAITING.%WE'LL TAKE A LOOK
AT
THE
NEW
%AGENDA HEADING TO
CONGRESS.
%BUT
FIRST,
WISCONSIN'S
%GOVERNOR-ELECT TOOK TO
THE
STEPS
%OF THE
CAPITOL
THE
DAY
AFTER
%DEFEATING
MILWAUKEE
MAYOR TOM
%BARRETT.
%TUESDAY'S
ELECTION
SAW
WHAT
%APPEARED TO
BE
UNPRECEDENTED
%STRAIGHT PARTY TICKET
VOTING IN
%WISCONSIN.
%WALKER AND
REPUBLICAN
U.S.
%SENATE
CANDIDATE
RON
JOHNSON.
%>> TOMORROW WE
START
THE HARD
%WORK.%>>
BOTH
WON
BY AN
IDENTICAL
52%
%TO
47%
MARGIN.
%RUSS
FEINGOLD
WAS
ON
THE
SHORT
%END
OF
THAT
RACE.
%BOTH
HOUSES OF
THE
STATE
%LEGISLATURE ALSO
CHANGED
HANDS
%FROM A
DEMOCRATIC
MAJORITY TO
%REPUBLICAN, WITH
REPUBLICANS
%GAINING 14 SEATS
TO
THE
BLEE
!!!!!
ASSEMBLY
%AND FOUR SEATS
IN
THE
SENATE.
%DEMOCRATS ALSO
LOST
TWO
%CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.
%IN THE
8TH
DISTRICT
RIBBLE
%OUSTED
KAGEN
AND
SEAN
DUFFY
%DEFEATED SENATE
SENATOR JULIE
%LASSA, WHO WAS
DRAFTED
AS A
%CANDIDATE
AFTER
DAVID
OBEY
%DECIDED
TO
RETIRE.
%J.B.
VAN HOLLEN
DEFEATED
%DEMOCRAT SCOTT
HASSEN.
%THE
ONLY
DEMOCRAT
TO
WIN A
%STATEWIDE RACE
WAS SECRETARY OF
%STATE
DOUG
LA FOLLETTE.
%MEANWHILE, WALKER SAYS
WITH
%GREAT POWER,
THAT
BEING
BOTH
%HOUSES OF THE
LEGISLATURE AND
%THE EXECUTIVE
SEAT,
COMES
GREAT
%RESPONSIBILITY.
%>>
I
THINK
IT'S
BASICALLY PUT
UP
%OR
SHUT
UP
TIME.
%WE HAVE A
CHARGE.
%WE
HAVE A MANDATE FROM
THE
%VOTERS OF
THIS
STATE,
AND
IT'S
%ONE
WE
DON'T
TAKE
LIGHTLY.
%>>
WALKER
HIT
THE
GROUND
%RUNNING,
TALKING
OUTSIDE
THE
%CAPITOL
UNDER
THE
BANNER
%WISCONSIN IS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.
%>>
WE'RE
SENDING A
STRONG
%MESSAGE TO EMPLOYERS
BOTH
THOSE
%HERE
AND
THOSE
LOOKING
TO
COME
%TO
THE
GREAT STATE OF
WISCONSIN,
%THERE'S A
NEW
APPROACH.
%WE'RE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT
ADDING
%JOBS THIS
STATE.
%WE WANT
TO
BE
READY TO
GO
TWO
%MONTHS FROM
TODAY
AS WE
ARE
%SWORN
IN,
BUT
CALL A SPECIAL
%SESSION ON JOBS.
%>> THE
SAME
DAY
HE
BECAME
%GOVERNOR-ELECT WALKER
WAS
%ALREADY DEALING WITH
THE
NEWS
%THAT
THE KOHLER
COMPANY WAS
%LAYING OFF
350
WORKERS
IN
%WISCONSIN.%>> IN TERMS OF WHAT
THEY'RE
%LOOKING FOR
SPECIFICALLY,
%OBVIOUSLY
BUILDING A BETTER
%BUSINESS CLIMATE,
MAKING
IT
MORE
%COST EFFECTIVE TO DO
BUSINESS
IS
%OUR TOP
PRIORITY, BUT
TO
THE
%EXTENT WE
ARE
OFFER
SPECIFIC
%THINGS, WE'RE
GOING
TO
DO
THAT.
%>>
MEANWHILE,
THAT
GREAT
POWER
%HELD BY
REPUBLICANS INCLUDES
%BROTHERS
FROM DODGE COUNTY
AT
%THE
HELM.
%REPRESENTATIVE
JEFF
FITZGERALD
%LIKELY
TO
BE
PICKED
AS
SPEAKER,
%AND
HIS
BROTHER
SCOTT
%FITZGERALD,
MAJORITY
LEADER.
%WE SAT DOWN WITH
THE
SENATOR
TO
%TALK
REPUBLICAN POWER
BASE.
%>>
YOU
KNOW,
THE
ONE
THING
WE'RE
%LOOKING FORWARD TO IS
WORKING
%WITH GOVERNOR
WALKER.
%CERTAINLY HE'S GOING TO
HIT
THE
%GROUND RUNNING
WITH A
REFORM
%BUDGET.
%AND IT'S
SIMILAR TO
WHAT
WE'RE
%SEEING FROM OTHER
REPUBLICAN
%GOVERNORS THROUGHOUT
THE
NATION
%WHO
ARE
REALLY
SHAKING THINGS
UP
%AND
SAYING,
LISTEN,
WE'RE
GOING
%TO LISTEN TO
THE
ELECTORATE.
%SO
HOPEFULLY WE
CAN
WORK
KIND
OF
%DIRECTLY WITH HIM
UP
UNTIL
%FEBRUARY, BEFORE
HE
ANNOUNCES
%THAT
DOCUMENT,
THAT
WE'RE
NOT
%SURPRISED TO SEE
SOME OF THE
%THINGS THAT WE
SUPPORT
IN
THAT
%BILL.
%>> SOME
THINGS LIKE
WHAT?
%>>
CERTAINLY
I
THINK
ECONOMIC
%DEVELOPMENT AND THE
JOB
CREATION
%STUFF IS
KIND OF
THE
RHETORIC OF
%THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT
THE
%REALITY IS
THAT
THERE'S A
COUPLE
%OF
DEPARTMENTS WITHIN
STATE
%GOVERNMENT
THAT
HAVE
LITERALLY
%RUN OFF THE
TRACKS, AND ONE
IS
%THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE.
%I THINK THAT
THERE'S A
LOT
OF
%CHANGES THAT NEED TO
BE
MADE.
%THE
DOYLE
ADMINISTRATION
DIDN'T
%UTILIZE THAT AGENCY WELL.
%THE OTHER IS
THE DEPARTMENT OF %WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH
HAS
%BECOME THE
STATE
UNEMPLOYMENT
%OFFICE, USED TO BE AN
AGENCY
%THAT
DEVELOPED A
VISION
FOR
OUR
%WORKFORCE AND
THAT
HAS
CERTAINLY
%NOT
EXISTED
UNDER THE
DOYLE
%ADMINISTRATION.%AND EVEN
SOME OF
THE
%QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL STUFF
LIKE
%FORWARD
WISCONSIN, WHICH WAS
%GUTTED UNDER
THE
DOYLE
%ADMINISTRATION.%THAT USED TO
BE A THORN IN
THE
%SIDE OF
MANY OF
THE
GOVERNORS
%THROUGHOUT
THE
MIDWEST,
AS
%WISCONSIN LURED
AND
WORKED WITH
%CORPORATIONS
TO
DEVELOP
JOBS.
%SO THOSE ARE
SOME
OF
MY
IDEAS
%THAT
I
HOPE
GOVERNOR
WALKER
WILL
%LISTEN TO
AND
HOPEFULLY
%INCORPORATE IN
HIS
BUDGET.
%>>
HOW
DIFFICULT
WILL
THAT
%BUDGET BE
AND
HOW
DIFFICULT WILL
%IT BE
TO
HAVE
ANY
NEW
KINDS
OF
%PROGRAMS
GOING
FORWARD
TOWARD
%JOB CREATION IN
THE
MIDST
OF
%WHAT
WE
BELIEVE WILL
BE A
LOT
OF
%TAX CUTS?
%>> YOU
KNOW,
I'M
LEERY OF
SAYING
%THAT
THE
ELECTIONS
WERE A
%MANDATE FOR
REPUBLICANS, BECAUSE %I DON'T THINK THE
PUBLIC
IS
%ENAMORED WITH THE
REPUBLICAN
%PARTY OR
ANYTHING.
%BUT I
THINK
ONE
THING
THEY
DID
%SAY VERY
CLEAR WAS
WE'RE
GOING
%TO GIVE
YOU A
LOT
OF
LEEWAY.
%WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW
YOU
TO
%DEVELOP A NEW
STRUCTURE
FOR
%GOVERNMENT THAT, YOU
KNOW,
WHEN
%WE HEAR
THAT
THERE'S
SOME
%FEATHERS BEING
RUFFLED,
WE'RE
%GOING TO
BE
OKAY
WITH
THAT.
%IF
THAT
MEANS
TAKING ON
THE
%UNIONS, IF
IT
MEANS, YOU
KNOW,
%NOT NECESSARILY DOING THE
RIGHT
%THING WHEN
IT COMES
TO
THE
%TEACHERS' UNION,
WE'RE
GOING TO
%BE OKAY WITH
THAT.
%AND IF
WE
DON'T
MAKE
THAT
TYPE
%OF
NOISE,
I
THINK
PEOPLE
ARE
%GOING TO
BE
UPSET
WITH
THE
%REPUBLICANS THIS TIME.
%>> WHAT KINDS
OF
EXAMPLES DO YOU
%HAVE ABOUT
RUFFLING
FEATHERS
IN
%THOSE
AREAS,
WITH
UNIONS
OR
WITH
%TEACHERS'
UNIONS?
%>> I
THINK
IT'S
LIKE
MANY OF
THE
%CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS
LISTED.
%EVERYTHING'S ON
THE
TABLE.
%I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY
PART
%OF
STATE
GOVERNMENT
THAT
%SHOULDN'T
BE
EITHER
WHITTLED
%DOWN OR CHANGED
IN A
DRAMATIC
%FASHION.%AND
I
THINK SCOTT
WALKER GETS
%THAT.
%I THINK THAT'S
WHAT HE
RAN
ON.
%SO CONTROL OF THE
SENATE,
%CONTROL OF THE ASSEMBLY AND
WITH
%THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR I
THINK
%WE'RE IN
THE
RIGHT PLACE
AT
THE
%RIGHT TIME.%>> WHAT ABOUT
MAJOR
BILLS
THAT
%YOUR CAUCUS
WOULD
ADVANCE?
%>>
SENATE
BILL
1
I
HOPE
AFTER
%TALKING
TO A
COUPLE OF
THE
%REPUBLICAN SENATORS WILL
BE
%PHOTO
I.D.
TO
VOTE.
%YOU
KNOW,
LAST
APRIL IN
THE
%SPRING
ELECTIONS
WE
SAW
%INCIDENTS AND REPORTS
AROUND
THE
%STATE OF PEOPLE
TRYING
TO
VOTE
%MULTIPLE
TIMES,
MULTIPLE
%LOCATIONS.
%WE DON'T
ANYTHING
FORMAL
YET,
%BUT
CERTAINLY
JUST
IN
THE
%NOVEMBER ELECTIONS WE HEARD THE
%SAME THING WAS
HAPPENING
CERTAIN
%PARTS OF THE STATE.%I THINK
THE
PHOTO
I.D.
BILL
%WOULD HELP
STEM
THAT,
AND
I
%THINK I'M
GOING TO
GET
SOME
%PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT
FROM
%CAUCUS MEMBERS
ON
LAUNCHING
THAT
%AS SENATE BILL
1.
%>>
LET'S
TICK
THROUGH
SOME
%OTHERS THAT MIGHT COME
UP.
%REINSTATEMENT OF
QEO.
%>>
ABSOLUTELY.
%I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY
%QUESTION THAT IT'S GOING TO
BE
%PART OF SOMETHING THAT
THE
%REPUBLICANS IN
THE
SENATE WORK
%ON.
%IT
WAS
ONE
EFFECTIVE
TOOL THAT
%WAS
AVAILABLE
TO
SCHOOL
BOARDS
%TO
SOMEHOW
FORECAST
AND
MANAGE
%THEIR OWN
BUDGETS
AND, YOU
KNOW,
%UNFORTUNATELY, IT
WAS
ELIMINATED
%IN THIS KIND
OF
BOGUS DEBATE
%THAT HAPPENED
IN
THE
FINANCE
%COMMITTEE.
%BUT
ABSOLUTELY
IT'S ON
THE
%TABLE.%>>
CONCEAL/CARRY?
%>>
THAT
WILL
WORK
ITS WAY
%THROUGH THE PROCESS
LIKE
IT
%ALWAYS DOES.
%THERE WILL
BE
MULTIPLE
BILLS
%AUTHORED PROBABLY IN
THE
%ASSEMBLY AND THE
SENATE
AND
%WE'LL SEE
WHAT
THE
FINAL
VERSION
%LOOKS LIKE.%>>
REPEELING THE
!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!
REPEALING
THE
SMOKING
BAN?
%>> I DON'T SEE
THAT
HAPPENING.
%I DON'T THINK
THERE'S A
%LEGISLATIVE MOMENTUM TO GO BACK
%TO WHERE WE
WERE.
%>>
ANOTHER
POWER
SEAT
SOON TO
BE
%HELD BY
REPUBLICANS
AT
THE
STATE
%CAPITOL, CHAIR OF THE
POWERFUL
%BUDGET-WRITING
COMMITTEE,
JOINT
%FINANCE.
%REPRESENTATIVE ROBIN VOS
OF
%BURLINGTON
EXPECTS A
COCHAIR
%SEAT AT THAT TABLE AND
HE
JOINS
%US
NOW.
%THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR BEING
HERE.
%>>
GOOD
EVENING.
%>>
BEFORE
WE GET
INTO
THE
BUDGET
%MESS, WHAT'S
YOUR
REACTION
TO
%THE
DOYLE ADMINISTRATION
%STOPPING THE
HIGH-SPEED
RAIL
%PROJECT IN ITS
TRACKS THIS
WEEK?
%>> I WAS
PLEASANTLY
SURPRISED.
%THE
ELECTIONS
WERE A
REFERENDUM %ON THE DIRECTION
PEOPLE
WANTED
%WISCONSIN TO
GO.
%GOVERNOR-ELECT WALKER COULD
NOT
%HAVE
BEEN
ANY
CLEAR
ON
WHAT
HIS
%POSITION
WAS ON
THE
NOT
SO
%HIGH-SPEED
TRAIN.
%LEGISLATORS ALL TALKED ABOUT
%THIS ISSUE.
%THE MESSAGE WAS
RESOUNDINGLY
%HEARD THAT
WE
THINK
IT'S
%SOMETHING WE
CANNOT
AFFORD.
%IT SHOULD NOT BE
PUSHED
FORWARD.
%I'M GLAD THAT
THE
DOYLE
%ADMINISTRATION HAS HIT
PAUSE
AND
%HOPEFULLY THEY'RE
GOING
TO
HIT
%REJECT.%>> IT'S
BEEN
SAID
GOVERNOR DOYLE
%WANTS TO
SHOW
THE
IMMEDIATE
JOB
%LOSS
IMPLICATIONS OF
STOPPING
%THE
PROJECT.
%DO YOU
VIEW
THIS AS
SHORT-TERM
%PAIN
FOR
LONG-TERM
GAIN?
%>> YEAH.
%YOU SAID IT
BEST.
%WHEN YOU
SPENT A
BILLION, YOU
%GOT TO GIVE THE
MONEY
TO
%SOMEBODY.%THE
PROBLEM
IS
WHAT
WE DO
IN
THE
%LONG RUN
AND IS
THAT
THE
BEST
%UTILIZATION OF
THOSE
RESOURCES.
%SOME HAVE
SAID IT
WOULD
BE
%DIFFICULT TO GET THE
MONEY TO
GO
%TOWARD ROADS AND
BRIDGES,
BUT
%I'M AN OPT MISS.%WE
HAVE A
BRAND
NEW
CONGRESS
AND
%PAUL RYAN
AND
I
AM
LOOKING
%FORWARD TO
WORKING
WITH
HIM
AND
%THE GOVERNOR TO
USE
THIS
MONEY
%TOWARD
ROADS
AND
BRIDGES.
%>> WHAT
ABOUT
THE
TRAIN
%MANUFACTURING JOBS IN
MILWAUKEE?
%>> WE DON'T
WANT
TO
LOSE
ANY
%BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE IN
%WISCONSIN, BUT I DON'T THINK WE
%SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS ON
%SPENDING A
BILLION
DOLLARS IN %LIGHT
OF A FEW
JOBS
THAT WILL
BE
%CREATED OR
RETAINED IN
%MILWAUKEE.%WE HAVE A
LONG-TERM
COMMITMENT
%IF
THIS
TRAIN
GETS BUILT
THAT
%THE
STATE
TAXPAYERS
ARE
GOING TO
%HAVE TO FUND.%WE
HAVE A
TRANSPORTATION FUND
%THAT'S
IN
DEFICIT
AND WE
HAVE
%REAL IMMEDIATE
NEEDS
IN
ROADS
%AND BRIDGES.
%SO I
HOPE WE CAN
GET THAT
MONEY
%WHERE IT HAS THE
BIGGEST BANG
%FOR
THE
BUCK.
%>> I KNOW
THAT
THE
%GOVERNOR-ELECT WAS MEETING WITH
%THE FISCAL
BUREAU
THIS
WEEK
AND
%DOYLE
ADMINISTRATION
BUDGET
%DIRECTORS, BUT NOW
THAT
LANDMINE
%IS
IN YOUR
LAPS.
%HOW
DAUNTING IS
THAT?
%>>
IT'S A
HUGE
TASK.
%UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE
HAD
EIGHT
%YEARS OF
MISMANAGEMENT UNDER
THE
%PREVIOUS GOVERNOR AND THEY HAVE
%MADE A BAD
SITUATION
MUCH
WORSE.
%BUT
I
AM AN
OPTIMIST.
%GOVERNOR WALKER
HAS A
VERY
%AGGRESSIVE PLAN
THAT
FOCUSES
ON
%RIGHT-SIZING STATE GOVERNMENT.%WE TRIED THE ANSWER THAT
THE
%OTHER SIDE PUT
FORWARD,
MASSIVE
%TAX
INCREASES
THAT
HAVE
DONE
%NOTHING TO
GROW
JOBS.
%SO I'M
HOPEFUL THAT
AS
GOVERNOR
%WALKER COMES IN
TO
DO
HIS
PLAN
%TO GET
250,000
JOBS
TO
OUR STATE
%IN THE
NEXT FOUR
YEARS,
WE'LL
%BEGIN THAT
ON
DAY
ONE
WITH
HIS
%SPECIAL SESSION
CALL
TO
HELP
JOB
%CREATORS, NOT CHASE
THEM OUT OF
%THE STATE.%>> WHAT
KIND
OF
RIGHT
SIZING
IS
%ANTICIPATED?
%HE HAS
TALKED ABOUT
WANTING
TO
%CUT BACK
ON A
NUMBER OF
TAXES
%AND THOSE
ARE
OBVIOUSLY
REVENUE
%REDUCERS.%ARE THERE ANY CUTS
YOU
BELIEVE
%THAT WILL BE OFF
THE
TABLE FOR
%THE
MAJORITY?
%>> WELL, I
THINK WE
NEED TO
TAKE %A LOOK
AT
WHAT
OUR
PRIORITIES
%REALLY
ARE.
%NUMBER ONE,
WE'VE
GOT
TO
KNOW
%WHAT THE
REAL NUMBERS
ARE.
%THE
DOYLE
ADMINISTRATION EVEN %NOW
IS
STILL
WORKING ON
THE
%BUDGET REQUESTS
THAT THEY
PUT
IN
%FOR
AGENCIES.
%SO WE DON'T
KNOW
THE
TRUE
SIZE
%OF
THE
DEFICIT
UNTIL
WE
GET
ALL
%THOSE NUMBERS.
%THE
GOVERNOR
HAS
HIS
OWN
%PRIORITIES AND I'D
LIKE TO
WORK
%WITH
HIM ON
MAKING SURE
THOSE
%HAPPEN.
%SO I DON'T WANT TO
SAY
ANYTHING
%IS EITHER ON
OR OFF
THE
TABLE
%UNTIL
I
KNOW
HOW
BAD
THE
PROBLEM
%IS.%WE
KNOW THAT WE
HAVE HAD
SOURCES
%OF
REVENUE PUT ON
THE
TABLE, TAX
%INCREASES, BY THE OTHER
SIDE,
%AND I
AND
OTHER
REPUBLICANS
HAVE
%PROMISED WE ARE NOT
GOING
TO
%MAKE THE
SITUATION WORSE.
%IN
FACT,
WE'RE
GOING TO
HOPE
TO
%CUT SOME
TAXES.
%BUT IT'S GOING
TO
TAKE
TIME
%UNTIL WE KNOW
THE
EXACT
AMOUNT
%OF
THE
DEFICIT.
%>> WHAT
ABOUT
FOR
YOU
YOURSELF,
%ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OFF
THE
%TABLE?%>> WELL, I THINK WE
WANT
TO
MAKE
%SURE
THAT WE
HAVE
PUBLIC SAFETY
%PROTECTED.
%THAT'S AN AREA
THAT'S ALWAYS
%BEEN A PRIORITY FOR
REPUBLICANS
%AND I
THINK FOR MOST
PEOPLE IN
%WISCONSIN.%WE WANT
TO
MINIMIZE
THE
IMPACTS
%TO
THOSE
CORE
SERVICES THAT
THE
%STATE OF WISCONSIN
PREPARES
AND
%PROPOSES FOR SO
MANY PEOPLE.
%MY HOPE WOULD
BE
THAT
WE
CAN
%SPARE EDUCATION, MUCH OF THE
%CUTS THAT
ARE
POTENTIALLY
%LOOMING.%WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT
MEDICAID TO
%SEE IF THERE ARE
WAYS WE CAN
%HELP
TO
ENSURE WE
MAKE
THE
%SYSTEM MORE
EFFICIENT WITHOUT
%PUTTING
PEOPLE OUT OF THE
%PROGRAM THAT
ARE
DESPERATELY IN
%NEED OF
IT.
%WE
GOT
TO
PRIOR
IZE
ALL
THOSE
%AREAS.%THEY HAVE LEFT
US
WITH A
LOT
AND
%BY
MISMANAGEMENT
FOR
EIGHT
YEARS
%IT'S GOING
TO
TAKE
SHORT-TERM
%PAIN
TO
RIGHT
SIZE
THE
SHIP.
%>> I
HEARD AN
INTERVIEW
WITH %SCOTT WALKER
RECENTLY
WHERE
HE
%SAID THAT
PRIVATIZATION
OF
EVERY
%PROGRAM AND
AGENCY
WAS ON
THE
%TABLE FOR
EVERYTHING BUT
%CORRECTIONS AND
LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
%IS
PRIVATIZATION SOMETHING THAT
%YOU'LL BE
LOOKING AT
IN
JOINT
%FINANCE?
%>> YEAH,
DEFINITELY.
%NOW, OBVIOUSLY
WE
WANT
TO
ONLY
%DO
PRIVATIZATION
WHERE
IT
SHOWS
%A REAL
COST
SAVINGS
TO
%TAXPAYERS.
%WE'RE NOT
GOING
TO
PRIVATIZE
%JUST TO DO
IT.
%BUT I WANT
TO
KEEP
EVERY
OPTION %ON THE
TABLE,
LOOKING
AT
%PARTNERSHIPS WITH
PRIVATE
%ORGANIZATIONS, LOOKING
AT
THE
%POTENTIAL TO
SHARE
PROGRAMS
%AMONG LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. %WE HAVE
WAYS
TO
MAKE
GOVERNMENT
%MORE
EFFICIENT
WITHOUT
AFFECTING
%THE AVERAGE
CITIZEN.
%BUT IT'S GOING
TO
REQUIRE CREATE
%ACTIVITY.
%ACTIVITYIVITY.%>> ALL RIGHT.
%REPRESENTATIVE ROBIN
VOS,
THANKS
%VERY MUCH.
%>>
THANKS.
%HAVE A GREAT DAY.%>> YOU
TOO.
%THE
DAYTIME
DRAMA
"AS
THE
%CAPITOL
TURNS"
HAS A
PLOT
TWIST
%IN IT FOR
THE
DEMOCRATS.
%MEMBERS ARE
REVIEWING
THEIR
%RANKS AND
ROLLS.
%DONNA
SEIDEL
IS A
POTENTIAL
%MINORITY
LEADER-IN-WAITING. %>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.%>> I
WANTED TO
GET
YOUR REACTION
%TO
THE ADMINISTRATION STOPPING
%THE
HIGH-SPEED
RAIL
PROJECT
DOWN
%THIS
WEEK.
%>>
WELLI
!!!!!!
WELL,
I
HOPE
PEOPLE
REALLY
%JUST SIT
BACK
AND
MAKE A
VERY,
%VERY
CAREFUL
ANALYSIS
OF WHAT
IS
%AT STAKE.
%THERE
ARE
$810 MILLION
AVAILABLE
%TO WISCONSIN FOR
THE
DEVELOPMENT
%OF
THIS
PROJECT.
%BY
REJECTING THAT
MONEY, IT
IS
%NOT BEING
RETURNED
TO
THE
%TAXPAYERS, BUT
WILL,
RATHER,
GO
%TO ANOTHER STATE.
%IT!!
IT HAS
BEEN
TARGETED FOR
RAIL.
%THIS COULD
MEAN
IN
WISCONSIN
AND
%WOULD MEAN
FOR
US
THE
BEGINNING
%OF
ADVANCING A
PUBLIC
%TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
THAT I
%THINK IS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR
OUR
%FUTURE
AND
GROWTH.
%AND,
SECONDLY,
WE
WOULD
LOOK
AT
%IMMEDIATELY ABOUT
5500
JOBS,
%GREAT-PAYING
JOBS,
ENGINEERING
%AND CONSTRUCTION.
%SO WHILE
THE
GOVERNOR
NOW
HAS
%GIVEN
PEOPLE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO
%TAKE A BREATH, I
HOPE
THAT
WE
DO
%SOME
VERY,
VERY
THOUGHTFUL
%ANALYSIS
OF
WHAT COULD
BE
AT
%STAKE HERE.%>> ALL
RIGHT.
%WHAT IS
YOUR REACTION
TO
THE
%UTTER SEA CHANGE
AT
THE
CAPITOL?
%>>
WELL,
CLEARLY
WISCONSIN
WAS
%HIT BY
THE
NATIONAL WAVE
ON
%TUESDAY
NIGHT,
AND
WE
WERE
HIT
%VERY HARD.
%BUT WE ALSO
KNOW THAT
WINNING
%AND
LOSING
IN
THIS
FORUM IS
NOT
%A
PERMANENT
STATUS.
%SO WE
ARE
ALREADY
BEGINNING
TO
%LOOK
FORWARD
AND
CONCENTRATING
%ON
OUR
REBUILDING
EFFORTS.
%AND ALSO
IT'S
REALLY INTERESTING
%NOW WISCONSIN
IS
JOINING 25
%OTHER STATES
HAVING
HAD
THE
%TOTAL LEGISLATIVE BODY
AND
%GOVERNOR'S RANKS BEING
FILLED BY
%REPUBLICANS.%WE'RE
NOT
ALONE. %>>
WHERE
DOES
IT
LEAVE YOUR
%PRIORITIES?%>> WELL, OUR
PRIORITIES,
%FREDERICA, WILL
REMAIN
%ABSOLUTELY
THE
SAME.
%FIRST AND
FOREMOST, WE ARE
%COMMITTED TO
DOING
EVERYTHING WE
%CAN
TO
GROW
GOOD-PAYING
JOBS
FOR
%OUR
COMMUNITIES, FOR
ALL OF
THE
%STATE OF WISCONSIN.
%WE WORKED HARD ON
THAT
IN
THE
%LAST TWO YEARS.
%WE WILL
CONTINUE TO
DO
THAT.
%BUT
ALSO
WE
ARE
GOING
TO
%FIERCELY
ADVOCATE FOR
ALL
OF
OUR
%CONSTITUENCIES, PARTICULARLY OUR
%HARD-WORKING, MIDDLE
CLASS
%FAMILIES,
TO
PROTECT
OUR
%COMMUNITIES AND
CERTAINLY WORK
%HARD TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT
EDUCATION
%IS STRONG
AND
THAT
EVERYBODY WHO
%NEEDS IT
HAS
ACCESS
TO
OUR
%QUALITY HEALTH CARE.%>> WHAT
WILL
YOU
FIGHT
HARDEST
%AGAINST AS
THE
MAJORITY LEADS
%THE WAY
HERE?
%>>
WELL,
I
THINK
WE
WILL,
AS
WE
%LOOK
AT
HOW
THIS
ENORMOUS
BUDGET
%DEFICIT IS
RESOLVED,
THAT
IT'S
%NOT SOLVED ON
THE
BACKS
OF
OUR
%MIDDLE CLASS
FAMILIES
AND
SMALL
%BUSINESSES, BUT
THAT,
RATHER,
%EVERYBODY
FAIRLY
SHARES THE
%BURDEN, WHICH
WE
DID
BY
CLOSING
%A
MAJOR
CORPORATE
LOOPHOLE
LAST
%TIME.%I'M
CONCERNED
THAT
REPUBLICANS %ARE
TALKING
ABOUT
REOPENING
THAT
%LOOPHOLE, AND I'M
AFRAID
THEN
%THAT BURDEN
SHIFTS BACK
TO
OUR
%PROPERTY
TAXPAYERS,
OUR
SENIORS
%AND OUR
COMMUNITIES.
%>> I HAVE
HEARD
FROM
SCOTT
%FITZGERALD,
THE
NEW
SENATE
%MAJORITY
LEADER,
AND
HE
SUGGESTS
%THAT THEY WILL
NOT
BE
AFRAID TO
%KIND OF DUKE IT OUT
WITH
THE
%UNIONS AND THE
TEACHERS'
UNIONS.
%HOW WILL
THAT
MANIFEST
ITSELF? %>> WELL,
ALL
OF
US
HAVE
%CERTAINLY SAID
FOR
THE
PAST
%SEVERAL WEEKS AND
MONTHS THAT
%WE'VE
GONE
TOOR TO
!!!
!!!!!
DOOR TO DOOR
THAT WE
%KNOW WITH
THE
BUDGET
SITUATION %WE ARE FACING
THAT
EVERYTHING
IS
%ON THE
TABLE.
%THAT WE NEED
TO
LOOK
AT
EVERY
%CURRENT
PROJECT,
DEPARTMENT,
%ISSUE AND
FIGURE
OUT
IF THERE
%ARE BETTER
WAYS,
MORE
%EFFICIENCIES, SO
NOT
SURPRISED.
%I HOPE
THAT WE
CAN
ALL
BE
AT
THE
%TABLE AND
JOINTLY COME
UP
WITH
%IDEAS AND
SUGGESTIONS FOR
MOVING
%THE BUDGET
AND
WISCONSIN
%FORWARD.
%>> ALL
RIGHT.
%DONNA
SEIDEL,
THANKS
VERY
MUCH.
%>>
OH,
YOU'RE
VERY
WELCOME. %>> NOW TO
THE
NEW
LOOK OF
THE
%U.S.
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
%REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER THE
HOUSE,
%RUNNING ON
THEMES
OF
OVERTURNING
%HEALTH CARE
REFORM, AMONG
%OTHERS.%ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S
U.S.
%DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES WHO
%HAS WORKED
HARD
ON
BEHALF
OF
%THAT
REFORM
IS
SECOND
DISTRICT
%CONGRESSWOMAN TAMMY
BALDWIN.
%SHE JOINS US
NOW.
%THANKS FOR DOING
SO.
%>>
IT'S A
PLEASURE. %>> WHAT IS
YOUR REACTION
TO
THE
%HOUSE
LOSING
THE
DEMOCRATIC
%MAJORITY?%>> WELL,
OBVIOUSLY
I'M
VERY
%DISAPPOINTED.
%HOWEVER, I HAVE SERVED IN
THE
%MINORITY
BEFORE,
AND
I
KNOW
THAT
%I CAN BE
QUITE
EFFECTIVE
IF
%INDEED THE
NEW
GOVERNING PARTY
%WANTS TO RISE
TO
THE
OCCASION
%AND HELP FACE
THE
CHALLENGES
%THAT OUR NATION
FACES.
%THEY REALLY HAVE A
CHOICE,
AND
%THAT CHOICE
IS
WHETHER
THEY'RE
%GOING TO
SPEND
THE
NEXT
TWO
%YEARS TRYING
TO
PRESENT
%OBSTACLES
TO
PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S
%AGENDA, TRYING
TO
DEPRIVE HIM
OF
%A SECOND
TERM,
OR
WHETHER THEY
%ARE
ACTUALLY
GOING
TO
RISE
TO
%THE
OCCASION
AND
HELP
US
PULL
%TOGETHER TO RESPOND
TO
THE
VERY
%REAL CHALLENGES AND
STRUGGLES
%OUR NATION
FACES
RIGHT
NOW.
%>>
RIGHT OUT OF
THE
CHUTE,
THE
%FORMER SEEMS TO
BE
EXACTLY WHAT
%THEY'RE INTERESTED AND INTENT ON
%DOING.%>> IT'S
SO
DISAPPOINTING TO
HEAR
%THEIR
LEADERSHIP TALK
%IMMEDIATELY ABOUT
REPEALING
%VARIOUS THINGS
AND
TRYING
TO
%DEPRIVE THE
ADMINISTRATION
OF
%ANY
FUTURE
SUCCESSES
ON
VERY
%IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT FACE
OUR
%NATION.%AND I
THINK IT'S
GOING TO
BE A
%VERY DIFFICULT TWO
YEARS
IF THAT
%IS WHAT
THE
NEW
REPUBLICAN
%MAJORITY CHOOSES TO
DO.
%WE
HAVE
SUCH SERIOUS ISSUES THAT
%WE'RE
FACING.
%MY
CONSTITUENTS, MANY WHO
WANT
%TO WORK AND
ARE
STILL
LOOKING
%FOR
WORK,
JOB
CREATION
DOES
HAVE
%TO
REMAIN A
CENTRAL
FOCUS.
%AND OF
COURSE
SEE
THE
SUCCESSFUL %IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE REFORM
%BILL.
%IT'S A TALL
ORDER
THAT
NEEDS
OUR
%ATTENTION.%>> WHAT MIGHT
THIS MEAN
FOR
%HEALTH CARE
REFORM?
%BECAUSE
I
UNDERSTAND
HOUSE
%REPUBLICANS ARE ALREADY
VOWING
%TO KILL
THAT
LEGISLATION AND
%KIND OF DOING IT
IN A
SMALL
%DEATH KIND OF
WAY,
NUISANCE
%BILLS ALL
THE
WAY THROUGH
%KNOWING THE
PRESIDENT
WOULD
VETO
%THIS.
%WHAT MIGHT
THIS MEAN
TO
THE
%REFORM ITSELF AS IT
STANDS?
%>>
WELL,
CERTAINLY THEY ARE
%GOING TO HAVE THE
POWER
TO
%PRESENT
ANY
NUMBER
OF
OBSTACLES.
%OUTRIGHT REPEAL
IS
CERTAINLY,
IN
%MY
MIND, DISIN
!!!!!!
DISINGENUOUS.
%WE KNOW
THE
PRESIDENT
WOULD
VETO
%IT IF IT
PASSED
BOTH
HOUSES
AND
%IT'S
VERY
UNLIKELY TO
PASS
THE
%U. IS!!!!!!
U.S.
SENATE.
%I THINK
THAT'S A
MOMENT
THAT
%REQUIRES US TO
PULL
TOGETHER
AND
%SEE THE
SUCCESSFUL %IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
BILL,
%STRENGTHEN IT IN
WAYS
THAT
NEED
%STRENGTHENING, LOOK AT
%MODIFICATIONS,
BECAUSE A
VERY
%COMPLEX
ENDEAVOR,
TO
REFORM
THE
%SYSTEM SO
THAT
ALL
AMERICANS
%HAVE
HIGH-QUALITY,
AFFORDABLE %HEALTH CARE.
%BUT THAT MUST
BE
OUR
GOAL.
%AND I
CERTAINLY
HOPE
THAT WE
CAN
%PERSUADE THE NEW
REPUBLICAN
%MAJORITY TO
MOVE
FORWARD RATHER
%THAN MOVE
BACKWARDS ON THIS
%ISSUE.
%>> BACK TO
THE
CAMPAIGN.
%WHAT'S YOUR
REACTION
TO
SENATOR
%RUSS
FEINGOLD
LOSING HIS
SEAT?
%>>
OH,
I'M
HEARTBROKEN.
%I REGARD
SENATOR
FEINGOLD
AS A
%MAVERICK,
AS AN INDEPENDENT
%VOICE
FOR
WISCONSIN, AND
I
WAS
%VERY DISAPPOINTED
WITH
THE
%CONDUCT OF MANY
OF
THESE
MIDTERM
%ELECTIONS.
%I
THINK THERE
WAS SO
MUCH
%DISINFORMATION
OUT
THERE
THAT A
%LOT OF THE
SPENDING
ON
CAMPAIGN
%ADS FROM
SOURCES
WE'LL
NEVER
%KNOW BECAUSE
OF
THIS
CITIZENS
%UNITED DECISION OF
THE
U.S.
%SUPREME
COURT.
%AND I DIDN'T SPEND A LOT
OF
TIME
%WATCHING TELEVISION AND
WATCHING
%THE
ADVERTISING, BUT
I
AM
AWARE
%THAT IT
WAS A
MOST
UNCIVIL
AND
%IN MANY
CASES
PRESENTING
%MESSAGES
THAT
WERE
COMPLETELY
%FALSE.%>>
YOU
THINK
THE
DEMOCRATS
COULD
%BOOST THE
ECONOMY?
%>> I THINK
CERTAINLY
SOME
DID.
%I DID
NOT RUN
AWAY
FROM
THE
%RECORD OF
THIS
PAST
CONGRESS.
%I
CERTAINLY
VOICED
THE
%FRUSTRATION THAT
WE
ALL
SHARE
%THAT
THIS
RECOVERY HAS BEEN
%SLOWER
THAN
ANY ONE OF
US
WOULD
%LIKE TO SEE.
%BUT TO ME
THAT
GOES BACK
TO
HOW
%DEEP
OF A RECESSION
THIS
WAS
AND
%HOW BIG
OF A
MESS
THIS
CONGRESS
%AND
OUR
PRESIDENT
INHERITED
FROM
%THE
PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION.
%UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE TO
BLAME
%FOR
THIS
MESS
WEREN'T ON THE
%BALLOT THIS
PARTICULAR
ELECTION,
%YET
THE
FRUSTRATION
THAT
STILL
%IS
OUT
THERE
BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE
%LOOKING
FOR
JOBS
STILL
AND
%STRUGGLING IN WHAT IS A
SLOW
%RECOVERY.
%>> DO YOU THINK
THE
%ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS
LOSE
%MEANINGFUL
TRACTION
NOW
OR
ARE
%DEMOCRATS
RETHINKING THEIR
%METHODS?%>> YOU KNOW,
I
THINK WE
ARE ON
%THE
RIGHT
PATH.
%I THINK
THE
STIMULUS --
I'M
%SOMEBODY WHO
BELIEVES THAT
WAS
%THE
RIGHT
INVESTMENT.
%IT
FOCUSED ON
THE
IMMEDIACY
OF
%PEOPLE WHO
WERE OUT
OF
WORK
WITH
%EXTENSION OF HEALTH
BENEFITS
AND
%UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
%IT
HAD A
VERY
FOCUSED
STRATEGY
%ON
THE
NEAR
TERM
AND
JOB
%CREATION.
%BUT ALSO
LAID
THE
SEEDS
FOR
OUR
%FUTURE
PROSPERITY
AND
SUSTAINED
%GROWTH.%I THINK WE
HAVE
TO
KEEP
ON
THAT
%TRACK TO
FULLY
RECOVER,
AND
I
%THINK
ANY
SORT
OF
REPEAL
ATTEMPT
%AT VARIOUS
ELEMENTS
OF
THIS
%COULD
SET
US
BACK
INTO A DOUBLE
%DIP
RECESSION. %>> SPEAKING
OF
REPEAL
ATTEMPTS,
%WE KNOW
THAT
GOVERNOR-ELECT %SCOTT WALKER HERE IN WISCONSIN
%IS OPPOSED
TO
THE
$810
MILLION
%GOING TOWARD
THE
HIGH-SPEED
RAIL
%BETWEEN MILWAUKEE
AND
MADISON.
%AND JUST THIS
WEEK THE
DOYLE
%ADMINISTRATION STOPPED
THIS
%TRAIN, REALLY
IN
ITS
TRACKS.
%BUT I
KNOW
THAT SCOTT
WALKER
%BELIEVES THAT HE
CAN
PUT
THIS
%FEDERAL MONEY
TOWARD STATE
%HIGHWAY PROJECTS
INSTEAD OF
THE
%HIGH-SPEED RAIL.
%WHAT
IS
YOUR
OPINION
THAT
HE
%WILL BE
LOOKING TO
CONGRESS
TO
%HELP HIM DO
THAT?
%>> RIGHT.
%WELL, AS
THINGS NOW
STAND,
THIS
%ALLOCATION OF
DOLLARS
IS
%SPECIFICALLY FOR
HIGH-SPEED
RAIL
%AND RELATED
TRAIN
DEPOTS
AND
%THINGS LIKE THAT.
%I CAN'T SPEAK
TO
WHAT A
FUTURE
%CONGRESS
MIGHT
DO
IN
TERMS
OF
%REPURPOSING THOSE
FUNDS,
BUT
%TODAY THOSE FUNDS
ARE
NOT
%AVAILABLE FOR
OTHER
USES,
AND
IF
%THEY AREN'T
EXPENDED
IN
THE
%STATE OF WISCONSIN,
THEY WILL BE
%SENT TO
OTHER
STATES, WHO
I
CAN
%TELL
YOU
ARE
VERY
ANXIOUSLY
%HOPING THAT THEY
CAN
SECURE
%THOSE FUNDS.
%THE
JOB
CONSEQUENCES
IN
%WISCONSIN
FOR
LETTING GO
OF
%THESE FUNDS
IS
DEVASTATING,
%WHETHER WE'RE
TALKING
ABOUT
THE
%THOUSANDS OF
JOBS
THAT WOULD
BE
%TEMPORARY IN
NATURE
AS
WE
BUILD
%THIS
HIGH-SPEED
RAIL AND
THE
%RELATED FACILITIES
AND
THE
%TRAINS, OR THE
JOBS
THAT WOULD
%BE PRESENT WHEN
IT'S
UP
AND
%RUNNING
TO
MAINTAIN
THE
%HIGH-SPEED
RAIL
PROGRAM.
%IT'S
DEVASTATING
TO
OUR
ECONOMY.
%PLUS, IN MY
MIND,
THE
ECONOMIC
%DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF
HAVING A
%HIGH-SPEED
RAIL
THAT
CONNECTS
%CHICAGO TO
MILWAUKEE
TO
MADISON
%AND
ULTIMATELY
THE
TWIN
CITIES.
%>>
CONGRESSWOMAN
TAMMY
BALDWIN,
%THANK YOU
VERY
MUCH.
%>> THANK YOU.%>> THAT IS ALL
THE
TIME WE HAVE
%TONIGHT.%NEXT
WEEK,
ART
HACKETT
WITH
THE
%FIRST OF A
TWO-PART
INTERVIEW
%WITH
FORMER
U.S.
HEALTH
%SECRETARY
AND
UW-MADISON
%CHANCELLOR
DONNA
SHALALA.
%I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
%HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEND.
%CAPTIONS PRODUCED BY%RIVERSIDE CAPTIONING COMPANY%WWW.CLOSED-CAPTIONING.COM
%>> PRESENTATION OF "HERE & NOW"
%IS MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY
%ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL
%SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
%MILWAUKEE, OSHKOSH AND
%MINNEAPOLIS, A VETERINARY TEAM
%WORKING WITH PET OWNERS AND
%FAMILY VETERINARIANS, PROVIDING
%CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
%PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
%ANIMALS.
%ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "HERE &
%NOW" IS PROVIDED BY THE LE
%PHILLIPS FAMILY FOUNDATION.