%
>> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A%
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%PRODUCTION.
%>>
I'M FREDERICA
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%TONIGHT
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%GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
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%STATEWIDE
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%REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION IS
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%TO FOLLOW.
%IT
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%WASHINGTON.
%CORONAVIRUS
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%ECONOMIC
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%OVER FEDERAL
AGENTS
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%CITIES.
%TOM
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%HERE.
%AND MARISA WOJCIK
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O
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%WISCONSIN TRIBAL
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%
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%IT'S "HERE AND NOW"
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I
S
%PROVIDED B
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%JOURNALISM AND
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%WISCONSIN.
%>>
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%STATEWIDE
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%EFFECT
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%SEPTEMBER.
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%EMERGENCY ORDER
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%THE MASK
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%REPUBLICANS IN
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%THE
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%ADMINISTRATION'S "SAFER AT
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%MANDATE THAT WAS
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%THE SUPREME
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%EXECUTIVE
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%WE WILL HEAR
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%COUNTY EXECUTIVE
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%MINUTES.
%BUT
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%TOMORROW, MASKS
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%ANYONE FIVE
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%OLDER
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%PRIVATE
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%SCHOOL
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%FINES
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%SHOULD
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%APPROACH AND
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%THIS
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%WE TRIED
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%IT'S
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%THAT'S WHAT
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%TODAY.
%SO
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%I ALSO
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%THEY
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%WERE A
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%THING
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%WE'RE GOING
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%SCIENCE AND
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%DECISION-MAKING.
%FOLKS
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%TELLING
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%YOUR
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%OUR
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%WEAR
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%WISCONSIN, SO
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%THE
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%STOPPING PEOPLE
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%WHATEVER.
%THIS
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%AND
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%WEAR A
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%BOUNDARIES,
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%LOT OF
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%DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
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%VIRUS.
%I KNOW FOLKS
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%PEOPLE --
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%AND SAFE
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%CHALLENGED BY
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%COURT.
%
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%RULING
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%CHAOS
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%PANDEMIC.
%I'M
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%BUT MY
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O
%WHAT'S
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%STATE
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%KEEP
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%WITH LEADERS
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%READY
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%TO
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%PEOPLE
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%COUNTY
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%WELL,
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%HE
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%>>
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%>>
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H
%EMERGENCY IS AN
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%HOW
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%>> YEAH.
%MY MAJOR
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%EMERGENCY ORDER
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%THE
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%WE'VE BEEN
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%MASKS
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%THE
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%WEEKS OUT OF
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%NEIGHBORS AND
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%BEEN
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%REALLY
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%ALLOWS
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%THAT.
%IF YOU
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%GOES
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%THE
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%THINGS
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%I'M
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%MARCH AND I'M
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%APPROPRIATE AND I
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%LEGISLATURE HIEWR
%LEGISLATURE
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%MASKS?
%>> YEAH.
%I THINK
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%DONE A
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%BETTER
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%MYSELF
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%IT'S CERTAINLY
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%CHANGE
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%PSYCHOLOGICALLY.
%AND
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%RESTRICTIONS
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%WHAT'S
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%I THINK THAT
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%AND NOW
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%FORFEITURE
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%RIGHT
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WILL
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%AMONG
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%IT?%>>
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%WE'VE
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%BOTH
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%OUR
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%OUR
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%WILL
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%
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%SAYS THAT
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%SCIENCE AND THERE
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%UNCONTROLLED COMMUNITY
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%COVID-19 AND
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%PROTECT
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?
%>>
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%
I THINK WHAT
HE'S
ATTEMPT TO
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%DO WAS
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%MASK.
%I
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%I JUST
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%HE'S
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%AND
BY GO
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%EMERGENCY
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MAKES
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%MUCH
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%THAT'S
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%THE DOOR TO
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%CLOSURES LEADS
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%BUT THIS
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%CAN'T
THE
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%UNCONTROLLED,
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%RUIN?
%>>
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%DANGEROUS
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R
%FORM.
%PEOPLE SHOULD
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%WE
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%THE
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%GUIDANCE
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%OFFICIALS.
%BUT
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A
S
WE
%DID
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%HAVE
E
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%LONG-LASTING
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%MONTHS,
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%AND THE
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%ASSOCIATION
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%HAVE
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%CHILDREN
I
N
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%THAT'S
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I'M
VERY
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%ABOUT.%>>
W
E
NEED
TO
LEAVE
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%THANKS
VERY
MUCH.%>>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
%>>
NOW
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WASHINGTON,
WHERE
THE
%DEMOCRATIC-LED HOUSE
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%COMMITTEE
GRILLED
U.S.
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%WILLIAM BARR
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%TOM
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%HE JOINED IN ON
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%PROTESTS
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%U.S. CITIES.
%ALL
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%CONGRESS
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%CORONAVIRUS
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%GROWTH.
%WE WILL
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%DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE MARK%
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%CONGRESSMAN TOM TIFFANY.%>>
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%REEK
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%>>
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%MASK MANDATE
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%EVERS?%>>
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%NEIGHBORS TO DO
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%AND
I
THINK
GOVERNOR
EVERS
%SHOULD TRUST
THE
M
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%I
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%AND
OTHERS.
%SOME OF
THEM
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%AND YOU
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%YOU
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O
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%OR NOT.
%I
JUS
T
THINK GOVERNOR
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%SHOULD TRUST THE
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%WISCONSIN TO MAKE
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%DECISION FOR
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%AND I
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%WRONG ISSUES.
%WHEN YOU HAVE
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%DOWN AT
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%NEARLY BEING
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%UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CLAIMS
%NOT BEING TAKEN
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%PEOPLE
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%CHECKS
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%FORECLOSURES, PEOPLE
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%THEIR
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%I
THINK GOVERNOR
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MORE
%IMPORTANT
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%>>
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BIRX
TOL
D
STATES
%THAT THEY
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%MANDATES
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THE
MIDST
%OF
THESE
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%SO WHAT ABOUT THAT KIND
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%MESSAGING FROM
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%>>
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%THEY'VE BEEN
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%WITH HIM
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%PROCESS,
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%MAY.
%AND THEY
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%GO WORK
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%THAT'S
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%>>
D
O
YOU
PERSONALLY
WEAR A
MASK
%
INDOORS OR
WHEN
YOU
CANNOT
%DISTANCE?%>>
I
D
O
WEAR A
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%LIKE I'M
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RIGHT
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,
%WHENEVER I'M
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%GOING
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%>>
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%YOUR POSITION ON
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%EXTRA
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%UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SHOULD BE
%EXTENDED I
N
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%CORONAVIRUS
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%THAT'S
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%THAT'S
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I
N
%CONGRESS AND
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%SEEING
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%ALONG
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%LED
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%THAT'S REALLY WHAT
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%TALKING
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%AND
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%EXTEND
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00
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%WISCONSIN, BASE
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%$9.25 AN HOUR.
%WHEN YOU
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%TO
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%A
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%$25 AN
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%UNEMPLOYMENT.
%NOW,
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%WANT TO GO
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%BUT
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%IF YOU
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%IF A
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%UNEMPLOYMENT,
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%EQUIVALENT
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%YEAR
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%EMPLOYERS ARE
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%EMPLOYEES.
%AND IT'S
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%WITH
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%NOW
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TIME
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%BACK.%>>
WHAT
ABOUT
AID
TO
STATE
AND
%LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS?%DO YOU THINK
THAT
WISCONSIN
%SHOULD
SEE
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%THE
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%>>
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%RECEIVED
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%IN A
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MONTHS
%AGO, MONEY
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O
THE
%STATE OF
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%GOVERNORS WERE
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%AUTHORITY OVER
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ABLE
%TO
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%I THINK
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FEDERAL
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%WAS
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%$2
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WISCONSIN.%>>
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%AS A
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THE
HOUSE
%JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
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HAD
%
OCCASION TO
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%GENERAL BILL
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%YOU ASKED
HIM
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THE
RIOTS%IN
PLACES
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%WOULD
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I
N
%FEDERAL POLICE
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D
O
%THAT,
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%COMING INTO
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%EXAMPLE?%>> IT WOULD
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%FEDERAL AGENTS DO NOT
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I
N.
%HOWEVER,
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FEDERAL
%BUILDINGS,
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%IS BEING
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%FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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%GO
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%PROPERTIES.
%IT'S
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%AT
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%THERE, THEY
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%PROTECT AND
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%DOING OUT THERE.
%IF
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%SHOULD BE
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%FEDERAL
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%COVID POSITIVE
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%HEARING
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THE
JUDICIARY
%COMMITTEE.
%DO
YOU
EXPECT TO BE
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%BECAUSE O
F
ANY
CONTACT
YOU
HAD
%WITH
HIM?
%>> YEAH.
%I TALKED
T
O
THE
HOUSE
PHYSICIAN
%IN
REGARDS
TO
THAT,
AND I
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%NOT
WITHIN
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%GOHMERT
FOR
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WITHIN
%SIX
FEET
FOR
1
5
MINUTES,
SO
THEY
%SAID
JUST
CLOSELY
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%YOU DO NOT
HAVE
TO
TEST.
%I'D BE
HAPPY
TO
TAKE A
TEST
%ANYTIME, BUT
THE
HOUSE
PHYSICIAN
%SAID IT'S
PROBABLY NOT
%NECESSARY,
JUST
MONITOR, AND
%THAT'S WHAT I'M
DOING.%>>
WHAT'S
IT
LIKE TO
BE
IN
THE
%MIDST
OF
A
BUSY
CITY,
CAPITOL
%HILL,
AND
PEOPLE ARE
GETTING
%SICK AND
YOU
ALL
ARE
DOING
YOU
R
%JOBS AND
FLYING
BACK
AND
FORTH.
%WHAT
I
LIKE?
%>> YOU MAKE
SURE
YOU
KEEP
%YOURSELF
SAFE,
DISTANCE AS
%APPROPRIATELY.
%THE
AIRLINES
HAV
E
TOUGH
%RESTRICTIONS IN
PLACE.
%THEY
REQUIRE
MASKS
WHENEVER
%YOU'RE
ON A
PLANE,
IN AN
%AIRPORT.
%THOSE THINGS
ARE
ALL
HAPPENING
%TO PROTECT
OUR
HEALTH.
%I THINK
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
THING
%IS
WE
ALL
NEED TO
BE
AWARE.
%WE
AS
INDIVIDUALS
HAVE A
%RESPONSIBILITY, AND THAT'S
THE
%MOST IMPORTANT
THING
THAT WE
CAN
%ALL
DO,
IS
TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY
%FOR OUR
HEALTH.%
>>
CONGRESSMAN TOM
TIFFANY,
%THANKS VERY
MUCH
FOR
JOINING
US.
%>>
YEAH.
%IT
WAS
GOOD TO
BE
ON
TODAY,
%FREDERICA.
%>>
THANK
YOU.
%NOW TO THE OTHER
SIDE OF
THE
%AISLE
AND
WISCONSIN'S
2nd
%DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN MARK
POCAN.
%THANKS
FOR
BEING
HERE.
%>> THANK
YOU
.
%GLAD TO BE
HERE.
%>> WHAT
IS
YOUR
RESPONSE TO
THE
%NEW
STATEWIDE
EMERGENCY
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