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2026 special session.

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Will the members and visitors please

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take your seats?

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Thank you very

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much.

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Will the members and visitors please

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rise? The prayer today will be

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offered by the representative of the

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25th Assembly District,

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Representative Timm.

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Thank you.

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My favorite Bible verse is

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Nahum 1-7.

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Yes, that is in the Bible.

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It's a very, it's a minor

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prophet in the Old Testament.

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And it says, the Lord is good and

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a stronghold in the day of trouble.

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And he knows them that trust in him.

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Have you trusted him?

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Let's go to the Lord with her.

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Lord God, we thank you for this day.

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We thank you this special session.

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Lord, we pray that you would just

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give us kindness in our

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words.

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Love in our heart,

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and righteousness in debate.

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Lord God, I pray that you would just

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help us to

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be the examples that we need to be

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of you in this

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chamber, and Lord, guard our hearts

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and our minds towards you, in Jesus'

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name I pray. Amen.

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Amen. Amen.

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The Pledge of Allegiance will be

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offered by the gentleman from the

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59th District.

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Of the United States

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of America, and to the Republic

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for which it stands, one

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Nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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The first order of business is to

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call the roll, the clerk will open

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the roll.

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Andy Claus, I'm going to say.

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OK.

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Remember that?

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Oh, yeah.

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All right.

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Okay.

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That's it.

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Thank you.

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It's not grants of a carver problem.

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Thank you.

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Have all members recorded their

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presence? If so, the clerk will

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close the roll. There are 95 members

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present. The quorum is present.

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Gentlemen from the 60s.

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Mr. Speaker, I ask your

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consent for a leave of absence for

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the gentleman

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from the 82nd.

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A gentleman from the 68th asked to

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announce consent to the lead.

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Be granted for the balance of the

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day. The gentleman from 82nd has

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written an objection.

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Hearing none, it is subordinated.

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Pardon me while I knock the phone

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off the desk.

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I rise to ask for a leave of absence

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for the balance, or unanimous

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consent for a Leave of Absence for

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the Balance of the Day for the

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representative from the 42nd,

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the representative from the 9th,

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and the representative for the 52nd.

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Lady from the

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79th asked unanimous consent to

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leave for the balance of the day.

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We ran into the lead from the 49th,

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the 90th, and the 52nd.

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Is there any objection?

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Hearing none, those leaves are

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granted.

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We are in the 10th order of

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business. It has the May 2026

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special session calendar.

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Let's look at the title of the bill.

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May 2026 Special Session

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Assembly Bill 1 relating to income

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tax subtraction for qualified

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tips and for qualified overtime

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compensation.

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State aid for school districts,

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surplus refund payments, increasing

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funding for special education and

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school agent program.

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State aid to technical colleges and

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the technical college district

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revenue and information

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appropriation.

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Represented from the 32nd for an

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introduction.

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Thank you Mr. Speaker.

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I would just like to take a moment

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to recognize the Kenosha County Law

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Day Group, sponsored by the American

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Legion County Council and led by

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the Kenoshia County Sheriff's

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Department.

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These students participate annually

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in an essay contest.

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This year's theme is The Rule of Law

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and the American Dream.

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Sorry I can't be with you guys

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today. I'll try to catch up with you

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a little bit later. Thanks for being

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here.

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The question is, shall May 2026

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Special Assembly Bill 1 be ordered

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engrossed and read a third time?

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All those in favor, we'll sing a

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nice A and I.

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All those no, the ayes have it, the

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bill is engrosed.

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Representative from the 33rd.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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I stand for the Central Rules of the

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Hispanic 81B.

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Again, sir, greetings.

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Represent.

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Representing the 31st session and

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consent that the rules be suspended

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in May 2026.

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Special session assembly bill 1 be

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given a third reading.

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Misery objection.

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Hearing none, the clerk read the

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title of the bill.

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May 2026 Special Session Assembly

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Bill 1 relating to income tax

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subtraction for qualified tips and

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for qualified overtime compensation.

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State aid for school districts,

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surplus refund payments, increasing

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funding for special education and

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school age parent programs.

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the technical college district

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revenue limit to make an

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appropriation.

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The question is may 2026

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special session assembly bill one

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have been read three times she'll no

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be passed there's three and a half

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hours to debate on this bill

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representative from the 33rd

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members.

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Good morning.

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I thought when we left

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last, that would be our final

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session day.

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And I am extremely excited to

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say that we are here to do more good

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business today.

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You know, it's interesting.

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It took some time as

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I was leaving my

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post and kind of thinking about what

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the next chapter is going to be.

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And the thing that gets me the

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most is we

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think about the things that we did.

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The positive impacts that we made

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and what did we run for

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in the first place.

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The reason we are here is to do all

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of those things one more time and

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that is to say we have good things

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that we can do.

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We can show people that we listen

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and that we are willing to act And

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most importantly, that compromise

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in Wisconsin is not a dead

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word.

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Compromise is defined as

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getting something that you want by

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giving up something that your

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partner or your opponent wants.

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That is really what we did here.

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We sat down with the governor in

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good faith for months.

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He started at a different place, so

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did we.

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Things that we wanted he clearly

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couldn't accept.

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Things he wanted we clearly couldn

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t accept. You know what that is?

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That is Then it's

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saying, let's put aside the things

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that can never happen to focus on

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the things that can't.

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That's where we are today.

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I think it's unanimous,

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or you would hope it would be

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unanimous that when we have a bill

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where 80% of the

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money that we are appropriating

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goes back in relief to people who

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need it the most.

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It goes back to people that own

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property.

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It goes to people are renters.

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It go back to rich

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and poor.

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People who are old and young,

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urban and rural.

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Everyone in Wisconsin is

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going to stand to get benefit from

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the deal that we put together today.

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How did we get here?

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Prudent, good budgeting.

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Wisconsin's economy is in a good

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spot for most people.

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Now some are suffering as we deal

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with rising costs.

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No doubt about that.

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But the good news for Wisconsin is

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that our surplus is strong

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and it's growing.

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Now we have a couple options of what

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to do with that surplus.

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Option one, keep it in the check

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and save it to spend it later.

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Option two.

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Use it to grow the size of

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government because we need more

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government programs, not less.

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Option three, give all of

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it back.

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I would have chosen option three,

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right, if I got to have a compromise

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that was literally with myself, but

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that's not the way of the world.

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I think all of the surplus should go

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back to be able to deal with the

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rising costs in our society.

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But in a world where the voters of

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Wisconsin have said no one

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side gets to make all the decisions,

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the side that says it should be all

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spent on growing government, they

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don't get their way either.

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And that's why this compromise says

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we're going to give it back to

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people who work overtime.

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That to me is one of the most

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important.

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We have got a workforce crisis

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in America where we need more people

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pulling the wagon to be able to

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make our country the place that

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we all know it has been and it

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needs to continue to be.

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But what that means is we need

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everybody working harder.

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And when the idea of giving relief

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for people who are in overtime came

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up, right away I thought what a

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great idea. Because what do we want

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to do in Wisconsin?

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Incentivize people to work hard

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and give them a reward for

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doing so.

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This bill finally does it.

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We passed it before.

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Unfortunately, I think all my

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Democratic colleagues in the past

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voted no.

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But they have a chance to write the

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record. Because here we are,

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standing up for working people who

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work by the hour.

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They need the help.

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How about waitresses and waiters,

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people who literally work in

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service to others?

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They deserve a break that we're

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giving them today. So if you are a

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waiter or a waitress, you work on a

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tip, you're not going to have to pay

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income tax on that, just like the

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feds. You're not gonna have to worry

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about getting a federal rent

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deduction, but not getting one for

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the state. And last I knew,

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rich people aren't waiters,

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and rich people don't work by the

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hour. So this is not something

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geared toward the rich, which is

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what my Democratic colleagues

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normally have a problem with.

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So we have listened to their

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concerns, and we are targeting

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our winnings.

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The second thing that we did was to

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say, look, Governor Evers' four-year

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veto is a trap.

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It should never have happened.

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We have done everything that we

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possibly can to overturn it.

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And God willing, in November,

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there's a referendum on the ballot,

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and the voters are going to get a

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chance to say we're going to do it

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ourselves around the political

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bureaucracy.

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That's on the Ballot in November.

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So we have the ability to overturn

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that and never let it happen again.

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That's important to occur.

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We also need to elect a new governor

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to make sure that this priority

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happens for the state of Wisconsin.

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But in the meantime, for

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the people who are here suffering

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with the consequences of that

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four-year veto and the inaction

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of my Democratic colleagues to give

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a dime about property taxes.

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We're going to take the matter into

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our own hands because we had a

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governor who was willing to

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compromise and work with us

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to find a better answer.

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So here we are for one year, it's

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not permanent, it's going to be

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every one of the 399 years,

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but the one-year relief this year is

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permanent forever.

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That property tax will help every

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single Wisconsin homeowner and

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property owner to be able to afford

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their property tax bill when they

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get it in December.

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Lastly, we focused on making

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sure that in an area where we made a

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promise now I know very few

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Democrats voted for the budget

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when it passed, even though it was a

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record investment in education We

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got income tax cuts.

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We did record investments in a lot

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of priorities There was a promise

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that was made to make sure that we

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funded special education going

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forward Now it was an estimate

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a good faith effort from the

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governor's office and the fiscal

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bureau again a compromise to say

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What does that number need to be to

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be able to meet a certain freshman?

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It came in higher than we

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anticipated. No one's fault.

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It wasn't done intentionally.

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So here we are back to fix a

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problem that was actually

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no one's' fault, but the people who

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would ultimately pay the price.

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And that's local school districts

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and property taxpayers at the local

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level.

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Easy answer to say, why

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wouldn't we use some of the surplus

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to not only help keep property taxes

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down in local areas, but to make

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sure that if you're a child with

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special needs or the parent or

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a loved one, we're gonna get more

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services so those kids get what they

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need. Should be easy because

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this bill today is

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a record investment in

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special ed. The highest level

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ever.

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It not only keeps our promise from

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the budget, but it actually

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increases the spending because we

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had that surplus coming in.

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Now, you're going to hear from my

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Democratic colleagues that they want

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to save the money because they want

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it invested in growing the size of

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government. That's what they're

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going say, even though they might

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not use those words.

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We know the truth.

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We want to give it back.

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Some Democrats want to keep it.

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Luckily, Tony Evers isn't one of

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those.

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He actually had the ability to say,

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let's compromise, let each give,

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let find a consensus because the

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people of Wisconsin expect us to do

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better than to just stand up and

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shake our fist. Maybe today

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some of them will be persuaded by

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their own government believe it or

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not. I actually was And

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I feel like I'm probably a more

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harsh critic than the people on the

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left So if people on

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our side are willing to listen and

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can compromise why can't you?

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Why can't people have left just one

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time?

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Put aside politics and

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say, let's do the right thing.

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Money for schools, money for

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people who are at the normal income

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wage, people who work hard,

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all with a surplus, and we have

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plenty of money left in the till.

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Don't forget, we have $2 billion in

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our surplus still, even

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after this.

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On Monday, it kind of got lost in

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the news, but we also had a $300

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million increase, or almost

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a 15% increase,

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in the amount of money in our

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surpluse, because the economy in

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Wisconsin is so strong.

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So, we didn't choose to spend that.

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That's still going to be in the

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state's checkbook. So, a record

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amount in the rainy day fund,

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a bunch of money still in our

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checkbook, and we get to make good

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investments. This is the easiest

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green vote I have probably ever

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taken in my service in the

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legislature.

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We're spending money, making sure

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that it goes back to people.

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We're spend money that some of it's

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permanent. The funding for schools

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is permanent.

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So are some of the tax cuts.

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And we're using the balance for a

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one-time rebate. It is a

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win-win-win.

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So for the people of Wisconsin, have

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confidence. Your state government

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works.

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Republicans and Democrats hold to

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our principles but in the end we

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find a way to get to yes because

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that's the Wisconsin way.

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I urge all my colleagues to vote yes

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and have hopefully a good long

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debate where we can agree that

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getting the money back is way better

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than keeping it for some other

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person to suspect.

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The question is, May 2026

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Special Session, Assembly Bill 1,

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having been read three times, so the

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bill be passed, representative for

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the 73rd.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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I'm rising in opposition to this

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bill because I cannot support a

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piece of legislation that spends so

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much state money and does so

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little in terms of solving big

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problems.

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I find the so-called tax rebate

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provision particularly

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objectionable.

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At a time when our president and his

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party are taking away healthcare

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subsidies, slashing funding to

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address food insecurity,

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and actively harming all of us

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with a reckless war of choice, with

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no plan.

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That is driving up gas prices,

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this bill fails to help

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the people who need it most.

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But to understand why, we have to

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get past those talking points that

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were just shared, and we need to

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look at actual substance.

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This bill is promoted as giving

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single people $300 rebate checks

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and married couples $600.

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But everyone should know that

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1.36 million Wisconsinites

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won't be getting a check at all.

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Maybe they don't file taxes, either

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because they don't make enough to

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feel that it's worth it, or because

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they live on social security.

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Or maybe, like it was true with me

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when my kids were young and I was a

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very broke graduate student,

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they do file taxes but they have so

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many deductions and they make so

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little that they actually have a

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negative tax rate and don't have

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a tax liability.

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So if you have kids and

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don't t make much money, just know

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that you might not be getting any

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help at all.

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Not $300, maybe not even

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$50, maybe you'll get a check

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for five bucks.

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Time will tell.

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The argument that people in that

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position don't pay taxes so they

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don't deserve any part of this is

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wrong.

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Everyone pays taxes, whether

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it's sales tax on buying school

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supplies, property taxes on your

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mortgage or factored into your rent,

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or the gas tax to

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fill up your car to go to work.

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We all contribute.

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To only consider income tax

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is patently regressive and

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morally wrong.

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In this bill, a significant portion

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of the people who need our help the

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most are being left out.

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This is bad policy.

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On the other hand, households

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that make $300,000 or more,

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nearly all of them are going

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to get checks for the full amount.

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In this Bill, joint filers who make$

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300,000 more, would get $600.

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If you ask all the people who make

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$300,000 or more in this state, this

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bill is costing us $47.5

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million.

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I do not understand

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how the people negotiating this

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bill could so callously duck their

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responsibility.

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How is it okay to give the nearly

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9,000 households that

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make $1 million or more $600

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each, but

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we can't figure out how to help

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someone who's trying to get by on

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Social Security alone?

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This is not how to stabilize a

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society at a time of economic

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strain.

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And what about property tax relief

571
00:17:53,510 --> 00:17:55,029
we heard about?

572
00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:56,769
If your home value is at the state

573
00:17:56,770 --> 00:17:58,909
median, which is $312,000,

574
00:17:58,910 --> 00:18:01,569
you'll be saving $107,

575
00:18:01,570 --> 00:18:03,429
not per month,

576
00:18:03,430 --> 00:18:05,249
for the entirety of

577
00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:06,729
the year.

578
00:18:06,730 --> 00:18:08,649
And not this year,

579
00:18:08,650 --> 00:18:10,209
next year.

580
00:18:10,210 --> 00:18:11,609
If you pay your taxes through an

581
00:18:11,610 --> 00:18:13,669
escrow account, like most do,

582
00:18:13,670 --> 00:18:15,709
Starting in January 2027,

583
00:18:15,710 --> 00:18:17,709
you'll save $8.91 per

584
00:18:17,710 --> 00:18:18,710
month.

585
00:18:19,110 --> 00:18:21,209
That's less than two gallons of gas

586
00:18:21,210 --> 00:18:22,589
today.

587
00:18:22,590 --> 00:18:24,509
Who knows how much gas

588
00:18:24,510 --> 00:18:25,990
will cost by then?

589
00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:28,649
But what's most depressing about

590
00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:29,989
this bill is the treatment of our

591
00:18:29,990 --> 00:18:31,069
public schools.

592
00:18:31,070 --> 00:18:33,009
In my district, I have two schools,

593
00:18:33,010 --> 00:18:34,509
where, two school districts, where

594
00:18:34,510 --> 00:18:36,269
the per pupil revenue limit is at

595
00:18:36,270 --> 00:18:38,149
the floor for the state.

596
00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:40,069
One of my districts is so broke, my

597
00:18:40,070 --> 00:18:41,389
home district, where my son

598
00:18:41,390 --> 00:18:43,529
graduated, is so broken that

599
00:18:43,530 --> 00:18:44,809
they are constantly having to cut

600
00:18:44,810 --> 00:18:45,729
services.

601
00:18:45,730 --> 00:18:46,969
So you might think, well then, yeah,

602
00:18:46,970 --> 00:18:48,049
vote for this bill. Don't they need

603
00:18:48,050 --> 00:18:49,909
the money? Yeah, they do.

604
00:18:49,910 --> 00:18:51,249
That's why it makes this no vote

605
00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:52,250
hard.

606
00:18:52,910 --> 00:18:54,609
They desperately need the funding,

607
00:18:54,610 --> 00:18:55,769
thanks to the actions of the

608
00:18:55,770 --> 00:18:57,269
majority party over the last 16

609
00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,429
years.

610
00:18:58,430 --> 00:18:59,909
But our job in this building is to

611
00:18:59,910 --> 00:19:01,609
see the bigger picture.

612
00:19:01,610 --> 00:19:03,109
And I see the bigger play that

613
00:19:03,110 --> 00:19:04,649
Republicans are making.

614
00:19:04,650 --> 00:19:06,289
Give wealthy families in our state

615
00:19:06,290 --> 00:19:08,249
what's left of the surplus so that

616
00:19:08,250 --> 00:19:10,029
next year we are left with crumbs to

617
00:19:10,030 --> 00:19:11,469
fix what the majority have broken.

618
00:19:12,490 --> 00:19:14,529
This deal puts us in a significant

619
00:19:14,530 --> 00:19:16,409
structural deficit in years three

620
00:19:16,410 --> 00:19:17,410
and four.

621
00:19:18,430 --> 00:19:20,249
This fiscal burden says, I

622
00:19:20,250 --> 00:19:21,489
mean the fiscal bureau says, that we

623
00:19:21,490 --> 00:19:23,289
will need to grow by 4% to make up

624
00:19:23,290 --> 00:19:24,290
for that.

625
00:19:25,090 --> 00:19:26,749
At a time where we're seeing

626
00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,009
projections that we're going to see

627
00:19:28,010 --> 00:19:29,070
retrenchment economically.

628
00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:31,760
This is irresponsible.

629
00:19:32,999 --> 00:19:34,819
Even more than the flood of

630
00:19:34,820 --> 00:19:36,399
Republican retirements, drained

631
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,199
state coffers shows that Republicans

632
00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,879
know that the voters will not want

633
00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,039
them back in the majority next

634
00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,040
session.

635
00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,819
They've been defunding essential

636
00:19:43,820 --> 00:19:45,439
public institutions for years, and

637
00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,499
on the way out the door, they want

638
00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:48,299
to try to make it harder for us to

639
00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:49,299
clean up the mess that they have

640
00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:50,300
made.

641
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,099
I know Governor Evers is desperate

642
00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:53,100
to help public schools.

643
00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:55,239
No one wants to help them more than

644
00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:56,240
our party.

645
00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:57,740
But not like this.

646
00:19:58,770 --> 00:20:00,589
Not recklessly, not in

647
00:20:00,590 --> 00:20:02,349
a way that makes real solutions, but

648
00:20:02,350 --> 00:20:03,510
long-term solutions harder.

649
00:20:04,630 --> 00:20:06,169
This is irresponsible policy.

650
00:20:06,170 --> 00:20:07,170
The vote is red.

651
00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:09,730
It's represented from the 30th.

652
00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:14,039
Thank you Mr. Speaker.

653
00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,539
It's wonderful to see so many

654
00:20:15,540 --> 00:20:17,179
youngsters in the gallery here today

655
00:20:17,180 --> 00:20:19,499
and welcome to the state capitol.

656
00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:21,159
And I want to say something to all

657
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,239
of you.

658
00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,199
What you're witnessing here today is

659
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,479
going to look nothing like the real

660
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,779
world when you enter it later on.

661
00:20:27,780 --> 00:20:30,079
Where compromise is actually common.

662
00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,859
That happens and it's effective and

663
00:20:31,860 --> 00:20:33,159
it works.

664
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,879
So the speaker I think did a great

665
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,759
job in framing this initially.

666
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,279
It is about compromise.

667
00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,259
It IS about balance, right?

668
00:20:40,260 --> 00:20:42,079
This is balanced governing

669
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,439
that we're witnessing here today.

670
00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,419
I applaud Governor Evers for

671
00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:48,959
working with us to advance this.

672
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,219
And what you're hearing is,

673
00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:52,539
but it's not great.

674
00:20:52,540 --> 00:20:53,719
It's not right.

675
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:54,899
Today I'll take good.

676
00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:56,599
I will take good for Hudson,

677
00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:57,919
Wisconsin, for River Falls,

678
00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:58,920
Wisconsin.

679
00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:01,639
The service industry is an industry

680
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,319
where these individuals rely

681
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,439
upon those tips.

682
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,419
That is their primary income.

683
00:21:07,420 --> 00:21:09,419
I worked at a dishwasher, went to

684
00:21:09,420 --> 00:21:11,019
bus boy in advance, it's a great

685
00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:12,119
journey.

686
00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:13,599
Today is a great day for them

687
00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,659
because more of their money is going

688
00:21:14,660 --> 00:21:15,579
to be theirs.

689
00:21:15,580 --> 00:21:17,299
That is impactful, that is not

690
00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,319
trivial, and that is something we

691
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:20,440
should all support.

692
00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:23,389
When I first was elected, I spent a

693
00:21:23,390 --> 00:21:24,349
lot of time in one of my local

694
00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:25,169
schools.

695
00:21:25,170 --> 00:21:27,269
And I saw firsthand the challenges

696
00:21:27,270 --> 00:21:28,949
with special education, the

697
00:21:28,950 --> 00:21:30,249
implications to those school

698
00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:31,609
districts.

699
00:21:31,610 --> 00:21:33,449
Today we have an opportunity also

700
00:21:33,450 --> 00:21:35,889
to do something special for

701
00:21:35,890 --> 00:21:38,129
those individuals, for the kids,

702
00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:40,009
for the faculty, for staff, for our

703
00:21:40,010 --> 00:21:41,010
communities as well.

704
00:21:42,090 --> 00:21:43,589
We talked about, you know, on joint

705
00:21:43,590 --> 00:21:45,429
findings yesterday, it was suggested

706
00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:47,249
that we robbed education

707
00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:49,489
over the past number of years.

708
00:21:49,490 --> 00:21:50,490
Robbed education?

709
00:21:51,570 --> 00:21:53,149
We put more money in education than

710
00:21:53,150 --> 00:21:54,489
we ever have before.

711
00:21:55,530 --> 00:21:57,089
It was also noted in the Joint

712
00:21:57,090 --> 00:21:59,549
Finance Committee that we've got to

713
00:21:59,550 --> 00:22:00,329
spend more.

714
00:22:00,330 --> 00:22:02,269
And these schools need to know that

715
00:22:02,270 --> 00:22:03,129
this money is going to be the

716
00:22:03,130 --> 00:22:05,349
victim. They need predictability.

717
00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:06,669
Here's the issue.

718
00:22:06,670 --> 00:22:07,929
You want to talk about structure.

719
00:22:07,930 --> 00:22:09,229
You want talk about the root cause

720
00:22:09,230 --> 00:22:10,069
in education.

721
00:22:10,070 --> 00:22:11,099
Then let's do it.

722
00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:13,139
Let's talk about the fact that we

723
00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:15,139
have, in our demographics,

724
00:22:15,140 --> 00:22:16,699
declining student population.

725
00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:18,039
That's just a thing.

726
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,319
It's not a bad thing, it's just a

727
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,599
real thing that we had to take on.

728
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,459
So sending more money,

729
00:22:23,460 --> 00:22:24,979
or guaranteeing it and continuing to

730
00:22:24,980 --> 00:22:26,719
increase it, is not the answer.

731
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,759
We have to look at alternatives to

732
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:29,760
the model.

733
00:22:30,490 --> 00:22:32,769
4% growth, it was suggested,

734
00:22:32,770 --> 00:22:34,509
boy, I can be reliant on that.

735
00:22:34,510 --> 00:22:36,209
Well, I look back over the past 10,

736
00:22:36,210 --> 00:22:38,369
15 years, it's always been there.

737
00:22:38,370 --> 00:22:40,549
But what we don't talk about is

738
00:22:40,550 --> 00:22:42,549
there's a delta in that 4%.

739
00:22:42,550 --> 00:22:44,569
What if we actually saved some money

740
00:22:44,570 --> 00:22:46,869
somewhere within the state budget?

741
00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:48,289
Now they'll come in steps, sometimes

742
00:22:48,290 --> 00:22:49,709
in government, but we do it in the

743
00:22:49,710 --> 00:22:51,329
private sector all the time.

744
00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:53,349
Today is a wonderful example for

745
00:22:53,350 --> 00:22:55,529
all of you watching of compromise

746
00:22:55,530 --> 00:22:57,549
with a split government and

747
00:22:57,550 --> 00:22:58,669
we're getting something done that

748
00:22:58,670 --> 00:23:00,509
will be impactful for those in

749
00:23:00,510 --> 00:23:01,909
our communities.

750
00:23:01,910 --> 00:23:03,249
The vote is absolutely agreed Mr.

751
00:23:03,250 --> 00:23:04,250
Speaker.

752
00:23:05,270 --> 00:23:06,789
Representative from the 93rd.

753
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:13,740
Mr. Speaker,

754
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,599
I'm trying to wrap my head around

755
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,439
the distinction between what

756
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,619
we are talking about today and

757
00:23:21,620 --> 00:23:23,359
what we're actually hearing back

758
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,319
home in our communities because

759
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,579
Wisconsinites are demanding

760
00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:29,499
structural and responsible

761
00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:31,179
solutions to the structural

762
00:23:31,180 --> 00:23:33,129
challenges that they're facing.

763
00:23:33,130 --> 00:23:36,089
They are not new

764
00:23:36,090 --> 00:23:37,629
to the economic pain that they're

765
00:23:37,630 --> 00:23:38,469
feeling right now.

766
00:23:38,470 --> 00:23:40,329
They have lived in Wisconsin

767
00:23:40,330 --> 00:23:41,549
that has been governed by

768
00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:43,069
Republicans in the legislature for

769
00:23:43,070 --> 00:23:44,789
15 years, and they're felling the

770
00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:46,469
structural impacts of the pain

771
00:23:46,470 --> 00:23:47,829
that's been inflicted on the economy

772
00:23:47,830 --> 00:23:48,830
over that time.

773
00:23:49,610 --> 00:23:51,449
The proposal that we're discussing

774
00:23:51,450 --> 00:23:53,589
right now, instead, is at

775
00:23:53,590 --> 00:23:55,489
best a short-term

776
00:23:55,490 --> 00:23:57,469
band-aid and does not offer

777
00:23:57,470 --> 00:23:59,349
enough, and does offer

778
00:23:59,350 --> 00:24:01,069
the structural solutions that people

779
00:24:01,070 --> 00:24:02,070
are demanding.

780
00:24:02,970 --> 00:24:04,569
And worse yet, it continues a

781
00:24:04,570 --> 00:24:06,709
pattern of Republican bills that

782
00:24:06,710 --> 00:24:08,709
make empty promises that will not be

783
00:24:08,710 --> 00:24:09,710
kept.

784
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,419
In the last budget,

785
00:24:12,420 --> 00:24:14,439
the Republican-led Joint

786
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:15,819
Finance Committee and legislature

787
00:24:15,820 --> 00:24:18,119
promised public school students

788
00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:20,479
and districts 42%

789
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,999
of their special education costs.

790
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,940
But that promise was broken,

791
00:24:26,940 --> 00:24:28,559
and legislative Democrats introduced

792
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,159
legislation to compel the

793
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,959
legislature to keep its promises on

794
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,379
special education.

795
00:24:33,380 --> 00:24:35,239
That proposal was not taken up or

796
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,908
even given a hearing.

797
00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:38,969
Now, this proposal

798
00:24:38,970 --> 00:24:41,089
promises 50% next

799
00:24:41,090 --> 00:24:43,009
year, but does not

800
00:24:43,010 --> 00:24:45,569
make the structural change to

801
00:24:45,570 --> 00:24:47,409
the law or the way that special ed

802
00:24:47,410 --> 00:24:49,249
is administered to guarantee that

803
00:24:49,250 --> 00:24:50,489
that money will hit school

804
00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:52,449
districts. So it will once again be

805
00:24:52,450 --> 00:24:53,590
a broken promise.

806
00:24:54,690 --> 00:24:56,949
And the bulk of this legislation

807
00:24:56,950 --> 00:24:59,249
spent on one-time expenditures

808
00:24:59,250 --> 00:25:01,389
in the form of so-called checks

809
00:25:01,390 --> 00:25:03,029
will be another broken promise we've

810
00:25:03,030 --> 00:25:04,679
already heard about.

811
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,579
The narrative created by

812
00:25:06,580 --> 00:25:08,399
the majority, around $300 per

813
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,179
person, well that's going to be

814
00:25:10,180 --> 00:25:12,119
awfully difficult to defend when so

815
00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:13,919
many people open their mailboxes and

816
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,179
find a check for $10,

817
00:25:16,180 --> 00:25:18,439
$40, $0,

818
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:19,759
as so many will.

819
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:20,799
Another broken promise.

820
00:25:21,950 --> 00:25:23,169
And so in addition to those

821
00:25:23,170 --> 00:25:24,769
disappointments, just imagine my

822
00:25:24,770 --> 00:25:26,649
disappointment when I

823
00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:28,269
saw on Monday the proposal put

824
00:25:28,270 --> 00:25:29,649
forward by three outgoing

825
00:25:29,650 --> 00:25:31,689
politicians that

826
00:25:31,690 --> 00:25:33,749
looks like this, when there was

827
00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:35,609
already an affordable and

828
00:25:35,610 --> 00:25:37,589
structural proposal on

829
00:25:37,590 --> 00:25:38,829
the table for weeks.

830
00:25:40,140 --> 00:25:42,259
Assembly Bill 1176

831
00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:44,299
was written with

832
00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:46,159
the current surplus projections

833
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,279
in mind, and it was introduced by

834
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,659
every single assembly done craft

835
00:25:49,660 --> 00:25:50,499
weeks ago.

836
00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:52,619
It would offer structural,

837
00:25:52,620 --> 00:25:54,539
sustainable support to people

838
00:25:54,540 --> 00:25:56,099
struggling with the cost of housing

839
00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:58,079
through property taxes and

840
00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,559
to kids and families in public

841
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:00,859
schools.

842
00:26:00,860 --> 00:26:02,439
It would also offer enough funding

843
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,679
and general aid to public schools to

844
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,199
buy down property taxes for

845
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,500
education this year.

846
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,559
And it would offer 60% of

847
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,399
special education costs in a

848
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,219
sub-sufficient way,

849
00:26:14,220 --> 00:26:16,059
meaning the promise would be kept.

850
00:26:16,060 --> 00:26:17,819
Districts would be offered 60%, they

851
00:26:17,820 --> 00:26:19,619
could budget for 60%, and then they

852
00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:20,880
would actually receive it.

853
00:26:22,620 --> 00:26:24,519
And the plan that we

854
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,619
put forward would save

855
00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:28,619
500 million more

856
00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:30,519
dollars than the reckless

857
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,479
spending bill that was

858
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:33,859
proposed this week by the outgoing

859
00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:35,619
speaker, the outgoing senator,

860
00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:36,939
public and leader, and the outgoing

861
00:26:36,940 --> 00:26:38,199
governor.

862
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,839
This one would instead drain the

863
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,679
piggy bank and

864
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,919
reward wealthier school districts

865
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:45,739
through some new funding

866
00:26:45,740 --> 00:26:47,639
model at the expense of

867
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,179
poorer districts.

868
00:26:49,180 --> 00:26:51,139
And it's just not lost on

869
00:26:51,140 --> 00:26:53,079
me that there was already a good

870
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,119
proposal on the table that was

871
00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,399
ignored in favor of

872
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,819
this one.

873
00:26:58,820 --> 00:27:00,539
And working class Wisconsinites that

874
00:27:00,540 --> 00:27:02,279
we all represent, all of us

875
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,259
represent, are the people

876
00:27:04,260 --> 00:27:05,819
who have to live with the decisions

877
00:27:05,820 --> 00:27:07,419
that we make today.

878
00:27:07,420 --> 00:27:10,019
So they deserve honest

879
00:27:10,020 --> 00:27:11,899
decisions that will make promises

880
00:27:11,900 --> 00:27:12,779
and keep them.

881
00:27:12,780 --> 00:27:14,679
Responsible decisions that would

882
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,659
be good stewards of

883
00:27:16,660 --> 00:27:18,859
public funds, directing resources

884
00:27:18,860 --> 00:27:20,939
to make structural change,

885
00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:22,599
to fix the structural problems

886
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,419
causing people structural

887
00:27:24,420 --> 00:27:25,879
economic pain.

888
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,319
And that's why I'm opposed to this

889
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:28,320
bill today.

890
00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:33,779
The question is, May 2026,

891
00:27:33,780 --> 00:27:35,199
special session, assembly bill one

892
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,579
and then read three times.

893
00:27:36,580 --> 00:27:37,799
Shall the bill be passed,

894
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,200
represented on the 8th?

895
00:27:42,170 --> 00:27:44,609
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

896
00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:45,610
Wow.

897
00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:48,699
I keep thinking to myself,

898
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:50,379
this bill that was put forward was a

899
00:27:50,380 --> 00:27:52,259
compromise, and

900
00:27:52,260 --> 00:27:53,919
our last speaker, I was thinking to

901
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,739
myself, if it was such a great

902
00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:57,619
bill that the Democrats put

903
00:27:57,620 --> 00:27:58,979
out, why didn't the governor start

904
00:27:58,980 --> 00:28:00,199
with that?

905
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,759
Why didn't he start negotiating with

906
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,499
that, he didn't.

907
00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:05,359
Because he realized it wasn't going

908
00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:06,859
to make it, and it wasn't t a

909
00:28:06,860 --> 00:28:08,799
compromise. I don't mind, in

910
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,799
my district, when people talk to me

911
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,619
and say, can you just work

912
00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:14,379
together? That's what I hear.

913
00:28:14,380 --> 00:28:16,739
Can you just work together?

914
00:28:16,740 --> 00:28:19,259
All that seems to be partisan.

915
00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:20,959
So now we put this bill out, which

916
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,099
is, I think, a tremendous bill.

917
00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:24,879
Sure, there's things in here that I

918
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,899
wasn't totally fond of,

919
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:28,759
but in the essence of getting things

920
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,719
done, you go forward with

921
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:31,819
that.

922
00:28:31,820 --> 00:28:33,859
But we're hearing on both sides

923
00:28:33,860 --> 00:28:36,199
of the extreme miles that

924
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,840
we're somehow wrong, that we are

925
00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:39,539
terrible. And we got gubernatorial

926
00:28:39,540 --> 00:28:41,399
candidates, will you know this,

927
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,239
who have no impact, because whoever

928
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,719
wins won't be here until next

929
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,619
January, just like us.

930
00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:48,649
So this surplus is now.

931
00:28:48,650 --> 00:28:50,929
CESA 9 and my two school districts

932
00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:53,149
told me they need special

933
00:28:53,150 --> 00:28:54,629
ed funding.

934
00:28:54,630 --> 00:28:56,269
That's the number one thing, coming

935
00:28:56,270 --> 00:28:57,989
out of their Fund 10, out of the

936
00:28:57,990 --> 00:28:59,589
General Fund.

937
00:28:59,590 --> 00:29:01,309
They never brought up, when I am at

938
00:29:01,310 --> 00:29:03,149
our last CESO meeting,

939
00:29:03,150 --> 00:29:04,569
and I know the gentleman from the

940
00:29:04,570 --> 00:29:06,269
35th was with me, they never brought

941
00:29:06,270 --> 00:29:08,149
anything about, hey, there's a great

942
00:29:08,150 --> 00:29:10,069
Democrat bill that you should look

943
00:29:10,070 --> 00:29:10,909
at that's going to fund it.

944
00:29:10,910 --> 00:29:11,689
They didn't.

945
00:29:11,690 --> 00:29:13,509
They said, what can you do to

946
00:29:13,510 --> 00:29:15,049
help us with special ed, because

947
00:29:15,050 --> 00:29:17,329
that is where we need help.

948
00:29:17,330 --> 00:29:19,029
This doesn't.

949
00:29:19,030 --> 00:29:22,069
D.C. Everest is finishing up 25-26

950
00:29:22,070 --> 00:29:24,909
over a half million dollars.

951
00:29:24,910 --> 00:29:27,129
In the 26-27,

952
00:29:27,130 --> 00:29:29,029
1.36 million

953
00:29:29,030 --> 00:29:30,330
dollars for special ed.

954
00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:33,969
I mean, in Wausau,

955
00:29:33,970 --> 00:29:35,709
over three quarters of a million

956
00:29:35,710 --> 00:29:38,169
dollars for this first year and

957
00:29:38,170 --> 00:29:39,989
2.1

958
00:29:39,990 --> 00:29:41,809
million in the next year.

959
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,979
So it's interesting,

960
00:29:44,980 --> 00:29:46,619
as this bill comes together, because

961
00:29:46,620 --> 00:29:48,599
it doesn't fit everything you want,

962
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,879
you're going to be a no.

963
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,779
And I keep thinking to myself,

964
00:29:51,780 --> 00:29:53,720
if I was a no on this bill,

965
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,379
my colleagues on the other side

966
00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:57,619
would hammer me.

967
00:29:57,620 --> 00:29:59,079
He hates education.

968
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:00,579
He didn't vote for special ed

969
00:30:00,580 --> 00:30:01,639
increase.

970
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,479
But now, since you weren't invited

971
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,459
to the party of negotiations,

972
00:30:06,460 --> 00:30:07,609
you're upset.

973
00:30:07,610 --> 00:30:09,849
Well, I think about the

974
00:30:09,850 --> 00:30:10,969
people. I've said it countless

975
00:30:10,970 --> 00:30:12,409
numbers of times in some of the

976
00:30:12,410 --> 00:30:14,989
bills that I passed this session.

977
00:30:14,990 --> 00:30:16,709
It's about the People.

978
00:30:16,710 --> 00:30:18,589
It's not about me, it's not my

979
00:30:18,590 --> 00:30:19,969
own agenda.

980
00:30:19,970 --> 00:30:21,549
When you're a legislator, you

981
00:30:21,550 --> 00:30:23,489
legislate for the people, and too

982
00:30:23,490 --> 00:30:25,369
many representatives take their

983
00:30:25,370 --> 00:30:28,689
small, loud minorities,

984
00:30:28,690 --> 00:30:30,049
making them think that they're the

985
00:30:30,050 --> 00:30:30,969
majority.

986
00:30:30,970 --> 00:30:32,869
What I want to hear from both sides,

987
00:30:32,870 --> 00:30:34,829
and actually have some property

988
00:30:34,830 --> 00:30:37,349
tax relief, surplus release,

989
00:30:37,350 --> 00:30:39,659
and especially special effort.

990
00:30:39,660 --> 00:30:41,839
So I am a yes on this and

991
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,799
I tell you, anyone who votes no

992
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,599
on either side or you're pressured

993
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,419
by the media, which I'm going

994
00:30:47,420 --> 00:30:48,880
to start listening to music now, the

995
00:30:48,881 --> 00:30:50,899
heck with talk radio in general,

996
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:52,300
but in any case,

997
00:30:53,980 --> 00:30:54,959
let's move forward.

998
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,059
The vote's yes. Thank you.

999
00:30:58,470 --> 00:31:00,349
Represent from the 19th.

1000
00:31:08,179 --> 00:31:09,679
Thank you.

1001
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,799
Speaker, half of this $862

1002
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,719
million set out by this bill

1003
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,419
will go to people making $60

1004
00:31:16,420 --> 00:31:17,420
million.

1005
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:18,979
And most people across Wisconsin

1006
00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:21,139
will not be getting, regardless

1007
00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:22,679
of what you're hearing, by some

1008
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,679
media, by some press releases,

1009
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,679
$300 or $600 checks.

1010
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,619
In fact, 1.36

1011
00:31:29,620 --> 00:31:31,719
million Wisconsin residents

1012
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,599
will not get a check at all

1013
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,079
under this plan.

1014
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:36,559
Many people in poverty will get

1015
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:37,539
zero.

1016
00:31:37,540 --> 00:31:39,879
Many older adults will get a zero.

1017
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,439
When you factor those folks in,

1018
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,829
here's what the numbers look like.

1019
00:31:43,830 --> 00:31:46,469
If you're making more than $150,000

1020
00:31:46,470 --> 00:31:48,149
a year and you need assistance to

1021
00:31:48,150 --> 00:31:50,429
lease, your joint filing household

1022
00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:52,329
is going to get a check on average

1023
00:31:52,330 --> 00:31:56,009
of $547.01.

1024
00:31:56,010 --> 00:31:58,089
That's very close to the $600

1025
00:31:58,090 --> 00:31:59,749
distribution in Maine.

1026
00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:00,750
I don't think that they're there.

1027
00:32:01,930 --> 00:32:03,369
But if you're in the greatest need,

1028
00:32:03,370 --> 00:32:05,889
if you are making less than $30,000

1029
00:32:05,890 --> 00:32:08,249
a year in Wisconsin,

1030
00:32:08,250 --> 00:32:09,969
your average distribution is just

1031
00:32:09,970 --> 00:32:12,369
$45.24.

1032
00:32:14,110 --> 00:32:15,949
But worse, if your household is

1033
00:32:15,950 --> 00:32:19,049
in extreme poverty and

1034
00:32:19,050 --> 00:32:21,269
you're making less than $15,000

1035
00:32:21,270 --> 00:32:23,449
a year and a $600 check

1036
00:32:23,450 --> 00:32:25,549
might make a real difference,

1037
00:32:25,550 --> 00:32:27,229
the average amount that you would

1038
00:32:27,230 --> 00:32:29,329
get is going to be 74

1039
00:32:29,330 --> 00:32:30,390
cents.

1040
00:32:32,110 --> 00:32:33,129
And I want to say that one more

1041
00:32:33,130 --> 00:32:34,130
time.

1042
00:32:35,270 --> 00:32:36,449
Including the people who would get

1043
00:32:36,450 --> 00:32:39,219
nothing, that is many, many people.

1044
00:32:39,220 --> 00:32:41,379
People making under $15,000

1045
00:32:41,380 --> 00:32:43,359
a year would get an average payment

1046
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,459
from this plan of 74

1047
00:32:45,460 --> 00:32:46,839
pennies.

1048
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,619
That's less than the cost of a stamp

1049
00:32:48,620 --> 00:32:49,620
in Illinois.

1050
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:51,959
So if you're sending out press

1051
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,419
releases noting how this will

1052
00:32:53,420 --> 00:32:55,259
somehow do anything to help the

1053
00:32:55,260 --> 00:32:57,259
affordability crisis that you

1054
00:32:57,260 --> 00:32:59,159
and federal Republicans have

1055
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,239
created to make worse,

1056
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,240
save the ink.

1057
00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:04,779
This is another redistribution of

1058
00:33:04,780 --> 00:33:06,099
wealth to folks who need it the

1059
00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:08,339
least, and does nothing sufficient

1060
00:33:08,340 --> 00:33:10,180
or sustainable for our schools.

1061
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,659
AB 1176, on the other hand,

1062
00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:15,439
offered by our own reps, fellows,

1063
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,359
and crews, is half the cost

1064
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,439
and has twice the benefit to

1065
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,559
public schools.

1066
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,079
If you were serious about investing

1067
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,099
in Wisconsin, we'd pass that

1068
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,299
instead.

1069
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:27,279
This building, authored by

1070
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,099
three people who will not thankfully

1071
00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:31,019
be here next year, just rips

1072
00:33:31,020 --> 00:33:32,559
the copper out of the walls on the

1073
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,659
way out and heads us to a structural

1074
00:33:34,660 --> 00:33:35,699
deficit.

1075
00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:37,399
We deserve better than the phone is

1076
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,400
now.

1077
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,519
Represent from the 38th.

1078
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,000
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1079
00:33:48,020 --> 00:33:49,839
It's time to return the

1080
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,999
surplus to the taxpayers.

1081
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,499
I know that many of my Democratic

1082
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:57,579
colleagues in this room don't

1083
00:33:57,580 --> 00:33:58,779
want to do that.

1084
00:33:58,780 --> 00:34:00,719
Be very, very clear about

1085
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:01,720
that.

1086
00:34:02,420 --> 00:34:03,739
But that's not what the people of

1087
00:34:03,740 --> 00:34:04,740
Wisconsin want.

1088
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,739
Wisconsinites want their money

1089
00:34:07,740 --> 00:34:09,779
returned to them.

1090
00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:12,419
And that, at the core of this bill,

1091
00:34:12,420 --> 00:34:13,420
is what it's about.

1092
00:34:15,090 --> 00:34:17,209
This bill provides single tax

1093
00:34:17,210 --> 00:34:19,689
filers a $300 rebate

1094
00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:21,529
and married couples filing

1095
00:34:21,530 --> 00:34:24,769
jointly with a $600 rebate.

1096
00:34:24,770 --> 00:34:26,869
Now whether you're one of those rich

1097
00:34:26,870 --> 00:34:28,849
teachers, those rich

1098
00:34:28,850 --> 00:34:30,769
plumbers, those rich

1099
00:34:30,770 --> 00:34:32,349
construction workers that we keep

1100
00:34:32,350 --> 00:34:33,448
hearing about that the rebate's

1101
00:34:33,449 --> 00:34:36,109
going to people somehow.

1102
00:34:36,110 --> 00:34:37,729
One of your one of those rich

1103
00:34:37,730 --> 00:34:39,589
paraprofessionals or window

1104
00:34:39,590 --> 00:34:41,609
and door installers to

1105
00:34:41,610 --> 00:34:43,448
meet they're not rich They're

1106
00:34:43,449 --> 00:34:45,349
the people who make

1107
00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:46,809
our economy work.

1108
00:34:46,810 --> 00:34:48,709
Well, they're the backbone of

1109
00:34:48,710 --> 00:34:51,089
this state They work hard and

1110
00:34:51,090 --> 00:34:53,129
it's their money We're

1111
00:34:53,130 --> 00:34:55,049
getting them that tax relief

1112
00:34:55,050 --> 00:34:57,469
here today This

1113
00:34:57,470 --> 00:34:59,939
bill also buys down property taxes

1114
00:34:59,940 --> 00:35:01,779
by providing over $300 million

1115
00:35:01,780 --> 00:35:03,899
in relief through

1116
00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:05,899
the school funding formula.

1117
00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:08,180
That's real property tax relief.

1118
00:35:09,460 --> 00:35:10,619
This bill also does other great

1119
00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:12,439
things that we already

1120
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,679
did.

1121
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,579
It eliminates the tax

1122
00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:16,580
on tips.

1123
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,139
It eliminates state income tax on

1124
00:35:19,140 --> 00:35:20,140
overtime.

1125
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:23,119
What great provisions!

1126
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,999
We already passed that, and

1127
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:25,789
now...

1128
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:27,449
We can do it again and actually get

1129
00:35:27,450 --> 00:35:28,529
it done.

1130
00:35:28,530 --> 00:35:29,729
The governor said he's going to sign

1131
00:35:29,730 --> 00:35:31,669
it. In fact, for those of

1132
00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:33,469
you who may be on social media, if

1133
00:35:33,470 --> 00:35:34,849
you head over to Governor Tony

1134
00:35:34,850 --> 00:35:36,729
Evers' Facebook page right now,

1135
00:35:36,730 --> 00:35:38,729
he calls this deal a

1136
00:35:38,730 --> 00:35:39,869
no-brainer.

1137
00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:42,349
That's the current governor.

1138
00:35:42,350 --> 00:35:43,829
I don't see eye to eye with the

1139
00:35:43,830 --> 00:35:45,389
governor on most issues.

1140
00:35:45,390 --> 00:35:46,769
I really don't.

1141
00:35:46,770 --> 00:35:48,489
But the governor calls this a no

1142
00:35:48,490 --> 00:35:49,490
brainer.

1143
00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:54,919
Additionally, this bill is a record

1144
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,440
investment in special education.

1145
00:35:58,820 --> 00:36:00,299
Those are great things.

1146
00:36:00,300 --> 00:36:01,719
As a part-time substitute teacher in

1147
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:04,059
my district, I know the challenges

1148
00:36:04,060 --> 00:36:06,459
around special education,

1149
00:36:06,460 --> 00:36:07,419
I do.

1150
00:36:07,420 --> 00:36:08,860
And this bill provides relief.

1151
00:36:10,060 --> 00:36:11,059
Now, there's some in this room who

1152
00:36:11,060 --> 00:36:12,139
are going to claim that this bill

1153
00:36:12,140 --> 00:36:13,959
doesn't go far enough.

1154
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,879
But then in the next breath, they're

1155
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:17,199
going to say it's fiscally

1156
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,200
irresponsible.

1157
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:21,859
Mr. Speaker, we're in special

1158
00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:22,839
session.

1159
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,340
This isn't a budget.

1160
00:36:25,620 --> 00:36:27,859
This is about the surplus,

1161
00:36:27,860 --> 00:36:30,789
a projected $2.4 billion surplus

1162
00:36:30,790 --> 00:36:32,679
that this bill only spends

1163
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,619
$1.8 billion on.

1164
00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:36,119
It's not even the whole thing.

1165
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:39,699
The will of the people is the law of

1166
00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:40,619
the land.

1167
00:36:40,620 --> 00:36:42,539
And I'm confident that the

1168
00:36:42,540 --> 00:36:44,419
people in my district and the

1169
00:36:44,420 --> 00:36:46,819
entire state want property

1170
00:36:46,820 --> 00:36:48,779
tax relief. They want to

1171
00:36:48,780 --> 00:36:49,999
keep more of their hard-earned

1172
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,000
money.

1173
00:36:51,260 --> 00:36:53,179
And they want great schools and

1174
00:36:53,180 --> 00:36:55,300
a great education for their kids.

1175
00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:58,739
Today, Republicans in this body

1176
00:36:58,740 --> 00:37:00,259
have once again shown that we're

1177
00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:01,380
listening to the people

1178
00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:04,999
and that we are working to

1179
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,639
get things done and make a

1180
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:07,640
difference.

1181
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,059
My vote for the people on behalf

1182
00:37:10,060 --> 00:37:11,899
of the great people of Dodge and

1183
00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:14,239
Jefferson Counties is a definite

1184
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:15,240
yes.

1185
00:37:18,430 --> 00:37:20,329
The question is, May 2026

1186
00:37:20,330 --> 00:37:22,049
Special Session of Assembly Bill 1.

1187
00:37:22,050 --> 00:37:23,469
I haven't been read three times, so

1188
00:37:23,470 --> 00:37:25,129
the bill will be passed.

1189
00:37:25,130 --> 00:37:26,550
Representative, the 23rd.

1190
00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:31,059
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1191
00:37:31,060 --> 00:37:32,799
Let's talk about conference.

1192
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,839
I've heard that so often

1193
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,899
here today in

1194
00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:38,779
the media cover leading up

1195
00:37:38,780 --> 00:37:40,079
to this vote.

1196
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:41,679
And I really wish the students who

1197
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,519
are in the gallery were back,

1198
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,099
because I know they're studying

1199
00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:47,339
about the legislative process.

1200
00:37:47,340 --> 00:37:49,079
And in the legislative process, they

1201
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,839
probably learn that you introduce a

1202
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,239
bill, that bill goes to committee,

1203
00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:54,039
and they'll learn that

1204
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,199
representatives get together and

1205
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:57,879
make factual compromises.

1206
00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:59,759
They offer amendments so that the

1207
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,639
bill in the end can be

1208
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,399
signed by a governor and signed into

1209
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:04,439
law.

1210
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,399
Well, that doesn't work this way

1211
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:07,739
in this building.

1212
00:38:07,740 --> 00:38:09,979
Let's talk about compromise.

1213
00:38:09,980 --> 00:38:12,199
Democrats introduced more than

1214
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,399
500 bills this session.

1215
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,279
I think more than,

1216
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,559
probably more than in the past

1217
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:18,899
decade.

1218
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:20,799
3% of those bills got

1219
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,139
a public hearing.

1220
00:38:22,140 --> 00:38:24,259
I'm not even talking passage.

1221
00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:25,959
I'm talking a public hear.

1222
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,039
So all of those bill had an

1223
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:29,959
opportunity for compromise,

1224
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,179
and 3% percent of them had

1225
00:38:32,180 --> 00:38:33,219
that opportunity.

1226
00:38:34,260 --> 00:38:36,179
I am not going to stand here and be

1227
00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:38,279
lectured about compromise for

1228
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,279
people who won't even listen to

1229
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,279
us or give our bills

1230
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:43,780
the light of day.

1231
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,999
So now let's talk about the proposal

1232
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,899
in front of us.

1233
00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:50,799
Um, we all like

1234
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:51,579
fun schools.

1235
00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:53,519
We have offered plenty of

1236
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,539
bills to fund schools.

1237
00:38:55,540 --> 00:38:58,059
We're talking about the

1238
00:38:58,060 --> 00:39:00,439
ability to fix structurally

1239
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,479
the underfunding of

1240
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,519
the past decade of our public

1241
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,079
schools. And I know you're all

1242
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,419
standing up and congratulating

1243
00:39:07,420 --> 00:39:08,979
yourselves on giving more money to

1244
00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:10,859
schools. And yes, that

1245
00:39:10,860 --> 00:39:12,819
is good, but you don't get

1246
00:39:12,820 --> 00:39:14,719
a prize for boarding up

1247
00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:16,659
a window that you broke in the first

1248
00:39:16,660 --> 00:39:17,619
place.

1249
00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:18,620
Thank you.

1250
00:39:19,780 --> 00:39:21,799
So I had the opportunity,

1251
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,299
I should say, another opportunity,

1252
00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:24,779
was fortunate of living in Texas for

1253
00:39:24,780 --> 00:39:26,659
a few years, about 25 years ago.

1254
00:39:27,980 --> 00:39:29,219
And, this has a point.

1255
00:39:29,220 --> 00:39:31,339
And Texas has some great Tex-Mex

1256
00:39:31,340 --> 00:39:33,279
food, but one of the things that

1257
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:34,659
they have there was something very

1258
00:39:34,660 --> 00:39:35,519
odd.

1259
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,259
And it's called a turducken, which

1260
00:39:37,260 --> 00:39:39,179
is a turkey, and it's stuffed

1261
00:39:39,180 --> 00:39:41,979
with a chicken and a duck.

1262
00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:44,369
In this film today, Okay.

1263
00:39:44,370 --> 00:39:46,349
This proposal isn't your docket

1264
00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:48,789
because it's a turkey

1265
00:39:48,790 --> 00:39:50,949
that was put together

1266
00:39:50,950 --> 00:39:52,829
by a bunch of lame ducks

1267
00:39:52,830 --> 00:39:55,249
by a republican legislator

1268
00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:57,329
that is too chicken to

1269
00:39:57,330 --> 00:39:59,089
confront the structural

1270
00:39:59,090 --> 00:40:01,229
affordability and education

1271
00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:03,170
issues facing this state.

1272
00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:06,489
Now, I am all

1273
00:40:06,490 --> 00:40:08,389
here, I'm here to say yes

1274
00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:10,249
to schools and yes to school

1275
00:40:10,250 --> 00:40:12,049
funding. And we are willing to

1276
00:40:12,050 --> 00:40:14,329
compromise on structural change.

1277
00:40:14,330 --> 00:40:15,769
We have been all session, we were

1278
00:40:15,770 --> 00:40:17,329
the session before that and the

1279
00:40:17,330 --> 00:40:19,069
session that I was here.

1280
00:40:19,070 --> 00:40:21,709
And you've ignored every single one.

1281
00:40:21,710 --> 00:40:23,109
We will compromise.

1282
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:25,459
We're here for it.

1283
00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:27,099
We want to talk to you.

1284
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:28,839
I carry the Blue Ribbon Report

1285
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:29,799
around.

1286
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,719
You know I talk to so many

1287
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:33,299
of you. We have a lot of the

1288
00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:34,219
solutions.

1289
00:40:34,220 --> 00:40:35,579
I'm being sued right now.

1290
00:40:35,580 --> 00:40:37,239
A lot of my colleagues on the Joint

1291
00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,239
Finance Committee, it shouldn't

1292
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:41,139
have to come to this.

1293
00:40:41,140 --> 00:40:42,599
Every one of us here will talk to

1294
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,079
you about fixing the school funding

1295
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,799
formula. Every single one of we'll

1296
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,859
talk all day, all night, but don't

1297
00:40:47,860 --> 00:40:48,919
tell us we won't.

1298
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,039
We're not going to do this.

1299
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,999
When you have spent a decade

1300
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,119
ignoring us,

1301
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,099
and ignoring the will of our voters,

1302
00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:58,019
and ignoring schools in your home

1303
00:40:58,020 --> 00:40:59,499
district.

1304
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:00,500
The vote on this is no.

1305
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,860
Represented from the 51st.

1306
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,619
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1307
00:41:12,620 --> 00:41:13,799
I actually was going to ask the way

1308
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,199
to speak because I'm actually

1309
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:16,619
enjoying my colleagues on the other

1310
00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:18,399
side have a meltdown.

1311
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:19,759
And why are they having a melt down?

1312
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,299
Because we are giving more money to

1313
00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:22,599
schools.

1314
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,539
We are giving money back to the

1315
00:41:24,540 --> 00:41:26,759
taxpayers who actually pay

1316
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,059
taxes.

1317
00:41:28,060 --> 00:41:30,259
We are getting money for

1318
00:41:30,260 --> 00:41:32,559
property tax relief because

1319
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,559
we had a 400-year veto

1320
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,279
that ruined a

1321
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:38,900
lot of schools.

1322
00:41:40,350 --> 00:41:42,189
And we worked with

1323
00:41:42,190 --> 00:41:44,189
a governor that's Democrat.

1324
00:41:44,190 --> 00:41:46,069
We were bipartisan.

1325
00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:47,629
And they're having a meltdown.

1326
00:41:48,750 --> 00:41:51,009
What's missing with this picture?

1327
00:41:51,010 --> 00:41:52,949
So I'm a little confused because

1328
00:41:52,950 --> 00:41:54,789
I've sat here all session

1329
00:41:54,790 --> 00:41:55,909
and I've said there are many

1330
00:41:55,910 --> 00:41:57,749
sessions and it's always getting

1331
00:41:57,750 --> 00:41:59,969
pounded for schools,

1332
00:41:59,970 --> 00:42:02,109
more money for schools.

1333
00:42:02,110 --> 00:42:03,269
Here we go.

1334
00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:04,389
We are.

1335
00:42:04,390 --> 00:42:06,489
I have talked to my superintendents.

1336
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,579
I'm confused, too, about this

1337
00:42:10,580 --> 00:42:12,459
three retired men,

1338
00:42:12,460 --> 00:42:14,159
which I'm glad they're all retiring,

1339
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:15,750
by the way, but, um, anyhow.

1340
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:17,800
You

1341
00:42:19,450 --> 00:42:21,289
I'm kidding, Mr.

1342
00:42:21,290 --> 00:42:22,249
Speaker.

1343
00:42:22,250 --> 00:42:23,410
You're sitting there so I can't hear

1344
00:42:23,411 --> 00:42:25,469
you. But anyway,

1345
00:42:25,470 --> 00:42:26,789
we have, I don't know about you

1346
00:42:26,790 --> 00:42:28,809
guys, but the 54 of us

1347
00:42:28,810 --> 00:42:30,709
have been in caucus since January

1348
00:42:30,710 --> 00:42:33,369
when the surplus was announced as

1349
00:42:33,370 --> 00:42:34,989
they were negotiating.

1350
00:42:34,990 --> 00:42:36,329
The Speaker and the leadership team

1351
00:42:36,330 --> 00:42:37,909
kept us in the loop in where we were

1352
00:42:37,910 --> 00:42:39,569
at getting the parameters where we

1353
00:42:39,570 --> 00:42:41,439
thought we wanted to be.

1354
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,439
And it was not a deal done

1355
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:44,799
by three people.

1356
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,379
I believe the Senate leader, too,

1357
00:42:46,380 --> 00:42:48,059
was in touch with his caucus.

1358
00:42:48,060 --> 00:42:49,879
So this all was just

1359
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,659
behind a curtain is just ridiculous.

1360
00:42:52,660 --> 00:42:55,199
I have talked to my superintendents.

1361
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,159
They're very happy.

1362
00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:59,879
And I will go back and

1363
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:02,119
tell them what happened here today.

1364
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,939
I'm assuming some of my friends

1365
00:43:03,940 --> 00:43:05,059
on the other side will vote for

1366
00:43:05,060 --> 00:43:06,599
this. I would hope they would.

1367
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,559
But this is a win-win for the people

1368
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,269
of the state of Wisconsin.

1369
00:43:10,270 --> 00:43:12,149
This idea that we need to

1370
00:43:12,150 --> 00:43:14,309
give all this money back

1371
00:43:14,310 --> 00:43:16,129
to people that don't even pay

1372
00:43:16,130 --> 00:43:18,169
taxes I don't

1373
00:43:18,170 --> 00:43:20,089
I'm scratching my head and if

1374
00:43:20,090 --> 00:43:21,429
you're talking to the people in your

1375
00:43:21,430 --> 00:43:22,649
district and that's what they say

1376
00:43:22,650 --> 00:43:23,889
they're a lot different from my

1377
00:43:23,890 --> 00:43:25,909
district I'm all for

1378
00:43:25,910 --> 00:43:27,649
helping those in need and we have

1379
00:43:27,650 --> 00:43:29,429
programs for that and I'm more than

1380
00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:30,909
willing to look at giving more money

1381
00:43:30,910 --> 00:43:32,769
for those programs but

1382
00:43:32,770 --> 00:43:33,969
I think we're getting a little

1383
00:43:35,390 --> 00:43:37,789
out there with some of this

1384
00:43:37,790 --> 00:43:39,609
rhetoric today about

1385
00:43:39,610 --> 00:43:41,549
the sky is falling because oh

1386
00:43:41,550 --> 00:43:43,709
my god we did a bipartisan deal

1387
00:43:43,710 --> 00:43:44,929
we're giving more money to schools

1388
00:43:44,930 --> 00:43:45,969
we're given more money than

1389
00:43:45,970 --> 00:43:46,970
taxpayers

1390
00:43:48,470 --> 00:43:50,409
and it's just i'm actually

1391
00:43:50,410 --> 00:43:52,369
enjoying this so thank you very

1392
00:43:52,370 --> 00:43:53,370
much Mr. Speaker.

1393
00:43:54,430 --> 00:43:55,710
Represent from the 20th.

1394
00:43:58,610 --> 00:44:00,429
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1395
00:44:01,570 --> 00:44:02,869
You know, there's been a lot of talk

1396
00:44:02,870 --> 00:44:04,230
about legacy

1397
00:44:05,630 --> 00:44:08,009
when talking about this bill.

1398
00:44:08,010 --> 00:44:10,029
I want you all to think about this.

1399
00:44:10,030 --> 00:44:11,889
Many of the people in this room will

1400
00:44:11,890 --> 00:44:13,809
not be coming back next session,

1401
00:44:13,810 --> 00:44:16,469
either by choice or not by choice.

1402
00:44:16,470 --> 00:44:17,610
You want this?

1403
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:22,579
Vote to be your legacy,

1404
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:24,760
Mr. Speaker.

1405
00:44:26,980 --> 00:44:29,199
I'm not having a meltdown.

1406
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,619
I'm perfectly calm.

1407
00:44:32,020 --> 00:44:33,020
For now.

1408
00:44:35,660 --> 00:44:37,339
But, you know, when we really

1409
00:44:37,340 --> 00:44:39,279
started to look at this bill and

1410
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:41,379
realized what the

1411
00:44:41,380 --> 00:44:43,219
impact is going to do, is going be

1412
00:44:43,220 --> 00:44:44,120
on the people of the state of

1413
00:44:44,121 --> 00:44:46,019
Wisconsin, you're

1414
00:44:46,020 --> 00:44:48,259
not talking about the 4%

1415
00:44:48,260 --> 00:44:49,260
tax increase.

1416
00:44:50,210 --> 00:44:52,089
That they're going to be looking at

1417
00:44:52,090 --> 00:44:54,109
session after

1418
00:44:54,110 --> 00:44:55,769
session after session.

1419
00:44:55,770 --> 00:44:56,889
You're not talking about the fact

1420
00:44:56,890 --> 00:44:58,689
that you are going to leave the

1421
00:44:58,690 --> 00:45:01,709
state in a structural deficit.

1422
00:45:01,710 --> 00:45:03,629
Now Mr. Speaker, I would be more

1423
00:45:03,630 --> 00:45:05,609
than happy to vote

1424
00:45:05,610 --> 00:45:07,149
on a couple little things in this

1425
00:45:07,150 --> 00:45:08,989
budget like well maybe one big thing

1426
00:45:08,990 --> 00:45:10,569
special ed funding, which we have

1427
00:45:10,570 --> 00:45:11,969
been talking about for years.

1428
00:45:16,250 --> 00:45:17,989
That's probably about the only good

1429
00:45:17,990 --> 00:45:20,170
thing in this particular bill.

1430
00:45:21,650 --> 00:45:23,809
I have constituents who

1431
00:45:23,810 --> 00:45:25,549
believe that they're going to get a

1432
00:45:25,550 --> 00:45:28,169
$300 or $600 check.

1433
00:45:28,170 --> 00:45:30,109
Chances are most of my constituents

1434
00:45:30,110 --> 00:45:32,169
are going to be less than

1435
00:45:32,170 --> 00:45:33,209
$100.

1436
00:45:33,210 --> 00:45:36,029
Some maybe $7.50.

1437
00:45:36,030 --> 00:45:37,390
I don't know, that might buy them a

1438
00:45:37,391 --> 00:45:39,769
gallon of gas these days.

1439
00:45:39,770 --> 00:45:41,549
People are...

1440
00:45:41,550 --> 00:45:43,489
And we're not helping them in

1441
00:45:43,490 --> 00:45:44,490
this bill.

1442
00:45:47,260 --> 00:45:49,199
Mr. Speaker, compromise means

1443
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,039
we are all talking about

1444
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,600
what needs to be done.

1445
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:55,599
Nobody on this side of the aisle had

1446
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,279
any input into this.

1447
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,879
We heard rumors, but

1448
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:02,739
we were actually slapped with this

1449
00:46:02,740 --> 00:46:03,740
on a Monday morning.

1450
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:06,879
This huge bill that spends, what

1451
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,639
is it, over a billion dollars?

1452
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,179
And we've had two days to actually

1453
00:46:12,180 --> 00:46:14,039
look at it and figure it out.

1454
00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:17,379
Mr. Speaker, I'm not going to vote

1455
00:46:17,380 --> 00:46:19,199
for this bill because it's

1456
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,519
nothing but smoke and mirrors during

1457
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:22,699
campaign season.

1458
00:46:22,700 --> 00:46:25,239
Thank you.

1459
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:26,719
Representative from the 22nd.

1460
00:46:37,430 --> 00:46:39,249
I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker,

1461
00:46:39,250 --> 00:46:42,009
I thought you said 27th.

1462
00:46:42,010 --> 00:46:43,789
I rise today, I'd like this bill,

1463
00:46:43,790 --> 00:46:45,729
and I'd like to first thank

1464
00:46:45,730 --> 00:46:47,629
leadership for bringing it to us,

1465
00:46:47,630 --> 00:46:49,549
especially represented from

1466
00:46:49,550 --> 00:46:50,889
the 33rd.

1467
00:46:52,270 --> 00:46:54,189
I, unlike some, will miss him

1468
00:46:54,190 --> 00:46:55,190
being here.

1469
00:46:56,170 --> 00:46:58,489
This is a bipartisan deal.

1470
00:46:58,490 --> 00:47:00,509
The governor, obviously we know it's

1471
00:47:00,510 --> 00:47:02,289
bipartisan, so I don't know why it's

1472
00:47:02,290 --> 00:47:04,129
so hard to get $1.8

1473
00:47:04,130 --> 00:47:06,069
billion back.

1474
00:47:06,070 --> 00:47:08,109
To our taxpayers,

1475
00:47:08,110 --> 00:47:09,829
to our voters, to our constituents.

1476
00:47:11,550 --> 00:47:13,549
This place kind of amazes me

1477
00:47:13,550 --> 00:47:15,410
that could be that big of a problem.

1478
00:47:16,670 --> 00:47:18,149
One thing I like to bring up though

1479
00:47:18,150 --> 00:47:20,109
is that I'd like to

1480
00:47:20,110 --> 00:47:22,229
compliment my colleague from

1481
00:47:22,230 --> 00:47:24,469
my Senate district from

1482
00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:26,869
the 22nd or 20th,

1483
00:47:26,870 --> 00:47:29,189
yes, from the 23rd

1484
00:47:29,190 --> 00:47:31,449
for bringing up Turducken.

1485
00:47:31,450 --> 00:47:33,569
I like that one that's football on

1486
00:47:33,570 --> 00:47:35,169
Thanksgiving and it's John Madden

1487
00:47:35,170 --> 00:47:37,009
and it's a good memory, but

1488
00:47:37,010 --> 00:47:38,769
so I like Turducken's.

1489
00:47:40,490 --> 00:47:42,409
As far as the bill goes, I'd

1490
00:47:42,410 --> 00:47:44,509
just like to quickly say a

1491
00:47:44,510 --> 00:47:45,769
couple of things I like the most

1492
00:47:45,770 --> 00:47:47,709
about the no tax overtime and

1493
00:47:47,710 --> 00:47:50,129
the no tax on tips.

1494
00:47:50,130 --> 00:47:52,549
We've passed those in

1495
00:47:52,550 --> 00:47:54,969
our assembly and in the Senate and

1496
00:47:54,970 --> 00:47:56,629
I'm happy today that the governor

1497
00:47:56,630 --> 00:47:58,189
looks like he's going to get on

1498
00:47:58,190 --> 00:48:00,369
board with that and

1499
00:48:00,370 --> 00:48:03,329
prove that if we get this through.

1500
00:48:03,330 --> 00:48:04,989
It's a middle class tax cut.

1501
00:48:04,990 --> 00:48:06,609
It is for people.

1502
00:48:06,610 --> 00:48:08,309
I was in the bar restaurant business

1503
00:48:08,310 --> 00:48:09,849
for a long, long time.

1504
00:48:09,850 --> 00:48:11,829
People work for tips, and

1505
00:48:11,830 --> 00:48:13,269
this is important to get them the

1506
00:48:13,270 --> 00:48:14,489
tax cut out of those tips.

1507
00:48:14,490 --> 00:48:16,069
I think it's going to be beneficial

1508
00:48:16,070 --> 00:48:17,070
to a lot of folks.

1509
00:48:18,350 --> 00:48:20,389
And as far as no tax

1510
00:48:20,390 --> 00:48:21,390
and overtime...

1511
00:48:22,580 --> 00:48:24,139
You know, we're talking about

1512
00:48:24,140 --> 00:48:25,140
nurses,

1513
00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:28,219
9-1-1 operators, working class

1514
00:48:28,220 --> 00:48:30,079
folks, factory workers that

1515
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:31,319
work overtime.

1516
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:32,599
And I think it's a great thing that

1517
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:34,759
they're going to get a break also.

1518
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:36,519
And on top of that, these bills,

1519
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:38,279
they match the federal law that we

1520
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:39,279
have today.

1521
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,119
So this will be more

1522
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:42,939
simplicity for tax

1523
00:48:42,940 --> 00:48:45,319
preparers and for taxpayers when

1524
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:46,480
they go to pay their taxes.

1525
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,839
So, I'm happy that we're

1526
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,780
doing this bill today and I am,

1527
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,259
and one last part too,

1528
00:48:56,260 --> 00:48:57,419
I've been remiss my wife won't be

1529
00:48:57,420 --> 00:48:59,259
mad at me because she's about

1530
00:48:59,260 --> 00:49:00,539
special ed.

1531
00:49:00,540 --> 00:49:02,139
I'm that we are doing more in

1532
00:49:02,140 --> 00:49:03,919
special ed, my school district, so

1533
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:05,379
I've talked to them, they're very

1534
00:49:05,380 --> 00:49:06,779
excited about the possibility of

1535
00:49:06,780 --> 00:49:09,139
getting more special ed funding, so

1536
00:49:09,140 --> 00:49:10,960
I'm very much in favor of that also.

1537
00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:13,979
So, the vote for me is green, thank

1538
00:49:13,980 --> 00:49:14,980
you.

1539
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,679
Question is, May 2026,

1540
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:20,559
Special Session Assembly Bill 1M had

1541
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:21,519
been read three times.

1542
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:22,659
Should the bill be passed?

1543
00:49:22,660 --> 00:49:24,480
Representative from the 48th.

1544
00:49:26,990 --> 00:49:28,749
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1545
00:49:28,750 --> 00:49:30,650
I rise in opposition to this bill.

1546
00:49:31,830 --> 00:49:33,569
I talked to constituents in the

1547
00:49:33,570 --> 00:49:35,689
doors of my district, which includes

1548
00:49:35,690 --> 00:49:37,389
part of Madison and some Prairie,

1549
00:49:37,390 --> 00:49:39,589
and I constantly hear about

1550
00:49:39,590 --> 00:49:41,409
the burden that people,

1551
00:49:41,410 --> 00:49:42,809
homeowners are facing due to their

1552
00:49:42,810 --> 00:49:44,869
property taxes.

1553
00:49:44,870 --> 00:49:46,689
Mr. Speaker, this bill will not

1554
00:49:46,690 --> 00:49:48,729
fix Wisconsin's property tax

1555
00:49:48,730 --> 00:49:49,730
problem.

1556
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,159
Over the past 16 years,

1557
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,099
it's been Republican fiscal policy

1558
00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:56,919
that has led to our crazy

1559
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:58,859
high property taxes.

1560
00:49:58,860 --> 00:50:00,279
Because of decisions made by the

1561
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,139
majority of this body,

1562
00:50:02,140 --> 00:50:04,039
schools today are

1563
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:06,139
receiving $3,400 less

1564
00:50:06,140 --> 00:50:08,259
per pupil in inflation-adjusted

1565
00:50:08,260 --> 00:50:09,260
dollars.

1566
00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:11,699
Multiply that by the kids in your

1567
00:50:11,700 --> 00:50:13,859
school, and it's really clear

1568
00:50:13,860 --> 00:50:16,239
why Wisconsin is in the top 10

1569
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:18,199
states for property taxes

1570
00:50:19,370 --> 00:50:21,669
This is a structural problem.

1571
00:50:21,670 --> 00:50:23,509
It's a structural product created

1572
00:50:23,510 --> 00:50:26,169
by Republican fiscal policy.

1573
00:50:26,170 --> 00:50:27,849
They have taken your income and your

1574
00:50:27,850 --> 00:50:29,729
sales tax for years, and they've

1575
00:50:29,730 --> 00:50:31,409
not given it back.

1576
00:50:31,410 --> 00:50:33,149
Instead, they've kept the money and

1577
00:50:33,150 --> 00:50:34,549
forced you to raise your local

1578
00:50:34,550 --> 00:50:36,349
property taxes, like my constituents

1579
00:50:36,350 --> 00:50:38,249
have had to do year after

1580
00:50:38,250 --> 00:50:39,349
year.

1581
00:50:39,350 --> 00:50:40,669
And so now we have this election

1582
00:50:40,670 --> 00:50:42,629
year political gift.

1583
00:50:42,630 --> 00:50:44,529
We'll give you, or at least

1584
00:50:44,530 --> 00:50:47,249
some of you, a $300 check.

1585
00:50:47,250 --> 00:50:48,869
For example, if you're a senior on

1586
00:50:48,870 --> 00:50:50,309
Social Security, sorry.

1587
00:50:51,770 --> 00:50:53,589
And now due to Trump's

1588
00:50:53,590 --> 00:50:55,469
illegal tariff taxes,

1589
00:50:55,470 --> 00:50:57,569
and now his Iran

1590
00:50:57,570 --> 00:50:59,769
gas tax and gas

1591
00:50:59,770 --> 00:51:01,769
price increases, we're dealing

1592
00:51:01,770 --> 00:51:03,609
with record costs.

1593
00:51:03,610 --> 00:51:05,329
People in my district are getting

1594
00:51:05,330 --> 00:51:07,169
crushed just for

1595
00:51:07,170 --> 00:51:08,809
the luxury of going to work or

1596
00:51:08,810 --> 00:51:09,810
buying groceries.

1597
00:51:10,870 --> 00:51:13,229
So 300 bucks simply isn't enough,

1598
00:51:13,230 --> 00:51:14,969
because it doesn't fix the

1599
00:51:14,970 --> 00:51:15,970
structural problem.

1600
00:51:17,090 --> 00:51:19,009
And you guessed it, you're going to

1601
00:51:19,010 --> 00:51:20,809
pay thousands more in property taxes

1602
00:51:20,810 --> 00:51:22,309
in the years ahead.

1603
00:51:22,310 --> 00:51:24,329
So instead of political tricks,

1604
00:51:24,330 --> 00:51:26,389
let's index state school

1605
00:51:26,390 --> 00:51:28,249
funding to inflation.

1606
00:51:28,250 --> 00:51:30,149
It's so simple.

1607
00:51:30,150 --> 00:51:32,089
Why come out here and play act that

1608
00:51:32,090 --> 00:51:34,069
you care about schools and

1609
00:51:34,070 --> 00:51:35,969
ignore what we all know and put an

1610
00:51:35,970 --> 00:51:37,810
end to our property tax nightmare?

1611
00:51:39,470 --> 00:51:41,769
Today, in this situation,

1612
00:51:41,770 --> 00:51:43,589
when politicians promise you a tax

1613
00:51:43,590 --> 00:51:45,429
cut, we will all end up paying

1614
00:51:45,430 --> 00:51:46,430
more.

1615
00:51:48,030 --> 00:51:49,449
Reserved from the 92nd.

1616
00:51:52,710 --> 00:51:54,350
Thank you Mr. Speaker.

1617
00:51:56,230 --> 00:51:58,169
You know what, I'm not 100% happy

1618
00:51:58,170 --> 00:51:59,209
with this bill.

1619
00:51:59,210 --> 00:52:01,569
I don't think anyone in here is,

1620
00:52:01,570 --> 00:52:03,289
but that's what compromise looks

1621
00:52:03,290 --> 00:52:04,889
like.

1622
00:52:04,890 --> 00:52:06,189
First, I'm going to start out with

1623
00:52:06,190 --> 00:52:07,549
the special ed funding.

1624
00:52:07,550 --> 00:52:09,369
The special ed fund, I am happy

1625
00:52:09,370 --> 00:52:10,729
that we are honoring and actually

1626
00:52:10,730 --> 00:52:12,569
exceeding what was promised in the

1627
00:52:12,570 --> 00:52:14,909
budget. Next year, 50%

1628
00:52:14,910 --> 00:52:17,209
funding and that's

1629
00:52:17,210 --> 00:52:19,329
more than double of what it was

1630
00:52:19,330 --> 00:52:21,289
in 2019 prior to

1631
00:52:21,290 --> 00:52:23,329
when I was in the legislature for

1632
00:52:23,330 --> 00:52:25,089
funding going to special ed.

1633
00:52:25,090 --> 00:52:26,589
You know, obviously all of us are

1634
00:52:26,590 --> 00:52:27,709
getting out and talking to a lot of

1635
00:52:27,710 --> 00:52:29,649
people this time of year and going

1636
00:52:29,650 --> 00:52:31,529
forward through November and

1637
00:52:31,530 --> 00:52:33,089
that is one of the top things I'm

1638
00:52:33,090 --> 00:52:34,669
hearing. What are you doing for

1639
00:52:34,670 --> 00:52:35,769
special ed?

1640
00:52:35,770 --> 00:52:37,069
You promised this in the budget.

1641
00:52:37,070 --> 00:52:38,009
Why isn't it this?

1642
00:52:38,010 --> 00:52:39,369
And I got to explain that

1643
00:52:39,370 --> 00:52:41,189
calculation with the Fiscal Bureau,

1644
00:52:41,190 --> 00:52:43,069
which people don't care about that.

1645
00:52:43,070 --> 00:52:45,049
They just want to know why didn't

1646
00:52:45,050 --> 00:52:45,869
you follow through?

1647
00:52:45,870 --> 00:52:47,549
Well, we are following through and

1648
00:52:47,550 --> 00:52:49,469
exceeding what we have promised

1649
00:52:49,470 --> 00:52:51,269
actually in the budget on that.

1650
00:52:51,270 --> 00:52:52,369
And I'll tell you what it means

1651
00:52:52,370 --> 00:52:53,309
locally.

1652
00:52:53,310 --> 00:52:55,369
I have primarily three districts

1653
00:52:55,370 --> 00:52:57,589
that reside directly in my district.

1654
00:52:57,590 --> 00:53:00,269
The largest benefactor,

1655
00:53:00,270 --> 00:53:01,409
Chippewa Falls High School or

1656
00:53:01,410 --> 00:53:03,249
Chippow Falls Unified, is going

1657
00:53:03,250 --> 00:53:05,369
to be getting 1.5 million dollars

1658
00:53:05,370 --> 00:53:07,049
just in the special ed additional

1659
00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:08,389
funding.

1660
00:53:08,390 --> 00:53:10,209
Elk Mound, which is my smallest,

1661
00:53:10,210 --> 00:53:11,469
is going to get it beginning just

1662
00:53:11,470 --> 00:53:13,549
over 300,000 and

1663
00:53:13,550 --> 00:53:15,149
the best one because I'm the alma

1664
00:53:15,150 --> 00:53:16,789
mater from there is the Monopoly

1665
00:53:16,790 --> 00:53:19,569
Mustangs are going to beginning 1.1

1666
00:53:19,570 --> 00:53:21,649
billion dollars. So it does make

1667
00:53:21,650 --> 00:53:24,149
an impact right now.

1668
00:53:24,150 --> 00:53:25,549
This is not something that can wait

1669
00:53:25,550 --> 00:53:27,230
sitting in checking account.

1670
00:53:28,590 --> 00:53:30,159
So we need to get it out there.

1671
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:32,759
And then property tax relief,

1672
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:34,979
you know, people have been

1673
00:53:34,980 --> 00:53:36,459
obviously complaining as they open

1674
00:53:36,460 --> 00:53:38,799
up their tax bills and they see

1675
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:40,399
what our taxes are in the state of

1676
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:41,179
Wisconsin.

1677
00:53:41,180 --> 00:53:43,059
And I find it very ironic that we've

1678
00:53:43,060 --> 00:53:44,380
got people on the other side of the

1679
00:53:44,381 --> 00:53:46,279
aisle that are complaining about,

1680
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:47,799
you don't know, not doing enough for

1681
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:49,339
property tax release.

1682
00:53:49,340 --> 00:53:50,979
I doubt that many of them have even

1683
00:53:50,980 --> 00:53:53,039
received a property tax bill or even

1684
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:54,959
opened it, let alone actually see

1685
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,799
what the numbers are inside there.

1686
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:58,779
But this does help with that.

1687
00:53:58,780 --> 00:54:00,959
Then we've got tips and overtime.

1688
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:02,879
Now, personally, I'm not super

1689
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:04,779
happy about the tips portion of

1690
00:54:04,780 --> 00:54:06,639
it because I don't receive very many

1691
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:08,459
tips personally, but I know

1692
00:54:08,460 --> 00:54:10,019
a lot of people that are happy about

1693
00:54:10,020 --> 00:54:11,979
it. The servers, the wait

1694
00:54:11,980 --> 00:54:13,979
staff, the workers,

1695
00:54:13,980 --> 00:54:15,799
the massage therapists, the people

1696
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:17,659
that have done a really good job and

1697
00:54:17,660 --> 00:54:19,659
deserve to receive that tip as

1698
00:54:19,660 --> 00:54:21,539
an actual bonus as it was originally

1699
00:54:21,540 --> 00:54:22,879
intended for.

1700
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:24,799
And then no tips on overtime,

1701
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:26,079
or no tax on overtime.

1702
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:28,339
That is a big deal because

1703
00:54:28,340 --> 00:54:29,679
I think it's important that we

1704
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,519
encourage people that want to

1705
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:33,499
actually work a little extra, maybe

1706
00:54:33,500 --> 00:54:35,519
save up a little bit more money,

1707
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:36,660
maybe pay some bills,

1708
00:54:37,740 --> 00:54:39,419
and not penalize them.

1709
00:54:39,420 --> 00:54:41,779
And as stated before,

1710
00:54:41,780 --> 00:54:43,599
this just echoes basically what the

1711
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:45,559
federal government has done, only it

1712
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:47,639
doesn't end in 2028.

1713
00:54:47,640 --> 00:54:49,759
This is going to be ongoing.

1714
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:51,819
And then, rebate checks.

1715
00:54:51,820 --> 00:54:53,459
I think it's important that the

1716
00:54:53,460 --> 00:54:55,399
people that receive rebate checks

1717
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,759
are those that actually help create

1718
00:54:57,760 --> 00:54:59,379
the state surplus.

1719
00:54:59,380 --> 00:55:01,759
So if you paid in, yes,

1720
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:03,719
you're going to get that money back.

1721
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:05,279
You're going get $300 if you're an

1722
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:07,119
individual, $600 if you are

1723
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:08,979
a married couple filing jointly.

1724
00:55:08,980 --> 00:55:10,339
So I do think that is important

1725
00:55:10,340 --> 00:55:12,759
because I think its unethical

1726
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:14,939
to maybe give money to people back

1727
00:55:14,940 --> 00:55:15,979
as a tax rebate.

1728
00:55:15,980 --> 00:55:17,139
It's kind of like me going into a

1729
00:55:17,140 --> 00:55:19,019
store and asking for a rebate

1730
00:55:19,020 --> 00:55:20,159
for something that I didn't even

1731
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:21,160
buy.

1732
00:55:21,570 --> 00:55:23,649
And then the bipartisan

1733
00:55:23,650 --> 00:55:25,489
work obviously I was

1734
00:55:25,490 --> 00:55:26,469
hoping this would have been done

1735
00:55:26,470 --> 00:55:28,289
like a month ago But this is

1736
00:55:28,290 --> 00:55:30,249
how these negotiations go it takes

1737
00:55:30,250 --> 00:55:32,129
time You're not

1738
00:55:32,130 --> 00:55:33,389
always going to get everything you

1739
00:55:33,390 --> 00:55:35,329
want, that's kind of how governance

1740
00:55:35,330 --> 00:55:36,249
works.

1741
00:55:36,250 --> 00:55:37,409
And the number one thing I'm hearing

1742
00:55:37,410 --> 00:55:39,289
at the door is work

1743
00:55:39,290 --> 00:55:40,109
for us.

1744
00:55:40,110 --> 00:55:42,049
We don't care about what's going

1745
00:55:42,050 --> 00:55:44,029
on in Washington, we don't even

1746
00:55:44,030 --> 00:55:45,069
care about what's goin' on in

1747
00:55:45,070 --> 00:55:46,969
Madison, and all they ever see in

1748
00:55:46,970 --> 00:55:48,449
the news is the bickering back and

1749
00:55:48,450 --> 00:55:50,369
forth. Well, we have a deal with the

1750
00:55:50,370 --> 00:55:51,349
governor on this.

1751
00:55:51,350 --> 00:55:53,449
And I'm glad that Governor Evers,

1752
00:55:53,450 --> 00:55:55,429
on his way out, along with our

1753
00:55:55,430 --> 00:55:57,549
speaker, have come to a compromise

1754
00:55:57,550 --> 00:55:58,769
that we can vote for.

1755
00:55:58,770 --> 00:56:00,629
Yeah, I don't like every single

1756
00:56:00,630 --> 00:56:02,529
piece of this, but I think it's

1757
00:56:02,530 --> 00:56:04,129
a win for Wisconsinites.

1758
00:56:04,130 --> 00:56:05,809
And that's what they elect us to do,

1759
00:56:05,810 --> 00:56:07,269
is to come down here and work.

1760
00:56:07,270 --> 00:56:09,209
Not sit and play political theater

1761
00:56:09,210 --> 00:56:11,349
and go back and forth about picking

1762
00:56:11,350 --> 00:56:13,209
apart the bad parts of a bill.

1763
00:56:13,210 --> 00:56:14,849
Because quite frankly, you can do

1764
00:56:14,850 --> 00:56:16,509
that with every piece of legislation

1765
00:56:16,510 --> 00:56:17,569
in this building.

1766
00:56:17,570 --> 00:56:19,489
And I will say this session, I've

1767
00:56:19,490 --> 00:56:21,369
been proud to author 15

1768
00:56:21,370 --> 00:56:22,909
bills that have passed this floor.

1769
00:56:22,910 --> 00:56:24,889
13 of those 15

1770
00:56:24,890 --> 00:56:27,109
have passed with bipartisan support

1771
00:56:27,110 --> 00:56:28,789
and I look forward to doing the same

1772
00:56:28,790 --> 00:56:29,989
thing next session.

1773
00:56:29,990 --> 00:56:31,829
So with that, the speaker,

1774
00:56:31,830 --> 00:56:33,369
Mr. Speaker, the vote is green.

1775
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:37,940
Represented from the 60th.

1776
00:56:41,070 --> 00:56:43,129
Thank you Mr. Speaker and my fellow

1777
00:56:43,130 --> 00:56:44,469
colleagues.

1778
00:56:44,470 --> 00:56:46,169
Let me preface my comments.

1779
00:56:46,170 --> 00:56:47,909
This is the last time I'll speak on

1780
00:56:47,910 --> 00:56:49,969
the floor of the assembly and

1781
00:56:49,970 --> 00:56:51,649
I want to thank you for a collection

1782
00:56:51,650 --> 00:56:53,529
of memories that go from

1783
00:56:53,530 --> 00:56:55,449
this was exciting, this was

1784
00:56:55,450 --> 00:56:57,409
educational, to this was frustrating

1785
00:56:57,410 --> 00:56:59,249
and I can't believe this is

1786
00:56:59,250 --> 00:57:00,370
the way we make decisions.

1787
00:57:01,620 --> 00:57:03,899
I said here today, I'm listening to

1788
00:57:03,900 --> 00:57:05,939
arguments on the other side.

1789
00:57:05,940 --> 00:57:07,599
Somehow they think we are dealing

1790
00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:09,259
with the state budget.

1791
00:57:09,260 --> 00:57:10,739
We're looking for structural

1792
00:57:10,740 --> 00:57:12,619
adjustments if you do it at that

1793
00:57:12,620 --> 00:57:14,039
time. Let me know.

1794
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:15,979
In this last budget,

1795
00:57:15,980 --> 00:57:18,619
we increased state spending by 12.4

1796
00:57:18,620 --> 00:57:20,079
percent.

1797
00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:22,560
It was $12.3 billion.

1798
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:25,859
It's not like we're not spending

1799
00:57:25,860 --> 00:57:27,819
money in addressing the needs that

1800
00:57:27,820 --> 00:57:29,689
we have around this.

1801
00:57:29,690 --> 00:57:31,629
With regard to the bill we're

1802
00:57:31,630 --> 00:57:33,149
looking at today.

1803
00:57:33,150 --> 00:57:35,289
Let me start with this

1804
00:57:35,290 --> 00:57:37,769
note. We have good news.

1805
00:57:37,770 --> 00:57:39,889
The state's coffers are

1806
00:57:39,890 --> 00:57:41,669
flush with cash.

1807
00:57:41,670 --> 00:57:43,009
Here's the bad news.

1808
00:57:43,010 --> 00:57:44,749
You put it there.

1809
00:57:44,750 --> 00:57:46,669
You were overcharged for the goods

1810
00:57:46,670 --> 00:57:49,249
and services that you paid for.

1811
00:57:49,250 --> 00:57:50,629
Let's compare that.

1812
00:57:50,630 --> 00:57:52,609
If you walk into a store

1813
00:57:52,610 --> 00:57:54,329
in your community and you buy an

1814
00:57:54,330 --> 00:57:56,369
item for $17, you walk

1815
00:57:56,370 --> 00:57:57,949
up to the counter, you give the

1816
00:57:57,950 --> 00:58:00,029
clerk a $20 bill.

1817
00:58:00,030 --> 00:58:02,129
And the clerk says nothing.

1818
00:58:02,130 --> 00:58:03,329
And the Clerk gives you back

1819
00:58:03,330 --> 00:58:04,549
nothing.

1820
00:58:04,550 --> 00:58:06,449
And when you ask, what did you do

1821
00:58:06,450 --> 00:58:07,829
with my money?

1822
00:58:07,830 --> 00:58:08,969
And the clerks says, well we've

1823
00:58:08,970 --> 00:58:10,909
decided in our organization, we are

1824
00:58:10,910 --> 00:58:12,649
better prepared to deal with your

1825
00:58:12,650 --> 00:58:14,689
excess funds, so we're going to

1826
00:58:14,690 --> 00:58:15,509
keep it.

1827
00:58:15,510 --> 00:58:17,469
That is not acceptable to you in

1828
00:58:17,470 --> 00:58:19,369
your local store, and it should not

1829
00:58:19,370 --> 00:58:21,749
be an acceptable outcome when

1830
00:58:21,750 --> 00:58:23,529
we look at our state budget.

1831
00:58:23,530 --> 00:58:25,309
We have a $2.5 billion dollar

1832
00:58:25,310 --> 00:58:27,629
surplus. We are willing to spend

1833
00:58:27,630 --> 00:58:29,629
$1.8 billion dollars and

1834
00:58:29,630 --> 00:58:32,009
return it in different forms

1835
00:58:32,010 --> 00:58:33,630
back to you, the taxpayers.

1836
00:58:35,430 --> 00:58:36,869
We look at special ed.

1837
00:58:37,890 --> 00:58:39,709
We have problem that we

1838
00:58:39,710 --> 00:58:41,329
have an increasing number of

1839
00:58:41,330 --> 00:58:43,309
students in our

1840
00:58:43,310 --> 00:58:45,009
public schools that are dealing with

1841
00:58:45,010 --> 00:58:47,049
special ed issues.

1842
00:58:47,050 --> 00:58:49,009
We are stepping up to help

1843
00:58:49,010 --> 00:58:50,929
fund that issue, and I'm

1844
00:58:50,930 --> 00:58:52,219
happy about that.

1845
00:58:52,220 --> 00:58:54,139
But everyone that ever came into my

1846
00:58:54,140 --> 00:58:55,459
office and said, I need more money

1847
00:58:55,460 --> 00:58:57,379
for special ed, I would always

1848
00:58:57,380 --> 00:58:59,259
ask this question.

1849
00:58:59,260 --> 00:59:01,219
Have you questioned why

1850
00:59:01,220 --> 00:59:03,379
the number of special ed

1851
00:59:03,380 --> 00:59:05,679
students have increased

1852
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,999
at a dramatic level going

1853
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:09,899
back to 2012?

1854
00:59:09,900 --> 00:59:11,619
Yeah, back to the time that we came

1855
00:59:11,620 --> 00:59:13,659
up with a smart phone, back to time

1856
00:59:13,660 --> 00:59:15,259
that social media started shaping

1857
00:59:15,260 --> 00:59:16,689
our public.

1858
00:59:16,690 --> 00:59:19,609
If we don't address that problem,

1859
00:59:19,610 --> 00:59:20,749
you're just going to keep spending

1860
00:59:20,750 --> 00:59:21,609
more money.

1861
00:59:21,610 --> 00:59:23,249
The answer is not to spend more

1862
00:59:23,250 --> 00:59:24,969
money, it's to figure out how to

1863
00:59:24,970 --> 00:59:26,609
reduce the number of kids that are

1864
00:59:26,610 --> 00:59:29,049
designated as special ed.

1865
00:59:29,050 --> 00:59:31,129
Then we look at providing property

1866
00:59:31,130 --> 00:59:32,269
tax relief.

1867
00:59:32,270 --> 00:59:33,929
I think it's the number one issue

1868
00:59:33,930 --> 00:59:35,949
all of us have heard from with

1869
00:59:35,950 --> 00:59:36,950
our constituents.

1870
00:59:38,260 --> 00:59:40,179
Between the general school

1871
00:59:40,180 --> 00:59:42,219
aid and the tax schools, it's over

1872
00:59:42,220 --> 00:59:44,759
$350 million that

1873
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,399
we're going to send back.

1874
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:48,599
So it will help reduce the increases

1875
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:50,479
in your property taxes that are

1876
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:52,499
otherwise going to take place,

1877
00:59:52,500 --> 00:59:54,300
especially under the 400-year veto.

1878
01:00:00,051 --> 01:00:01,770
With property taxpayers, their

1879
01:00:01,771 --> 01:00:03,630
payments, that makes no sense to

1880
01:00:03,631 --> 01:00:04,850
me.

1881
01:00:04,851 --> 01:00:06,270
No tax on tips.

1882
01:00:06,271 --> 01:00:08,350
We have all kinds of people in the

1883
01:00:08,351 --> 01:00:10,150
service industry, they are lower

1884
01:00:10,151 --> 01:00:11,870
income people, and we are gonna give

1885
01:00:11,871 --> 01:00:13,710
them the advantage of not having to

1886
01:00:13,711 --> 01:00:15,810
pay a state income tax that will

1887
01:00:15,811 --> 01:00:16,990
match the fact that they won't have

1888
01:00:16,991 --> 01:00:19,250
to pay federal income tax.

1889
01:00:19,251 --> 01:00:21,170
The one that I am most excited

1890
01:00:21,171 --> 01:00:23,030
about in this sense is the no tax

1891
01:00:23,031 --> 01:00:24,670
on overtime. I live in a district

1892
01:00:24,671 --> 01:00:26,810
that's primarily manufacturing and

1893
01:00:26,811 --> 01:00:27,740
construction.

1894
01:00:27,741 --> 01:00:29,740
And then medical-related

1895
01:00:29,741 --> 01:00:31,620
services. We have a lot of

1896
01:00:31,621 --> 01:00:32,440
overtime.

1897
01:00:32,441 --> 01:00:34,420
And I have super respect

1898
01:00:34,421 --> 01:00:36,320
for those people that are working

1899
01:00:36,321 --> 01:00:38,300
for their families and they're out

1900
01:00:38,301 --> 01:00:40,760
there 50, 60 hours a week.

1901
01:00:40,761 --> 01:00:43,540
This is a relief valve that

1902
01:00:43,541 --> 01:00:44,900
I think is one of the most

1903
01:00:44,901 --> 01:00:46,580
beneficial things we can do for the

1904
01:00:46,581 --> 01:00:48,680
hard workers of Wisconsin.

1905
01:00:48,681 --> 01:00:49,920
Finally, we come to the remake

1906
01:00:49,921 --> 01:00:50,921
checks.

1907
01:00:51,401 --> 01:00:53,300
Remember not getting change

1908
01:00:53,301 --> 01:00:54,760
when you went to the store and you

1909
01:00:54,761 --> 01:00:56,500
didn't get your three dollars back?

1910
01:00:56,501 --> 01:00:58,540
Well, this is a way of doing that.

1911
01:00:58,541 --> 01:01:00,260
This can provide up to three hundred

1912
01:01:00,261 --> 01:01:02,540
dollars for an individual who, what,

1913
01:01:02,541 --> 01:01:04,880
pays income taxes.

1914
01:01:04,881 --> 01:01:06,260
And it's a full-year resident of

1915
01:01:06,261 --> 01:01:07,261
Wisconsin.

1916
01:01:07,881 --> 01:01:09,900
That, if you made a payment,

1917
01:01:09,901 --> 01:01:11,580
you're the one that will fight for a

1918
01:01:11,581 --> 01:01:12,360
rebate.

1919
01:01:12,361 --> 01:01:14,020
That's the way it works at Menards.

1920
01:01:14,021 --> 01:01:15,040
And I don't think Menards can

1921
01:01:15,041 --> 01:01:16,840
operate without it.

1922
01:01:16,841 --> 01:01:18,920
You also look at six hundred dollars

1923
01:01:18,921 --> 01:01:20,600
per joint filers.

1924
01:01:20,601 --> 01:01:22,360
Some people say, well that's really

1925
01:01:22,361 --> 01:01:23,980
not a lot of money, that's not going

1926
01:01:23,981 --> 01:01:24,880
to make a difference.

1927
01:01:24,881 --> 01:01:27,081
It's $862 million!

1928
01:01:28,361 --> 01:01:30,580
This is real money!

1929
01:01:30,581 --> 01:01:32,440
And we're sending it back to the

1930
01:01:32,441 --> 01:01:34,000
people that overpaid for the

1931
01:01:34,001 --> 01:01:35,920
products and services provided by

1932
01:01:35,921 --> 01:01:37,800
the state of Wisconsin.

1933
01:01:37,801 --> 01:01:39,720
So today, it's a good day for

1934
01:01:39,721 --> 01:01:40,760
Wisconsin.

1935
01:01:40,761 --> 01:01:42,640
What we're doing is we're taking the

1936
01:01:42,641 --> 01:01:44,680
bad news about you paying in

1937
01:01:44,681 --> 01:01:46,740
too much money and trying to get any

1938
01:01:46,741 --> 01:01:48,960
good news by creating credits

1939
01:01:48,961 --> 01:01:51,540
back to you, the taxpayers.

1940
01:01:51,541 --> 01:01:54,000
And this is a very easy green.

1941
01:01:54,001 --> 01:01:55,420
Thank you.

1942
01:01:55,421 --> 01:01:57,631
Represented from the 56th.

1943
01:02:01,911 --> 01:02:03,271
Thank you Mr. Speaker.

1944
01:02:04,471 --> 01:02:06,970
As a retiring legislator,

1945
01:02:06,971 --> 01:02:08,990
I just want to say that I'm proud

1946
01:02:08,991 --> 01:02:10,830
to be able to vote for this

1947
01:02:10,831 --> 01:02:12,830
bill as maybe the last act that

1948
01:02:12,831 --> 01:02:14,671
I will have in this chamber.

1949
01:02:17,841 --> 01:02:19,980
I have to say that I'm really glad

1950
01:02:19,981 --> 01:02:21,960
that the person

1951
01:02:21,961 --> 01:02:23,720
that's running to follow me in this

1952
01:02:23,721 --> 01:02:24,721
seat is a doctor,

1953
01:02:26,381 --> 01:02:28,480
because we may need a doctor

1954
01:02:28,481 --> 01:02:30,460
here to remove the knife

1955
01:02:30,461 --> 01:02:32,560
from Tony Eber's back that's

1956
01:02:32,561 --> 01:02:33,881
been placed there by Democrats.

1957
01:02:35,361 --> 01:02:37,080
This is unbelievable to me.

1958
01:02:39,671 --> 01:02:42,250
I feel like it

1959
01:02:42,251 --> 01:02:44,150
reminds me of a Seinfeld episode

1960
01:02:44,151 --> 01:02:45,510
in which they talked about the

1961
01:02:45,511 --> 01:02:47,190
bizarre world where everything was

1962
01:02:47,191 --> 01:02:48,191
backwards.

1963
01:02:49,981 --> 01:02:51,680
We're trying to pass a bill here

1964
01:02:51,681 --> 01:02:53,660
that gives a

1965
01:02:53,661 --> 01:02:57,080
large increase in

1966
01:02:57,081 --> 01:02:58,720
special education funding to our

1967
01:02:58,721 --> 01:02:59,721
local schools,

1968
01:03:00,801 --> 01:03:02,260
and Democrats want to vote against

1969
01:03:02,261 --> 01:03:03,261
it.

1970
01:03:04,301 --> 01:03:06,300
And I look at that and think,

1971
01:03:06,301 --> 01:03:07,240
why?

1972
01:03:07,241 --> 01:03:09,120
Why would that be?

1973
01:03:09,121 --> 01:03:10,240
How can that be.

1974
01:03:12,021 --> 01:03:13,900
Well, then I look Look at

1975
01:03:13,901 --> 01:03:15,840
the fact that there's

1976
01:03:15,841 --> 01:03:17,081
no tax on tips.

1977
01:03:18,651 --> 01:03:22,230
And they'll tax on overtime and

1978
01:03:22,231 --> 01:03:23,610
I think this is the stumbling block

1979
01:03:23,611 --> 01:03:24,611
for them.

1980
01:03:26,041 --> 01:03:28,260
These are proposals

1981
01:03:28,261 --> 01:03:30,300
that came from

1982
01:03:30,301 --> 01:03:32,401
Donald Trump in Washington.

1983
01:03:34,121 --> 01:03:35,760
And they had Trump Arrangement

1984
01:03:35,761 --> 01:03:37,420
Syndrome, so they're not going to

1985
01:03:37,421 --> 01:03:38,640
vote for anything

1986
01:03:39,841 --> 01:03:41,880
that looks like they might support

1987
01:03:41,881 --> 01:03:43,220
something that Donald Trump would

1988
01:03:43,221 --> 01:03:45,420
do. Even

1989
01:03:45,421 --> 01:03:46,421
though...

1990
01:03:47,271 --> 01:03:49,230
When I've gone out in the public

1991
01:03:49,231 --> 01:03:51,050
in the last week and

1992
01:03:51,051 --> 01:03:53,030
I talk to people, I talk to people

1993
01:03:53,031 --> 01:03:54,950
in my lion's club and there

1994
01:03:54,951 --> 01:03:56,830
are a lot of workers in there

1995
01:03:56,831 --> 01:03:59,110
that are in trades and

1996
01:03:59,111 --> 01:04:01,490
they talked about the fact that

1997
01:04:03,431 --> 01:04:05,410
Not having tax on their

1998
01:04:05,411 --> 01:04:07,290
overtime is a really big deal

1999
01:04:07,291 --> 01:04:09,830
to them, and they really like that.

2000
01:04:09,831 --> 01:04:12,230
I also talk to some waitresses

2001
01:04:12,231 --> 01:04:14,630
in the restaurants that I frequent,

2002
01:04:14,631 --> 01:04:16,550
and they would love to

2003
01:04:16,551 --> 01:04:18,410
have no tax on your

2004
01:04:18,411 --> 01:04:19,411
tips.

2005
01:04:23,051 --> 01:04:24,770
Some of my colleagues over here are

2006
01:04:24,771 --> 01:04:27,250
trying to make out like we

2007
01:04:27,251 --> 01:04:28,970
heard we heard one of them talk

2008
01:04:28,971 --> 01:04:31,370
about 74 cents

2009
01:04:31,371 --> 01:04:32,591
That's somebody would be up

2010
01:04:34,831 --> 01:04:36,850
We're giving $1.2 billion

2011
01:04:36,851 --> 01:04:38,790
in tax relief

2012
01:04:38,791 --> 01:04:40,730
at

2013
01:04:40,731 --> 01:04:42,550
74 cents,

2014
01:04:42,551 --> 01:04:44,850
it would take 1.6 billion people

2015
01:04:44,851 --> 01:04:46,710
to get rid of that

2016
01:04:46,711 --> 01:04:48,050
money.

2017
01:04:48,051 --> 01:04:49,270
And we know that's not the case

2018
01:04:49,271 --> 01:04:50,790
here. We only have 6 million people

2019
01:04:50,791 --> 01:04:51,791
in Wisconsin.

2020
01:04:52,651 --> 01:04:54,550
So obviously people

2021
01:04:54,551 --> 01:04:57,150
are going to get reasonably

2022
01:04:57,151 --> 01:04:59,030
good tax

2023
01:04:59,031 --> 01:05:00,551
relief from this bill.

2024
01:05:06,571 --> 01:05:08,131
As a legislator,

2025
01:05:09,491 --> 01:05:11,310
there are three really important

2026
01:05:11,311 --> 01:05:13,170
things

2027
01:05:13,171 --> 01:05:15,070
that I've always tried

2028
01:05:15,071 --> 01:05:16,930
to keep in mind and I

2029
01:05:16,931 --> 01:05:18,950
would like to accomplish whenever

2030
01:05:18,951 --> 01:05:19,951
I'm doing my work.

2031
01:05:22,041 --> 01:05:23,880
Number one is

2032
01:05:23,881 --> 01:05:26,820
public safety for

2033
01:05:26,821 --> 01:05:28,161
our citizens in Wisconsin.

2034
01:05:29,241 --> 01:05:31,760
Number two is providing

2035
01:05:31,761 --> 01:05:33,800
a good education

2036
01:05:33,801 --> 01:05:35,101
for our young people.

2037
01:05:36,241 --> 01:05:38,340
And number three is making

2038
01:05:38,341 --> 01:05:40,560
sure that we do those things

2039
01:05:40,561 --> 01:05:42,740
without overburdening

2040
01:05:42,741 --> 01:05:43,741
the taxpayers.

2041
01:05:45,801 --> 01:05:47,900
We've had a surplus here for

2042
01:05:47,901 --> 01:05:49,650
a long time.

2043
01:05:49,651 --> 01:05:51,810
And the people back home are

2044
01:05:51,811 --> 01:05:53,890
telling me it's time

2045
01:05:53,891 --> 01:05:55,810
that we get some of the

2046
01:05:55,811 --> 01:05:58,510
money that we paid in,

2047
01:05:58,511 --> 01:05:59,530
in excess,

2048
01:06:00,891 --> 01:06:01,891
that we'll get that back.

2049
01:06:04,161 --> 01:06:05,980
And we have a surplus here

2050
01:06:05,981 --> 01:06:08,340
at the same time

2051
01:06:08,341 --> 01:06:10,260
back home, their property

2052
01:06:10,261 --> 01:06:11,700
taxes are going through the roof.

2053
01:06:15,301 --> 01:06:17,180
That's why we need to

2054
01:06:17,181 --> 01:06:18,181
pass this bill.

2055
01:06:20,481 --> 01:06:22,440
A bipartisan piece

2056
01:06:22,441 --> 01:06:25,320
of legislation negotiated

2057
01:06:25,321 --> 01:06:27,680
with a Democratic governor

2058
01:06:27,681 --> 01:06:31,000
and a Republican legislator.

2059
01:06:31,001 --> 01:06:32,880
This is how the people want us

2060
01:06:32,881 --> 01:06:33,961
to do our work.

2061
01:06:35,101 --> 01:06:37,000
And this is why this

2062
01:06:37,001 --> 01:06:39,020
bill needs to pass and

2063
01:06:39,021 --> 01:06:40,021
the vote is green.

2064
01:06:42,591 --> 01:06:44,790
The question is, May 2026,

2065
01:06:44,791 --> 01:06:45,791
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