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will the members and visitors please take your seats.

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Will the members and visitors please rise.

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The prayer today will be offered by the representatives

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of the 25th Assembly District, representative Ted.

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Thank you.

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My favorite Bible verse is name whom one seven.

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Yes, that is in the Bible.

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It's a minor prophet in the Old Testament

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and says the Lord is good and a stronghold in the day of trouble.

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And he knows them that trusted 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 for this special session.

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Or we pray that you would just give us kindness in our words,

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love in our heart, and righteousness in debate.

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Lord God, I pray that you would just help us to be the examples

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that we need to be of you in this chamber.

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Lord, guard our hearts and our minds towards you.

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In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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The Pledge of Allegiance will be offered by the gentleman

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from the 59th District.

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The Lord gives us a flag on the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which it stands.

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One nation, honor God, and indivisible,

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with liberty and justice for all.

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The First Order, the First Order of Business

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is to call the roll to clerk below for the roll.

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Okay.

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Remember that?

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Oh, yeah.

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All right.

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And thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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It's not Grant's.

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I'm a parallel problem.

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If all members record their presence,

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if so, the clerk will close the roll.

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There are 95 members present.

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The forum is present.

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Gentlemen from the...

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Mr. Speaker, as you said,

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for a new book, absence for the...

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for the state, for the gentleman from the 80 second.

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A gentleman from the 68th ask for now is presented to the lead

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be granted for the balance of the day of the gentleman from the 82nd

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as for any objection. Hearing none, it is supported.

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Lady from the 79th.

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Fire and wine, knock the phone off the desk.

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I rise yes for leave of absence for the balance,

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or unanimous consent for leave of absence,

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for the balance of the day for the representative from the 42nd,

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the representative from the 9th,

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and the representative from the 50th.

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Lady from the 79th ask unanimous consent for leave of the balance of the day

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be granted the lead from the 49th,

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the 19th and the 52nd are the objection.

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Hearing none, those leaves are granted.

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We are in the 10th order of business as of May 2026,

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special session calendar.

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We'll look for the title of the bill.

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May 2026, special session assembly bill 1,

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relating to income tax attraction for qualified tips

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and for qualified other type of conversation.

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State aid for school districts, surplus refund payments,

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increasing money for special education,

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and school aged parent programs.

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State aid for technical colleges,

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the technical college district,

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remember the major appropriation.

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Represented from the 32nd for an introduction.

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Come on up.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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I would just like to take a moment to recognize

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the Kenosha County Law Day Group,

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sponsored by the American Legion County Council,

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and led by the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department.

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These students participate annually in an essay contest.

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This year's theme is the rule of law and the American dream.

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Sorry that I can't beat with you guys today.

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I'll try to catch up with you a little bit later.

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Thanks for being here.

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Thank you.

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The question is,

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shall May 2026, special assembly bill 1 be ordered

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to gross and rent a third time.

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All those in favor say aye.

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All those in favor say aye.

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The five of us know the ayes have it,

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and the bill is in gross.

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Representative from the 33rd.

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I think Mr. Speaker, I said since then the rule's in

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the 21st.

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Representative from the 31st session,

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and since then the rule's be suspended in May 2026,

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special session assembly bill 1 be given a third degree

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of indigent hearing on the code,

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read the title of the bill.

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May 2026, special session assembly bill 1,

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related in income tax attraction for qualified tips

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and for qualified overtime compensation.

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State A for school districts, surplus refund payments,

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increasing funding for special education

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and school age program programs.

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and the technical college district

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are going to make an appropriation.

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The question is, May 2026,

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special session assembly bill one,

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have a member of three types,

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shall the bill be passed.

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There's three and a half hours

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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 last,

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but that would be our final session day.

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And I am extremely excited to say

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that we are here to do more good business today.

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You know, it's interesting.

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It took some time as I was leaving my post

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and kind of thinking about what the next chapter is going to be.

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And the thing that gets me the most

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is we 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 in the first place.

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The reason we are here is to do all of those things

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one more time, and that is to say

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we have good things 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.

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that compromise in Wisconsin is not a dead word.

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Compromise is defined as getting something that you want

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by giving up something that your partner or your opponent was.

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That is really what we did here.

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We sat down with the governor in good faith for months.

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He started a different place, so did we.

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Things that we wanted, he clearly couldn't accept.

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Things that he wanted, we clearly couldn't accept.

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You know what that is?

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That is confidence.

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That is saying, let's put aside the things

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that can never happen to focus on the things that change.

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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 unanimous,

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that when we have a bill where 80% of the money

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that we are appropriating goes back

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and relief to people who need it the most,

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it goes back to people who own property.

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It goes back to people who are renters.

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It goes back to people who are rich and poor,

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people who are old and young, urban and rural.

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Everyone in Wisconsin is gonna stand to get benefit

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from the deal that we put together today.

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How did we get here?

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A prudent, good budget.

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Wisconsin's economy is in a good spot for most people.

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Now some are suffering as we deal with rising costs.

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No doubt about that.

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But the good news for Wisconsin is that our surplus

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is strong and it's grown.

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Now we have a couple options of what 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, use it to grow the size of government

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because we need more government programs, not us.

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Option three, give all of it back.

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I would have chosen option three, right?

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If I got to have a compromise that was literally

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with myself, but that's not the way of the world.

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I think all the surplus should go back

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to be able to deal with the rising costs in our society.

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But in a world where the voters of Wisconsin

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have said no one side gets to make all the decisions,

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the side that says it should be

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all spent on growing government,

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they don't get their weight either.

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That's why this compromise says,

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we're gonna give it back to people who work overtime.

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That to me is one of the most important.

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We have got a workforce crisis in America

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where we need more people pulling the wagon

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to be able to make our country the place

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that we all know it has been and it needs to continue to be.

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But what that means is we need everybody working hard

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and the idea of giving release

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for people who are in overtime came up right away.

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I thought, what a great idea

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because what do we wanna do in Wisconsin

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incentivize people to work hard

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and give them a reward for 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 Democratic colleagues

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in the past voted no,

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but they have a chance to write the record

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because here we are standing up

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for working people who work by the hour.

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They need that.

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How about waitresses and waiters,

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people who literally work in service to others?

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They deserve a break that we're giving them today.

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So if you are a waiter or waitress, you work on a tip,

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you're no longer having income taxes on that,

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just like the said.

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You're not gonna have to worry

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about getting a federal rid deduction,

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but not getting one for the state.

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And last I knew rich people aren't waiters

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and rich people don't work by the hour.

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So this is not something geared toward the rich,

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which is what my Democratic colleagues

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normally have a problem with.

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So we have listened to their concerns

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and we are targeting our lives.

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Second thing that we did was to say,

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look, Governor Andrew Sport in your veto is a threat.

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It should never have happened.

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We have done everything that we possibly can

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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 gonna get a chance to say,

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we're gonna do it ourselves

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around the political bureaucracy.

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That's on the ballot in November.

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So we have the ability to overturn that

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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,

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for the people who are here suffering

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with the consequences of that 400 year veto

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and the inaction of my Democratic colleagues

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to give a dime about property taxes,

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we're gonna take the matter into our own hands

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because we had a governor who was willing to compromise

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and work with us to find a better answer.

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So here we are for one year.

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It's not permanent.

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It's not gonna be every one of the 399 years.

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But the one year relief this year is permanent forever.

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That property tax will help every single Wisconsin homeowner

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and property owner to be able to afford

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their property tax bill when they get it into seven.

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Lastly, we focused on making sure that in an area

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where we made a promise.

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Now I know very few Democrats voted for the budget

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when it passed, even though it was a record investment

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in education, we got income tax cuts.

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We did record investments in a lot of priorities.

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There was a promise that was made

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to make sure that we funded special education going forward.

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Now it was an estimate, a good faith effort

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from the governor's office and the fiscal bureau,

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again it compromised to say what does that number need to be

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to be able to meet a certain pressure.

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It came in higher than we anticipated.

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No one's fault wasn't done intentionally.

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So here we are back to fix a problem

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that was actually no one's fault,

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but the people who would ultimately pay the price

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and that's local school districts

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and property tax payers at the local level.

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Easy answer to say why wouldn't we use some of the surplus

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to not only help keep property taxes down in local areas,

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but to make sure that if you're a child with special needs

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or the parent or a loved one,

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we're gonna get more services so those kids get

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what they need.

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Should be easy because this bill today

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is a record investment in special ed,

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the highest level ever.

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It not only keeps our promise from the budget,

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but it actually increases the spending

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because we have that surplus coming in.

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Now you're gonna hear from my Democratic colleagues

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that they wanna save the money

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because they wanna invest it in growing the size of government.

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That's what they're gonna say,

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even though they might not use those words.

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We know the truth.

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We wanna give it back.

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Some Democrats wanna keep luckily Tony Evers isn't one of those.

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He actually had the ability to say let's compromise,

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let's each give, let's find a consensus

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because the people of Wisconsin expect us to do better

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than to just stand up and shake our fist.

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Maybe today, some of them will be persuaded

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by their own government.

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Believe it or not, I actually was.

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And I feel like I'm probably a more harsh critic

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than the people on the left.

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So if people on our side are willing to listen

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and can compromise, why can't you?

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Why can't people on the left just one time

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put aside politics and say let's do the right thing,

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money for schools, money for people

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who are at the normal income wage,

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people who work hard, all with a surplus,

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and if we have plenty of money left in the till,

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don't forget we have $2 billion in our surplus

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still even after this.

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On Monday, it kinda got lost in the news,

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but we also had a $300 billion increase

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or almost a 15% increase in the amount of money

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in our surplus because the economy in Wisconsin

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is so strong.

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So we didn't choose to spend that,

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that's still gonna be in the state's checkbook.

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So in record amount in the rainy day fund,

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a bunch of money still in our checkbook

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and we get to make good investments.

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This is the easiest green vote I have probably ever taken

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in my service in the legislature.

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We're spending money making sure that it goes back to people.

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We're spending money that some of it's permanent,

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the funding for schools is permanent,

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so we're some of the tax cuts

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and we're using the balance for a one time rebate.

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It is a win, win, win.

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So for the people of Wisconsin have confidence,

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your state government works,

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Republicans and Democrats hold to our principles,

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but in the end, we find a way to get to yes

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because 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 debate

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where we can agree that getting the money back

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is way better than keeping it here

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for some other person to spend.

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The question is, May 2026 special session

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assembly bill one,

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they have a number of three types

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of mobility pairs from there from the 73rd.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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I'm rising in opposition to this bill

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because I cannot support a piece of legislation

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that spends so much state money

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and does so little in terms of solving big problems.

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I find this so-called tax rebate provision

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particularly objectionable.

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At a time when our president and his party

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are taking away healthcare subsidies,

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slashing funding to address food insecurity

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and actively harming all of us

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with a reckless war of choice,

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with no plan, that is driving up gas prices,

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this bill fails to help the people who need it most,

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but to understand why we have to get past

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those talking points that we're just shared

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and we need to look at actual substance.

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This bill is promoted as giving single people

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$300 rebate checks and married a couple of $600,

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but everyone should know that 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

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either because they don't make enough

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to feel that it's worth it

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or because they live on social security.

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Or maybe, like what's true with me

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when my kids were young

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and I was a very broke graduate student,

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they do file taxes but they have so many deductions

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and they make so little

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that they actually have a negative tax rate

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and don't have a tax liability.

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So if you have kids and don't make much money,

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just know that you might not be getting any help at all.

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Not $300, maybe not even $50,

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maybe you'll get a check for five months.

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Time will tell.

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The argument that people in that position don't pay taxes

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so they don't deserve any part of this is wrong.

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Everyone pays taxes, whether it's sales tax

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on buying school supplies or property taxes

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on your mortgage or factory to do your rent

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or the gas tax.

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To fill up your car to work, we all contribute.

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To only consider income tax

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is patently regressive and morally wrong.

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In this bill, a significant portion of the people

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who meet or help the most are being left out

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is in bad policy.

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On the other hand, households that make $300,000 or more,

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nearly all of them are going to get checks

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for the full amount.

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In this bill, joint filers who make $300,000 or more

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would get $600.

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If you have all the people who make $300,000 or more

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in this state, this bill is costing us $47.5 million.

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I do not understand how the people negotiating this bill

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can so callously dump their responsibility.

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How is it okay to give the nearly 9,000 households

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that make $1 million or more $600 each?

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But we can't figure out how to help someone

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who's trying to get by on social security alone.

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This is not how to stabilize a society

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at a time of economic strain.

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And what about property tax relief we heard about?

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If your home value is at the state median,

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which is $312,000,

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you'll be saving $107,000, not per month,

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for the entirety of the year.

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And not this year, next year.

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If you pay your taxes through an escrow account,

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like most do, starting in January, 2027,

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you'll save $8.91 per month.

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That's less than two gallons of gas today.

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Who knows how much gas will cost by then.

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But what's most depressing about this bill

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is the treatment of our public schools.

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In my district, I have two schools

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where two school districts,

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where the per pupil revenue limit is at the floor for the state.

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One of my districts is so broke, my home district,

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where my son graduated, it's so broke

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that they are constantly having to cut services.

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So you might think, well then, yeah, both of those bills.

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Don't they need the money?

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Yeah, they do.

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That's what makes this no vote hard.

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They desperately need the money.

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Thanks to the actions of the majority party

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over the last 16 years,

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but our job in this building is to see the bigger picture.

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And I see the bigger play, the Republicans are amazing.

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Give wealthy families in our state what's left in surplus.

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So that next year, we are left with crumbs

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to the face with the majority of the broken.

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This deal puts us in a significant structural deficit

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in years three and four.

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But this fiscal burden says, I mean,

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the fiscal theory says that we will need to grow

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by 4% to make up for that at a time

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where we're seeing projections

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that we're going to see retrenchment economically.

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This is irresponsible.

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Even more than the flood of Republican retirement,

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drain state coffers shows that Republicans know

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that the voters will not want them back

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in the majority next session.

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They've been defunding essential public institutions

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for years and on the way out the door,

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they want to try to make it harder

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for us to clean up the mess that they have made.

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I know Governor Eversa is desperate to help public schools.

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No one wants to help them more than our party.

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But not like this.

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Not recklessly, not in a way that makes real solutions

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long-term solutions harder.

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This is a irresponsible policy, the vote is read.

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Representative, from the third year.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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It's wonderful to see so many youngsters

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in the gallery over here today,

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and welcome to the state Capitol.

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And I want to say something to all of you.

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What you're witnessing here today

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is there will be nothing like the real world

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when you enter it later on

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where compromise is actually common,

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that happens in its effective and its worst.

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So the speaker, I think, did a great job

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in framing this initially.

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It is about compromise.

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It is about balance, right?

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This is balance governing that we're witnessing here today.

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I applaud Governor Eversa for working with us

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to advance this.

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What you're hearing is, but it's not great.

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It's not great.

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Today, I'll take good.

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I will take good for Hudson, Wisconsin,

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for River Falls, Wisconsin.

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The service industry is an industry

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where these individuals rely upon those tips.

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That is your primary income.

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I walked it.

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This washer went to busboy in advance.

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It's a great journey.

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Today is a great day to them,

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because more of their money is going to be theirs.

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That is impactful, that is not trivial,

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and that is something that we should all support.

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When I first was elected,

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I spent a lot of time in one of my local schools,

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and I saw firsthand the challenge of this

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was special education and the implications

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to those two districts.

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Today, we have an opportunity also

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to do something special for those individuals,

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for the kids, for the faculty, for the staff,

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or communities as well.

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We talk about, you know, on joint findings yesterday,

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it was suggested that we have run out of education

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over the past number of years.

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Rob education, we put more money in education

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than we ever have used for.

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It was also noted in the Joint Finance Committee

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that we've got to spend more

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and these scruples need to know

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that this money is going to be to make any predictability.

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Here's the issue.

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You want to talk about structure.

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You want to talk about the root cause and education,

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and let's do it.

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Let's talk about the fact that we have,

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in our demographics, declining student population.

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That's just a thing.

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If not a bad thing, it's just a real thing

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that we have to take on.

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So setting more money or guaranteeing it

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and continuing to increase it is not the answer.

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We have to look at alternatives to the model.

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4% growth, it was suggested that,

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boy, can we rely upon that?

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Well, I look back over the past 10, 15 years,

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it's always been there.

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But what we don't talk about is,

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there's a delta net 4%,

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what if we actually saved some money

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somewhere within the state budget?

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Now, it'll kind of step, sometimes in government,

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00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,560
but we do in the private sector all the time.

534
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,680
Today is a wonderful example for all you watching,

535
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,400
of compromise with a split government

536
00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,600
and we're getting something done

537
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,880
that will be impactful for those in our communities.

538
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,200
The vote is absolutely great, Mr. Speaker.

539
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,320
Representative, the name is 30.

540
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,160
Okay.

541
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:17,600
Mr. Speaker, I'm trying to wrap my head around

542
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,240
the distinction between what we are talking about today

543
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,280
and what we're actually hearing back home in our communities

544
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,640
because Wisconsinites aren't demanding structural

545
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,840
and responsible solutions to the structural challenges

546
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,360
that they're facing.

547
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:37,360
They are not news to the economic pain

548
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:38,400
that they're feeling right now.

549
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,320
They have lived in a Wisconsin that has been governed

550
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,920
by Republicans in the legislature for 15 years

551
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,520
and they're feeling structural impacts of the pain

552
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,680
that's been inflicted on the economy over that time.

553
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,880
The proposal that we're discussing right now, instead,

554
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:57,880
is at best a short-term mandate and does not offer on you.

555
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,640
Enough is not offered a structural solution

556
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,280
that people are demanding.

557
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,480
And worse yet, it continues a pattern of Republican bills

558
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,000
that make empty promises that will not be kept.

559
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:15,120
In the last budget, the Republican joined finance committee

560
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,200
and legislature promised public school students

561
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:23,040
and districts 42% of their special education costs.

562
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,680
But that promise was broken.

563
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,240
And legislative Democrats introduced legislation

564
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,720
to compel the legislature to keep its promises

565
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,400
on special education.

566
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,120
That proposal was not taken out for anybody here.

567
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:41,920
Now, this proposal promises 50% next year

568
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:46,400
but does not make the structural change to the law

569
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,400
or the way that special ed is administered

570
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,880
to guarantee that that money won't hit school districts.

571
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,720
So it will once again be a broken promise.

572
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,520
And the bulk of this legislation spent

573
00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,520
on one-time expenditures in the form of so-called rebate checks

574
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:02,840
will be another broken promise.

575
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,400
We've already heard about the narrative created

576
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,320
by the majority around $300 per person.

577
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,600
Well, that's gonna be awfully difficult to defend

578
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,760
when so many people open their mailboxes

579
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:18,760
and find a check for $10, $40, $0 as so many will.

580
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,040
Another broken promise.

581
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,800
And so in addition to those disappointments,

582
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,440
just imagine my disappointment when I saw on Monday

583
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,480
the proposal put forward by three outgoing politicians

584
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,360
that looks like this when there was already

585
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:39,360
an affordable and structural proposal on the table for weeks.

586
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:44,040
Assembly Bill 1176 was written

587
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,080
with the current surplus projections in mind

588
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,160
and it was introduced by every single assembly

589
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,520
Democrat weeks ago.

590
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,000
It would offer structural, sustainable support

591
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,160
to people struggling with the cost of housing

592
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,160
through property taxes and to kids and families

593
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,880
in public schools.

594
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,240
It would offer enough funding in general aid

595
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,040
to public schools to buy down property taxes

596
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,680
for education this year.

597
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,840
And it would offer 16% of special education costs

598
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,080
in a some sufficient way,

599
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,920
meaning the promise would be kept.

600
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,160
Districts would be offered 60% they hit budget for 60%

601
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,280
and then they would actually receive it.

602
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,800
And the plan that we put forward would save

603
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:31,680
$500 million than the reckless spending notice

604
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,600
that proposed this week by the outgoing speaker,

605
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,320
the outgoing Senate and the Republican leader

606
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,200
and the outgoing governor.

607
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,520
This one would have said during the pig bank

608
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,360
and reward wealthier school districts

609
00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,480
through some new funding model

610
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,360
at the expense of poorer districts.

611
00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:52,240
And it's just not lost on me that there was

612
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:56,080
already a good proposal on the table that was ignored.

613
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,680
In favor of this one.

614
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,720
And working class Wisconsinites that we all represent,

615
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,640
all of us represent,

616
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,960
are the people who have to live with the decisions

617
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,600
that we make today.

618
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,960
So they deserve honest decisions that will make promises

619
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,360
and keep them in responsible decisions

620
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:17,800
that will be good stewards of public funds,

621
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,880
directing resources to make structural change

622
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,720
to fix the structural problems

623
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,920
causing people structural economic pain.

624
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,160
And that's why I'm opposed to this bill today.

625
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,320
The question is, May 2026 special session

626
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,560
is set with Bill 1, and we've been ready three times.

627
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,440
So the bill be cast, representative from the APF.

628
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,560
Thank you Mr. Speaker.

629
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:45,440
Wow.

630
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,040
I keep thinking to myself,

631
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,520
this bill that was put forward was a compromise.

632
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,120
And our last speaker, I was thinking to myself,

633
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,840
if it was such a great bill that the Democrats cut out,

634
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,240
why didn't the governor start with that?

635
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,080
Why didn't he start negotiating with that?

636
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,080
He didn't, because he realized it wasn't going to make it,

637
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,280
and it wasn't a compromise.

638
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,760
I don't mind, in my district, when people talk to me

639
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,440
and they say, can you just work together?

640
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,640
As I'm right here, can you just work together?

641
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,200
All it seems to be partisan.

642
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,720
So now we put this bill out,

643
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,960
which is, I think, a tremendous bill.

644
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,880
Sure, there's things in here that I wasn't totally fond of,

645
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,800
but in the essence of getting things done,

646
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,840
you go forward with that.

647
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,040
But we're hearing on both sides of the extreme miles,

648
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,400
that we're somehow wrong, that we're terrible.

649
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,400
And we've got gubernatorial candidates waiting on this,

650
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:42,400
who have no impact,

651
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,840
because whoever wins won't be here until next January,

652
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,600
just like us, so this surplus is now.

653
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,960
CISA 9 in my two school districts told me

654
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,560
they need special ed funding.

655
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:55,960
That's the number one thing,

656
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,640
coming out of their fund 10, out of their general fund.

657
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,080
They never brought up when I am our last CISA meeting,

658
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,560
and I know the gentleman from the 35th was with me,

659
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,520
they never brought up anything about pay.

660
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,360
They're the great Democrat bill

661
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,680
that you should look at that's gonna fund it, they didn't.

662
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,640
They said, what can you do to help us with special ed,

663
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,560
because that is where we need them.

664
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:18,760
This doesn't.

665
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,440
DC Everest is finishing on 25, 26,

666
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,840
over a half million dollars.

667
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:29,840
In the 26, 27, $1.36 million for special ed.

668
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:36,240
I mean, and also, over three quarters of a million dollars

669
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:41,240
for this first year, and $2.1 million in the next year.

670
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,240
So it's interesting, as this bill comes together,

671
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,560
because it doesn't fit everything you want,

672
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,680
you're gonna be a no, and I keep thinking to myself,

673
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,600
if I was a no on this bill, my colleagues

674
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,080
on the other side were hammered, he hates education.

675
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,640
He didn't vote for special ed increase,

676
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,760
but now, since you weren't invited to the party

677
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,800
of a negotiation, you're upset.

678
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,920
Well, I think about the people.

679
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,880
I've said it accomplice numbers of times

680
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,880
of some of the bills that I passed.

681
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,640
This session, it's about the people.

682
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,920
It's not about me, it's not about my own agenda.

683
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,040
When you're a legislator, you legislate for the people,

684
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:27,120
and too many representatives take their small, loud,

685
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,000
minorities, making them think that they're the majority.

686
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,760
What I wanna hear from both sides,

687
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,040
and actually have some property tax relief,

688
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,840
surplus relief, and especially special ed.

689
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,600
So I am a yes on this, and I tell ya,

690
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,480
anyone who votes no on either side,

691
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,640
or you're pressured by the media,

692
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,480
which I'm gonna start listening to music,

693
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,800
now the head will talk radio in general,

694
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,880
but in any case, let's move forward.

695
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,200
The vote's yes, thank you.

696
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,120
Represented from the bank team.

697
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:01,120
Thank you very much.

698
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,200
Mr. Chair, the half of this $82 million

699
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,680
set out by this bill will know what people may insist to do.

700
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,600
And most people across Wisconsin will not be hitting

701
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,120
regardless of what they're hearing,

702
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,600
by some media, by some press releases,

703
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,720
$300 or $600 in the tax.

704
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,920
In fact, 1.3 million Wisconsin residents

705
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,000
will not get a check at all under this plan.

706
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,200
Many people in a poverty union,

707
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,920
and the older adults won't get zero.

708
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,280
In fact, with those folks,

709
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,920
and here's what the numbers look like.

710
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,120
If you're making more than $150,000 a year,

711
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,280
and you need assistance to lease,

712
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,680
your joint filing household is gonna get a check

713
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:56,440
on average of $547.01.

714
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,360
That's very close to the $600 distribution

715
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,040
to make it a little big there, yeah.

716
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,360
But if you're in the greatest need,

717
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:08,240
if you're making less than $30,000 a year in Wisconsin,

718
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:13,040
your average distribution is just $45 and 24 cents.

719
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,160
But at worst, if your household is in extreme poverty,

720
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,240
and you're making less than $15,000 a year,

721
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,520
and a $600 check might make a real difference,

722
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,800
the average amount that you would get

723
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,680
is going to be 74 cents.

724
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,000
And I want to say that one more time.

725
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,000
Including the people who would get nothing,

726
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,280
that is many, many people.

727
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,040
People may be under $15,000 a year,

728
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:46,800
we get an average payment from this plan of 74 cents.

729
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,400
That's less than it costs to stay out of the mail now.

730
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,520
So if you're sending out press releases,

731
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,720
noting how this will somehow do anything

732
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,640
to help you afford a medical crisis,

733
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,920
that you and federal Republicans

734
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,560
have created to make worse, so save the game.

735
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,720
This is another redistribution of

736
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,600
whether folks need a release,

737
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,360
and does nothing sufficiently more sustainable for ourselves.

738
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,480
AB 1176, on the other hand,

739
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,160
offered by our own reps, fells, and crews,

740
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:20,560
is half their loss, and has twice the benefit of the public schools.

741
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,160
You were serious about investigating in Wisconsin,

742
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,560
we passed that instead.

743
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,880
This bill, offered by three people

744
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,400
who will not thankfully be here next year,

745
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,320
just rips the copper out of the walls on the way out,

746
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,680
and heads us to the structural deaths.

747
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,680
We deserve better than the phone is now.

748
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,840
Represent from the 38th.

749
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,000
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

750
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,320
It's time to return the surplus to the tax base.

751
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:57,240
I know that many of my Democratic colleagues in this room

752
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,760
don't want to do it.

753
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:02,360
Be very, very clear about that.

754
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,800
But that's not what the people of Wisconsin want.

755
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,760
Wisconsinites want their money returned to them.

756
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:15,080
And that, at the core of this bill, is what it's about.

757
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,040
This bill provides single tax filers,

758
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:22,200
they $300 rebate, and married couples filing jointly,

759
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,640
with a $600 rebate.

760
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,160
Now, whether you're one of those rich teachers,

761
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:31,800
those rich plumbers, those rich construction workers,

762
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,840
that would keep hearing about the rebates going to rich people,

763
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,720
somehow, or one of those rich pair of professionals,

764
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:43,160
or window and door installers, to me, they're not rich,

765
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:47,720
they're the people whom make our economy work well.

766
00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:50,880
They're the backbone of this state, they work hard,

767
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,760
and it's their money.

768
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:57,200
We're getting them that tax relief here today.

769
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,200
This bill also buys down property taxes

770
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,680
by providing over $300 million in relief

771
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,840
through the school funding formula.

772
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,320
That's real property tax relief.

773
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,600
This bill also does other great things that we already did.

774
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,520
It eliminates the tax on tips.

775
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,960
Eliminates the seed income tax and overtime.

776
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,120
What great provisions?

777
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,680
We already passed that, and now we can do it again

778
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,400
and actually get it done.

779
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,160
The governor said he's going to sign it.

780
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,320
In fact, for those of you who may be on social media,

781
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,680
if you head over to Governor Tony Evers Facebook page right now,

782
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:41,040
he calls this deal a no-brainer.

783
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,400
That's the current governor.

784
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,400
I don't see eye to eye with the governor on most issues.

785
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:46,960
I really don't.

786
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,160
But the governor calls this a no-brainer.

787
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:56,080
Additionally, this bill is a record investment

788
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:57,640
in special education.

789
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,280
Those are great things.

790
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,800
As a part-time substitute teacher in my district,

791
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,400
I know the challenges are in special education.

792
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,000
I do, and this bill provides relief.

793
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:10,920
Now, there's some in this room

794
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,120
where we're going to claim that this bill

795
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:13,960
doesn't go far enough.

796
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,720
But then in the next breath,

797
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:18,320
they're going to claim it's fiscally irresponsible.

798
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,800
Well, Mr. Speaker, we're in special session.

799
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,480
This isn't a budget.

800
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,720
This is about the surplus,

801
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:30,880
a projected $2.4 billion surplus,

802
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,520
that this bill only spends $1.8 billion.

803
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,320
It's not even the whole thing.

804
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,560
The will of the people is the law of the land.

805
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,000
And I'm confident that the people in my district

806
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:48,280
and the entire state want property tax relief.

807
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,480
They want to keep more of their hard-earned money.

808
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,040
And they want great schools

809
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,360
and a great education for their kids.

810
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,920
Today, Republicans in this party

811
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,800
once again showed that we're listening to the people

812
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,160
and that we're working to get things done

813
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,120
and make a difference.

814
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,320
My vote for the people on behalf of the great people

815
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,200
of Dodger Jefferson Cowies is a definite yes.

816
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,080
The question is, maybe 2026 special session

817
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,280
is simply bill 1 and a number of three types

818
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,000
of ability to pass.

819
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,600
Represented by the 23rd.

820
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,080
Thank you, Speaker.

821
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:32,760
Let's talk about compliments.

822
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,000
I've heard that.

823
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,960
So often here today in the media cover

824
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,040
and leading up to this vote.

825
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:41,520
And I really wish the students

826
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,440
who were in the galleries were back

827
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,160
because I know that it was studying

828
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,400
about the legislative process.

829
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:48,840
And in the legislative process,

830
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,360
they thought we learned that we need to reduce a bill

831
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,200
that bill goes to committee

832
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,000
and the learned and representative to get together

833
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,680
and make back to compromises.

834
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,080
They offer amendments so that the bill in the end

835
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,480
can be signed by a governor and signed into law.

836
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,760
Well, that doesn't work this way in this building.

837
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,840
Let's talk about compromise.

838
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:14,880
Democrats introduced more than 500 bills this session.

839
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,960
I think more than half a quarter in the past decade,

840
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,160
3% of those bills got a public hearing.

841
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,280
I'm not even talking passage.

842
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,120
I'm having a public hearing.

843
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,960
So all of those bills had an opportunity for compromise

844
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:34,280
and 3% of them had that opportunity.

845
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,080
I do not understand here if you lecture about compromise

846
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,840
for people who won't even listen to us

847
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,040
or give our bills the light of day.

848
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:49,800
So now let's talk about the proposal and the correctness of us.

849
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,600
We all like money schools.

850
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,480
We have offered plenty of bills to fund schools.

851
00:38:55,480 --> 00:39:00,640
We're talking about the ability to fix structurally

852
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:05,280
the underfunding of the power decade of our public schools.

853
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:06,600
And I know you're all standing up

854
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:07,920
and graduating yourself.

855
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:09,400
I'm giving more money to schools.

856
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,880
And yes, that is good, but you don't get a prize

857
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,400
for boarding up a window that you broke in the first place.

858
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,360
So I had the opportunity, I should say,

859
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,600
not the opportunity to listen to the ability to Texas

860
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,120
for a few years, about 25 years ago.

861
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,120
And this has a point.

862
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,920
And Texas has some great text-text food,

863
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:33,920
but one of the things that they have there

864
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,520
is something very hot.

865
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:38,400
And it's cold at a turkey, which is a turkey,

866
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:42,000
and it's stuck with a chicken and a duck.

867
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:46,920
In this bill today, this proposal is a turkey,

868
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,000
because of a turkey that was put together

869
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,840
by a bunch of lame ducks, wire of public and loans

870
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,880
like that is too chicken to confront

871
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:02,480
the structural affordability and education issues facing

872
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,480
this state.

873
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,840
Now, I am all here.

874
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,920
I am here to say yes to schools and yes to school funding.

875
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,200
And we are willing to compromise structural change.

876
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,840
We have been all session, we were the session before that,

877
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,080
and the session before that that I was here.

878
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,800
I need to ignore it every single one.

879
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,160
We will compromise.

880
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,520
We are here for it.

881
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,000
We want to talk to you.

882
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,840
I carry the blue ribbon report or a rattle.

883
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,120
You know I talk to so many of you.

884
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,160
We have a lot of the solutions.

885
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,640
I've made soon right now a lot with my colleagues

886
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,680
on the joint finance committee.

887
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,960
It shouldn't have to come to this.

888
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,720
Everywhere busier, we'll talk to you

889
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,560
about fixing the school funding for you.

890
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,240
Every single one of us, we'll talk all day, all night,

891
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:50,200
but don't call as we both vote for you.

892
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,800
When you have spent a decade ignoring us

893
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:55,920
and ignoring the will of our voters

894
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,400
and ignoring the schools in your own district,

895
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,720
the vote on this is no.

896
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:03,720
Representative from the 51st.

897
00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:11,720
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

898
00:41:11,720 --> 00:41:13,720
I actually was going to ask a way to allow to speak

899
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:15,720
because I'm actually enjoying my colleagues

900
00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:17,720
on the other side have a meltdown.

901
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:18,720
And why are they having a meltdown?

902
00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:21,720
Because we are giving more money to schools.

903
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:24,720
We are giving money back to the taxpayers

904
00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:27,720
who actually pay taxes.

905
00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:31,720
We are giving money for property tax relief

906
00:41:31,720 --> 00:41:34,720
because we had a 400 year veto

907
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:39,720
that ruined a lot of schools.

908
00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:43,720
And we worked with a governor that's Democrat.

909
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:47,720
We were bipartisan and they're having a meltdown.

910
00:41:47,720 --> 00:41:50,720
What's missing with this picture?

911
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:54,720
So I'm a little confused because I've sat here all session

912
00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:55,720
and I've sat here many sessions

913
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:59,720
and it's always getting pounded for schools,

914
00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:01,720
more money for schools.

915
00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:02,720
Here we go.

916
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:03,720
We are.

917
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:06,720
I have talked to my superintendents.

918
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:11,720
I'm confused too about this three retired men

919
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:14,720
which I'm glad they're all retiring by the way.

920
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:15,720
But anyhow.

921
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:21,720
I'm kidding, Mr. Speaker.

922
00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:23,720
You're sitting, I'm so excited.

923
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:26,720
But anyway, we have, I don't know about you guys,

924
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:30,720
but the 54 of us have been in caucus since January

925
00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:34,720
when the surplus was announced as they were negotiating.

926
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:36,720
The speaker and the leadership team kept us in the loop

927
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,720
and where we were at getting the parameters

928
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:40,720
where we thought we wanted to be.

929
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:44,720
And it was not a deal done by three people.

930
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:47,720
I believe the Senate leader too was in touch with his caucus.

931
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:51,720
So this, oh, behind the curtain is just ridiculous.

932
00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:54,720
I have talked to my superintendents.

933
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,720
They're very happy.

934
00:42:56,720 --> 00:43:01,720
And I will go back and tell them what happened here today.

935
00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:04,720
I'm assuming some of my friends on the other side will vote

936
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:06,720
for this, I would hope they would.

937
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:09,720
But this is a win-win for the people of the state of Wisconsin.

938
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:13,720
And this idea that we need to give all this money back

939
00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:16,720
to people that don't even pay taxes,

940
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:18,720
I don't, I'm scratching my head.

941
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:20,720
And if you're talking to people in your district

942
00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:21,720
and that's what they say,

943
00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:23,720
they're a lot different from my district.

944
00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:25,720
I'm all for helping those in need,

945
00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:27,720
and we have programs for that,

946
00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:29,720
and I'm more than willing to look at giving more money

947
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:31,720
for those programs.

948
00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,720
But I think we're getting a little out there

949
00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:39,720
with some of this rhetoric today about the sky is falling

950
00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:42,720
because, oh my God, we did a bipartisan deal.

951
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:43,720
We're giving more money to schools.

952
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,720
We're giving more money to taxpayers.

953
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:50,720
And it's just, I'm actually enjoying this.

954
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:53,720
So thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

955
00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:55,720
Representative, the 20th.

956
00:43:55,720 --> 00:44:00,720
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

957
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:04,720
You know, there's been a lot of talk about legacy

958
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:06,720
when talking about this film.

959
00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:08,720
I want y'all to think about this.

960
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:12,720
Many of the people in this room will not be doing that next session.

961
00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:15,720
Either by choice or not by choice.

962
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:22,720
You want this vote to be your legacy?

963
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:28,720
Mr. Speaker, I'm not having a meltdown.

964
00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:30,720
I've perfectly gone.

965
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:32,720
For now.

966
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:37,720
But you know what I mean, really start to look at this film

967
00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:41,720
and realize what the impact is going to do

968
00:44:41,720 --> 00:44:44,720
is going to be on what the state of Wisconsin.

969
00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:49,720
You're not talking about the 4% tax increase

970
00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:52,720
that they're going to be looking at session,

971
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:54,720
after session, after session.

972
00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:58,720
You're not talking about the fact that you are going to leave the state

973
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:00,720
in a structural deficit.

974
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:03,720
Mr. Speaker, I would be more than happy

975
00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:06,720
to vote on a couple of little things in this budget.

976
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:09,720
Like, well, maybe one big thing, special ed money,

977
00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:14,720
which we haven't been talking about for years.

978
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:21,720
That's probably about the only good thing in this particular bill.

979
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:27,720
I have constituents who believe that they're going to get a $360 check.

980
00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:32,720
Chances are most of my constituents are going to get less than $100,

981
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:35,720
some maybe $7.50.

982
00:45:35,720 --> 00:45:36,720
I don't know.

983
00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:39,720
That right by the gallon of gas these days.

984
00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:41,720
People are.

985
00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:46,720
And we're not helping them in this bill.

986
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:53,720
Mr. Speaker, compromise means we are all talking about what needs to be done.

987
00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:56,720
Nobody in this county aisle had any input into this.

988
00:45:56,720 --> 00:46:00,720
We've heard rumors.

989
00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:04,720
But we were actually slapped with this on Monday morning.

990
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:09,720
This huge bill that spends, what is it, over a billion dollars?

991
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:15,720
And we've had two days to actually look at it and figure it out.

992
00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:19,720
Mr. Speaker, I'm not going to vote for this bill because it's nothing but a small

993
00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:22,720
ten years during campaign season.

994
00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:24,720
Thank you.

995
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:27,720
Representative for the 22nd.

996
00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:38,720
I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker.

997
00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:41,720
I thought you said 27th.

998
00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:42,720
I raised it.

999
00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:47,720
I'd like this bill and I'd like to first thank leadership for bringing it to us,

1000
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:51,720
especially represented from the 33rd.

1001
00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:55,720
I, unlike some, will miss him, me and here.

1002
00:46:55,720 --> 00:46:57,720
This is a bipartisan deal.

1003
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:00,720
The governor, obviously we know it's bipartisan.

1004
00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:07,720
So I don't know why it's so hard to get $1.8 billion back to our taxpayers,

1005
00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:10,720
to our voters, to our constituents.

1006
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:15,720
The place kind of amazes me that they could be that big of a problem.

1007
00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:20,720
One thing I'd like to bring up to, though, is that I'd like to compliment my

1008
00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:29,720
colleague from my Senate district from the 22nd, or 20, yes, from 23rd.

1009
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:36,720
I like that one as football on Thanksgiving and it's John Mann and it's a good memory,

1010
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:40,720
but so I like traditions.

1011
00:47:40,720 --> 00:47:45,720
As far as the bill goes, I'd just like to quickly say a couple of things I'd like

1012
00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:49,720
the most are the no tax overtime and the no tax on tips.

1013
00:47:49,720 --> 00:47:54,720
We've passed those in our assembly area in the Senate,

1014
00:47:54,720 --> 00:47:57,720
and I'm happy today that the governor looks like he's going to get on

1015
00:47:57,720 --> 00:48:02,720
board with that and prove that if we get this through.

1016
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:04,720
It's a middle class tax cut.

1017
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:06,720
It's for people.

1018
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:09,720
I was in the bar restaurant business for a long, long time.

1019
00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:14,720
People work for tips, and this is important to get them the tax cut out of the tips.

1020
00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:17,720
I think it's going to be beneficial to a lot of folks.

1021
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:25,720
And as far as there's no tax on overtime, we're talking about nurses,

1022
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:30,720
9-1-1 operators, working class folks, factory workers that work overtime.

1023
00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,720
And I think it's a great thing that they're going to get a break also.

1024
00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:38,720
And on top of that, these bills, they match the federal law that we have today.

1025
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:47,720
So this will be our simplicity for tax payers and for tax payers when they go to pay their taxes.

1026
00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:52,720
So I'm happy that we're doing this bill today, and I am.

1027
00:48:52,720 --> 00:48:58,720
And one last part, too, I've been through this by way for me to make this cheap stuff.

1028
00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:03,720
Well, especially, I'm happy that we're doing more especially like my school districts.

1029
00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:04,720
I've talked to them.

1030
00:49:04,720 --> 00:49:07,720
They're very excited about the possibility of getting more especially fine.

1031
00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:10,720
So I'm very much in favor of that also.

1032
00:49:10,720 --> 00:49:13,720
So the vote for me is green.

1033
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:14,720
Thank you.

1034
00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:19,720
The question is, May 2026, special session assembly bill 1,

1035
00:49:19,720 --> 00:49:24,720
and I've read three times since the bill be passed, representative from the 48.

1036
00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:27,720
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1037
00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:30,720
I rise saying opposition to this bill.

1038
00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:36,720
I talk to constituents in the doors, my district, which includes hard bass and some prairie.

1039
00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:43,720
And I constantly hear about the burden that people homeowners are facing due to their property taxes.

1040
00:49:43,720 --> 00:49:48,720
Mr. Speaker, this bill will not fix Wisconsin's property tax problem.

1041
00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:57,720
Over the past 16 years, it's been a Republican fiscal policy that has led to our crazy high property taxes.

1042
00:49:57,720 --> 00:50:08,720
Because the decisions made by the majority in this body, schools today are receiving $3,400 less per people in inflation at just a dollar.

1043
00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:18,720
Multiply that by the kids in your school, and it's really clear why Wisconsin is in the top 10 states for property taxes.

1044
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:21,720
This is a structural problem.

1045
00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:25,720
It's a structural problem created by Republican fiscal policy.

1046
00:50:25,720 --> 00:50:30,720
They have taken your income and your sales tax for years, and they've not given it back.

1047
00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:38,720
Instead, they've kept the money and forced you to raise your local property taxes, like my constituents had to do year after year.

1048
00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:41,720
And so now we have this election year, political giving.

1049
00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:46,720
We'll give you, or at least some of you, a $300 check.

1050
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:50,720
For example, if you're a senior on Social Security, sorry.

1051
00:50:51,720 --> 00:51:03,720
And now due to Trump's illegal tariff taxes, and now I ran gas tax and gas price increases, we're dealing with record costs.

1052
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:10,720
People in my district are getting crushed just for the luxury of going to work or buying groceries.

1053
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:16,720
So $300 simply isn't enough, because it doesn't fix the structural problem.

1054
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:21,720
And you guessed it, you're going to pay thousands more in property taxes in the years ahead.

1055
00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:27,720
So instead of political tricks, let's index state school funding to inflation.

1056
00:51:27,720 --> 00:51:29,720
It's so simple.

1057
00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:38,720
Why come out here a play act that you care about schools and ignore what we all know when putting ed to our property tax nightmare?

1058
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:45,720
Today, in this situation, when politicians promise you a tax cut, we will all end up paying more.

1059
00:51:46,720 --> 00:51:49,720
Represent from the 92nd.

1060
00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:54,720
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1061
00:51:54,720 --> 00:51:58,720
You know what, I'm not 100% happy with this bill.

1062
00:51:58,720 --> 00:52:00,720
I don't think anyone in here is.

1063
00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:02,720
But that's what compromise looks at.

1064
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:03,720
It looks like.

1065
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:06,720
So first time to start with the special ed funding.

1066
00:52:06,720 --> 00:52:12,720
The special ed funding, I'm happy that we're honoring and actually exceeding what was promised in the budget.

1067
00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:15,720
Next year, 15% funding.

1068
00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:24,720
And that's more than double of what it was in 2019 prior to when I was in the legislature for funding going to special ed.

1069
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:30,720
You know, obviously all of us are getting out and talking to a lot of people this time of year and going forward through November.

1070
00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:33,720
And that is one of the top things I'm hearing.

1071
00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:35,720
What are you doing for special ed?

1072
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:36,720
You promise this in the budget?

1073
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:37,720
Why isn't it this?

1074
00:52:37,720 --> 00:52:42,720
And I got to explain the calculation of the fiscal bureau, which people don't care about that.

1075
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:45,720
They just want to know, why don't you follow through?

1076
00:52:45,720 --> 00:52:50,720
Well, we are following through and exceeding what we promised actually in the budget on that.

1077
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:52,720
And I'll tell you what it means locally.

1078
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:57,720
I have primarily three districts reside directly in my district.

1079
00:52:57,720 --> 00:53:06,720
The largest benefactor, Chippewa Falls High School, or Chippewa Falls Unified is going to be getting $1.5 million just in the special ed.

1080
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:11,720
I'm going to be getting just over $300,000.

1081
00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:19,720
And the best one, because I'm the only moderate from there, is the monogamy mustangs are going to be getting $1.1 million.

1082
00:53:19,720 --> 00:53:23,720
So it does make an impact right now.

1083
00:53:23,720 --> 00:53:27,720
This is not something that can wait and sit in the state checking account.

1084
00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:29,720
So we need to get it out there.

1085
00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:32,720
And then property tax relief.

1086
00:53:33,720 --> 00:53:40,720
People have been obviously complaining as they open up their tax bills and they see what our taxes are in the state of Wisconsin.

1087
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:48,720
And I find it very ironic that we've got people on the other side of the aisle that are complaining about not doing enough property tax relief.

1088
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:56,720
I doubt that many of them may have received a property tax bill or even opened it, let alone actually see what the numbers are inside there.

1089
00:53:56,720 --> 00:53:58,720
But this does help with that.

1090
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:00,720
Then we've got tips in overtime.

1091
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:07,720
Now, personally, I'm not super happy about the tips portion of it because I don't receive very many tips personally.

1092
00:54:07,720 --> 00:54:10,720
But I know a lot of people that are happy about it.

1093
00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:22,720
The servers, the wait staff, the workers, the massage therapists, the people that are doing a really good job and deserve to receive that tip is an actual bonus as it was originally intended for.

1094
00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:26,720
And then no tips on overtime or no tax on overtime.

1095
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:38,720
That is a big deal because I think it's important that we encourage people that want to actually work a little extra, maybe save up a little bit more money, maybe pay some bills and not penalize them.

1096
00:54:38,720 --> 00:54:44,720
And as stated before, this just echoes basically what the federal government has done.

1097
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:46,720
Only it doesn't end in 2028.

1098
00:54:46,720 --> 00:54:49,720
This is going to be ongoing.

1099
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:51,720
And then rebate checks.

1100
00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:58,720
I think it's important that the people that receive rebate checks are those that actually help create the state surplus.

1101
00:54:58,720 --> 00:55:03,720
So if you pay it in, yes, you're going to get that money back.

1102
00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:08,720
You're going to get 300 if you're an individual, 600 if you're a married couple filing jointly.

1103
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:15,720
So I do think that is important because I think it's unethical to maybe give money to people back as a tax rebate.

1104
00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:20,720
It's kind of like me going into a store and asking for a rebate for something that I didn't even buy.

1105
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:23,720
And then the bipartisan work.

1106
00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:29,720
Obviously, I was hoping this would have been done like a month ago, but this is how these negotiations go.

1107
00:55:29,720 --> 00:55:30,720
It takes time.

1108
00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:33,720
You're not always going to get everything you want.

1109
00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:35,720
That's kind of how governance works.

1110
00:55:35,720 --> 00:55:39,720
And the number one thing I'm hearing at the door is work for us.

1111
00:55:39,720 --> 00:55:42,720
We don't care about what's going on in Washington.

1112
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:45,720
We don't even care about what's going on in Madison.

1113
00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:48,720
And all they ever see in the news is the bickering back and forth.

1114
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:50,720
Well, we have a deal with the governor on this.

1115
00:55:50,720 --> 00:55:58,720
And I'm glad that Governor Evers, on his way out, along with our speaker, have come to a compromise that we can vote for.

1116
00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:03,720
Yeah, I don't like every single piece of this, but I think it's a win for Wisconsinites.

1117
00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:10,720
And that's what they elect us to do, is to come down here and work, not sit and play political theater and go back and forth about

1118
00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:12,720
taking apart the bad parts of a bill.

1119
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:16,720
Because, quite frankly, you can do that with every piece of legislation in this building.

1120
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:22,720
And I will say this session, I've been proud to author 15 bills that have passed this board.

1121
00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:26,720
13 of those 15 have passed with bipartisan support.

1122
00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:29,720
And I look forward to doing the same thing next session.

1123
00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:33,720
So with that, the speaker, Mr. Speaker, the vote is green.

1124
00:56:35,720 --> 00:56:37,720
Representative, this is 60.

1125
00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:43,720
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and my fellow colleagues.

1126
00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:48,720
Let me preface my comments that this is the last time I'll speak on the floor of the assembly.

1127
00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:57,720
And I want to thank you for a collection of memories that go from this was exciting, this was educational, to this was frustrating.

1128
00:56:57,720 --> 00:57:00,720
I can't believe this is the way we make decisions.

1129
00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:05,720
I sit here today at listening to arguments on the other side.

1130
00:57:05,720 --> 00:57:08,720
Somehow, they think we are dealing with the state budget.

1131
00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:12,720
And we're looking for structural adjustments if you do it at that time.

1132
00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:19,720
Let me know, in this last budget, we increased state spending by 12.4%.

1133
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:23,720
It was $12.3 billion.

1134
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:28,720
It's not like we're not spending money in addressing the needs that we have around this.

1135
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:32,720
With regard to the bill we're looking at today.

1136
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,720
Let me start with this note.

1137
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:37,720
We have good news.

1138
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:41,720
The state's coffers are flush with cash.

1139
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:42,720
Here's the bad news.

1140
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:44,720
You put it there.

1141
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:48,720
You were overcharged for the goods and services that you paid for.

1142
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:50,720
Let's compare that.

1143
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:55,720
If you walk into a store in your community and you buy an item for $17,

1144
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:59,720
you'll walk up to the counter, you give the clerk a $20 bill.

1145
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:01,720
And the clerk says nothing.

1146
00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:03,720
And the clerk gives you back nothing.

1147
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,720
And when you ask, what did you do with my money?

1148
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:09,720
And the clerk says, well, we've decided in our organization,

1149
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:14,720
we are better prepared to deal with your excess funds, so we're going to keep it.

1150
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:20,720
That is not acceptable to you and your local store, and it should not be an acceptable outcome

1151
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,720
when we look at our state budget.

1152
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:25,720
We have a $2.5 million surplus.

1153
00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:34,720
We are willing to spend $1.8 million and return it in different forms back to you, the taxpayers.

1154
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:37,720
We look at special ed.

1155
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:43,720
We have a problem that we have an increasing number of students in our public schools

1156
00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:46,720
that are dealing with special ed issues.

1157
00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:51,720
We are stepping up to help fund that issue, and I'm happy about that.

1158
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:56,720
But everyone that ever came into my office and said, I need more money for special ed.

1159
00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:58,720
I would always ask this question.

1160
00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:09,720
Have you questioned why the number of special ed students have increased at a dramatic level going back to 2012?

1161
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:16,720
Back to the time that we came up with a smart chart back to the time that social media started shaping our public.

1162
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:21,720
If we don't address that problem, you're just going to keep spending more money.

1163
00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:28,720
The answer is not to spend more money, it's to figure out how to reduce the number of kids that are designated as special ed.

1164
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:31,720
Then we look at providing property tax relief.

1165
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:37,720
I think it's the number one issue all of us have heard from with our constituents.

1166
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:45,720
Between the general school aid and the tech schools, it's over $350 million that we're going to send back.

1167
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:54,720
So we'll help reduce the increases in your property taxes that are otherwise going to take place, especially under the 400 year veto.

1168
00:59:54,720 --> 01:00:03,720
So we complain because we're helping taxpayers with property taxpayers, their payments, that makes no sense to me.

1169
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:05,720
No tax attempts.

1170
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:14,720
We have all kinds of people in the service industry, they're lower income people, and we're going to give them the advantage of not having to pay a state income tax

1171
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:18,720
that will match the fact that you don't have to pay a federal income tax.

1172
01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:23,720
The one that I am most excited about in this sense is that no tax on overtime.

1173
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:29,720
I live in a district that is primarily manufacturing and construction, and then medical related services.

1174
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:40,720
We have a lot of overtime, and I have super respect for those people that are working for their families, and they're out there 50, 60 hours a week.

1175
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:47,720
This is a relief valve that I think is one of the most beneficial things we can do for the hard workers in Wisconsin.

1176
01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:50,720
Finally, we come to the rebate checks.

1177
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:55,720
Remember not getting a change when you went to the store, you didn't give you $3 a leg?

1178
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:57,720
Well, this is a way of doing that.

1179
01:00:57,720 --> 01:01:03,720
This can provide up to $300 for an individual who want peace income taxes.

1180
01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:11,720
And it's a full-year residence in Wisconsin that if you made a payment, you were the one that not all fight for a rebate.

1181
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:15,720
That's a way it works up in arts, and I don't think when arts can operate without it.

1182
01:01:15,720 --> 01:01:19,720
You also look at $600 for joint filers.

1183
01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:22,720
Some people say, well, that's really not a lot of money.

1184
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:24,720
That's not going to make a difference.

1185
01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:27,720
It's $862 million.

1186
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:29,720
This is real money.

1187
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:36,720
And we're sending it back to the people that overpaid for the products and services provided by the state of Wisconsin.

1188
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:39,720
So today, it's a good day for Wisconsin.

1189
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:50,720
What we're doing is we're taking the bad news about you paying in too much money and turning it in good news by creating credits back to you, the taxpayers.

1190
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,720
And this is a very easy green.

1191
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:54,720
Thank you.

1192
01:01:55,720 --> 01:01:57,720
Representative from the 56.

1193
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:03,720
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

1194
01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:14,720
As a retiring legislator, I just want to say that I'm proud to be able to vote for this bill as maybe the last act that I will have in this chamber.

1195
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:24,720
I have to say that I'm really glad that the person that's running to follow me in this sees a doctor.

1196
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:33,720
Because we made me a doctor here to remove the knife from Tony Evers back that's been placed there by Democrats.

1197
01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:37,720
This is unbelievable to me.

1198
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:48,720
I feel like it reminds me of a Seinfeld episode in which they talked about the bizarre world where everything was backwards.

1199
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:59,720
We're trying to pass a bill here that gives a large increase in special education funding for local schools.

1200
01:02:59,720 --> 01:03:03,720
And Democrats want to vote against it.

1201
01:03:03,720 --> 01:03:06,720
And I look at that and say, why?

1202
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:08,720
Why would that be?

1203
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:11,720
How can that be?

1204
01:03:11,720 --> 01:03:21,720
Well, then I look at the fact that there's no tax on tips and no tax on overtime.

1205
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:25,720
And I think this is the stumbling block for them.

1206
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:33,720
These are proposals that came from Donald Trump in Washington.

1207
01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:36,720
And they have Trump arrangement syndrome.

1208
01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:44,720
So they're not going to vote for anything that looks like they might support something that Donald Trump would do.

1209
01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:51,720
Even though when I've gone out in the public in the last week and I talk to people,

1210
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:58,720
I talk to people in my lines club and there are a lot of workers in there that are in trades.

1211
01:03:58,720 --> 01:04:07,720
And they talked about the fact that not having tax on overtime is a really big deal to them.

1212
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:09,720
And they really like that.

1213
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:14,720
I also talk to some waitresses in restaurants that I frequent.

1214
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:22,720
And they would love to have no tax on their tips.

1215
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:34,720
Some of my colleagues over here are trying to make out like we heard one of them talk about 74 cents that somebody would get.

1216
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:39,720
We're giving $1.2 billion in tax relief.

1217
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:47,720
At 74 cents, it would take 1.6 billion people to get rid of that money.

1218
01:04:47,720 --> 01:04:49,720
And we know that's not the case here.

1219
01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:52,720
We may have 6 million people in Wisconsin.

1220
01:04:52,720 --> 01:05:06,720
So obviously people are going to get reasonably good tax relief from this bill.

1221
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:13,720
As a legislator, there are three really important things.

1222
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:21,720
They've always tried to keep in mind and I would like to accomplish when I'm doing my work.

1223
01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:28,720
Number one is public safety or our citizens in Wisconsin.

1224
01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:35,720
Number two is providing a good education for other people.

1225
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:45,720
And number three is making sure that we do those things without overburdening the taxpayers.

1226
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:49,720
We've had a surplus here for a long time.

1227
01:05:49,720 --> 01:06:00,720
And the people back home are telling me it's time that we get some of the money that we paid in in excess.

1228
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,720
That we get that back.

1229
01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:14,720
And we have a surplus here at the same time back home, their property taxes are going through the roof.

1230
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:19,720
That's why we need to pass this bill.

1231
01:06:19,720 --> 01:06:30,720
A bipartisan piece of legislation negotiated with a Democratic Governor and a Republican legislator.

1232
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:34,720
This is how the people want us to do our work.

1233
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:42,720
And this is why this bill needs to pass in the voting screen.

1234
01:06:42,720 --> 01:06:45,720
The question is maybe 2026 special.