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Brad Pfaff: “I've got legislation to remove PFAS from household products.”

Featuring: Brad Pfaff, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 32nd District

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Published October 16, 2024 | Video Starts at 22:55

Innocent taxpayers should not have to pay to clean up what the polluters have caused. In the town of Campbell and other communities around this state. I've been a leader on PFAS as far as to move. I've got legislation to remove PFAS from household products. Thank you. And I will continue to hold polluters accountable. Thank you. Stacy Klein, you can follow up. I agree we need to eliminate our. Remove it from household products. (22:55–23:00)

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“I am proud to be a co-sponsor of legislation that finally eliminated the personal property tax, something that this state had since its…”
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“In the town of Campbell right now, we have residents that have been drinking bottled water for nearly four years.”
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“Badger Care expansion would provide additional healthcare opportunities for at least 90,000 Wisconsin residents.”
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“It would provide $1.7 billion of economic aid that would come back to the state of Wisconsin that Washington D.C. is currently holding.”
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“Childcare is too expensive and it's not available.”
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“We need to fully fund child care counts.”
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“The economics of child care just do not work.”
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“The margins for child care providers are paper thin.”
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“Child care accounts is an important program that we can continue to work with our child care providers to hold down costs for our parents.”
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“We will continue to work with the child care sector and with parents to make sure that we can find solutions that will work at the local…”
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“We need to make sure that we hold down cost and at the same time we have child care facilities that are available not just in urban areas…”
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“I do not support the flat tax.”
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“I have put forward a very strong comprehensive property tax relief plan that would provide property tax relief to our homeowners in this…”
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“We need to have targeted tax relief for working families, and we surely do not need a tax reduction for the very, very wealthy.”
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“Business tax relief is very important, making sure that we have more opportunities as far as for child tax credits for working families.”
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“We need to continue to recognize the burden of the property tax and what more we can do to drive down property tax in this state.”
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“Those bills were disguised flat tax bills.”
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“All of those different pieces of legislation that's been referred to are a flat tax.”
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“We need to invest in our working families and invest in this economy.”
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“We can do that by holding down childcare costs and making childcare more available.”
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“We need to make sure that we continue to broaden out our supply chain that we have in this state.”
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“We need to make sure that we've got a strong infrastructure with roads and bridges.”
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“We need to invest in our public education system.”
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“The current school aid formula is outdated. It has not been updated in years.”
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“We need to make sure that western Wisconsin schools get the fair share.”
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“We need to continue to attract and retain high, high quality educators.”
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“We need to make sure that our special education funding, that we recognize the importance of that and the cost of it.”
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“There is $125 million sitting in Madison and it should be back here [to the people of the town of Campbell].”
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“The bill does not hold polluters accountable.”
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“The people in the town of Campbell are being used as pawns by the Joint Finance Committee because they will not release that money.”
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“I was a co-sponsor of that bill [Agricultural Road Improvement Program].”
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“My efforts have been recognized by the Wisconsin Counties Association as well as the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation.”
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“The people of the 32nd Senate District have been loud and clear that they want to see codified into law Roe v. Wade.”
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“We cannot have an 1849 law in place any longer.”
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“We don't want to see a situation like we've had in the Chippewa Valley where two hospitals have recently closed.”
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“Prairie Springs, too is a very important project for this university. It's a very important project for this region and I would say for this…”
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“La Crosse in the greater Coulee region is a healthcare leader.”
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“The University of Wisconsin La Crosse is well positioned with its graduates to help feed into that very strong healthcare sector.”
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“I have been a strong proponent of making sure that the state resources are sent back to a local community.”
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“I do not believe in a one size fits all top down solution.”
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“The state of Wisconsin should be more active as far as providing resources back to communities like La Crosse.”
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“We need to build out our supply chains.”
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“We in this nation cannot just be dependent upon a few nations halfway across the world in order to be the primary source of some of our raw…”
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“We can continue to invest locally through strong transportation and infrastructure and broadband.”
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“Yes, we should. We should allow [clerks to begin counting absentee ballots before election day] to take place.”
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“We need to make sure that we provide the resources for our local municipal clerks.”
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“Making sure that we can count those votes on a timely basis is, in my opinion, a no brainer.”
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“The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has rules. And those are the rules that currently we have in place to participate in…”
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“Wisconsin has a full-time legislature but boy it sure acts like it's part-time.”
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“We have people in the town of Campbell that have been drinking bottled water for nearly four years, but yet the legislature does not meet.”
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“We have child care deserts in this state senate district and around the state, but yet the legislature does not meet.”
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“We have a situation in which we have high gas prices and high grocery prices. The legislature does not meet.”
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“If the reason why the majority party does not want the legislature to meet is because of campaign finance laws, let's do campaign finance…”
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“I am supportive of legalizing marijuana for medical. I also am supportive of legalizing marijuana for recreational.”
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“When Speaker Voss mentioned having a state run dispensaries, I was not supportive of that.”
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“Wisconsin is essentially an island surrounded by Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota. As far as those states have moved forward [with marijuana…”
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“What we heard this afternoon was a studying contrast, and that's why this election is so very important.”
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“What we heard from my opponent is that she believes that the government and politicians should make decisions in your bedroom.”
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“You also heard from my opponent that she believes that tax cuts should go to the very wealthy at the expense of working families.”
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