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Brad Pfaff: “We cannot have an 1849 law in place any longer.”

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

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Published October 16, 2024 | Video Starts at 29:45

That is, again, what has happened since the Dobbs decision has caused greater consternation to the people in this district and throughout this state. And We cannot have an 1849 law in place any longer. This state is not where we were 175 years ago. I am a strong proponent of making sure that we codify Roe v. (29:45–29:51)

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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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“I've got legislation to remove PFAS from household products.”
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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 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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“People in the town of Campbell should not be drinking bottled water for nearly four years.”
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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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