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Derrick Van Orden: “When the governor declared an emergency for Covid at the 60…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Derrick Van Orden Slams Extreme COVID Policies in Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee

Published | Video Starts at 05:44

Which is awesome. So I think that's the framework we could use. However, in the state of Wisconsin, when the COVID When the governor declared an emergency for Covid at the 60 day mark, he tried to kick the can down the road and hand it to a woman named Andrea Palm, who was the health secretary and tried to extend the ability for him to have our state held in a state of emergency that was declared unconstitutional by the Wisconsin State Supreme Court. And here's where I must strongly and vehemently disagree with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle saying that we must forget about the issues of the day and focus on the long term. (05:44–06:13)

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Asserts that Wisconsin's attempt to extend a COVID emergency was declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court.

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