As you and your families are struggling to pay for groceries, housing, utilities, the state government has $2.5 billion of your money just sitting here in Madison. We want to give that money back to you. Speaker Voss and I sent a proposal to Governor Evers to return a portion of of the surplus to taxpayers through a $1,000 rebate check. This would come on top of the $1.5 billion in tax cuts for the middle class and retirees we already passed last summer. (03:03–03:12)
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Asserts that a proposal was sent to return surplus funds to taxpayers via a $1,000 rebate.
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