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Dianne Hesselbein: “People would wait for eight to 10 hours for two minutes just…”

Featuring: Dianne Hesselbein, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 27

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Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D

Published | Video Starts at 27:27

Like we don't even have the physical copy to go through. And then they had these, you know, joint finance had four meetings all across the state. State having listening sessions where People would wait for eight to 10 hours for two minutes just to say something on the governor's budget. even though the Republicans were going to throw it out anyway. So nobody there said they wanted tax cuts for the wealthy. Nobody said that they thought that was a good idea. (27:27–27:38)

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