For example, the literacy bill that he touted time and again on the radio and in literature that he he the legislature approved and the governor signed off on $50 million to go into the schools for literacy coaches curriculum, et cetera. But The Joint Finance Committee has held onto over $49.5 million of that 50 [million dollars for literacy bill]. Same with PFAS remediation, same with the money due the Western Wisconsin hospitals. On and on we have the money available to help families in Wisconsin and to lower costs and to help them. (33:51–33:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Joint Finance Committee has withheld over $49.5 million of the $50 million allocated for a literacy bill.
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