And I did that and was proud to serve with him for three years. Did things like trying to restore some of the things we had lost under Scott Walker and the right wing legislature. By the time that I left after three years, we had a surplus of about $4 billion, a rainy day fund that had gone from a couple hundred million dollars to nearly $1.7 billion. And it was a time that I was really proud of. We also, during that time, had to deal with COVID and all the COVID relief dollars and getting resources out to families and farmers and small businesses in Wisconsin that absolutely needed it. (05:14–05:25)
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Asserts that Wisconsin had a $4 billion surplus and a $1.7 billion rainy day fund when he left the Department of Administration.
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