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La Tonya Johnson: “Yes, [the bidding process should give preference to…”

Featuring: La Tonya Johnson, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 6

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Campaign 2020: Sen. LaTonya Johnson (D) Milwaukee - 6th Senate District

Published | Video Starts at 16:04

Do you think that local governments, when they're authorizing public works projects, do you think that the bidding process should give preference to Wisconsin based companies? No, without a shadow of a doubt, Yes, [the bidding process should give preference to Wisconsin-based companies] especially now during COVID-19. COVID 19. It is important that our businesses come back and it's important that they come back to strong and it's important that they have the resources, the money available to hire, because we want them to hire Wisconsinites. (16:04–20:42)

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Asserts support for giving preference to Wisconsin-based companies in public works bidding.

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