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Lisa Demuth: “We added paid family, medical leave, a whole new department, not reducing anything going forward.”

Featuring: Lisa Demuth, Republican | Former Candidate, Minnesota State Representative District 13A

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So DHS and mde, Department of Education, what they did is they brought those responsibilities into a brand new agency within state government, but never reduced the FTEs on either side. So we continued to add to the roles. We We added paid family, medical leave, a whole new department, not reducing anything going forward. So I'm not going to say, well, I'm going to cut this percentage or anything. (10:04–10:11)

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Asserts that a new department for paid family and medical leave was added without reducing other areas.

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