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Mark Pocan: “The SNAP program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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

Published June 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:28

Let's talk about the food assistance you just talked about, Diane, because that is another one where the proposals that were in that Republican bill, 11 million people will lose food assistance. The SNAP program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits people. It's the number one program, actually, that keeps kids out of poverty. It's about $6.20 a day of food assistance right now. The state pays half of the administrative costs. The federal government pays half. (20:28–20:38)

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“45% of adults with disabilities living independently get their support from Medicaid.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 15:35-15:41
“55% of seniors in nursing homes like my mom in her final years get their support from Medicaid.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 15:40-15:47
“14 million people are estimated to lose Medicaid through the bill that the House just passed in Congress.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 15:48-15:57
“11 million people will lose food assistance.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 20:26-20:29
“The average person who's getting SNAP benefit gets about $6.20 a day in assistance.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 23:37-23:46
“Elon Musk gets $8 million a day in federal contracts.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 23:45-23:50
“The state [of Wisconsin] will have to pick up 15% of [the food share] cost, which can go up to as high as $258 million.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 00:13-21:31
“The legislature in Wisconsin had gerrymandered maps giving the Republicans what looked like a permanent majority in both the state assembly…”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 00:28-00:37
“Thanks to the work of Governor Evers and strong Democratic leaders in the assembly and Senate, they were able to get fair maps in the state…”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 00:38-00:49
“In the assembly where they were down 15 seats and they picked up 10 in one cycle alone, leaving only five left to get the majority.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 00:48-01:00
“In the Senate they picked up four seats and they only have two more to get the majority.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 00:59-01:05
“We've passed officially six bills this year in Congress that's passed the House, Senate and been signed into law.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 13:14-13:22
“1.3 million people in Wisconsin benefit from Medicaid.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 15:27-15:31
“One out of three kids gets their health insurance in Wisconsin from Medicaid.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 15:30-15:35
“In the bill, they change that to the state paying 75% of the administrative costs and federal government 25%.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 20:45-20:52
“The Senate bill they originally were working on was about 2% of the cuts of the House.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 26:32-26:47
“Ron Johnson from Wisconsin [is] saying the House didn't go far enough with the cuts.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 26:40-26:46
“Fairer maps are better at the end of the day.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 29:13-29:16
“If they throw out all those measures and start at a base budget, this should be an easy process for them.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 29:23-29:29
“They can't even do that right now.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 29:34-29:37
“They only have a three seat majority in the House but they won't get Democratic votes.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 31:00-31:04
“In Wisconsin we're so common sense oriented that, you know, it doesn't pass a smell test.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 32:55-33:00
“If they're not willing to pass a budget or do their jobs, you can really expose them for what they're really about.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 33:09-33:18
“I was in Howard Markline's district yesterday in Dodgeville in Iowa county doing a town hall.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 42:08-42:14
“I think we had about two to probably more like three times the normal amount of people that show up for a town hall.”
Wisconsin Legislative Challenges and Opportunities: A Discussion with Mark Pocan, Sara Rodriguez, Dianne Hesselbein, and Speaker D | Uploaded June 4, 2025 | 42:13-42:20