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Romaine Quinn: “In the state of Wisconsin, we have a billion dollars in…”

Featuring: Romaine Quinn, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 25

February Legislative Update with Sen. Romaine Quinn | DrydenWire Live

Published February 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 12:05

Yeah. And who pays for that rate of return? You do. I do. Right. Depending on what line you're on. So we want to say no more. So In the state of Wisconsin, we have a billion dollars in stranded assets. There's a billion dollars worth of equipment out there with life on it yet, and it's being retired early. And so we want to say, I'm sorry, it's part of the business model. (12:05–12:09)

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“The biggest debate that we don't have consensus on yet right now in Madison is a final tax cut.”
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“The state is sitting on $2.4 billion, right, that we took more from you than we needed to fund the budget.”
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“Evers already pooh-poohed our plan.”
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“Thousand dollars for every married couple in the state. 500 bucks for every single income tax filer in the state.”
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“He dismissed it as a gimmick even though he proposed $150 rebate checks, I think three or four years ago.”
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“Your budget left us with a $3.6 billion deficit.”
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“We use DPI's own numbers at the time.”
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“It'll cost us just over $200 million more for schools.”
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“We want to put 500 million into that line item to drive down the increase in property taxes.”
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“Ratepayers are paying on plants that aren't operating.”
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“If Microsoft and the data center in Port Washington... need 100 megawatts, 300 megawatts of power... they should be paying for the…”
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“The competing Democrat bill on regulating data centers requires 70% of their energy to be... renewable.”
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“We've got 150,000 acres of state parks in this state.”
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“The renewable definition doesn't count nuclear.”
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“Part of Trump's plan and part of our plan and our bill is to really incentivize behind the meter generation.”
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“Let these guys build their own power generation on their own site behind the meter.”
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“How do we say, hey, if you want to build small scale nuclear, if you want to build a smaller scale natural gas plant or whatever it is…”
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“That's what Trump is trying to do and that's what our bill are trying to do too.”
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“I support mining. We can do it. It's a national security issue.”
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