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Sara Rodriguez: “Advocating for a change on the federal level is something…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Disability Caucus 2026 Governor Candidate Forum

Published | Video Starts at 32:43

But I think what we can do is provide leadership at the state level to say, look, this doesn't make any sense to be able to have these two disparate types of dollars just because of one type of disability over another. And Advocating for a change on the federal level is something that I think that we can do. Unfortunately, the state doesn't set those levels and so we're a little limited in what we can do at the state government level. (32:43–32:48)

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Asserts that advocacy for changes to SSDI benefit levels should occur at the federal level.

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