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Sara Rodriguez: “Those initiatives were all included in the governor's…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez Discusses Healthcare, Housing, and Political Challenges with Congressman Mark Pocan

Published | Video Starts at 14:20

And one of them was to get more revenue in the door, which is Medicaid expansion, and then be able to pay for some of these types of initiatives. Those initiatives were all included in the governor's budget, which he has proposed and is now sitting with the Joint Finance Committee. And as you know, it can be frustrating, but they stripped out many of those provisions that would be able to help us be able to increase our healthcare workforce to be able to do that. (14:20–14:28)

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Asserts that the governor's budget, including certain initiatives, is currently with the Joint Finance Committee.

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