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Sara Rodriguez: “We actually proposed in our last budget, Governor and I, for…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Community Conversations @ Brix with Sara Rodriguez

Published | Video Starts at 39:04

And that is something that we can do and we can implement that quite quickly. One of the things that we could do with the surplus is pre fund, which is what we did, We actually proposed in our last budget, Governor and I, for paid family leave, specifically pre-fund it with the surplus. and then get gather those funds to continue to replenish it. But this is how we make a demonstrable difference in lives, in people right away and we show them what it looks like when Democrats govern. (39:04–39:20)

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Asserts that a proposal was made to pre-fund paid family leave with a budget surplus.

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