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Scott Fitzgerald: “The governor's initiative on special education and the $600…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

Republican Party of Wisconsin 2019 State Convention Interviews Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau)

Published May 21, 2019 | Video Starts at 02:18

635 million 635. Right. Are you going to be able to go above that now that you've got the additional money? Well, you know, The governor's initiative on special education and the $600 million that he forecasted for that is not something that I think can achieve. And we come halfway on the special ed. Well, no, it all comes back to you know, whether or not the budget includes an expansion on Medicaid and we know that's not going to happen at this point. (02:18–02:30)

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Asserts that the governor's $600 million forecast for special education is unachievable.

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“Sales tax was actually down a little bit, 280 million.”
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“The budget includes an expansion on Medicaid and we know that's not going to happen at this point.”
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“We've been able to manage that part of our state budget pretty well over the last eight years.”
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“We want a state budget on the governor's desk by June 30th.”
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“We feel kind of like our work has been completed in that area [clean water initiatives].”
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“There's always kind of concern of not necessarily how it's going to affect Milwaukee, but is there going to be resources available for rural…”
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“We're still looking at either a maximum security institution that's probably going to have to be rebuilt, and Green Bay right now seems to…”
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“I anticipate that by the time we're done with the capital budget, we'll be in a much better place than we were before this budget.”
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“I always have thought that there was room to kind of reevaluate what the profile of the inmate is in Wisconsin.”
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“I do expect that there will be a tax cut in this budget.”
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“You could use one time money for a tax cut. It just puts a ton of pressure on when that has to be renewed in the future.”
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“Wisconsin has relied so heavily on gas tax that whenever you talk about an increase...that would push you to number 10 in the nation.”
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“Indexing over 10 years as [the governor's plan] also included would put you like number two or three in the nation.”
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“The title fee is getting a lot of interest right now as well...because that has not been increased in many years.”
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“We had six cabinet members all ready to go teed up out of the standing committees, ready to go to the floor when the lawsuit came.”
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“Those cabinet members that were confirmed back in December in the extraordinary were allowed to return to their jobs.”
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“There's a handful [of cabinet secretaries] that I think for one reason or another...the votes just aren't there right now.”
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“Secretary Thompson is advocating for more revenue related to the gas tax.”
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“We haven't discussed [the $5,000 per year first-time homeowners deduction] fully in the caucus.”
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“I don't know that we've had them kind of score it or that the fiscal bureau has given us an overall number.”
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“I don't see the momentum for [medical marijuana] at all right now in Wisconsin.”
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“Transportation is obviously one of the big ones that we're looking at.”
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