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Tammy Baldwin: “Roughly 100 people are or were employed in Madison and 80…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Tammy Baldwin Questions Secretary on Funding Cuts Impacting Wisconsin Trails and Biological Resources

Published | Video Starts at 02:47

Okay, well, I want to share some of the concerns I've been hearing regularly about the biological services funding and staffing cuts. Roughly 100 people are or were employed in Madison and 80 more at a location in La Crosse, Wisconsin, until they began to be fired in March in La Crosse. These scientists have dedicated their professional lives to studying invasive. Studying and tracking invasive carp, which decimate ecosystems and commercial fishing operations. (02:47–03:02)

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Asserts that approximately 180 people were employed in Wisconsin locations before layoffs began in March.

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