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Tammy Baldwin: “We were able to address the issue and resolve the issue in…”

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

WisPolitics DC luncheon with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Published December 5, 2024 | Video Starts at 11:49

We've got to vote our wallets. This is existential for us. And I really felt like everyone did do that. And these folks now, you know, then We were able to address the issue and resolve the issue in the American Rescue Plan. And folks that I'm quite convinced were Trump. Tammy voters came forward rank and file retirees from the and cut an ad for me and said she picked this fight with us and we won. (11:49–11:57)

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Asserts that the pension issue was resolved in the American Rescue Plan.

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“The court [has] str[uck] down Act 10.”
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“Public sector workers could not collectively bargain [under Act 10].”
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“Teamsters' pensions were going to be cut from anywhere between 50% and 70%.”
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“The Pro act resides in the HELP committee when it's introduced.”
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“We actually held in this last session a hearing on the Pro act for the first time.”
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“It's all about how will this impact Wisconsin workers?”
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“We're already seeing some nominations being withdrawn and replaced.”
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“There's already been discussion of [how] we're not going to do the traditional FBI background checks [for nominees].”
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“A billion dollars has been allocated from the bipartisan infrastructure bill to build a new bridge [Blotnik Bridge].”
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“Wisconsin farmers need the certainty of a five-year farm bill.”
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“The Senate is taking a much more comprehensive approach [to the farm bill] than the House.”
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“I think we will pass the National Defense Authorization act, the ndaa.”
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“That is something that has always passed in a calendar every calendar year for about the last 60 years.”
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“We will, I think, do a short term continuing resolution to fund the government.”
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“We still haven't addressed the fires in Maui or the flooding that we had in Vermont.”
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“They are going to spend somewhere around between 4 and $10 trillion to provide new tax breaks to the very wealthy and big corporations.”
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“Elon Musk talking about, you know, $2 trillion major cuts to things like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans benefits to pay for…”
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“The idea of having the military used to round people up is just not acceptable or legal in the United States of America.”
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“I hear about the need for immigration reform all the time.”
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“There were threats during the course of the election to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act.”
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“The Inflation Reduction Act became the largest measure ever passed to reduce carbon emissions.”
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“If fully implemented, we would reduce carbon emissions by 40% by the year 2030.”
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“Medicare negotiating lower prices actually saves people money, saves Medicare money, extends the solvency of Medicare and saves tax dollars.”
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