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Tom Tiffany: “Teachers and other public employees oftentimes didn't have…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues

Published April 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 15:28

How much impact is it going to have on the counties? Yeah, well, remember, one of the big things is whereas health insurance, for example, Teachers and other public employees oftentimes didn't have to pay anything prior to Act 10 for their health insurance. This just said you got to pay a minimum of 12%. So that goes away. If this, if ACTAM goes away. That would be one example. (15:28–15:42)

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Asserts that before Act 10, public employees often paid nothing for health insurance.

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“We've seen a number of states and including some conservative states like Tennessee and Ohio, but Arizona, there's been a bunch of states…”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 07:59-08:20
“Over $10-20 billion have been saved over the last decade by taxpayers [due to Act 10].”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 16:15-16:24
“Canada has over 200% tariffs on dairy products.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 19:55-20:00
“It takes five to 10 years to get the permits [for building mills and plants].”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 23:36-23:40
“We've got 5 to 10 million able-bodied Americans that are sitting on the sidelines who could be working.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 23:51-23:58
“If [the court overturns Act 10], your property taxes are gonna go up a bunch.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 01:24-15:04
“They [China] use slave labor.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 02:17-24:53
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, both in the Obama administration as well as the Trump administration, said that the wolf should be…”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 04:00-04:09
“Montana and Idaho have that would delist the wolf, statutorily return management to the states.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 04:34-04:43
“Last session we passed it out of the House and it died in the Senate.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 05:31-05:37
“I think we're going to be able to pass it through the House once again this session and then get it to the Senate.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 05:40-05:47
“We had I think four Democrats vote for it in the House last session.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 06:27-06:32
“We expect to get a vote on [the SAVE act] today.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 07:31-07:34
“[The SAVE act] requires states to have to check for citizenship verification when people register to vote.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 07:42-07:52
“[The SAVE act] requires the states to clean up their voter rolls.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 07:57-08:00
“Judge Boasberg... was doing that in defiance of the Alien Enemies act that was put in Place in 1798, which allows the president unfettered…”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 09:19-09:47
“That was reinforced in 1948 by Federal Supreme Court ruling saying that this is non justiciable, meaning that the judiciary does not review…”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 09:46-10:05
“The no Roll Rulings act does is it says it only a ruling by a district court judge only applies specifically to that case.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 10:22-10:31
“It was a real thumping that we took last Tuesday as conservatives, and no other way to put it.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 12:25-12:32
“Brad Schimmel's opponent has argued against, I mean, she very publicly argued against photo id, saying that it's in effect, a poll tax.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 12:56-13:08
“Act 10 had been litigated a decade ago after it was put into law, and most people viewed it as settled law.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 13:59-14:07
“A lawsuit filed in Wisconsin is expected to end up at the Supreme Court and may overturn Act 10.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 14:06-14:20
“Act 10 required public employees to pay a minimum of 12% for their health insurance.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 15:28-15:42
“Susan Crawford told funders at a fundraiser that [the court] may take up [the congressional district maps case].”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 16:57-17:08
“Federal courts watch [federal redistricting for congressional maps] closely.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 17:41-17:44
“There are many liberal activists that believe there should be two seats that should flip from Republican to Democrat in Wisconsin by doing a…”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 18:03-18:21
“President Trump announced a pause on tariffs for 90 days.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 18:50-18:57
“President Trump reduced tariffs down to 10% and paused the tariff regime for 90 days, except for China.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 18:50-18:57
“Chinese have used [ginseng] as a pawn for years.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 20:31-20:35
“We have exported so much of our industry.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 22:21-22:25
“President Trump is looking out for Main street, not Wall Street.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 22:53-22:57
“China has a long history of intellectual property theft.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 24:29-24:34
“New Jersey sent that message [to Henry Repeating Arms] with all the gun control stuff that the politicians are doing.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 25:56-26:11
“Henry, repeating Arms was shifting remaining operations to Wisconsin.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 26:16-26:22
“The reconciliation bill is front and center. We're getting to May where we were hoping to get that reconciliation bill out by the end of…”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 28:18-28:27
“We did seven town halls at the end of January. We covered the whole district.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 29:26-29:31
“You've got the rental rioters that are out there at this point because they're seeing an opportunity to try to embarrass or shame members of…”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 30:38-30:50
“We're seeing them [rental rioters] getting imported around the country.”
Dryden Y Live Interview with Congressman Tom Tiffany on Legislative Updates and Wisconsin Issues | Uploaded April 10, 2025 | 31:03-31:14