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Tom Tiffany: “We've had the largest increase in utility rates the last…”

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

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Tom Tiffany one-on-one with CBS 58's Meredith Hackler

Published | Video Starts at 01:16

And so I think that affordability part of it is a big deal and that's why property taxes are really important. Also, We've had the largest increase in utility rates the last eight years that we've seen in a long time. Used to be second lowest. We're now the second highest, over $2 billion in increases. So people are really being nickeled and dimed and state government can help by reducing that burden on people. (01:16–01:24)

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Asserts that utility rates have increased significantly over the last eight years.

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