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All week, I’ve been watching the chaos unfold in Los Angeles—and while media outlets toss around vague terms like “riots” and “unrest,” no one is speaking plainly about what this really is. So let me do it for them.
Yes, we’re seeing riots.
Yes, we’re hearing about American flags being trampled and burned while foreign flags are defiantly flown.
Sunday evening about supper time a police car went flying past our house in a residential part of Sparta. It has happened before. Then an ambulance and a second police car went flying by. Something bad is happening. Very soon thereafter the Sparta Fire Department’s Chief’s truck went flying by. This caught my attention!
I joined WISN's UpFront program on Sunday to provide more insight on the budget negotiations.
In case you missed it: Over the course of the last few weeks, Senate and Assembly Republicans have engaged with Governor Evers and his staff in negotiations with the goal of reaching bipartisan agreement in major areas of the state budget. In the budget crafted two years ago, Governor Evers vetoed our tax cut and kept all the spending. Our hope this time would be that via negotiation, middle class tax relief would avoid a veto.
The failure of Gov. Evers and legislative leaders to come to an agreement on a budget that prioritizes taxpayers and institutes necessary reforms is unfortunate but unsurprising. There has been a tremendous lack of leadership in the Capitol for some time, and the bottom line is it's not working. Now is an opportunity for conservatives on the legislative Joint Finance Committee to develop a responsible budget that puts taxpayers first.
At the MacIver Institute, we've been urging the adoption of budget reforms for years. Here are some suggestions for conservatives to consider:
On May 21, I held my first hearing as chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI).
The Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) met the past two weeks, on May 29 and June 5. Between the two meetings, we approved the budget for 17 agencies.
Our action on the budget so far has focused on helping government run smoothly and efficiently. We have made tweaks to our proven base budget, which was signed by the Governor. We added positions and increased funding where we believed it was necessary, and chose not to add positions and funding where we believed state agencies already have the tools at their disposal to be successful.
Hello and welcome to the first ever Schoemann for Governor "Notes from the Trail" newsletter. We'll keep you up to date on Josh's campaign for governor as he travels from Racine to Rice Lake and Platteville to Sturgeon Bay.
It's been about three weeks since Josh announced his campaign in front of 400 friends, family and neighbors in West Bend -- here's what we've been up to:
Recently, the House passed H.R.1 – the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act. This is a comprehensive piece of legislation that eliminates more than $1.5 trillion in waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government while best serving the American people by protecting vital programs and making the tax cuts from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent.
I wanted to take a moment to share the great wins in this bill that serve the American people and their families.
Supporting our Farmers and Agricultural Producers
Maybe you’re like me and you’re discouraged with events that took place this last week. Governor Evers raised the “pride” flag, sports teams elevated LGBT lifestyles, and the LGBT+ Caucus in Wisconsin’s Capitol introduced a radical legislative package.
One of the bills in this package even went as far as eliminating every reference to “mother”, “father”, “husband”, and “wife” in state law.
