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Scott Fitzgerald
stated on December 21, 2021 in Twitter:

"Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development."

By D.L. Davis • January 19, 2022
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release:

“More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”

By Eric Litke • March 1, 2021
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on April 26, 2020 in a TV interview:

Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of."

By Eric Litke • May 4, 2020
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on September 22, 2019 in a TV interview:

Universal background checks involve asking people "to submit the serial numbers to their guns to a state or federal official," and that violates the Second Amendment.

By Eric Litke • October 4, 2019
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on March 3, 2011 in a statement at a news conference:

Wisconsin was embroiled in a "constitutional crisis" brought on by the Democratic senators fleeing the state for Illinois to block Gov. Scott Walker's budget-repair bill.

By James B. Nelson • March 24, 2011