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Glenn Grothman stated on March 24, 2021 in Twitter “We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.” Tom Tiffany stated on March 29, 2021 in Speech Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus." Tammy Baldwin stated on March 23, 2021 in News release "Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation." Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +" Tony Evers stated on March 30, 2021 in Twitter “It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.” Shelley Grogan stated on March 29, 2021 in a radio ad Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook." Tony Evers stated on March 14, 2021 in TV interview “There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction. James Edming stated on March 23, 2021 in a speech “You can’t tell me they can (develop a safe vaccine) in eight to 10 months. Or a year. It takes more time than that.” Julian Bradley stated on March 15, 2021 in news article The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.” Tom Nelson stated on March 7, 2021 in TV interview “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” Ron Johnson stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech “There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.” Duey Stroebel stated on March 7, 2021 in a TV interview "We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before." Barbara Dittrich stated on February 16, 2021 in Column "Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking." Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.” Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame. LaKeshia Myers stated on February 16, 2021 in News release "Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system." Ron Johnson stated on March 4, 2021 in in various forums On passing high-dollar legislation with no time to read it. Melissa Agard stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter "Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.” Chris Kapenga stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter “The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.” Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.” Load more
Glenn Grothman stated on March 24, 2021 in Twitter “We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”
Tom Tiffany stated on March 29, 2021 in Speech Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
Tammy Baldwin stated on March 23, 2021 in News release "Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation."
Rick Gundrum stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
Tony Evers stated on March 30, 2021 in Twitter “It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
Shelley Grogan stated on March 29, 2021 in a radio ad Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."
Tony Evers stated on March 14, 2021 in TV interview “There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
James Edming stated on March 23, 2021 in a speech “You can’t tell me they can (develop a safe vaccine) in eight to 10 months. Or a year. It takes more time than that.”
Julian Bradley stated on March 15, 2021 in news article The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
Tom Nelson stated on March 7, 2021 in TV interview “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
Ron Johnson stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech “There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”
Duey Stroebel stated on March 7, 2021 in a TV interview "We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before."
Barbara Dittrich stated on February 16, 2021 in Column "Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."
Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release “We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame.
LaKeshia Myers stated on February 16, 2021 in News release "Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."
Ron Johnson stated on March 4, 2021 in in various forums On passing high-dollar legislation with no time to read it.
Melissa Agard stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter "Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.”
Chris Kapenga stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter “The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”
Gordon Hintz stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.”
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