Speaker Vos Responds To "Evers’ Special Session Stunt"

MADISON, WI -- Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement about Governor Evers’ call for a special session on workforce shortages.

“Today’s announcement is nothing more than a rehash of Tony Evers’ tax and spend budget. Democrats at the federal level tried spending recklessly to help the workforce and all we got for it was crushing inflation. We are not going to do that in Wisconsin.

“Gov. Evers’ proposal to give childcare providers a one-time payment of $365 million is another 12-month patch to match what they just lost through the federal stimulus plan. It is unsustainable and does nothing to address the long-term problem faced by the childcare industry.

“Republicans made the decision to return the budget surplus to the taxpayers through a middle-class tax cut. Governor Evers vetoed it. Now he’s rushing to spend billions of dollars again so it can’t be given back.

“Our priority when we return in September will be to give Gov. Evers another chance to fix his mistake by signing a middle-class tax cut.”