Madison, WI – Representative Rob Swearingen (R – Rhinelander) released the following statement in response to the Governor’s 2023-2025 budget proposal:
“Despite Governor Evers’ bipartisan rhetoric of the past two months, his budget proposal is nothing more than a rerun of a liberal wish list of ideas that he knows are non-starters. After listening to his address, it’s clear that he is still the same disingenuous tax and spend governor
from the past four years.
Wisconsinites do not want a 24% percent state spending increase and over 800 new state employees. On top of that, the Governor’s only proposed solution to the extreme dysfunction of agencies like DSPS is to throw more money and expand unaccountable bureaucracy to unprecedented levels.”
The Joint Committee on Finance, the state’s budgeting-writing committee, will soon hold listening sessions in multiple locations around the state to gather public input from Wisconsinites. Rep. Swearingen also plans to announce his own listening session dates in the coming weeks.
“I encourage my constituents to attend listening sessions in their area, and I look forward to hearing what they would like to see included in the next biennial budget.”
