CONTACT: Senator Howard Marklein, 608-266-0703 Madison, WI – Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) offered the following statement regarding the Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s (LFB’s) revised revenue projections: “The recent Legislative Fiscal Bureau projections indicate that the State of Wisconsin is going to finish the current year with an additional $69 million more than what we had projected back in November. The State expects to end this year with $616 million. When you add in the projected additional tax collections for 2019 through 2021, we are going to have $2.4 billion more that’s available for us as we consider the next budget.

For more information, contact Michelle Bryant 608-266-5810 Deal’s Constant Changes Doesn’t Bode Well for Wisconsin Workers (MADISON) –  In response to a Reuters article in which a Foxconn’s Louis Woo discussed the company’s shifting commitment to hire 13,000 workers in Wisconsin and instead focus on a technology hub requiring far less workers, Sen. Lena Taylor (Milwaukee) released the following statement: “Almost has soon as the ink dried on the Wisconsin deal, Foxconn started walking back their promises.  Immediate reductions in screen sizes, hires, Chinese workers instead of Americans, plant operations,  assembly workers, and on and on. The only thing that hasn’t

For More Information, Contact: January 30, 2019 Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 Evidence never supported Foxconn’s big promises MADISON – Today, after months of statements scaling back their plans, Reuters reports that Foxconn Technology Group is abandoning manufacturing LCD panels at its 20-million square foot Wisconsin campus. Despite pie in the sky promises of 13,000 jobs, Foxconn failed to meet its hiring goal in 2018 and has jettisoned plans to create 5,200 jobs by 2020. This follows a global Foxconn pattern—failing to fulfill promises or abandoning plans completely all over the world, including Vietnam, India, Brazil, and Pennsylvania. In response, Rep.

CONTACT Christopher Krepich, 202-225-5101 Brookfield, WI Today, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-05) announced the nomination of 34 candidates from Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District for admission to the U.S. service academies. Rep. Sensenbrenner: “I am honored to nominate these outstanding young men and women to our nation’s service academies. They have proven themselves to be exceptionally-gifted students and well-respected members of our community, and I am confident that they will become fine leaders in our military. I also thank the volunteers who serve on my Academy Selection Committee for helping identify the most qualified candidates in a very competitive field of applicants.” Nominees are designated as

CONTACT: Bill Cosh January 30, 2019 608.266.2512 “Today’s announcement by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau on the revised revenue projections shows that our conservative policies are working. It’s important to return a portion of the excess revenue to Wisconsin’s hardworking taxpayers, families and businesses. We’ll keep fighting for pro-growth reforms, which have been a significant catalyst for our continuously improving revenue and fiscal solvency.”

Contact: Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) 1-608-266-5830 Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) 1-608-266-2343 The Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance, State Representative John Nygren (R-Marinette) and Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), released the following statement after Republican reforms delivered $2.4 billion in additional revenue for the next state budget. “Long gone are the days of the budget mismanagement left by Governor Doyle. The fact is, Governor Evers is inheriting the best budget scenario in a generation. Tax collections and ending balances are at record highs as a result of Republican reforms, strong economic activity, and responsible budgeting by state agencies.” New

For more information, contact: WisDOT Office of Public Affairs 608/266-3581, opa.exec@dot.wi.gov Start the process now for a free ID to vote  The Wisconsin 2019 spring primary is weeks away and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wants to be sure people know how to obtain identification, free of charge, that is valid for voting. Most persons already have valid identification for voting purposes (driver license, identification card, military or student ID card, etc.). There is no separate “voter ID.” Anyone unsure if their identification meets the requirements should visit the Wisconsin Elections Commission website to check. For persons who