Weekly Radio Addresses discuss surplus package, dairy month

Weekly Addresses

This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are about a recent vote on a surplus package and June Dairy Month. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics:

— In this week’s GOP radio address, Sen. Dan Feyen criticizes Senate Democrats for blocking a $1.8 billion surplus package after a Marquette University Law School poll showed 4 out of 5 Wisconsinites supported it.

“This bill wasn’t perfect, but in divided government, compromise is a necessity,” the Fond du Lac Republican says. “Legislative Republicans accepted that reality and worked with the governor to put forward a good-faith compromise focused on affordability and putting money back in your pocket.”

Read the full story. (WisPolitics/State Affairs

— In this week’s Dem radio address, Gov. Tony Evers commences June Dairy Month, highlighting Wisconsin’s heritage.

“Whether it’s trade wars or the war in Iran causing chaos on exports and rising prices on equipment, feed and gas; cuts to critical federal programs; or unprecedented and unpredictable weather, it’s been tough,” the Dem governor says. “But our dairy farmers have been the backbone of our state and our economy for generations, and here in Wisconsin, we will not turn our backs on them now.”Read the full story. (WisPolitics/State Affairs

Find the archive of weekly addresses, organized by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, by going to: http://www.wi-broadcasters.org/for-the-public/weekly-addresses-archive/