AG Asks Legislature for Civil Rights Help
Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager released the following statement on action taken today by the Republican Joint Finance Committee Chairs Sen. Scott Fitzgerald and Rep. Dean Kaufert which stripped critical civil rights legislation recommended by Lautenschlager from the committee's budget deliberations.
"This civil rights legislation is too important to be tied up in partisan knots. Since they are not going to consider this policy during the budget negotiations, I will expect them to work with me and other members of the Legislature in quickly passing this important civil right legislation as a separate bill. Even if they choose not to include policy matters in the budget, this should not be the end of this important measure. Wisconsin is currently one a small minority of states not to have these vital protections written into law."
