Battle Continues Over Corrections Package
Rep. Mark Pocan says Rep. Scott Suder is "incorrect and revisionist" when he said last week that there wasn't agreement on an "entire" Corrections budget in the Joint Finance Committee.
"Backing out on any piece of the package that we negotiated in good faith potentially makes the entire package fall apart like a house of cards," said Pocan, D-Madison in a statement.
"Like all packages, there were some points that I did not fully agree with and other points that I was very please to see," Pocan said. "However, the bottom line was that there were many points that both sides were happy to see and, in spirit of compromise, why the entire package received a 16-0 vote in Joint Finance."
Pocan sent out the press release in response to comments Suder, R-Abbotsford made last week at the budget conference committee.
"We didn't have such an agreement on the entire Corrections package ... with the governor's team," he said.
