FUND UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE

“Maybe we would not have this this economic calamity staring us in the ass of the straits, but we do. That's part of what should scare people about the economy right now, but it ain't the only part. We got a lot we got a lot of stuff going wrong.”

“I don't trust that we're gonna have those standards set by the federal government, not with this EPA. So as a state, we need to set a set of rules governed by the DNR. And the fact is well, I should say I say that it should be a statewide set because local governments, like, if they go and try to appeal and are turned down, they shouldn't just be able to go to another community.”

“Providers aren't getting the money to be able to pay the teachers what they deserve. Parents are often cash wrapped and aren't able to pay, especially if they have to jack up prices to be able to pay teachers. And the state has to step in at some point because this is a workforce issue.”

“I saw a Republican friend of mine this weekend up in DC who said to me, oh, yeah. The senate's gone. Oh, it's done. I'm like, really? He's like, everything's collapsing. If he would just shut the fuck up, we might be able to pull out the senate.”

“That's part of what should scare people about the economy right now, but it ain't the only part. We got a lot we got a lot of stuff going wrong. I mean, the last twenty four hours, there have been stories about, record farm bankruptcies. Right. Not great. Nobody should be happy about that. You never wanna break records with bankruptcies.”

“I think that the dinner itself has had an identity crisis for the last ten years. Fifty? I'm sorry. Yeah. Go on. Some well, I'm being extremely generous about this. Right. And in the era of Trump, he doesn't ever go. He hates it. He shits on it.”

“The state senate will be a little, you you know, that path is a little more clear than the state assembly. But given everything that has been going on, across the country, people's very real frustration with Republicans in the way that Donald Trump has left folks behind, there is a possibility that we will have a trifecta, and that's what I am working towards.”

“I remember the first round of tariffs in 2019. I had a conversation, we were doing a farm visit and a guy I had asked the question I said, well, you know, what's the impact of tariffs here? And he said, if you're asking me if these tariffs are gonna be the death knell for rural America, the answer is yes.”