May 8, 2020 Senator Ron Johnson 328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Representative Gwen Moore 2252 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Senator Tammy Baldwin 709 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Representative Jim Sensenbrenner 2449 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Representative Bryan Steil 1408 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Representative Glenn Grothman 1427 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Representative Mark Pocan 1421 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Representative Mike Gallagher 1230 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Representative Ron Kind 1502 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Wisconsin Congressional Delegation: Our state and country are facing unprecedented challenges due to the spread of COVID-19 and the responses of governments at all levels to slow the spread. These responses to the disease have led to drastic changes in budget projections for states around the country: sales tax collections are down, income tax deadlines have been extended, unemployment rates are at historic levels and more businesses are permanently closing every day. That being said, Wisconsin has spent eight years making the tough choices to get our fiscal house in order. We passed Act 10 to eliminate a $3.6 billion budget deficit, we had to tighten our funding for a number of programs to balance our budgets, and we made regular deposits to our Rainy Day Fund. While making these tough choices, we also were able to hold the line on property taxes and cut income taxes for Wisconsin residents. No one knows how long and how deep this economic crisis due to COVID-19 will be, and Wisconsin is not immune to these fiscal challenges. However, we do know that our neighbors to the south have spent decades spending and borrowing recklessly. After years of failing to fund their overly generous pension system, Illinois is already asking for the federal government to bail them out of these series of poor financial decisions. The State Senate in Illinois has requested $44 billion – and that’s just for one state. Wisconsinites can’t afford to bailout reckless budgeting from other states. Wisconsin taxpayers should not be responsible for funding bailouts for irresponsible states across the country, like Illinois, New York and California. Please stand with Wisconsin taxpayers and reject the multi-trillion dollar bailouts being considered by Congress. Sincerely, Sen. Devin LeMahieu 9th Senate District Rep. Rob Brooks 60th Assembly District Sen. Roger Roth 19th Senate District Rep. Tyler August 32nd Assembly District Sen. Dan Feyen 18th Senate District Rep. Scott Allen 97th Assembly District Sen. Kathy Bernier 23rd Senate District Rep. Rob Summerfield 67th Assembly District Sen. David Craig 28th Senate District Rep. Janel Brandtjen 22nd Assembly District Sen. Chris Kapenga 33rd Senate District Rep. Barbara Dittrich 38th Assembly District Sen. Howard Marklein 17th Senate District Rep. Cindi Duchow 99th Assembly District Sen. Duey Stroebel 20th Senate District Rep. Mary Felzkowski 35th Assembly District Sen. Tom Tiffany 12th Senate District Rep. Rick Gundrum 58th Assembly District Rep. Cody Horlacher 33rd Assembly District Rep. Rob Hutton 13th Assembly District Rep. Jesse James 68th Assembly District Rep. Terry Katsma 26th Assembly District Rep. Mike Kuglitsch 84th Assembly District Rep. John Macco 88th Assembly District Rep. Gae Magnafici 28th Assembly District Rep. Adam Neylon 98th Assembly District Rep. Jon Plumer 42nd Assembly District Rep. Mike Rohrkaste 55th Assembly District Rep. Michael Schraa 53rd Assembly District Rep. Shae Sortwell 2nd Assembly District Rep. Rob Swearingen 34th Assembly District Rep. Gary Tauchen 6th Assembly District Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt 52nd Assembly District Rep. Paul Tittl 25th Assembly District Rep. Ron Tusler 3rd Assembly District Rep. Tyler Vorpagel 27th Assembly District Rep. Chuck Wichgers 83rd Assembly District Rep. Robert Wittke 62nd Assembly District Rep. Tony Kurtz 50th Assembly District Rep. Dan Knodl 24th Assembly District Rep. Dave Steffen 4th Assembly District Rep. Rob Stafsholt 29th Assembly District Rep. Shannon Zimmerman 30th Assembly District