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82nd - Jeff Stone
7424 West Forest Home Avenue
Greenfield 53220
Republican
83rd - Scott L. Gunderson
23401 Hanson Road
Union Grove 53182
Republican
84th - Mark Gundrum
4850 South Courtland Parkway
New Berlin 53151
Republican
85th - Greg Huber
406 South 9th Avenue
Wausau 54401
Democrat
86th - Jerry Petrowski
720 North 136th Avenue
Marathon 54448-9580
Republican
87th - Marty Reynolds
219 West 2nd Street North
Ladysmith 54848
Democrat
88th - Judy Krawczyk
2294 Manitowoc Road
Green Bay 54311
Republican
89th - John G. Gard
481 Aubin Street
P.O. Box 119
Peshtigo 54157
Republican
90th - John J. Ryba
714 Wilson Avenue
Green Bay 54303
Democrat
91st - Barbara Gronemus
36301 West Street
P.O. Box 676
Whitehall 54773-0676
Democrat
92nd -Terry M. Musser
W13440 Murray Road
Black River Falls 54615
Republican
93rd - Rob Kreibich
3437 Nimitz Street
Eau Claire 54701
Republican
94th - Mike Huebsch
419 West Franklin
West Salem 54669
Republican
95th - Jennifer Shilling
2115 South 15th Street
La Crosse 54601
Democrat
96th - DuWayne Johnsrud
60874 Ducharme Ridge Road
Eastman 54626
Republican
97th - Peggy Krusick
3426 South 69th Street
Milwaukee 53219
Democrat
98th - Marc C. Duff
1811 South Elm Grove Road
New Berlin 53151
Republican
99th - Frank H. Urban
3645 Emberwood Drive
Brookfield 53005
Republican
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Oath of Office
Pursuant to Article IV, Section 28 of the Wisconsin Constitution, the Honorable Justice David Prosser of the Wisconsin Supreme Court administered the oath of office to the members en masse.
The attendance roll was called by the clerk, and the members, as their names were called, came to the desk to sign the Oath of Office book.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 99.
Absent with leave - None.
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Election of Speaker
Representative Foti nominated Representative Jensen for the position of Speaker of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
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Representative Bock nominated Representative Krug for the position of Speaker of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
There being no further nominations, the chair declared nominations closed.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
For Representative Jensen - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Bies, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hoven, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Ladwig, F. Lasee, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Powers, Rhoades, Seratti, Skindrud, Starzyk, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward and Wieckert - 56.
For Representative Krug - Representatives Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Gronemus, Hebl, Huber, Hubler, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Reynolds, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schooff, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Wasserman, Williams, Wood, Young and Ziegelbauer - 42.
Absent or not voting - Representative Schneider - 1.
Representative Jensen was elected Speaker of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
Representatives Krawczyk and Shilling escorted Representative Jensen to the rostrum.
The oath of office was administered by Supreme Court Justice David Prosser.
Speaker Jensen in the chair.
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Remarks by the Speaker
"Thank you very much for once again bestowing on me the honor of serving as Speaker of the Assembly.
Pastor Jahneke, thank you for your invocation today. For giving us an appreciation of the fact that our work here is more than a civil duty, it is a sacred trust.
Justice Prosser, thank you for administering to this legislature the oath of office you proudly heeded for so many years as a state legislator and as Speaker.
And on this last day of his 30 years serving this house and serving the people of Wisconsin, I hope you will all join me one more time in thanking Charlie Sanders for his public service.
Of course, our deepest thanks must go to the families and friends gathered here. Without their support, none of us would be able to stand here today as members of this Assembly. I personally want to thank my wife Julie and I want to give all of my colleagues this opportunity to express their thanks to their friends and loved ones for their steadfast support.
Each new legislative session brings new faces and an opportunity for a fresh start. And this session brings historic opportunities for each of us who have taken the oath of office today.
Once in each generation, a legislature is given the opportunity to transform the very building blocks of our economy and our political system. This responsibility lies before this legislature this session.
We have the responsibility to fundamentally transform how we think about educating our children, to see that no child is left behind, and to create the best and brightest workforce in the world.
We have the responsibility to ensure the health care security of our children, our needy and our elderly. We have an opportunity to give them a future free from fears about not getting the health care they need.
We have the responsibility to reform the campaign and election system in the wake of one of the most extraordinary elections in our nation's history, to ensure that our citizens can remain confident in their democracy.
We have the responsibility to ensure an energy system and telecommunications network capable of supporting the high-tech economy of a new century.
We can embrace all of these challenges and still meet our greatest challenge - lowering the cost of government for our families. By employing our creativity and new technologies, I am confident we can create a smarter and smaller government that provides better services at a lower cost. Therefore, our goal for this session should be clear - we must finally get Wisconsin's tax burden out of the nation's top ten.
Our success in meeting all of these challenges will be determined by our willingness to work together. If we can resist the urge to satisfy parochial interests or seek partisan advantage, we will succeed in leading Wisconsin boldly in this new session and this new century.
We will build an education system that develops the full potential of each of our children and makes Wisconsin's workforce the envy of the world.
We will see to it that our seniors and all our working families have access to the health care they need and the assistance they deserve.
We will beat back the cynicism that threatens to corrode our democratic system.
We will build the power plants, and site the pipelines and powerlines essential to our economic infrastructure. And we will lower the tax burden that punishes too many of our hard working families and drives so many seniors out of our state.
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Every one of us has taken an oath today. It was not an oath to our districts or our political parties. It was an oath to this great state and this great nation. Today, the challenge for each of us is to honor that oath. To honor it by making it more than mere words.
We honor that oath by reaching higher than our own personal ambitions. By thinking broader than the borders of our own districts. By embracing the grandest vision and highest aspirations for this great state.
We stand here on the first day of a new session brimming with opportunity. Today, our families and our children are watching as we are sworn in. We should legislate each day in the knowledge that future generations will be living with the consequences of our actions.
For future generations will be the judge of whether we were men and women who had the courage to stand up for right. Who let neither personal interest, financial gain nor political ambition divert us from the fulfillment of the sacred trust articulated in our oath of office.
So as the nation looks for new answers in a new century, let Wisconsin once again lead the way. Let us move forward boldly in this new session. Let us embrace the challenges spread out before us. So when those future generations stand in judgement of this legislature, may we all be known as men and women who have kept our oath and served the public good.
Thank you very much."
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Election of Speaker Pro Tempore
Representative Albers nominated Representative Freese for the position of Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
There being no further nominations, the speaker declared nominations closed.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that a unanimous ballot be cast with all members of the Assembly recorded as voting for Representative Freese for Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore. Granted.
For Representative Freese - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 99.
Absent or not voting - None.
Representative Freese was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
Representatives Urban and Gronemus escorted Representative Freese to the rostrum.
The oath of office was administered by Speaker Jensen.
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Election of Chief Clerk
Representative Vrakas nominated John A. Scocos for the position of Chief Clerk of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
Representative Riley seconded the nomination of John A. Scocos for the position of Chief Clerk of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
There being no further nominations, the Speaker declared nominations closed.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that a unanimous ballot be cast with all members of the Assembly recorded as voting for John A. Scocos for Assembly Chief Clerk. Granted.
For John A. Scocos - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Duff, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gard, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Leibham, Lippert, Loeffelholz, McCormick, D. Meyer, Meyerhofer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris-Tatum, Musser, Nass, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plale, Plouff, Pocan, Powers, Reynolds, Rhoades, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Skindrud, Starzyk, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Sykora, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vrakas, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, Young, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Jensen - 99.
Absent or not voting - None.
John A. Scocos was elected Chief Clerk of the Assembly for the Ninety-Fifth Regular Session of the Legislature.
Representatives Gard and Riley escorted John A. Scocos to the rostrum.
The oath of office was administered by Speaker Jensen.
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Special Guest
Speaker Jensen introduced Lieutenant Governor Scott McCallum, who addressed the members from the podium.
