Dan Leistikow Quotations

Midwifery is an accepted practice in Wisconsin, and the governor thinks it's certainly a good idea that there be basic standards in place to protect the lives of children and expecting mothers.

We are talking to them. There are legal courses of action the state can take, but we hope it doesn't come to that.

We are like a lot of people - at the mercy of FEMA with this.

The fact that taxpayers didn't organize the event doesn't automatically make it a campaign event.

The governor is no stranger to making tough decisions and balancing budgets. He'll do exactly what he's done before, which is to make sure we have a responsible balanced budget that doesn't raise taxes.

The governor thinks it's reasonable that people shouldn't sue a restaurant just because they are overweight.

The governor wasn't there to endorse any candidate. He was simply there to create a format where Wisconsin residents could see and hear their candidates directly instead of through endless 30-second commercials.

The governor will look closely at whatever comes to his desk. But Congress has put a mandate on the states, and they haven't given the governor very much wiggle room.

When you know it's going to cost you $400 to rent to own something and you can walk across the street to Best Buy and get it for $250, that's valuable information for that consumer.

We've issued subpoenas and we expect the companies to obey subpoenas.

These are working people. They have a right to hear from their governor.

Rather than make tough choices on spending, the Assembly decided to pass an amendment in the middle of the night without any public hearing and without any study of what the proposal actually does.

The governor has said we've not had a nuclear plant built anywhere in the country for three decades, and Wisconsin is not going to be the state that breaks that streak.

People can look at this all day long if they want to, but they're not going to find anything because the governor and his entire administration act with integrity and the people of Wisconsin know that.

This is a prominent Milwaukee business. It's perfectly normal that the governor go and help them celebrate their 20th anniversary.

In many ways, the disclosure that is required here is more customer-friendly disclosure than the annual percentage rate. It's not a confusing calculation, but an actual dollar amount.

The basic bargain is this. If eighth-graders are willing to do their part throughout high school, the state will do its part and make sure education is affordable.

The bill would have been open to an urban area like Green Bay, but not Madison or Milwaukee. There's no reason it should not have benefited the entire state.

It's way too early to pass judgment on a bill that we haven't even seen a press release about, much less a bill text.

He's proven he can get the job done.

He thinks it's certainly reasonable to have a law that you just can't sue a restaurant because you're overweight. He doesn't think we should have those kinds of lawsuits here.

It's an act of tremendous generosity, people giving up their Labor Day weekend to go down and help. It's unfortunate they were turned away, but it speaks well of Wisconsin that they made this effort.

The goal is to hold these companies accountable for the profiteering they did in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

It's a great way to attract business to the state and give us more national and international exposure.

It's not for the governor to pick a number out of the air.

That's simply not true. He (Doyle) is very committed to economic development both urban and rural.

His complaint is not the volume of bills (legislators) focus on, but sometimes they don't focus on the most important ones.