A local state legislator is critical of Assembly Republicans plan to give the Joint Committee on Finance oversight on distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine in the state.

State Representative Mark Spreitzer says Republicans have proposed a harmful bill that doesn’t spend one additional penny on needed relief for families and small businesses.

The Beloit Democrat says the Republican plan would undercut local responses to COVID-19, hurt local school funding, and endanger lives by inserting partisan politics into vaccine distribution.

Spreitzer says he is disheartened to hear that Republicans in the State Senate are refusing to even meet and consider COVID-19 legislation before the end of the year.