Wisconsin Examiner JFC lawmakers snub restoring worker rights and shrug off workforce development Science in HD | Unsplash Republicans who wield the majority in the state Legislature have already proclaimed they will throw out Gov. Tony Eversâ second budget, cutting and pasting the stateâs spending plan into something more to their liking. And at a hearing Tuesday on provisions that affect people who work and the people who employ them, GOP lawmakers kept their scissors in full view. As the Joint Finance Committee grilled Amy Pechacek, secretary-designee for the Department of Workforce Development, the Republicans who control the panel made clear their skepticism about most of Eversâ proposals.