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Senator Kavanaugh criticizes budget priorities, TANF use and repeal of autism waiver in lengthy floor remarks
Summary
Senator Mikaela Kavanaugh used floor time during final reading to criticize the Legislature’s budget choices, the handling of TANF funds, repeal of an unlaunched autism waiver in LB376 and cuts to DEI-related programs.
Senator Mikaela Kavanaugh used floor time during final-reading proceedings to deliver an extended critique of the Legislature’s fiscal and policy priorities, focusing on the budget, use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds, and the proposed HHS priority bill (LB376), which she said contains an “outright repeal” of an autism waiver that had been authorized in 2007 but never launched due to lack of funding.
Kavanaugh argued the state is choosing a budget that prioritizes property‑tax relief over funding government services such as libraries, community supports and services for people with disabilities. “We are choosing to…
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