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Congresswoman Karen Shepherd warns Utah lawmakers federal budget 'box' will squeeze state funding; urges cooperation on health care and transportation
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Congresswoman Karen Shepherd told the Utah House that a new federal budget 'box' will freeze 1993 spending levels in real terms and force cuts to discretionary programs. She urged action on health care reform, warned against shifting Medicaid costs to states, and stressed urgency in securing transportation authorization funding.
Congresswoman Karen Shepherd addressed the Utah House in a Committee of the Whole, warning that recent federal budget decisions will constrain funding for states and force difficult trade-offs.
Shepherd said Congress “passed a budget with $250,000,000,000 worth of cuts,” and described a spending “box” that holds nominal federal outlays at 1993 levels for several years, effectively cutting discretionary programs by the rate of inflation. “Every single extra dollar we spend, we have to cut out another dollar,” she said,…
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