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State GOP chair says governor’s budget is structurally unsound; calls for spending reductions
Summary
Senator Rothman, who serves as state Republican chair, told Behind the Headlines the governor’s $53.3 billion proposal exceeds projected revenues (he cited an Independent Fiscal Office estimate of about $47 billion), called for a smaller budget and criticized waste, fraud and energy policy.
Senator Rothman, the state Republican Party chair and a member of the state Senate, told listeners he believes the governor’s budget proposal is built on unrealistic revenue assumptions and must be reduced to align with projected receipts.
Rothman criticized the size of the governor’s proposed budget, saying the administration’s $53.3 billion plan outstrips what the Independent Fiscal Office projected. “The IFO… thinks that we’re going to bring in $47 billion,” he said on the program,…
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