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Appropriations Committee advances 39 bills amid member warnings over $96 million in new spending
Summary
The Appropriations Committee on April 17 sent 39 bills to the House floor but several members warned that about $76 million in new appropriations on the docket (plus $20 million approved earlier) lack a clear funding path and may strain the budget the committee already passed.
The Appropriations Committee met April 17 and advanced a broad slate of legislation to the House floor while several members repeatedly cautioned that the package adds new spending that the committee did not budget for. Representative Walker moved multiple bills and the committee recorded roll-call votes on 39 items covering education, health care, transportation and social services.
Representative Corpus prefaced her many planned no votes by laying out a fiscally focused critique: the committee had earlier approved a budget $16 million below the spending cap, she said, yet the day's docket added roughly $76 million in appropriations and another $20 million previously passed this month — a $96 million gap. "If something is not in the budget that we passed, where are we going to find the money to fund an additional 76 plus that's on the docket…
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