Dec. 29, 2015
HARRISBURG – Rep. John Taylor (R-Philadelphia) today released the following statement on Gov. Tom Wolf’s partial veto of the state budget sent to him Dec. 23:
“While releasing emergency funds for schools is a positive and necessary step in this chaotic budget process, the governor's line-item veto leaves plenty of work to do and many decisions remain unresolved. We still face a massive structural deficit. We still need to provide the necessary funds for schools. We still need to fund nonprofit social services for a full year. We need to fund our four state-related universities.
“Finally, we have to decide how to pay for it.
“We need the original $30.8 billion budget that was agreed to by the Senate and the governor -- and for a shorter period, the House. We must make hard decisions on revenue.
“We must also study what exactly has been vetoed and what spending has been approved by the governor. We will all evaluate the veto and move forward.”
Representative John Taylor
177th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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