However strong our revenue picture, we cannot for one minute drop our guard as it relates to combing the state budget for further spending cuts and program efficiencies. |
It's not being driven by public policy. |
That half-a-billion dollars didn't benefit one child in this state. He has got to show us a business plan that shows this is going to work. |
The hospital industry is important to me because this is the second-largest industry in the state. (The tax is) the sleeper in this budget. |
The preservation of the rebate program should always be a priority until there is a stable form of property-tax relief and reform. It is the only lifeline and the only bridge until real reform is enacted. To take that away, which is meaningful property-tax relief, would be wrong in my mind. |
The process doesn't end (today), it begins. |
They don't grow here. The number one reason they give is the permitting process. Ultimately, what the department is doing is taking a leading industry in the state and sending them elsewhere. |
We are committed to funding the Governor's School. |
We are not counting as this committee that we're going to get a windfall of money. What we don't want is an avalanche of loss. |
We've had some reporters ask, 'Why the public hearings? Why do we do them?' This is the classic example. |