Josh Stein presses lawmakers for more Medicaid support as budget gridlock drags on
‘This is not just a financial crisis. It is a human crisis.’
‘This is not just a financial crisis. It is a human crisis.’
‘It takes time to negotiate a good budget.’
‘The massive details behind each of our budgets doesn’t allow us quick and urgent resolution.’
‘This recovery is going to take a long time.’
Research suggests impacts from Washington, D.C.’s voucher program has cost some students the equivalent of 68 days of school.
Prior to Wednesday’s so-called reconvened Session, Democratic lawmakers spent weeks publicly at odds with Youngkin over the budget that the Assembly sent him in a bipartisan vote on the final day of its regular Session.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell told reporters in a video call after Youngkin’s speech that lawmakers would be closely scrutinizing the Governor’s amendments.
Total spending, including federal aid, college tuition, fines and fees, would rise to $67.5 billion
‘We will continue to be very pragmatic, very fiscally conservative in our budgeting, but also understand that there are places that we can and should invest.’
The politically divided General Assembly ended its regular session in February without agreeing to a full spending plan.