Saccone Responds to Wolf’s Line-Item Veto
HARRISBURG — Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny/Washington) today released the following statement after Gov. Tom Wolf used the line-item veto on several previously agreed upon items, including education funding, in order to prolong the budget impasse at the expense of Pennsylvania taxpayers.
“Gov. Wolf has finally realized that he cannot hold schools and human service agencies hostage during this budget stalemate. The Legislature has been calling for the release of this critical funding for months, and it is about time that our governor recognize the needs of our most vulnerable citizens.
“Gov. Wolf claims that the budget sent to him by the Senate last week cuts education funding by $95 million. This is simply untrue. This budget increased education funding by more than $400 million. It is well past time for the political posturing to come to an end.
“Once again, the governor has purposefully wasted an opportunity to end this budget impasse. Today’s events are further evidence that Gov. Wolf is waging war on taxpayers, and I am committed to ensuring that the families residing in the 39th Legislative district, and in fact all Pennsylvanians, are not burdened by broad-based tax increases. The people have spoken multiple times and the governor continues to disregard their demand for no tax increases! All this drama is unnecessary because the tax money needed has already been collected and we have been trying to drive those funds out to school districts for the last six months.”
Representative Rick Saccone
39th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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