Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Statement on the Release of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means’ version of the FY’15 State Budget
Today I released the following statement regarding the
release of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means’ Fiscal Year 2015 state
budget:
“The Fiscal Year 2015 budget proposal released today by the
Senate Committee on Ways and Means invests in important priorities such as
special education, substance abuse, child welfare, and public safety. In addition the committee has made laudable
strides in the proposal to reduce its dependence on the stabilization fund and
increasing taxes.
Today’s action by the committee is an important starting
point, and in the days ahead we must work vigorously to secure initiatives to
grow jobs, reform state government, and find savings and efficiencies to
complete the effort.
Our caucus will be offering many ways to do so, and we look
forward to working with our colleagues to build a post-recession Massachusetts
that has efficiency and fiscal discipline in state government, and an economic
climate that promotes prosperity for years to come.”
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If you are interested in reading the text of the Senate
Committee on Ways and Means’ version of the FY’15 state budget, please click.
