Tonight, the State Assembly voted to pass the biennial budget. Representative Steve Doyle had the following to say:
“Tonight, after several hours of debate, I voted to send the biennial budget on to the Governor’s desk for his signature. This budget embodied compromise, in that no one got everything they wanted, but everyone got something. I was pleased to vote for the more than a billion dollars in tax cuts for the middle class and seniors on fixed income. I was pleased to vote for increases in special education funding to attempt to alleviate – in at least a small part – the funding crisis faced by our schools. And I was pleased to vote for more than $200 million in funding for road repair and replacement. Finally, I was pleased to vote for the completion of the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Prairie Springs Science Center Completion. This project will attract more talent to our communities and will help alleviate our workforce crisis.
However, there is still much more to be done. I look forward to working with my colleagues to secure additional much needed funding for our education systems and our child care centers. I will continue working to reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. And, as always, I will keep fighting to accept the Medicaid expansion funding. This budget was one step forward. Now it’s time we take another step forward, and another. I’m ready to get back to work.”
