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Gov. Ricketts stands by his budget cuts, says legislature should not override vetoes (AUDIO)

May 17, 2017 By Brent Martin

Gov. Pete Ricketts

Gov. Pete Ricketts says the legislature should leave his budget cuts alone.

Legislators today consider a proposal from the Appropriations Committee to override the governor and restore $32.7 million of the $56.5 million Ricketts vetoed from the $8.9 billion biennium state budget.

“I encourage the full legislature to sustain my vetoes,” Ricketts tells reporters.

Ricketts cited declining state tax revenues to justify using his line-item budget veto authority to carve out $56.5 million from the budget approved by the legislature. Ricketts says his cuts would allow the legislature to restore the 3% minimum budget reserve and restore money taken from the roads fund, both used by the Unicameral to avoid making deeper budget cuts.

The governor’s action cut another half a percent from a number of state agency budgets as well as the budgets of the University of Nebraska, state colleges, and community colleges.

Ricketts says the state budget must balance.

“The proposal I put forward is a thoughtful and, really, moderate approach to how we get there and so I encourage the full legislature to sustain my vetoes.”

AUDIO:  Gov. Pete Ricketts defends his budget cuts. [1 min.]

 

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