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| STATEMENT FROM SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AMY KOCH ON GOVERNOR DAYTON’S DECISION TO SHUT DOWN STATE GOVERNMENT | ||||||||||
(St. Paul) -- Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (R-Buffalo) issued the following statement regarding Governor Dayton’s decision to shut down state government:
“I am deeply disappointed in Gov. Dayton’s decision to allow the State of Minnesota’s government to shut down. We have been working tirelessly to meet Gov. Dayton’s funding requests that in many cases, we matched 100 percent of the way. We met several times in order to bridge the gap between our differences over more complicated areas of the budget and left thinking that a budget agreement was imminent. Unfortunately, Gov. Dayton has chosen to prioritize his rigid, tax-and-spend ideology, rather than prioritize the best interests of Minnesotans as we move into the holiday weekend.
I am also troubled by Gov. Dayton’s rejection of a temporary “lights on” funding bill that would have allowed government services and amenities to continue uninterrupted.
The Governor’s decision is a major disappointment to me, members of the Legislature and to the citizens that we all represent. We will continue working on a solution to the state budget deficit when the time is appropriate.”
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