This was not a budget shortfall. It was a decision by the Republican supermajority to provide less money for this program for people who rely on food assistance. I put forward a balanced budget in January that included $18.2 million more than what the General assembly included in their budget. We showed the amount necessary the AD districts came up and said that amount was necessary. Yet still the General assembly provided $9.1 million less in senior meal funding than we had put forward. (23:43–23:54)
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Asserts that his budget proposal included $18.2 million more for the Senior meals program than the General Assembly's budget.
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