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Jon Hansen: “It's really difficult to get [budget] information, even as a…”

Featuring: Jon Hansen, Republican | Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives

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Jon Hansen first to announce his run for the governor's seat | In The Moment

Published | Video Starts at 17:53

… not just like big, broad, categorical spending on agencies and stuff like that, but when you really try to drill down as to what agencies are spending their money on, It's really difficult to get [budget] information, even as a legislative branch. And so one of the things that I want to do as a governor, having served in the administration, is to help restore that balance of power, empower the legislature … (17:53–17:58)

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Asserts that it is difficult for the legislative branch to obtain detailed budget information.

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