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Maura Healey: “State government, governors, we have to balance a budget…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

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American Conversations: Governor Maura Healey

Published | Video Starts at 21:14

And the federal government does not. Yeah. Listening to this. You know what? And I'm no different from any households. We all have to balance our budgets right at home. State government, governors, we have to balance a budget Congress and the president don't. And I think it just shows like we're that much more in tune with the lives and the circumstance of households, of families, of people in our states. (21:14–21:21)

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Asserts that state governments must balance budgets, unlike Congress and the president.

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