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Mike DeWine: “We cannot take that from the general fund. If you take that…”

Featuring: Mike DeWine, Republican | Governor of Ohio

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Gov. Mike DeWine nominates former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel as lieutenant governor

Published | Video Starts at 24:41

And so if we're going to do those, I got to look at the whole budget, I got to look at where we can get money. There is no place else to pull that money from. We cannot take that from the general fund. If you take that from the general fund, you're taking it away from mental health, you're taking it away from addiction, you're taking it away from many, many different programs focused on kids K through 12, mental health. And that's why you have to look at the whole and see how you can put a budget together that takes care of the needs of the people of the state of Ohio. (24:41–24:57)

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Asserts that diverting funds from the general fund would impact mental health, addiction, and education programs.

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