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Ron DeSantis: “I submitted a budget. You know, they came in about 600…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Highlights Excessive Spending Uncovered by Florida FAFO Audits in Jacksonville

Published | Video Starts at 31:19

And I know a lot of the residents are like, slow down, like we don't want, you know, so it's all these. And yet we're able to manage this. Look, I have to line item veto. You know, I submitted a budget. You know, they came in about 600 million higher than my budget, the legislature. So I pared it back down and we got, we vetoed about 600 million and basically got it to where I was with our budget recommendations. (31:19–31:25)

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Asserts that the Florida legislature proposed a budget $600 million higher than the one submitted by Ron DeSantis.

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