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Ron DeSantis: “We did 3.3 billion [in line item vetoes] one year.”

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Governor DeSantis Signs Florida Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

Published | Video Starts at 28:41

3.3 billion in one year. And just to put that in perspective, I think the most that any governor had had over the entire tenure was like 2.5 billion. We did 3.3 billion [in line item vetoes] one year. So I'm not like trying to set records, but I did want to make sure the budget reduced, and it didn't have to be reduced by, you know, 5 billion, but it had to be lower. (28:41–28:51)

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