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Ron DeSantis: “We obviously have fund for disaster response, but even just…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 28:38

How many other states can say that, that you're actually reducing spending? And that's not just adjusted for inflation. That's nominal dollars that are going down. So we've got a lot of resources to work with. We obviously have fund for disaster response, but even just the general surplus revenues in both general revenue trust fund is strong. and it has been very strong throughout pretty much my entire tenure, you know, as governor, certainly in the last five or six years. So we're in great spot and we will get reimbursed. (28:38–28:49)

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Asserts that Florida has strong surplus revenues in its general revenue trust fund.

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