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Ron DeSantis: “We've lowered the budget four years in a row, paid down…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Signs Florida Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

Published | Video Starts at 12:09

So that really has worked. So we have done things that I think a lot of other folks can't. We've lowered the budget four years in a row, paid down, it'll be 52% plus of our debt grown our reserves. obviously reduced the size and scope of government, huge investments in education, infrastructure, law enforcement and environment. And this is as millions of new people have come to the state. (12:09–12:17)

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Asserts that the budget has been lowered four years consecutively and over 52% of debt has been paid down.

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