Senate Leadership
November 2, 2009
Senate Democrats Offer Statement on Latest Deficit Estimate
Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven)
“The new budget estimate from State Comptroller Nancy Wyman is of great concern and shows that Connecticut continues to face the same economic challenges affecting so many other states.”
“Connecticut is getting hit with a powerful one-two punch right now. Not only do revenues continue to drop, but the governor is failing to make the spending cuts called for in the budget. As the Comptroller states, about one third of the deficit is due to increased spending in the executive branch.
It is critical that the governor not only follow through on cuts included in the budget, but also begin responsibly exercising her rescission authority. We remain committed to working with the governor to deal with this continuing economic crisis and look forward to receiving her deficit mitigation plan.”
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