OREGON HOUSE REPUBLICANS

 

 

STATEMENT FROM HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER BRUCE HANNA

ON GOVERNOR’S BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT

 

SALEM—House Republican Leader Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg) had the following to say regarding the Governor’s budget announcement today:

 

“Republicans have been calling on the Governor to reverse his pay raises to political appointees for months. Finally, he’s bending to pressure because he knows that Oregonians are outraged. However, taxpayers are still on the hook for $218 million in pay raises to state employees that the Governor negotiated in late 2007. 

 

“The Governor today indicated that everything is on the table. If this is true, he would also consider requiring all legislators, statewide officeholders and agency directors to contribute to their own insurance premiums. Oregon taxpayers currently subsidize 100 percent of health insurance premiums for these top state officials and all state employees.

 

“Unlike the Governor, we will not support cutting a single school day this year. Oregon must not break its promise to our kids. Republicans support withdrawing a portion of the Education Stability Fund this biennium and matching those dollars to reserve funds and administrative savings that are currently being utilized by school districts across the state.”

 

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