6/20/17
by News Department on 06/20/17Wolf / Budget...
Governor Tom Wolf released a statement, Monday, on the budget process and outlined his priorities in the push towards a final budget agreement.
Wolf presented a budget, in February that closed the deficit and protected investments in schools, seniors and fighting the heroin epidemic.
This proposal included more than $2 billion in cuts, savings, and efficiencies and $1 billion from a severance tax and closing loopholes, and investments in education and the fight against the heroin and opioid epidemic.
Wolf said he also prefers options from his budget, including a severance tax and closing loopholes, instead of making ends meet through indiscriminate, devastating cuts to programs like job training, school safety, child care, and mental health and substance use treatment, as proposed in House Bill 218.
His office remains hopeful that these accomplishments will create momentum for a responsible budget.
