Rep. Sweeney Votes "NO" on State Budget That Fails to Prioritize Ohio Workers & Families

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today issued the following statement after voting “NO” overnight on House Bill (HB) 96 in the conference committee:

“Budgets are about choices, and at a time when Ohio workers and families across this state are struggling just to get by, this budget choose to build a $100 billion budget that invested in Ohio workers, families, children, and the future of this state. But, instead, this budget chooses to give away a billion-dollar tax cut that only benefits the wealthiest few, while doing nothing substantively to help the people who are actually struggling. That same $1 billion could have been used to cut taxes for middle class Ohioans, to expand the Homestead Exemption, or to properly fund schools so that they don’t have to rely on Ohio homeowners to pick-up the state’s tab. This budget chooses not to,” said Rep. Sweeney, the ranking member on the House Finance Committee.”