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TRACK: HOW THE BUDGET CUTS WILL AFFECT THE POOR, THE DISABLED, THE ELDERLY AND OTHERS. |
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Soundup: Protest rally Track: Amid protests by angry citizens, the NH House votes for a bleak budget. |
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REPORTERS ROUNDTABLE 4-01-2011 HELLO. I'M RICHARD AGER. WELCOME TO NH OUTLOOK. ON THURSDAY, AFTER MONTHS OF EMOTIONAL HEARINGS AND DEBATE, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED ON ITS PROPOSED STATE BUDGET. SUPPORTERS SAY IT MADE THE TOUGH CHOICES FOR TOUGH TIMES. BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET RIGHT UP TO THE DAY OF THE VOTE. THE HOUSE BUDGET CUTS MORE THAN $700 MILLION FROM CURRENT SPENDING LEVELS. MOST OF THE SAVINGS COME FROM REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES TO THE NEEDIEST MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. SOME CRITICS CALLED IT THE MOST INHUMANE BUDGET IN MEMORY. AND JOINING ME AT THE STATE LIBRARY IN CONCORD ARE: KEVIN LANDRIGAN OF THE NASHUA TELEGRAPH, DAN GORENSTEIN FROM NH PUBLIC RADIO, JEFF FEINGOLD FROM NH BUSINESS REVIEW, AND STEVE NORTON FROM THE NH CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES. WELCOME ALL. |
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WELCOME ALL. 1: KEVIN - A WEEK OF SHARP EDGES AND HIGH EMOTIONS. AND THIS IS PROBABLY JUST THE END OF THE BEGINNING. THE PROTEST RALLY DREW A WIDE RANGE OF SPEAKERS. EPISCOPAL BISHOP GENE ROBINSON SPOKE ON THE SAME SIDE AS BISHOP JOHN MCCORMACK. AND MCCORMACK SPECIFICALLY CALLED FOR THE ENTIRE BUDGET TO BE REEXAMINED. HE ALSO SAID OF CHURCH CHARITIES: "WE ARE DOING OUR SHARE." 2: SPEAKER BILL O'BRIEN HAS KEPT HIS EYES ON THE PRIZE: THE BUDGET CUTS MORE THAN 740 MILLION DOLLARS FROM CURRENT SPENDING AND HAS NO NEW OR INCREASED STATE TAXES. 3: THE BIGGEST TARGET - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GETS THE BIGGEST CUTS. DAN - YOU COVERED A LOT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS - THESE STORIES OF UNMET NEEDS ARE JUST HEART-WRENCHING. A LOT OF TROUBLING - AND PERSONAL STORIES - MADE VERY VISIBLE THIS WEEK. ON MONDAY, MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES PUT THE LOSS IN HUMAN TERMS. UP TO 8000 ADULTS AND CHILDREN COULD LOSE SERVICES -. REDUCES FUNDS FOR FAMILY PLANNING BY $750,000 AND PROHIBITS REMAINING FUNDS FROM BEING USED FOR ANY ASPECT OF ABORTION. KEVIN -NEAL KURK ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WILL BE DOWNSHIFTING - YOU QUOTED HIM AS SAYING "When you reduce the spending for services, people go elsewhere for them. We just don't know where." 4: THE FINANCE COMMITTEE STATED IT TRIED TO "MINIMIZE ANY DOWNSHIFTING TO THE CITIES AND TOWNS….WE ADD BACK $150 MILLION IN SCHOOL BUILDING AID, SPECIAL EDUCATION, CATASTROPHIC AID, AND STATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT." LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RETAIN REVENUE SHARING AND LEVEL FUNDING ON ROOMS AND MEALS DISTRIBUTIONS. WE HEAR ABOUT THE INCREASE IN STATE GOVT. SPENDING - BUT STEVE, YOU HAVE POINTED OUT THAT LOCAL GOVT. SPENDING HAS GONE UP 44% IN THE PAST DECADE. AND ANY CUTS TO THEM WON'T BE FELT EVENLY. 5: SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WOULD GET MORE AID FROM THE HOUSE THAN THE GOVERNOR. HOUSE WOULD FUND PER PUPIL COSTS ABOVE 3.5 TIMES THE AVERAGE - THE GOVERNOR'S FUNDING WOULD START AT 10 TIMES THE AVERAGE. 6: ELIMINATES 1500 POSITIONS - ABOUT 500 LAYOFFS. TWICE THE NUMBER THE GOVERNOR CALLED FOR. ONE DEMOCRATIC REP CALLED THIS A "JOB-KILLER" - BORROWING A BIT OF REPUBLICAN RHETORIC. 7: THE BUDGET REPEALS THE CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ADULTS WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS INCLUDING CANCER, HEMOPHILIA, END STAGE RENAL DISEASE, CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. IT WAS LIMITED TO $2500 PER CLIENT PER YEAR, , BASED ON INCOME AND RESOURCES. 8: NO MORE CATASTROPHIC AID PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS. SAID "It is our power and duty to stand between the people of New Hampshire and the government of the United States." ABOLISHES THE DEPT. OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS SIMPLY ELIMINATED. BEFORE WE GO, THERE WERE SOME MEMORABLE MOMENTS ON THURSDAY WE'D LIKE TO SHOW. AT ONE POINT, THE LARGE GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS IN THE GALLERY STARTED CHANTING - WHICH LED TO THE GALLERY BEING CLEARED - WHEN THEY LEFT, THE SPEAKER KEPT THE GALLERY CLOSED AND SAID THE PUBLIC COULD WATCH ON STREAMING VIDEO - WHICH LED TO THIS CHALLENGE: Bite: Budget Vote Disk 11:34:05 Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, this is the Constitution and the Constitution doesn't say anything about streaming video. It says the doors of the galleries of both legislatures shall be kept open to all persons who behave decently. 11:34:41 Bite: Budget Vote Disk 11:35:50 We are going to keep the gallery clear so that they are not further disruptive, knowing full well that we are not conducting our proceedings in secret. And therefore the answer is yes. Well I respectfully believe you are trampling upon the Constitution of the State of NH. The member shall bring himself to order. FORMER SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES WERE KEPT OUT OF THE GALLERY - TWO IMMEDIATELY FILED A LAWSUIT - AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THE GALLERY REOPENED - WITHOUT ANY FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT. QUITE A DAY. QUITE A WEEK. -30- |
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Bite: Budget Vote Disk 11:34:05 Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, this is the Constitution and the Constitution doesn't say anything about streaming video. It says the doors of the galleries of both legislatures shall be kept open to all persons who behave decently. 11:34:41 Bite: Budget Vote Disk 11:35:50 We are going to keep the gallery clear so that they are not further disruptive, knowing full well that we are not conducting our proceedings in secret. And therefore the answer is yes. Well I respectfully believe you are trampling upon the Constitution of the State of NH. The member shall bring himself to order. |
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THAT'S THE LAST WORD THIS WEEK. THANK YOU FOR TAKING PART. I'M RICHARD AGER. JOIN US AGAIN FOR NH OUTLOOK. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/1/2011 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 25:00 Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. On Thursday, after months of emotional hearings and debate, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted on its proposed state budget. Supporters say it made the tough choices for tough times. But there was plenty of opposition to the budget right up to the day of the vote. The House budget cuts more than $700 million from curretn spending levels. Most of the savings come from reductions in services to the neediest members of society. Some critics called it the most inhumane budget in memory. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. David Campbell\ Nashua, Bishop John McCormack\Catholic Diocese, Manchester, Rep. D.J. Bettencourt\ House Majority Leader, Rep. William O'Brien\ NH House Speaker, Rep. Gary Richardson\ Hopkinton, Kevin Landrigan\Nashua Telegraph, Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review, Dan Gorenstein\Reporter, NHPR, Steve Norton\Executive Director, Center for Public Policy Studies |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/1/2011 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 25:00 Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. On Thursday, after months of emotional hearings and debate, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted on its proposed state budget. Supporters say it made the tough choices for tough times. But there was plenty of opposition to the budget right up to the day of the vote. The House budget cuts more than $700 million from curretn spending levels. Most of the savings come from reductions in services to the neediest members of society. Some critics called it the most inhumane budget in memory. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. David Campbell\ Nashua, Bishop John McCormack\Catholic Diocese, Manchester, Rep. D.J. Bettencourt\ House Majority Leader, Rep. William O'Brien\ NH House Speaker, Rep. Gary Richardson\ Hopkinton, Kevin Landrigan\Nashua Telegraph, Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review, Dan Gorenstein\Reporter, NHPR, Steve Norton\Executive Director, Center for Public Policy Studies |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/1/2011 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 25:00 Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. On Thursday, after months of emotional hearings and debate, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted on its proposed state budget. Supporters say it made the tough choices for tough times. But there was plenty of opposition to the budget right up to the day of the vote. The House budget cuts more than $700 million from curretn spending levels. Most of the savings come from reductions in services to the neediest members of society. Some critics called it the most inhumane budget in memory. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. David Campbell\ Nashua, Bishop John McCormack\Catholic Diocese, Manchester, Rep. D.J. Bettencourt\ House Majority Leader, Rep. William O'Brien\ NH House Speaker, Rep. Gary Richardson\ Hopkinton, Kevin Landrigan\Nashua Telegraph, Jeff Feingold\NH Business Review, Dan Gorenstein\Reporter, NHPR, Steve Norton\Executive Director, Center for Public Policy Studies |