{"id":1202,"date":"2021-05-03T17:33:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2021-05-03T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T17:33:21","slug":"rep-hicks-hudson-says-budget-fails-to-invest-in-working-people-families-and-the-communities-where-they-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/03\/rep-hicks-hudson-says-budget-fails-to-invest-in-working-people-families-and-the-communities-where-they-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Hicks-Hudson Says Budget Fails to Invest in Working People, Families and the Communities where They Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) issued the following statement on the House passage of House Bill 110, the state’s two-year budget. House Democrats largely opposed the bill, saying it was a missed opportunity to invest in everyday Ohioans still struggling amid the health and economic crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This 2759-page document reflects the limited vision as exhibited by the funding decisions made. \u00a0It is a shame that when given the opportunity to fund bold policies that would help working families, seniors and young children, this budget gives a tax credit that benefits the wealthy and negatively impacts local governments and public libraries,” said Rep. Hicks-Hudson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democrats also noted that the Republican-backed $380 million tax giveaway that largely benefits the wealthiest Ohioans could threaten hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding under the American Rescue Plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democrats offered a number of amendments on the House floor Wednesday, including measures that would:<\/span><\/p>\n

* Put more money back in the pockets of working people by making the earned income tax credit partially refundable and investing in local governments and public libraries;<\/span><\/p>\n

* Increase access to publicly funded childcare to allow more Ohioans to get back to work;<\/span><\/p>\n

* Prioritize coronavirus relief, including investments in public health, rental assistance and waiving unemployment benefit overpayments made to Ohioans during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Restore Republican cuts to H2Ohio funding to invest in clean water infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Raise wages for home health care workers and allow them to collectively bargain for better wages and benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Invest in programs to make college more affordable to lower-income Ohioans.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Invest in maternal health and morbidity data reporting to improve health outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Increase funding for AIDS prevention services at Ohio Planned Parenthood and removes funding from crisis pregnancy centers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans rejected each amendment.<\/span><\/p>\n

After passing the House, the bill moves to the Senate for consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) issued the following statement on the House passage of House Bill 110, the state’s two-year budget. House Democrats largely opposed the bill, saying it was a missed opportunity to invest in everyday Ohioans still struggling amid the health and economic crisis. “This 2759-page document reflects the limited vision as exhibited by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[50],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}