Wyoming Representative Andy Schwartz from Teton County’s House District #23, who is also a member of the appropriations committee, says the main focus of the appropriations committee during this session is going to be the budget. Along with that, Schwartz says the state also received about a billion dollars from the federal government and the committee has to determine what to do with that.
“We’ve got a billion dollars from the federal government, and that’s the more interesting part of the budget – how we choose to use this essentially one-time money.”
During Monday’s State of the State Address, Governor Mark Gordon expressed his commitment to a thoughtful, purposeful, transparent, and strategic approach to handling ARPA funds. Gordon said, “These are dollars borrowed by Congress from many generations yet to come, and if we are going to use them, in my mind, those future generations that will be paying for them must also benefit from them.”
To that end, Senate President Dan Dockstader of Star Valley suggested, “We can utilize our standard budget hearing and standing committee processes to allocate these funds in a conservative manner during the 2022 Budget Session.”
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