Arguing a proposed House Republican plan to take $1.2 billion from 41 special funds, including 15 environmental and energy funds, doesn’t address Pennsylvania’s fiscal challenges, Gov. Wolf’s spokesperson J.J. Abbott said--
“Raiding these funds will mean cuts to programs. There is no way around it. Taking funds from 9-1-1 centers and volunteer firefighters means less funding to improve public safety response in local communities. Shifting money from public and multimodal transportation sets back progress in municipalities small and large across Pennsylvania.”
He went on to identify the proposed transfers of funding from the Public Transportation Trust Fund, the Key 93 fund and the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund, arguing that in each case, the transfers would handicap the ability of the state to address the issues those funds were created to tackle.
“This is not complicated. These funds support essential Commonwealth programs,” said Abbott. “If the money is not there, every Pennsylvanian will be negatively impacted.”
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