{"id":87314,"date":"2017-05-04T07:50:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T12:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=87314"},"modified":"2017-05-04T07:50:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T12:50:31","slug":"riedel-votes-no-on-state-budget-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/04\/riedel-votes-no-on-state-budget-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"Riedel votes &#8216;no&#8217; on state budget measure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday passed House Bill 49, the state operating budget. The bill, which appropriates more than $122 billion dollars for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, passed 58 to 37.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_84963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84963\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-84963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/State-Rep.-Craig-Riedel-headshot-3-2017.jpg\" alt=\"State Rep. Craig Riedel\" width=\"150\" height=\"221\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>State Rep. Riedel<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Representative Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) was among 12 conservatives who voted \u201cno\u201d on the budget, citing a need for more restraint in spending. Representative Riedel issued the following statement on the House budget:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>There are many positive aspects to House Bill 49 that I support, such as the changes to the Current Agricultural Use Valuation (CAUV) formula that will be phased in over the next six years. This will ease some tax burden for our farming community. This budget also includes $170 million in new money to help fight the battle we are facing against the opioid crises. I also support the elimination of the Governor\u2019s proposed tax increases and tax shifting. Overall, the House has done a reasonably good job of restraining spending in the Governor\u2019s proposed budget.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUnfortunately, the budget does not go far enough in reducing overall spending, particularly with Ohio\u2019s Obamacare Medicaid expansion. My fear and concern is that this expansion, without additional constraint, is liable to bankrupt our state. I don\u2019t believe that this budget addresses this potential catastrophe as it ought to. We are just \u2018kicking the can down the road.\u2019 For this reason, I am unable to support this budget. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs the budget process continues, I will continue to do my best to see that our taxpayers\u2019 money is used in a fiscally sound manner. My hope is that there are additional changes and restraints placed on the Medicaid expansion program so that I may eventually support this budget. Time will tell.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The House\u2019s budget bill, HB 49, will now go to the Ohio Senate for further consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday passed House Bill 49, the state operating budget. The bill, which appropriates more than $122 billion dollars for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, passed 58 to 37. Representative Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) was among 12 conservatives who voted \u201cno\u201d on the budget, citing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 10:38:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}