Montenegro Announces Mismanagement Committee Members
Arizona Speaker of the House Steve Montenegro (R-29) has announced the membership of the recently formed House Ad Hoc Committee on Executive Budget Mismanagement.
Last week, State Representative David Livingston (R-28) issued a statement condemning Governor Katie Hobbs's (D-AZ) supposed mismanagement of Arizona's budget as the Department of Child Safety's (DCS) Congregate Care system is set to go bankrupt.
Gov. Hobbs's office asked for additional funding to the program to be diverted from other sources, to which Arizona Republicans said funds for Congregate Care already exist.
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"Governor Hobbs's repeated failures to manage the budget responsibly have pushed agencies into crisis after crisis. Her administration's approach is to overspend, ignore reality, and then demand a last-minute bailout. That's not leadership—that's recklessness," said Rep. Livingston, adding, "DCS already has the money it needs to address this failure, and today, we made sure it can use those funds."
Speaker Montenegro has formed the House Ad Hoc Committee on Executive Budget Mismanagement in response.
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