Sen. Sue Rezin | Rezin's Senate website
Sen. Sue Rezin | Rezin's Senate website
State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) approved Pritzker’s commitment to nuclear energy but said that the plan for Fiscal Year 2022 is out-of-balance.
“While I agree that Gov. Pritzker’s commitment to nuclear is important with all of the problems that we’re experiencing in Texas, it proves that Illinois needs nuclear now more than ever,” Rezin stated. “The governor though on the other hand just presented a budget that is $1.7 billion unbalanced and it’s based on $1.5 billion of pretend revenue.”
She said Illinois has to face the damaging impact of COVID-19.
“Illinois families and businesses had to totally rework their budgets in the wake of COVID-19 and the recession this year. They are faced with real bills and real money problems so the governor is embracing the failed gimmicks of his predecessors by ignoring his constitutional requirements to live within existing revenue amounts and instead is counting on $1.5 billion of new revenue through hopeful statutory changes.”
“The budget fails to address the root cause of Illinois' fiscal failures,” Rezin added.
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