State Representative Brian Hubbell: Maine House District 135, 2012-2020
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, and Lamoine
24 March 2020
Dear Senator Collins, Senator King, Representative Pingree, and Representative Golden:
We come to you as a delegation during this time of pandemic crisis to ask you to do everything within your power to help vital Maine small businesses remain viable. COVID-19 is not only rampaging through our healthcare system, it is ravaging …
As a direct result of bipartisan collaboration with the Governor’s staff over the last week, an extraordinary amount of legislative work was moved and enacted yesterday.
It has been a hectic week and a half of essential …
…“This revised proposal represents a bipartisan effort to strengthen the state’s ability to respond to and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Maine. …It takes strong steps to boost Maine’s health care system in support of our most vulnerable citizens, support the Maine CDC, and prepare for the very real prospect of an economic downturn
Over the weekend, the Governor’s people worked tirelessly with us in Legislature to gain bipartisan support for appropriations and emergency policy which will aid individuals, small businesses, and health care providers facing great challenges and uncertainty.
Today we continue. Now is the time for Maine to pull together.
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“…Members of the budget committee were meeting on Friday and were expected to continue negotiations over the weekend to finalize a spending proposal by the self-imposed Tuesday deadline to wrap up work.”
I remain open using Maine’s General Fund appropriations for roads – but only as a part of a plan which generates sustainable funding, drives greater efficiency, and reduces emissions.
“…General Fund revenue estimates are revised upward by $40.0 million for FY20 and by $34.1 million for FY21, for a combined increase of $74.1 million for the 2020-2021 biennium. “
On my fourth year serving on the Appropriations Committee, it is gratifying to receive …
