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Governor?s Statement on Democrats Using Same Old Tactics

May 16, 2013

For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 16
Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary (207) 287-2531

AUGUSTA ? Governor Paul R. LePage released the following statement Thursday morning after learning about Democratic leadership?s announcement to hold a news conference on tying welfare expansion to the hospital bill:

?It is disappointing the Democratic leadership is scheduling press conferences instead of scheduling a vote today on my plan to pay Maine's hospitals. There is no connection between paying an overdue bill left on my desk when I took office and increasing welfare. ?Maine people are tired of politics; they want results.

"We need to pay the old debt so Maine can afford to sell the other bonds to create jobs and grow Maine's economy.?

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Governor?s Statement on Democrats Using Same Old Tactics