SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) issued the following statement after voting against Governor Pritzker’s budget that will spend more than $53 billion in Fiscal Year 2025:
“Once again, the Governor has proposed a state budget that misaligns with the priorities that would best serve the people of Illinois. Despite proposing the largest budget in state history, he still needs to raise taxes to fund it. Why? Because of his self-created migrant crisis. He is raising taxes by nearly $1 billion dollars to allocate a billion to non-citizens.
“While our families, schools, and the developmentally disabled community are struggling, and food prices are at a 30-year high, he is still relying on our taxpayers to make up for his spending.
“Since Governor Pritzker took office, state spending has surged by a concerning 32%, a record-setting extra $13 billion in increased state spending since 2019. It’s not sustainable, which is why I voted no.”