House Majority Caucus
House Democrats' majority caucus spent the morning walking through an unusually large supplemental package — one JBC vice-chair Emily Sirota called the 'gnarliest' in decades — as members grappled with roughly $140 million in general fund reductions after HR1 blew a near-billion-dollar hole in Colorado's budget. A tense, hours-long exchange over the $29 million Department of Corrections increase became the flashpoint, with members repeatedly asking why 'more beds' keeps being the answer.
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“Last year we appropriated nearly $44 billion for the fiscal for fiscal year 26, which consisted of $16.942 billion of general fund as well as nearly $13 billion of cash funds and nearly $14 billion of federal funds. Then July happened. The Congress passed HR1 and that reduced revenue to Colorado by nearly a billion dollars.”
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Sign in to subscribeMorning and welcome to the House Majority Caucus. Thank you all for being here. As we come together to discuss the supplementals and face the difficult budget realities in front of us. We are in challenging moment and none of us take it lightly. The cuts we're about, we are being asked to consider. These are not choices we want to make, but they are choices we must to protect the Caucus. Thank you. We are starting. Thank you. By working together, staying grounded in our values and keeping people at the center of our decision, we can navigate navigate this moment responsibly and continue moving forward today. The JBC chair and vice chair are here today. They will be discussing the 30 supplementals that we went through this morning in Appropriations. If you have any questions as they're discussing the different supplementals, please raise your hands and we will do our very best to give you the floor. And we'll start with Madam Vice Chair. Thank you, Madam Caucus Chair. Okay, so I think everyone is well aware of the situation that we find ourselves in, but I think I will just state for the record one more time.…
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