Crown, Minn.- Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) gave the following statement in response to Governor Dayton's announcement Saturday.
“Obviously, we are very disappointed the governor chose to veto these bills and force us into a special session. With his vetoes, he is rejecting bipartisan efforts to put more than $17 billion toward students in every classroom, provide resources to help farmers devastated by avian flu, send relief to miners facing unemployment on the iron range, among many other important reforms. The DFL-led Senate and Republican-led House made every effort to accommodate his requests including his highly publicized land buffer initiative,” said Speaker Daudt. “The governor, the DFL-led Senate and the Republican-led House have had five months to get our work done for Minnesotans. While the Senate and House completed ours on time and in a bipartisan fashion, the governor wants more time. We will continue to work with him for Minnesotans.”
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