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Senator nozzolio and I have been
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meeting on a regular basis to
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try and make an agreement on
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some of these difficult and
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thorny issues that we face in
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this budget.
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And not unlike what's going on
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upstairs at the general
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conference committee, we have
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been -- we have been
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sometimeyed, and sometime we
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have been successful and perhaps
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able to agree on a lot of issues
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but at this time, we're not
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prepared to go forward with a
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full agreement on the many
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issues especially the financial
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ones that are out there.
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Given the fact that the general
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conference committee has not
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been able to agree on certain
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factors that would affect the
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trajectory of -- and thrust of
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this public protection
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conference committee.
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So, what I'm saying is in final
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analysis, we're going to have to
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expect even harder work from the
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staffs, who have been working
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tirelessly, I have to say, in
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agreements to us that are
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palatable so we can close our
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table but we're not ready yet to
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stay let the conference
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committee decide.
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We believe we've been able to do
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in the past.
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Senator nozzolio and his
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senators, and our assembly
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members, have been able to make
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an agreement that is capable of
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being delivered to the general
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conference committee, and have a
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budget on time.
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And I expect and I encourage the
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staffs to work even harder than
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they have in the past so that we
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can be in a position to have a
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budget by friday, in print, the
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public protection enclosed
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therein, and be able to pass a
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complete budget on monday.
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Senator nos.
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>> thank you, senator.
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I wish to thank our staffs on
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both sides of the aisle
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especially the staff that I have
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the privilege of working with,
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that we have made it a point to
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them that unless we can get
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agreement, immediately, that we
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want you to continue to work
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toward that objective that
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heretofor the conference
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committees have sort of closed
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down as soon as there wasn't
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agreement on most issues, and in
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effect, we're not willing to.
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Don't we'll continue our
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discussions and we're asking our
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staff to continue discussing the
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issues that we have placed as
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priority.
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I would like to indicate we do
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have a agreement on I would say
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the vast majority of issues,
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but, there are still very
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important questions, questions
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that members have raised at the
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last meeting senator little and
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I have discussed the issue of
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prison closures.
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We want our staffs to keep
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working with us, to try to find
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agreements, and we're not
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willing to give up at this
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point.
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We think that we still have some
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time, and we're going to take
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that time and utilize it to try
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to focus on our issues and get
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them resolved.
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With that, are there any other
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members of the subcommittee
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wishing to discuss any issues?
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Hearing none, assemblyman lentol
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I move this committee come as an
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adjourned meeting until it is
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recalled by the chairs.
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>> yes, I concur in that and
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again, staffs will report to us
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on a regular basis about their
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progress, and I expect that
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we'll have another meeting soon.
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Thank you.