SACRAMENTO – Speaker Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles) today released the following statement on the Assembly Budget Committee’s approval of mid-year budget cuts to resolve the current deficit and reduce next year’s projected shortfall:

“Today’s vote by the Assembly Budget Committee is part of the tough, responsible action the legislature is taking to solve the case crisis and help balance the budget,” Speaker Fabian Núñez said after the vote. “While we face many unfortunate choices, I am pleased the Assembly Budget Committee has approved these measures in a bipartisan manner. I am hopeful this smart, careful and bipartisan approach, which avoids unworkable across-the-board slashing, can carry forward into meeting the challenges we face in the 2008-2009 budget.”