Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) said she will veto any new legislation that lands on her desk until the Republican-controlled Arizona state legislature moves forward on a bill to fund disability services.
Her announcement of a moratorium on signing legislation marks her most significant pushback against a bill that would make steep cuts to in-home services for Arizonans with disabilities.
“The inaction of a few, extreme Republican lawmakers is unacceptable and business as usual cannot continue until Arizonans with developmental disabilities and their caretakers have the certainty they need,” Hobbs said in a statement Thursday.
“While they leverage a crisis of their own creation to engage in political warfare, Arizonans with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and other disabilities are the ones harmed by their partisan attacks,”
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