ST. PAUL, MN –Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R- East Gull Lake) responded to the House Democrat budget targets released today with a short video statement.

Watch Senator Gazelka’s response to the House Democrat budget targets

In the video, Gazelka says, “We told the Governor we’re not going to raise taxes, and guess what, House? We will not raise taxes. We don’t need to! We had a $1.6 billion surplus and then billions, and billions,and billions of money is coming from the federal government. So now is not the time to raise taxes, now is the time to get Minnesota back on track.”