Statement of Senator David Senjem (R-Rochester) on Governor Tim Walz’s $1.27 billion bonding request:

“Since 2017, Republicans worked with Governor Dayton to successfully pass two large bonding bills and made critical investments totaling $1.8 billion in GO bonds that went to communities around the state.     

“This year is a budget year and the budget is our priority.  Putting together a bonding bill is an important commitment and requires extensive stakeholder and local input, including having the opportunity to tour the state and see potential projects first-hand.  

“We’re not saying ‘no,’ to a bonding bill, we’re saying ‘not yet.’  Over the next two years, we’ll work with Gov. Walz on a right-sized bonding bill, with the right priorities, at the right time.”