Statement on the opening of the special session

“We all want to see good-paying jobs and investment come to our state,” Sen. Janice Weiner (D-Iowa City) said. “But, in less than one week, we’ve hurtled from rumors and speculation to a special session. We all saw the presentation in the Oval Office that claimed this was a done deal, but clearly this resolution proves those claims false.”

“Why are we leaving regular Iowans out of this conversation? Why are we tripping over ourselves to approve a corporate tax giveaway for a foreign corporation?” Sen. Weiner said. “This does nothing to help Iowans who are hurting now. It doesn’t lower prescription drug prices, it doesn’t re-open local clinics, it doesn’t clean up our water, it doesn’t address our cancer epidemic, and it doesn’t help with record high diesel prices.”

“Statehouse Republicans have run back-to-back billion-dollar budget deficits and now this piece of corporate welfare is moving forward before it’s been appropriately vetted or Iowans have had a chance to weigh in.”

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