A local representative doesn’t want Gov. Pritzker to spend federal COVID relief money without input from the state’s general assembly. Legislation filed by Republican St Rep. Tom Demmer would require the governor to notify the four legislative leaders of the Illinois General Assembly before the funds would be spent.
Demmer says taxpayers deserve to know how and why the money is spent. He says it’s very important that we don’t lose oversight on how the funds will be used. He says the general assembly needs a check and balance in government.
He says the four leaders would have to know how and why the money would need to be spent before it would be spent.
He says in the current state budget, the Democratic majority appropriated a portion of $8.1 million in capital projects in districts represented by them, which leaves $5.6 billion in unspent federal funds.