: " CBS-6, a local television news station, interviewed Delegate Keam about the status of the budget. In this video clip (and quoted below), Delegate Keam argues for more funding for public education and healthcare programs.
http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-balancing-the-budget-100226,0,1011787.story
CAPITOL SQUARE – The clock is ticking. Lawmakers have to figure out how to balance a budget with a $2 billion shortfall and they only have about two weeks left to do it. If they don’t, the state is going to end up spending money it doesn’t have on an extended session. The lawmakers we talked to say they have every intention of finishing on time. Democratic Senator Edward Houck of Spotsylvania says, “If we have to work long hours, which it could mean, through the night in some occasions, I think we have a responsibility to finish on the date this session is supposed to end.”...Freshman Delegate Mark Keam voted against the house budget and wants to see funding for both areas bolstered a lot. The Democrat from Vienna says, “At the end of the day, this is Step one in a long process of budget reconciliation. My sending a ‘No’ vote, hopefully, will send a message to the conferees- we really have to come back with a better product.”
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