Legislative Commentary

The 2016 legislative session has been over for a little more than three weeks. It has been a joy to be back in Adams County and on the farm, although I have made sure to also keep an eye on the governor’s signing of bills we passed during the 20-day overtime.

On Monday afternoon the governor signed the supplemental budget that contains the spending adjustments we agreed on this year. He surprised many of us by vetoing several line items, which throws the budget out of whack by around $200 million!

When that disappointing news arrived I was busy loading cows to get them to a pasture that was re...