Sen. Hewitt comments on governor not calling special session

May 7, 2009

Today Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt, R-Walla Walla, issued this statement on the news that Gov. Christine Gregoire will not call the Legislature into a special session:

“Republicans have been saying for the past two weeks that we didn’t need to come back to the Capitol for a special session. I was so pleased today when the governor contacted me to say she agreed with us and won’t be calling the Legislature back to Olympia. It was a great decision.

“As I said last week, there is simply no reason for the Legislature to come back to consider measures that will cost taxpayers even more money – especially at a cost of around twenty thousand dollars a day. I’m especially pleased that House Bill 1776, which would have hurt the majority of school districts across our state, is now no longer on the table. All the way around, the fact that we won’t be holding a special session is very good news.”

For more information contact Senate Republican Caucus Communications Director  Rebecca Japhet at (360) 786-7516 or japhet.rebecca@leg.wa.gov.