Stateline New Mexico; 305; Richard Romero and Danice Picraux

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DO YOU WANT AN INSIDER'S AND RICHARD ROMERO, LEADERS >> Yolanda: WELCOME I'M YOUR HOST, YOLANDA NAVA. WHENEVER THE NEW MEXICO SEVERAL WEEKS OF SEEMINGLY EFFORTS TO GET LEGISLATION YOUR COMMUNITIES, HOMES, MOST POWERFUL LAWMAKERS TAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENED MAJORITY LEADER, DANICE

THE NUMBER TO CALL THE PHONE LINES ARE OPEN >> Yolanda: THANK YOU, BOTH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WITH SUMMARIZE THE >> Rep. Picraux: THEY WERE JUST MENTIONED IT. WE CHANGED THE TAX SYSTEM, RAW FOOD THAT YOU WOULD BUY MEDICAL PROVIDERS, INCLUDING TOOK THAT FIVE PERCENT GROSS MOST, A LARGE PERCENT OF

MEDICAID SPENDING IS FOR THE ELDERLY POOR. RICHARD, DO YOU WANT TO ADD? >> Sen. Romero: I THINK THE OBJECTIVE THAT WE WENT INTO AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN THE HEARD OF A PASSING A BUDGET ON A VOICE VOTE. FOR US. >> Yolanda: IT WAS A $4.4 BILLION BUDGET WHICH WHAT TAX COLLECTIONS GO INTO >> Sen. Romero: WELL, WE, OF COURSE DURING THE FOOD TAX, WE DID AWAY WITH THE TAX, THE GROSS RAOES TAX ON THOSE TWO, AND WE UPPED IT BY ONE-HALF PERCENT.

FOOD, AND ALSO OFF OF >> Rep. Picraux: AND THAT >> Sen. Romero: THAT'S RIGHT, >> Rep. Picraux: THE REASON AND THE BUDGET WAS PREMISED ON TAXES AS THEY ARE COMING ARE COMING IN. THESE TAXES OR TAX CUTS OFF SOME OF THE REDUCTION IN GROWING. INDUSTRY, AND CREATE JOBS, IS A CEMENT PLANT OR FOOD PROCESSING PLANT, THOSE JOBS NEXT STEP OF OUR INCOME TAX REDUCTION, AS WELL AS THIS PROSPERING IN THE ECONOMY

SO BROTHER BASING THE COME IN IN THE FOLLOWING >> Yolanda: WE HAVE A WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? >> Caller: I'M CALLING IN -- MEDICAID. ABOUT HOWEVER, MEDICAID IS FOR HEALTH CARE AND OTHER NOT TO FULLY FUND MEDICAID FOR THE UNCOMPENSATED CARE. >> Sen. Romero: WELL, OUR BUDGET THAT'S JUST BEEN AND WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IT WITH US.

WITH THAT MEDICAID PROGRAM. SCHOOLS FULLY, LIKE WE WOULD THE ADMINISTRATION WAS GIVEN THAT WAS HIGHER AND THE BUT I THINK, THOUGH, THEY ADJUSTMENTS. BUDGET AND THEY WILL HAVE TO >> Yolanda: IT COULD EYE IS THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES THINK IT WILL ALWAYS BE WITH >> Sen. Romero: HEALTH CARE WITH THAT, WE ARE NOT GOING COULD.

AND THE REIMBURSEMENT RATES. WHATEVER THEY FUND TO THE REALLY. >> Yolanda: WE HAVE ANOTHER ALCOHOL. >> Caller: THANK YOU FOR WHAT HAPPENED I WAS --. >> Yolanda: I'M SORRY, I LOST HIM. BACK IN. WE INCREASED TAXES ON NONFOOD ITEMS, INCLUDING CLOTHING AND TOBACCO, AND THERE WAS A STRONG LOBBY

>> Sen. Romero: WELL, THE FOOD AND MEDICAL TAX IS AN LOBBYISTS AND PEOPLE LIVES HAVE D EMIGOGED FOR YEARS. WE DID IT. AND LARGE, WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR DOCTORS HERE IN THIS THAT YOU RESPECT THEM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL AS I PHPBGSZED EARLIER, WE OF DOCTORS OUT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES. THE INITIATIVE.

HE TOOK ON A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, OR A YEAR AGO, REALLY, AND IN THE LAST SIXTY DAY PERSONAL INCOME TAX. THE FOOD TAX AND THE MEDICAL >> Yolanda: VERY GOOD. INCOME TAXES. >> Caller: NO, MY QUESTION WAS, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE AND HOUSE LEADER PICRAUX HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB >> Rep. Picraux: THANK YOU. >> Sen. Romero: THANK YOU. >> Yolanda: AND YOUR BILL INTRODUCED FOR PERSONS WITH LOW INCOME CREDIT UNIONS AND THAT BILL WAS INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE OVERWHELMING INFLUENCE BY

THE PREDATOR LEND ARES IN TO BRIDGE HAD THE NEED FOR TO ACCESS CREDIT STPHEUT SHOULD ASSIST IN THE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE? >> Yolanda: ANY PLANS? >> Rep. Picraux: YOU KNOW, IN THE SCOPE OF WHAT I HAVE DONE. YEAR, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE, TO PROTECT PEOPLE SO THEY IF FOLKS ARE GOING -- IF YOU CAN'T GET A LOAN AT A CAN GET THE LOAN. TRYING TO DO WAS TO MAKE

SUBJECTED TO FEES, HE WASN'T SUBJECTED TO ENORMOUSLY HIGH AND FACE HIGH COSTS. SO I THINK JAMES DID PASS A BILL TRYING TO CONTROL THOSE FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT DEALT WITH THE ISSUE SO I'M SORRY, I CAN'T ANSWER THE COMMITTEES, OR ONE OF >> Yolanda: WE HAVE ANOTHER CALL COMING IN FROM RICK IN >> Caller: YES, THERE WAS THAT IN THE PAPER UP HERE, SCHOOL, KIND OF LIKE

VOUCHERS OR SOMETHING. I'M SERIOUS. THE MARKET, NOT TO MAKE IT A SMALL, EHEATIST GROUP. CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT IN. >> Sen. Romero: I'M TRYING THE FILM INDUSTRY? >> Caller: LAW CORD TO GO >> Sen. Romero: I'M TRYING APPROPRIATIONS, THEY ARE ALL I COULDN'T REALLY TELL YOU >> Rep. Picraux: THIS IS ONE THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC WHOEVER WON, WON. THERE IS A SCHOOL IN SANTA FE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE IT IS GOING TO GET THE

BUT IT MAY WELL BE. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY SPECIALTY PROBLEM. PROCESS, WHERE ANYONE COULD BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO WIN IT REMEMBERING WHAT YOU'RE >> Yolanda: HOPEFULLY, HE ANSWER TO THAT. MANSION. >> Caller: YES, THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL. ACTION THE SENATE TOOK, 231,000 EXPENSE TO INCREASE HIS MANSION. >> Sen. Romero: WELL, THE

REMODELING, FOR SOME COST OF GOVERNMENT. HOUSE BUDGETS GROW EVERY JOB SERIOUSLY, AND HE IS A VERY PROGRESSIVE, PROACTIVE HE IS ACTUALLY PUSHING THE TO GIVE HIM THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAD A GOVERNOR FOR THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF INCREASED HIS STAFF, BUT HE NEEDS THE STAFF TO BE ABLE THAT WE NEED TO DO. DOING THE THINGS THAT WE ON HIS PROMISES, JUDGE HIM

ON HIS RESULTS, AND I THINK AMAZING. HIS PROMISES ON TAX RELIEF, MEDICAL SERVICES. ACTUALLY STIMULATED THE WAS THAT BIG PROMISE. A LOT OF MONEY TO SOME SEE IF HE CAN DELIVER. >> Yolanda: THANK YOU, WE >> Rep. Picraux: CAN I ADD BEING REDONE IN PART TO BRING IT UP TO DATE. THE WAY THE HOUSE IS BUILT, GOVERN AND THE FIRST LADY.

THE PEOPLE'S MANSION, AND SO SOME OF THAT, THE HAS TO DO WITH THAT. >> Yolanda: WE HAVE A -- A QUESTION ABOUT MEDICAL MICHAEL IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND MEDICAID, THE BED TAX OF $8.82, AND THE CREDIT OF $10 FOR THE PEOPLE PAYING THE WASH. MEASURES? >> Rep. Picraux: FOR THOSE AND INTERMEDIATE CARE THOSE FACILITIES THAT HAVE THEY ARE -- YOU HAVE $8.8 2,

THE MEDICAID DIVISION IS SOMETHING LIKE $10 OR $11 PER PERSON, AND WE WILL THEN FEDERAL MONEY, FROM HAVE, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF REIMBURSEMENT RATE, THERE IS RATE WERE THE SAME AS SOME THE MONEY WE NEED. BUT IT IS A SMALLER ARE DOING THINGS TO TRY TO MEDICAID MATCH. ARE NOT ON MEDICAID, THERE $8.82 TAX WILL GET PAID, BUT >> Yolanda: WE HAVE A CALL

>> Caller: HELLO, JOHN FROM LOS ALAMOS ASKED MY QUESTION, IN REGARDS TO TOBACCO AND LIQUOR. LOBBY OF THOSE TWO HOW COME YOU DIDN'T MAKE >> Rep. Picraux: WE DID JUMPED ON THIS, BECAUSE AN NOT AN ERROR, BUT A JUDICIAL DECISION THAT SORT OF FOR DWI. FOURTH TIME OFFENDER GOES TO JAIL, WHAT IS IT, FOR SIX -- FIFTH TIME OFFENDER, FOR OFFENDER, FOR 18 MONTHS, AND

PENALTIES. OUR PROBLEM WITH DWI IS ENORMOUS. WELL, NOW THEY WILL GO TO NOT TO DO IT. WE CAN'T CATCH REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ DRIVING. OF US WHO DON'T DRINK, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS. AND FROM REPRESENTATIVE FAMILIES THAT ARE DOES MATED, AND HE IS PITTING THAT AGAINST SAYING, EVERYONE HAS DRIVING.

STIFFER. NOT GO UP THIS YEAR. SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT, YOU >> Yolanda: WE HAVE A CALLER, LOAN ISSUE. >> Caller: MY QUESTION IS, THAT RESPONSE WAS VERY -- MR. ROMERO DID NOT MAKE I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT I NEWS PROGRAM, AND HE SAID, AND NICK DOESN'T HAVE TO THING GOING ON. IT'S REALLY DEVASTATING TO

RECEIVING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY THESE PREDATORY LENDERS AND LAWS IN THIS STATE. >> Sen. Romero: SURE, FELLOW THAT CALLED IN THE IS SHE POWERFUL IN SANTA FE, I HAVE PERSONALLY NEVER GOING TO HAVE TO BE DEALT REPRESENTATIVE PICRAUX REFORM. AND THEY DO MAKE A BIG IMPACT IN SANTA FE, AND WE >> Yolanda: WE ARE WINDING PERIOD OF TIME TO DEAL WITH

STFRPBLGTS CENTURY, AND THE ISSUES AND YOU SOLVE ISSUES LIKE WATER AND SOME HAVE FOR EXTENDING SESSION >> Sen. Romero: I HAVE BEEN OR POSSIBLY EXTENDING A 30 DAY LONGER. WE HAVE TO LIFT THE CAP ON THE LEADERSHIP GETS TOES AND IT. IN ANOTHER DAY OR TWO. DAYS.

MANY TOWARD HELPING US. AND WE MAY HAVE TO EXTEND FOR UPGRADING THE MANSION, THE MANSION'S SECURITY, THE MAINTENANCE, ETC., ETC.. AND IT IS GOING TO COST >> Yolanda: WE HAVE ANOTHER >> Caller: YES. PRIVATE PHYSICIAN, AND MY HEARING THAT THE TAX HAS HMO'S, AND IF THAT'S THE INSURANCE AND CASH RECEIPTS >> Rep. Picraux: IT IS THE FEE FOR SERVICE STILL SORRY.

>> Yolanda: JOHN, ARE YOU >> Caller: THAT WAS THE ONLY HMO'S. >> Rep. Picraux: YES, IT IS >> Yolanda: THANK YOU. NEXT YEAR, ALL 112 SEATS IN THE LEGISLATURE ARE UP FOR MAJORITY LEADER, MAY ALSO LEGISLATURE? >> Sen. Romero: I DON'T ARE PLENTY OF TALENTED I THINK, IS NOT JUST A FEW PEOPLE. OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK >> Yolanda: BUT IT SEEMS IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO DON'T LOSE YOUR HEUPBS

>> Sen. Romero: MANY OF THEM >> Rep. Picraux: THE PROBLEM UNITED STATES SENATE, THEN YEAR, WE RUN WITH ALL THE SO, THAT PROBLEM. VITAL, WHICH IS WHY RE-ELECTED. MEMBER REFRESH MY THAT WE GET TRAINING. SO AS LEGISLATORS ARE THERE THEY CHAIR TASK FORCES, THEY WE NEED. >> Yolanda: THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH, SENATOR ROMERO AND REPRESENTATIVE PICRAUX FOR >> Rep. Picraux: THANK YOU. >> Sen. Romero: THANK YOU

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