Stateline New Mexico; 105; Stuart Ingle, NM State Senate Minority Leader

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REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER NEXT ON STATELINE NEW MEXICO >> Dan: WELCOME TO STATELINE NEW MEXICO. TO THE FOLKS IN CHARGE. AND TAKE YOUR CALLS IN A KENW IN PORTALES AND KRWG IN LAS CRUCES, AND THANK MANY THEM BOTH FOR HELPING US CALL DURING THE NEXT HALF

HOUR, OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR THOSE OF YOU TUNING IN PETE DOMENICI, MY APOLOGIZE. ANOTHER TIME. TONIGHT IN PORTALES IS STATE SENATOR STUART INGLE, >> Sen. Ingle: DAN, THANK I DON'T KNOW WHO TOLD YOU TO >> Dan: FAIR ENOUGH. WE WILL GET TO COME CALLS IN THE HEAD LINES ARE FULL OF MAY BE VETOING THE ENTIRE STATE BUDGET, INVOLVING $60 MILLION IN MEDICARE SPENDING, IDEAS, INCLUDING THE SENATE

RESOLUTION AT THE END OF THE >> Sen. Ingle: DAN, THAT'S AND HE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH DECISION TO BE MADE. OF SPECIAL SESSIONS IN MY YEARS IN THE LEGISLATURE, PASS SOMETHING, THAT HAD A A CONTINUING RESOLUTION, TKPWOEFRPB OR, IF THE ENTIRE BUDGET WAS VETOED, TO MIDNIGHT, AND THERE IS NO MEXICO. THAT, THAT HAS TO DO WITH

LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS, AND THE GOVERNOR HAS ATTORNEYS TO OPERATE. I GUESS IF YOU REALLY LOOK DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND CAN FIND A CASE SOMEWHERE THAT MAYBE SUPPORTS YOUR TINA BUDGET WITH REALLY HAVE BEEN IN THE COURTS ALL AND SPENT A TREMENDOUS A THEN. >> Dan: WE WILL GET BACK TO QUESTION. >> CALLER: THANK YOU FOR

I DON'T THINK -- I WAS BORN CONTENT SRUS SHUS AND JUST WANTS TO CREATE CHAOS ON A STATE GOVERNMENT LEVEL. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE SENATOR WOULD COMMENT ON RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO FOR THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TO TRY TO COME OUT FRONT WITH THE PUBLIC AND TRY TO CONVINCE THE GOVERNOR TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN THAT THING >> Dan: FAIR ENOUGH. CONCEIVABLY BE THE MEDIATING FACTOR BETWEEN GOVERNOR "NO" AS THE DEMOCRATS CALL HIM, >> Sen. Ingle: THERE ARE

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ANY THERE IS CERTAINLY ITEMS FASHION. TAKE PROBABLY CLOSE TO $30, 35 MILLION OUT OF THERE, IN THINK WE WOULD BE AWFULLY CLOSE, THEN. >> Dan: SENATOR, WHAT DO YOU COME ACROSS? >> Sen. Ingle: WELL HIM ON A LOT OF THINGS. THERE ARE THINGS I DON'T IS NEVER ANY DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THINGS.

AND SOMETIMES OTHER GOVERNOR AREN'T QUITE AS FORTHRIGHT. BUT MAYBE NOT ON TELEVISION, THEY MAY BE JUST AS >> Dan: WHEN WAS THE LAST >> Sen. Ingle: I TALKED TO GOT SO BUSY ON THE FLOOR, THERE WAS SOME IMPROVEMENT DARN GOOD CHANCE OF HIM TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT. NOBODY EVER GETS EVERYTHING WE HAVE SOME P FINANCING >> Dan: IT SOUNDS LIKE IS BEN FROM SANTA FE.

>> CALLER: THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL. SINCE WE ARE NOT PRIVY, BY AND LARGE, TO GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND WATCH WHAT'S ADDRESSED ABOUT THE NUCLEAR WASTE SITES THAT ARE ANYTHING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN ABOUT DUMPING NUCLEAR WASTE IMPORTANT, AND I HAVEN'T >> Dan: SENATOR, WHAT'S YOUR PROJECT, AND THE YEARS AFTER, ANY STATE ROLE FOR THIS? >> Sen. Ingle: I'LL BE REAL DID NOT TALK ABOUT IT, AT

DURING THE LEGISLATURE. ARE AWARE OF. SITES. CERTAINLY IS, A FEDERAL MEXICO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE CARE OF THAT. >> Dan: SENATOR, NEXT UP IS CALVIN FROM YOUR NECK OF THE >> CALLER: HELLO, CHRIS. >> Sen. Ingle: IS THAT CALVIN BEVINS? >> IT SURE IS. >> Sen. Ingle: ARE YOU DOING >> I'M NOT DOING NO GOOD. >> Sen. Ingle: I'LL TELL YOU >> THAT'S RIGHT. AFTER WE HAVE A WRECK?

>> Sen. Ingle: I'LL TELL YOU ROBING YOU. >> Dan: WHAT'S THE LEGISLATURE BEEN UP TO IN THE WHOLE WORK THROUGH THE PRC DIDN'T HAD GO AS CONFUSION AS FAR AS THE WHERE WHAT'S YOUR TAKES ON >> Sen. Ingle: THE WAY THE CAN DO AS FAR AS THE REGULATORY COMMISSION PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THEY REQUIRED TO COVER, BUT AS THAT'S THE CONTROLLING >> Dan: SENATOR, WHEN DID

>> Sen. Ingle: 1984. FALL OF 1984. >> Dan: AND IF I REMEMBER, I CORPORATION COMMISSION, NOW SINCE THEN. OUR NECKS OVER THERE. >> Sen. Ingle: IT CERTAINLY THOSE QUESTIONS ON SMOOTHER BODY SINCE WE GOT A PUBLIC REGULATORY COMMISSION GOING TO MAKE SOME REAL HEAD >> Dan: THE NEXT ON THE LINE, HOPEFULLY A DIFFERENT ISSUE, >> CALLER: HI, SENATOR. I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING A BILL THAT WAS REPORTED IN THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL THAT SAYS THAT WATER BANKING

TO THAT. AND HOW DID IT AFFECT THE OTHER IRRIGATE ORS IN THE >> Sen. Ingle: WELL, I DON'T AREA. CONCHAS DAM PROJECT. MANY YEARS. WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE IT UP TO BASICALLY THE WAY WE ARE SKWREPBGS AND SOME OTHER AND IT IS FUNDED TO DO SOME $30 MILLION IN TRYING TO WATER BANKING AND TRYING TO CLOSING DOWN EVERYBODY.

FOR. >> Dan: SENATOR, AS I OVER APPROPRIATED ALREADY, GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME NEW SOURCE OF WATER OR GIVING DOWNSTREAM? >> Sen. Ingle: WELL, I AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE MORE YEARS AGO, WE APPROPRIATED I IRRIGATION WORKS CHAVEZ COUNTY AREA, AND SHUT STILL IN THE TEN YEAR GETS OUT OF THIS THING A >> Dan: ASSUMING THERE IS

WATER WE OWE TEXAS. DO THAT AGREEMENT SO WE >> Sen. Ingle: I DON'T THINK GUILTY OF TAKING MORE WATER HAVE GOT TO PAY IT BACK. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ENOUGH DOWN THE RIVER, WE CASE. WE ARE BASICALLY IN A MESS. >> Dan: ANOTHER CALL FROM CALLER: FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING PERTAINS TO THE WHAT APPEARS AN EXODUS OF QUALIFIED DOCTORS IN THE STATE OF NEW DUE TO INCREASE IN MEDICARE

FUNDING. SAME AMOUNT IN OUR INSURANCE COMING FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. DOCTORS WITHIN OUR STATE ARE OF QUALIFIED DOCTORS TO MEXICO IS GOING TO -- IT IS SUFFERING RIGHT NOW FROM TRS, >> Sen. Ingle: THE MEDICARE WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY, VERY LOWEST PAID STATES, AS FAR WE NEED TO GET THAT UP TO SENATORS UP THERE, AND SOME BUT VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.

AND I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY OUR ONLY HOPE, IS OUR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. >> Dan: SENATOR, YOU'VE COME BACK FULL CIRCLE TO WHICH IS MEDICAL COVERAGE MILLION? IT AS THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T LIKE POOR PEOPLE, POOR HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE? >> Sen. Ingle: WELL, DAN, I LIKE POOR PEOPLE. THAT'S IT. $40,000 INCOME, CAN YOU PUT STILL COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, OF THOSE COSTS BECAUSE THEY

>> Dan: YOU THREW OUT A WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY $40,000 A YEAR? >> Sen. Ingle: 235 PERCENT OF POVERTY, YOUR KID UNDER CAN YOU HAVE TWO KIDS, AND YOU CAN PUT THEM ON >> Dan: IS THAT TOO HIGH? >> Sen. Ingle: I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME THINGS HAVE A CO-PAY. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A AT SOME OF THOSE LEVELS, AND PERCENT AND YOU GO TO A WE HAVE WE WOULD HAVE TO EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.

>> Dan: ARE YOU SAYING WE BENEFITS? >> Sen. Ingle: I THINK WE PROGRAM IS SO GENEROUS, YOU OPTOMETRY PART TFRBGS YOU WANT A YEAR. OR EIGHT YEARS. THE THINGS WE PAY FOR. ASPIRIN, ADVIL, THINGS LIKE THE BASIC PART OF CARE OF IT JUST SO TOTALLY OPEN. BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD IT ANY >> Dan: SENATOR, ON THE LINE >> CALLER: HELLO, HOW ARE

YOU DOING, SIR? >> Sen. Ingle: MANY GOOD. >> CALLER: I'M DOING FINE. >> Sen. Ingle: IT WAS A FAST >> I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD. >> Dan: VIRGIL, DO YOU HAVE >> YES. THOUGHT OF THE SENATE APPORTIONMENT OUT HERE IN >> Sen. Ingle: I DIDN'T HEAR >> THE SENATOR REAPPORTIONMENT. THE PREDICTING. >> Sen. Ingle: BASICALLY, WE COMPRISED OF -- IT WAS DOESN'T BY FOUR REPUBLICANS ARE SWING DISTRICTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, BUT SEATS, 18 REPUBLICAN SEATS,

CANDIDATES, THE OTHER ONE MUCH HAVE THEIR DISTRICTS WHERE THEY ARE, AND THEY POPULATION TO THEM, AND THEY IS. >> Dan: SENATOR, NEXT ON THE FE. >> CALLER: MARLENE FOSTER. >> Sen. Ingle: HOW ARE YOU? >> Dan: DO YOU KNOW >> Sen. Ingle: SHE IS AN OLD TESTS AND I WAS THRILLED TO >> Dan: LET'S ASK THE >> CALLER: SOMETIMES WE FIND OURSELVES ON DIFFERENT SIDES MARIJUANA BILL.

TKAOEURBGS AND I THOUGHT HE OUGHT TO HAVE VOTE FORD THAT, >> Sen. Ingle: MARLENE, I SUPPORTED THAT TWICE. LAST YEAR. DIFFERENTLY. WAS A LITTLE PWEUPT OF A ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU HAD THE HEALTH QUESTIONABLE WHO WAS GOING FORTH WITH ANY COSTS OF WHAT AND I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT LOOSELY WRITTEN, AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOU

THOSE -- THAT ARE IN THAT WRITTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY, THAN THIS ONE WAS. >> Dan: THE NEXT CALLER IS CLOVIS, I'LL PAY YOU A >> CALLER: MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE DEPLETION OF THE AUBG WHICH REPORT SAYS WE WILL BE OUT OF WATER IN THE MOST ARE YOU AWARE OF IT, AND DO >> Sen. Ingle: I'M CERTAINLY I'VE NEVER HAD MORE THAN BUT BASICALLY, WHAT WE HAVE

SITUATIONS HERE. HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT AND I WISH WE COULD STOP THE DRILLING OF WELLS RIGHT WATER PIPELINE THAT CAN YOU COUPLE OF HUNDRED WELLS IN STATE LINE. ABOUT THAT, BUT BASICALLY, AT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR AREA. >> Dan: SENATOR, WE HAVE FIRE AWAY. >> CALLER: I WAS CALLING

ABOUT THE POVERTY LEVEL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID. OUTRAGEOUS. >> Dan: FAIR ENOUGH, HELEN. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE INCOME AT? >> Sen. Ingle: I THINK WE MAY BE TOO DARN HIGH, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE IS JUST >> Dan: WHAT DO YOU THINK >> Sen. Ingle: I THINK THE THERE AGAIN, DEPENDING ON MANY GETTING TO BE A PRETTY >> Dan: SENATOR, I HAVE ONE RICHARD ROMERO THING, WHAT SESSION WENT, IN ABOUT 30

>> Sen. Ingle: DAN, I SOMETIMES, A LOT OF TIMES THINGS GET PRETTY HEATED ON I KNOW THE REPUBLICANS PASSED I THINK 49 BILLS, THE DEMOCRATS PASSED 50. PRIORITY ON THE THINGS THAT JOB ANDAS THE COMMITTEE'S FAR AS THE FLOOR. >> Dan: THERE YOU GO, VOTE FOR. OF STATELINE NEW MEXICO. JOIN US AGAIN NEXT MONTH WHEN WE CUT THROUGH RED TAPE MEXICO PUBLIC TELEVISION, I'M DAN VUKELICH, THANKS