LISTEN: Legislators react to Culver's speech
After Gov. Chet Culver's Condition of the State speech House Speaker Pat Murphy, D-Dubuque, said he wants to work with Republicans to find a solution to transportation budget shortfalls.
"Everybody wants to make it out as an election year, but we still have to govern," Murphy said. "We will look at (raising fees on) pick-up trucks and different proposals out there to see what we can do. We will look at what kind of funds we can raise for infrastructure issues."
Senate Minority Leader Ron Wieck, R-Sioux City, addressed Gov. Chet Culver's call for civility.
"We went through the entire session last year to the best of my memory and we were allowed to get one Republican-drafted bill out of the Senate. And I believe we got less than 10 amendments," Wieck said. "If we want to have civility and if we want to have bi-partisan cooperation, we need to listen to each other. Sen. Gronstal is not listening to the Republican voices in the senate unless he wants to raise taxes. And then, he wants us to help him do the heavy lifting. So if we continue to raise taxes on the backs of Iowa's families you will not hear civility from Ron Wieck."
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