Lucetta Elmer and Bruce Starr

For The Oregonian/OregonLive

Elmer is the Republican leader in the Oregon House and represents District 24-McMinnville. Starr is the Republican leader in the Oregon Senate and represents District 12-Dundee and Rural Polk and Yamhill Counties.

When Oregon families face a financial shortfall, they take a hard look at priorities, tighten what needs tightening and make sure the money they have is being spent wisely. Oregonians expect the same from their state government.

That is why the recent op-ed by the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, blaming Oregon’s billion-dollar budget problem on federal action, misses the larger truth (“ Opinion: Trump cuts leave Oregon with a billion-dollar problem and no easy solutions ,” Nov. 23). Orego

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