For Immediate Release:
November 20, 2018
Contact:
Ross Chambless, Communications Specialist
Utah House Democratic Caucus
rosschambless@le.utah.gov
Utah House Democratic Leadership Team for 2019/20
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah House Democratic Caucus elected its new leadership team for the upcoming legislative session Tuesday evening.
- Rep. Brian King, D – District 28, was selected to continue serving as Minority Leader.
- Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D – District 37, was selected to serve as Minority Whip.
- Rep. Angela Romero, D – District 26, was selected to continue serving as Minority Assistant Whip.
- Rep. Karen Kwan D – District 34, was selected to serve as Minority Caucus Manager.
“I am grateful and honored that our caucus continues to have confidence in my leadership,” said Rep. Brian King. “We have a very cohesive team, and we will continue speaking up for hardworking Utahns. I look forward to working closely with both my Democratic and Republican colleagues on tackling the challenges facing Utah and ensuring that all Utahns have opportunities to succeed and thrive.”
Minority Leader, Representative Brian King was first elected to the Utah State House in 2008. He has practiced law in Salt Lake City for over 30 years. His district covers the east side of Salt Lake City along with parts of Summit County and Parley’s Canyon. Following the 2014 election he was first elected to serve as the House Minority Leader.
The Minority Whip-Elect, Representative Carol Spackman Moss was first elected to the State House in 2000. Before serving in the legislature she taught English and student government at Olympus High School for 30 years. Her district covers neighborhoods in Holladay and Murray. She previously served as the Assistant Minority Whip in the Utah House from 2004 to 2010.
The Minority Assistant Whip, Representative Angela Romero was first elected to represent Salt Lake City in 2012. Her district covers much of Salt Lake City’s westside. She is the Community Programs Manager for Salt Lake City’s Youth and Family Division. In 2016 she was selected by her colleagues to serve as House Democratic Assistant Whip. She is also currently the First Vice President of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators.
The Minority Caucus Manager-Elect, Representative Karen Kwan is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Salt Lake Community College. She was first elected to the Utah House in 2016. Her district represents neighborhoods in Taylorsville, Murray and West Valley City.
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Please do all you can to PREVENT HB220 from passing-(radioactive waste bypass bill)because class A radioactive waste- which this bill would allow-gradually becomes Hotter-even beyond Class B and C! Think of our grandchildren! Don’t allow this bill to slip through…Only ONE PERSON-who is Appointed politically-decides what radioactive waste is permitted to travel through and be dumped just 75 miles west of SLC! Please STOP this HB220…Vote NO!
I am trying to get a predatory lender law changed in Utah. I have been a victim of that law. I may become homeless due to that ridiculous law. I did not believe it when I was told it was legal to charge 299% each and every month. Thry took $800. from my checking account. I cannot buy groceries or meet my other obligations. I live in Logan, Utah.
Utah can afford to care for all its citizens, now and down the road. Deciding who is in and who is not, as it relates to all identified in Prop 3, sets Utah apart – and not in a good way – from the majority of the country and from the religious and moral principles we profess.
If $225 billion can be found now with adjustments in taxes, the projected costs of Prop 3 can also be found, if in fact they are needed, above the tax increase approved by the citizens of Utah.
Studies show positive results in states with Medicaid expansion for both the cared-for and industry. Kaiser Foundation, March 2018: “Analyses find positive effects of expansion on numerous economic outcomes, despite Medicaid enrollment growth initially exceeding projections in many states. Total (federal and state) Medicaid spending increased following expansion implementation, but research suggests that there were no significant increases in state spending from state funds as a result of the expansion through 2015 (although an uptick in state Medicaid spending growth was projected for 2017 and later years as the federal share for the expansion population phases down from 100% to 90%). Studies also show that Medicaid expansions result in reductions in uncompensated care costs for hospitals and clinics as well as positive or neutral effects on employment and the labor market.”
I listened to the Governor’s State of the State address and although I grew up in a Republican family with fiscally conservative values, I cannot find where a proposed tax cut will make up the difference for those that will be disenfranchised by amending Prop 3. Yes, as he stated a tax cut for all will lessen a tax burden. But the real beneficiaries are those, myself included, who spend the most and have the most. Families in poverty cannot make up the gap between a small amount of sales tax relief and the impossibly high and ever-growing costs of healthcare. It is very possible as the Kaiser study suggests, that the root of those ever-growing healthcare costs could be mitigated.
I implore you to discourage amendments that allow for any reductions to the whole of the people it will serve and let Prop 3 stand and go into law April 1st as the people of Utah have decided.
Please fight to save SB 009601 Prop 3,as written and voted on PLEASE.
I am Kathi Sutton at 774 W. 2275 N. Layton and this concerns SB 009601. Please please try to understand this bill. This is Alan Christensen’s bill, being addressed tomorrow)
-There is NO fiscal note at this time on any of the proposed bills.
– Claims by the authors of the proposed bills have not been verified, nor even addressed when questioned.
– Prop 3 as written provides for full funding.
-Prop 3, as written promises increased employment in the medical and ancillary fields, improved employment of medicaid recipients, and employs responsible fiscal policy.
– Pro 3 Bring our tax dollars home to care for people in our state.
We met a year ago and my son Jimmy (blind, non-verbal, CP, seizures, 38 going on 3yrs has/needs medicare along with thousands of others. I am just begging you to NOT ALLOW THIS VOTE TO CHANGE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON BY THE PEOPLE.
Thank you for your time. Kathi Sutton 801-814-0506