I wrote an op-ed for the Tucson Sentinel because I needed to say what so many Arizonans are thinking: we deserve better than a legislature that clocks out when the work gets hard.
With less than a month before the state budget is due, Republican leadership called a recess. In the House, we’ve been sent home for nearly four weeks – right as we’re facing the most important deadline of the year. If we don’t pass a budget by June 30, Arizona could face a government shutdown.
This week, we were informed we’re going on recess for the third time, for 12 more days.
Ask yourself: could you walk away from your job right before your biggest deadline and still collect your paycheck? Of course not. But that’s what’s happening under Republican leadership – at the expense of real people and real progress.
I didn’t run for office to waste time. I ran because Arizonans deserve a government that solves problems and delivers real results.
Right now, we’re not doing that.
❌ No response to the Governor’s budget.
❌ No plan to renew Prop. 123 for schools.
❌ No hearings on bipartisan water legislation.
❌ No action to help families with rising child care costs.
Instead, we got silence – and recess.
If you’re frustrated, you’re not alone. But we can fight back by flipping the Legislature and electing leaders who will actually show up and do the work.
Let’s get back to work and build the kind of state government Arizona families deserve.
Thank you,
Rep. Kevin Volk
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