Senator Hollingsworth delivers speech on Senate Floor

 

Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth (R - Murrieta) spoke in support of California citizens who descended upon the west steps of the California State Capitol protesting alarmingly high taxes, continued deficit spending, and gross mismanagement of taxpayers’ money and trust. (1.9 MB)

Senator Hollingsworth voices opposition to the budget early Thursday morning on the Senate Floor. "You may count this as a win because you got a few Republicans to vote for it, but the taxpayers of California are going to view this as a loss." (2.4 MB)

Senator Hollingsworth Responds to Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg regarding the Budget Impasse late Monday Night, after three days of budget deadlock on the floor of the State Senate (11.0 MB)

Radio commentary by Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth reacting to the Tax Commission’s report on reforming the state’s tax structure. [Transcript] (658 KB)

Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, of Murrieta, responded today to the Tax Commission’s report on changing California’s tax structure. (157 KB)

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“The Governor is correctly returning the budget debate from taxes and accounting gimmicks to a frank discussion of where we must make necessary spending reductions. The millions of Californians who’ve lost jobs, homes and retirement savings realized a long time ago that they had to adjust their personal budgets. It’s high time state government did the same.” (106 KB)

“One of our fundamental rights as citizens has always been the freedom to choose according to one’s conscience and integrity. It seems unconscionable to need a law to protect medical professionals from the threat of political discrimination due to their beliefs. We cannot let a liberal minority limit our rights, and ultimately everyday citizens' access to health care. By threatening practitioners with rescinding the conscience rule, the Obama Administration has created a disincentive for doctors or nurses to practice in a drastically dwindling professional field. Scientific polling data reveals that 95 percent of medical professionals of faith would rather quit than violate their conscience.”