This General Assembly session, Maryland legislators have been working through addressing a $3 billion budget deficit. Earlier this legislative session, Kevin Slayton interviewed several legislators who serve on the budget committees about their approach to these decisions and how they try to represent their communities' needs in the budget process.

Guests:

• Delegate Jazz Lewis Majority Whip and Chair of the Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee on the House Appropriations Committee
• Senator Cory McCray, Chair of the Health and Human Services Subcommittee of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
• Delegate Gabriel Acevero, Vice Chair of the Legislative Latino Caucus and member of the House Appropriations Committee

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