Issue Position: Budget

Issue Position

The first issue Representative Tarwater addressed was the budget. The lack of revenue has directly affected other pressing issues and was. In order to address any other issue, the budget must be managed properly. Raised by a businessman, Sean learned about hard work and the value of a dollar at an early age. Now that he owns his own small business, he is constantly searching for new ways to increase revenue and lower expenses. Representative Tarwater makes it a practice to shop his vendors every six months. This decreases unnecessary expenses and provides more efficient solutions without sacrificing quality.

Representative Tarwater KEPT HIS PROMISES! He sits on the Appropriations Committee and worked to create a proviso that OPENED THE BIDDING PROCESS for Medicaid, saving $70 Million and increasing the level of service to the needy. He also commissioned a study to look at combing all the property and casualty insurance policies, and bidding the workers compensation pool to a third party administrator. Finally, when we had a budget surplus in 2018, Representative Tarwater ensured that our new budget surplus was used to pay down debt by funding the $200 Million KPERS payment that the 2016 legislature missed and he kept enough money in KDOT to fund the 23 T-Works projects that had been delayed.

Too many of the politicians have forgotten these simple principles. The state government's spending habits and budget gimmicks were hurting Kansas taxpayers and costing us jobs and opportunity. Representative Tarwater understands the principles of fiscal responsibility and he stood up against the career politicians. Bringing reason and common sense back to the budget process will ensure success.

Representative Tarwater will continue to focus on protecting our tax dollars by finding efficiencies and working to create jobs.

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