LIEBERMAN STATEMENT ON FMAP AND TEACHER FUNDING VOTE

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) issued the following statement following his vote on the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) aid to states and teacher funding:

“I supported cloture this morning on the bill to extend and phase out increases in the Medicaid funding for states including Connecticut and to provide additional money to help local school districts in Connecticut keep teachers in the classroom during the upcoming school year. This funding, which was fully offset, is necessary as we continue to recover from the recession that began in 2007.

“However, I do have concerns with some of the rescissions from the Department of Defense budget that were used to pay for this funding and I plan to work with Senator Reid and others to ensure that, as this bill moves forward, none of the offsets affects the ability of our men and women fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan from carrying out their mission.”

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