9 Quotes by Steve Miskin

We actually are at the beginning stages of not using outside counsel as much. We're planning to use in-house more often.

Our main cost is people ? salaries and staff.

There is no intent to sneak a pay raise back in.

Every single bill that a legislator introduces is important to somebody. It might not be important to you or your neighbor or your mother, but it might be important to your doctor or your plumber or your sister.

As we put together this year's budget, we'll probably be taking a closer look at that.

That's one of the issues why the House was fighting for more.

The feeling is that the issues surrounding the building ... have been pretty well publicly aired and they're basically resolving themselves. So it really doesn't seem the need to run that resolution exists any longer.

Health care costs have skyrocketed. A lot of costs have been rising.

The huge difference is that this budget is more reality-based.