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El presidente republicano de la Cámara de Representantes de Kentucky, David Osborne, acusó al gobernador demócrata Andy Beshear de fabricar una crisis en la Clínica Lee de Louisville para lograr un regreso político, argumentando que la financiación de la clínica nunca estuvo realmente en riesgo ya que siempre fue incluida en el presupuesto aprobado por la Asamblea General. Beshear había anunciado un corte de 4.5 millones de dólares a la clínica que atiende a más de 1,000 kentuckianos con discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo, pero dos semanas después revirtió los cortes realocando fondos de un proyecto de renovación del Capitolio, lo que Osborne calificó como una decisión irresponsable y cruel. El conflicto generó amplia atención pública cuando cientos de familias se presentaron en el Capitolio el 24 de junio para pedir a los legisladores que protegieran la clínica, con algunos defensores sintiendo que fueron usados como peones políticos.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican House Speaker David Osborne said in a statement that Gov. Andy Beshear manufactured a crisis at Lee Specialty Clinic to engineer a political comeback, arguing the funding was never actually at risk.
Osborne said the Louisville clinic’s budget “has been included in the budget passed by the General Assembly from the very beginning,” making the governor’s decision to announce cuts and then reverse them “both irresponsible and unnecessarily cruel to those already facing difficult circumstances.” “Once again the Governor created a crisis just so he can appear to save the day,” Osborne said in the statement released on June 25.
The dispute centers on Beshear’s handling of state budget constraints. In early June, the Democratic governor announced a $4.5 million cut to the clinic serving more than 1,000 Kentuckians with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Two weeks later, Beshear said he found funding elsewhere in the budget and reversed the cuts, reallocating money from a Capitol Annex renovation project. Beshear acknowledged the move was a temporary “Band-Aid solution.”
Beshear blamed the Republican-controlled legislature’s budget for underfunding services, saying much of the department’s money is obligated under federal and state law, leaving only 11 percent available for discretionary cuts. GOP lawmakers, meanwhile, argued Beshear should have sought out waste and inefficiencies rather than cutting essential services.
The conflict drew widespread public attention when hundreds of families descended on the Capitol on June 24 to plead with lawmakers to protect the clinic. Some advocates said they felt used as “political pawns” in the dispute between the branches of government. Osborne raised questions about the governor’s broader budget management, asking what Beshear intended to do with previously allocated funding and suggesting the reallocations raised concerns about other services funded in the enacted budget.
This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from a press release emailed to [email protected] by Kentucky House Majority Caucus, enriched with 3 web searches.
