“If we save 30,000 lives as a result of spending $20 million,” Senate President Matt Huffman argued, “I think that’s a great thing,”
Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, speaks with reporters after the Ohio Senate session, February 8, 2023, in the Senate Chamber at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.
After that resolution’s hearing, House minority leader Allison Russo criticized the unnecessary expense. Of Republicans’ about face, she said, “the hypocrisy here has no bounds.” But Senate president Matt Huffman is calculating the question differently, and to him, the math adds up.“If we save 30,000 lives as a result of spending $20 million, I think that’s a great thing,” Huffman told reporters after a Senate session Thursday. “Now I know a lot of people don’t look at it that way, but that’s the way I look at it.”
Still Huffman attempted to draw a distinction between the current proposal and lawmakers eliminating August elections as a standing “as-needed” date on the election calendar.
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