Gov. Larry Hogan: ‘My Real Issue Is We’re Not Getting Anything Done’

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HOGAN: "I would just have a magic wand and — (Laughter) You know, I think, in much the same the same way — it's not easy. I'm not here to say I have a magic solution to it, but you have to start working across party lines. Look, we've balanced every single year for four years. We're the state where two thirds of both the House and the Senate are Democrats — in fact, very liberal Democrats, many of whom want to spend more than we can afford to spend, and many of whom want to raise taxes when I don't want to raise taxes. But we found a way to reach an agreement. In Washington, I don't think they've really balanced a budget or passed a budget, a full budget. They have continuing resolution. They haven't passed a budget since 1996. And a balanced budget, I can't imagine when the last time it was. I can't remember. But we've got to work to rein in spending and we can't spend beyond our means and we have to figure out the best way to do that and we've got to work with Democrats and Republicans together. States do it all the time. You know, governors are governing, Republicans and Democrats, but Washington is not. Washington is broken and dysfunctional. One person can't fix it by themselves, but, you know, I've stood up to the President when I disagreed with him on certain issues and I didn't like the tone or the way he was conducting himself, but my real issue is we're not getting anything done. You know, we're not getting Congress to do anything. There's no real leadership, not bringing people together. It's just constant finger-pointing, name-calling and gridlock. We have to fix that."